First Father's Day

I could not have drawn up a better father for Grant. I am amazed everyday.

I was in labor for over 8 hours and had to push for almost 3. Brandon was by my side every second, encouraging me. He was SO excited when Grant finally arrived.

Grant had to be rushed to the NICU and Brandon stayed by his side.

Brandon went through a lot the next few days. Having your wife rushed to emergency surgery, then in the ICU, while your baby is in the NICU probably wasn't a walk in the park.

He took such good care of Grant while Mommy was sick. I will never be able to fully express my gratitude for him being there while I couldn't. I think I changed 1 diaper the whole week we were in the hospital (and no, it wasn't the nurses, it was Brandon!)

I was so weak for the next few months and Brandon was so supportive. He took care of Grant every other night, even though he had to get up at 6 am for work. I was so upset and ashamed that I wasn't able to nurse, and Brandon didn't even think twice about it and told me it was completely fine.
I know so many people who's husbands never change their kid's diapers, or offer to babysit, or put the kids to bed. Brandon is the complete opposite. I would feel so comfortable leaving Grant with Brandon for any amount of time because I know he would probably take better care of him than me ;) Just last night, I went to bed with a really soar throat and Brandon got up with Grant at 4, 5 and 6am while I slept. And today was the first day he has taken off (and would've been able to sleep in) in months!

He and Grant BOTH get so excited when they see the other walk into the room. I just love watching them play and snuggle.

I am so grateful to be married to such a loving, sweet, hard working, gentle man. And for the example that he is to Grant of what a REAL man is.

Love you, babe! Happy First Father's Day!

A Girl Can Dream, Right???

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Lately..

On Memorial Day we followed tradition and went over to Preston.

Here is Grant with Great Grandma Andersen at Grandpa Lyle Andersen's (his middle namesake) grave in Lewiston.

The weather was really yucky, wet and rainy so they stayed in the car!

Grant is FINALLY crawling forward! And he is definitely already getting into trouble!

Here he is after ripping out half a package of wipes
He looks crazed!

Pulling himself up on the infamous "fish chair"

He currently has 4 teeth, and 2 on their way

We love our little buddy and cannot believe he will be 1 in less than a month!

Easters

Yeah, yeah, I know this is super late...I had to wait for the pics that Robbie took for us..and then I got lazy ;)

Easter Morn, Grant and Brandon opened their baskets from Momma Easter Bunny

It was Stake Conference, which was broadcast from SLC. So after the broadcast, we went over to Burley to Brandon's parent's house

After a yummy dinner, everyone went outside to blow bubbles, jump rope, and play basketball (of course)

Check out Gracie's face in this pic!

We are so grateful for the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ and know that HE LIVES!

(Thanks, Rob for the pics!)

What A Ham

Brandon wanted to snap a few pics of Grant before we went to church today. For some reason, when I held up the camera, Grant would make this super cheese-ball face/Asian eyes. It was hilarious! He kept doing it to the people around us in church, too! Where does he learn these things?!

Maybe he wont have a BabyGap modeling career after all....

Kitties

Here are some pics of our cutie little kittens that were born on Easter. Their poor mother, Lilly, was just born herself in October and she had 7 kittens! One of the kittens died the day after they were born and actually, one of the kittens in these pictures got ran over tonight by Brandon :(

I wont tell you which one...it makes it less sad.

The black and white is Brandon's fav and the white one is mine

Grant LOVES the kitties. He was getting pretty aggressive and just grabbing at em, but they took it pretty well

Sorry these pics are pretty bad. My camera isn't that great, the lighting was bad, and these little buggers are quick!

Yes, that's our lovely farm house in the background ;)

Arizona

Is it a surprise to anyone anymore that Brandon gave me tickets to AZ for my birthday again? It will always be the best gift ever! We got to go the first week of May and overlapped a few days with Chelsea. After a 2 1/2 hour drive, 5 hour delay at the airport, and another 45 min drive, we finally made it to my parents house!

Playing with Papa, getting ready to swim
Mother's Day

It was kinda sad not being with Brandon on Mother's Day (he gave me a coupon for a professional massage before we left) but, I did get to be with my OWN mother!

Grant and Luke with their matching outfits

Swimming! It was a lovely 98 degrees!

We decided to try the splash pad one day at Desert Ridge.

The water was pretty cold, so Luke wasn't a big fan.

Grant chillaxin in the stroller

"Aaaah this is nice"

Then we decided to try it out. Grant liked it pretty well.

One of my best friends growing up, Whitney Soper, was getting married on Saturday, but I had to go home on Friday because we had tickets with Brandon's family to see Wicked on Saturday!

I was bummed I couldn't go to the wedding, but was able to go to her shower on Thursday night.

Me, Sarah, Whitney and Chelsea

(Yes, Chels and I are matching patterns..I had it on first ;)