HaLLoWeeN PaRtY

We usually have a Halloween Party on the Miles side every year...thanks to Robyn and Chandler for planning it this year...another fun time was had by all!!!

Braxon was a cute little skeleton...

I thought it would be fun for all of us to be skeletons!

Everyone looked so good in their costumes!

We had so much fun playing lots of Halloween games, the traditional bobbing for apples was a hit for the guys, and eating good food of course!!!

The face paint didn't last to long bobbing for apples, its a good thing it was the last game of the night!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Can I just say....BLOW OUT!!!

I know all of you moms out there know what I am talking about when I say "Baby" and "Blow Out" in the same sentence. Just a little funny story....the other day I was getting ready to get some lunch for myself because I was STARVING....so I thought..."Well I'll hurry and feed the baby first (which usually takes about 30 mins) and then I will get me some lunch." As I started to feed him we were about 15 mins into it, when lets just say the roof could have blown off! Here I'm thinking "wow that tops them all." So I am getting ready to finish feeding him for the last 15 min when I turn him around and notice poop soaked clear through his onesie, jammies, onto my pants. "What do I do now???" Finish feeding him or head for the tub and finish feeding later??? By now he is crying and not liking the warm feeling of poop up his back, so I headed to the tub. Might I mention...taking off clothes that have had a "blow out"...just makes the "blow out" even worse. By the time I had got everything off, we had poop head to toe...(maybe I'm just the new mother that doesn't know exactly yet how to take off "blow out" clothes). I get him all wiped down and most of the poop off (I thought anyways) when I decided to wrap him up and finish feeding him, then bath him when he was done. So back to the feeding we go, when I realize as he is eating, he had poop on his one hand..."Now I'm thinking GREAT..." As I watch his hand like a hawk so he doesn't touch it to his mouth or anything I get done feeding him and head to the tub. FINALLY....I get him all cleaned up and dressed!!! Needless to say... the hurried 30 min feeding turned into a 2 hour long process. LUNCH ANYONE??? So much for eating myself...by then the hunger pains were long since and gone. I just had to laugh to myself and say..."The Joys of being a Mother" I wouldn't trade it for anything!!!

"How can ya not just love this face:)"

2 Week Appt...GRoWiNg LiKe a WeeD!!!

Our little guy had his 2 week appointment and lets just say he is like his mom....LIKES TO EAT!!!

He weighed 9 lbs. 1 oz. He had gained a 1 1/2 in one week...and grew 1/2 inch, so he is 22 inches long now!

We are so happy he is doing so well...the doctor said he was doing great and to continue what ever we were doing....and to not wake him up at night to feed him any more. I was waking him every three hours to feed him...but now she said to let him call the shots. It is so nice cause he sleeps 4-5 hours before he is ready to eat each time and then goes right back to sleep. He is such a good boy. We are enjoying him so much...Devin and I can't quit looking at him and smiling, he makes us so happy!He sure loves his DADDY!!!

Our Little Bundle of Joy has Arrived...

Braxon Devin Miles

Weight: 7 lbs 11 oz

Height: 21 1/2 inches

Arrived: Sept 29, 2009

We couldn't be more happier to have this little guy in our lives. Lets just say it is definitely a change...but a good one! He is such a good baby, we can't complain. He eats really good and sleeps through the night. I have to set my alarm to wake him up and feed him. I hope I don't jinks myself. He is such a good little boy, we love him so much!!!

Going to his first doctors appointment a few day after he was born. Everyone says he looks just like his daddy!

We can't get enough of him. We are so grateful he is healthy, happy, and doing so well. He brings so much joy in our lives!!!

CaNNiNg SeAsoN...

The canning season is here once again...I was glad I was able to get everything done before the baby gets here.
A Bushel of Peaches

2 Bushel of Tomatoes (this was half of them)

I have to say thank you to my mom for helping me finish my last bushel of tomatoes AND for doing ALL of my salsa for me. As a lot of you know I am a Salsa freak, especially home canned salsa and I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get it done this year...but thanks to my mom I have 58 jars of SALSA. She is amazing. Thanks so much MOM!!!

Pregancy Update....

Things have been going so well with my pregnancy, I definitely can't complain. I can't believe that I only have one month before we get to meet our little boy! We are so excited and yet a little nervous at the same time. Since I have had such a great pregnancy, I just keep hoping the labor and delivery will be the same:)

36 weeks and counting

Summer Wrap Up....

Since how it seems like I can't keep up on my blog, I thought I would compile a few of the summer highlights to wrap it up. Starting back at the 24th of July forward....

24th Celebration

We spent the 24th out in Park Valley at the traditional 24th Celebration that happens every year. I didn't get any pictures of the actually celebration but we had a good time at the Steak Fry and Dance on Friday night and then on Saturday we enjoyed the Parade, Program, Games, Tug-A-War, and the Rodeo. It was a lot of fun. I always enjoy seeing my friends I grew up with.

We've had some great times in Park Valley this summer at my parents. Here's a few fun pics of Devin & Elden picking their favorite cherries one of the weekends we were there...

Chilling on the hammock as the guys pick cherries

FAMOUS DANCE BABY SHOWER

Anytime anyone gets married or has their first baby, Devin's mom and sister throw an awesome theme shower for whoever it is. So for our baby shower, it was focused all around the circus....and boy was it fun. We played circus games, had circus treats and everyone performed a circus act when they presented their gifts to us.

The Circus Announcer...(Marilyn)

One of the circus games...everyone had a cup of balloons and who ever stuffed the most in their partners shirt won!

Everyone was pretty stuffed;)

More Circus FUN!!!

One of the Circus Acts
The pictures really don't do this shower justice....they really know how to throw a party...we had a great time with everyone and really enjoyed all the circus acts...(everyone is so creative). Thanks to all for everything!!!

The ROCK Path

As most of you know from a previous post we went and got rock out at my parents one weekend...well one of our Saturdays we got the path finished and done.

It was a definite case of "Where do we begin...which rock first?"

Once we got started it seemed to come together

Almost DONE....

The Finish Product

Devin and I had a great time doing this...just another project chalked off the list before the baby comes!

Miles Family Vacation

This year was the Miles side for the family vacation. It was up at Island Park. It was so good to get away, eat yummy food, 4-wheel, play games, boating, fishing, and just have fun together as a family! (the only bummer was I forgot to take pics of a lot of things...here are a few...)

Devin with the nieces and nephew...catching squirrels...F.Y.I. he was successful;)

Heading 4-Wheeling with Chandler and Robyn...(Miles stayed back with grandma;)

Ready to ROLL!!!

Pic of the fam...minus Aaron and Brita's family they had already left, and Bric and Heidi's family they weren't able to make it. A fun time was had by all!

ThE BABY'S RoOm

I thought I would do a little update on the baby's room. It is pretty much done, give or take a few more wall hangings that I'm still brewing in my head how to finish.

It has been so much fun getting everything and putting it all together. I still at times feel like I am just playing house and all I need now is my doll:)

We can't wait till our little boy gets here. I know it is going to be a big change, but it is one I have waited for my whole life... and that is to be a Mom!

4th oF JuLy WeeKenD

We had a great 4th of July. We spent the weekend with Devin's family. The only bad part was... I forgot to take pictures. We had a lot of fun, swimming, BBQing, playing games, watching fireworks and spending time together as a family.

Here are a FEW or the two pictures I did get....

PaRk VaLLeY WeeKend....And ROCKS

This past weekend Devin and I went to my parents for a visit and to get some ROCK for a path in our yard. We had quite the weekend. It was a lot of fun!!

Mom and Devin posing for a picture in between hauling rocks to the trailer.

Devin excited about one of his finds...what a good lookin' rock... and man of course!

Mom and I taking a little break before we started hunting again for some more rocks!

Dad stacking the rocks on the trailer so our load would stay put while driving.

We packed a lunch and in between loading rocks stopped for a little snack!

Devin and Dad loading the prize rock of the trip. We wanted to get a nice one for our front flower bed to get our name etched on....well this was a doosey...thanks guys for breaking your backs to get this rock!

Devin pretty proud of his load of rock...After 6 hours of picking rocks on the mountain that day we finally got our load. It was a great day. Thanks mom and dad for your help and for the fun weekend. We always have so much fun when we go to Park Valley!!!

BeAr LaKe

We went with our friends again this year to Bear Lake. We had a lot of fun even though Trina and I were pregnant and not able to do the fun water activities. It was still fun to get away and have a weekend with friends.

Fun on the water weeny

This is the one thing I'm a little sceptical about when being on water...it seems like someone is bound to get hurt while riding it ...luckily no one did.

Devin with his most favorite water toy....he loves wave running. He and Jeff couldn't get enough of them.

A fun time was had by all!

I'm BaCk In the BLoGging WoRLd....

It has been FOREVER since I have posted anything on my blog. So many things have been going on, and blogging took a back seat. But I figure now I should get caught up on what has been going on in our lives.

A little up date on the pregnancy

As all of you know we are having a boy... I am 24 weeks now and things are going great. I can't complain. I have had a wonderful pregnancy so far. I have told many people, I sometimes forget that I am pregnant, things have been so good. For the last little while I have started to feel him move and I am getting a bit of a belly. It is so fun to feel him moving around, its still such a miracle to me how it all works. Everyday we get more and more excited for him to join our little family. We can't wait!!!

Back in School

Also... I am back in school. I guess I can't really claim to be fully in school but I am talking one last and final class online to finish my Associates Degree. I got looking into my schooling a while back and realized I only needed 2 more credits to get my Associates. So I decided it would be a no brainer if I didn't get those last 2 credits. So I enrolled in a Childhood Adolescence Nutrition Class. It has been the perfect class to take since we will be having the baby soon. I have learned a lot. I will be done on the 26th of June and have my Degree... For me who is not a fan of school....this is an accomplishment. I will be glad to have it done!

My Wonderful Husband who is always full of surprises

As some of you know, our life for the past year and a half...pretty much since we moved into our house...has been YARD WORK. We spent all of last summer doing the sprinkling system, which I hope to never tackle again, and for the good part of this year pulling weeds, picking rocks, raking dirt, picking rocks, leveling the ground and did I mention PICKING ROCKS!!! They say build your house on a firm foundation....Well I don't think we are going any where with the rocky ground we live on.

Digging trenches for the sprinklers....

I never thought I would be so grateful for a "Ditch Witch"...It saved our lives!

Anyways... we were hoping to get our sod in at the beginning of this summer/spring, and this is where the "wonderful husband" comes into play.

We finally got everything pretty much ready for sod and were just waiting to hear from the sod company. We had our name on a waiting list to get a little bit better deal and so we had to wait until the sod place called us to get it.

Well about two weeks ago...Devin was out in the yard working again and I was so SICK of yard work, so I told him to come in and "lets go do something fun". He told me he would be done in a minute. As I was about ready to head back in the house.... A semi full of sod pulled into our neighborhood...

When I saw it my words were "Oh Man, who is getting sod in the neighborhood I wish that was ours" The semi was about to our house when Devin said..."SURPRISE...IT IS OURS" I could not believe it....I was so surprised I about fell over. Then my mind was going 90 miles an hour trying to figure out how it all came about...and "who was helping lay all 17 pallets of sod". I should never doubt my husband who covers every track that needs to be covered. The crew was on its way and we had the whole yard laid by the end of the night. Insta-YARD is the way to go. It is so nice to look out and see green and not DIRT. All the hard labor the year before and this year PAID off! Thanks to all who helped lay the sod...we appreciated it so much.

The first few pieces laid

I am always amazed at Devin and the things he does for me. He is always full of surprises. It seems like he always has something under his sleeve brewing. It is so nice to have it all done and not have to worry about it anymore....just in time before the baby comes!

DrUm RoLL PLeAsE.....

We're having a little boy!!! We are so excited....Devin is thrilled to have his little soccer/basketball/football, you name it, sports player! It is still hard for me to imagine we're having a baby. Some days it seems so unreal....but having the ultrasounds each appointment definitely brings it all to real life. I can't wait till I start feeling him move, then I know it will become even more REAL!!!

A LittLe Up DaTe...

I thought I would do a little up date on how my pregnancy is going. A lot of you have asked how I have been feeling and all I can say is, I definitely can't complain. The minute I found out I was pregnant, one of the first things that came to mind was "Morning Sickness", so I was a little worried how my body would react. I have felt so good that I have told a few people that I sometimes forget I am pregnant. In the very beginning there was a few foods I ate that sounded SO SO good at the time....and NOW....BARF...I hope to never see a corn dog again!!! So, if anyone is needing corn dogs, when I went on my craving I bought two boxes and only ate ONE!!! I can't even stand to look at the box. Other than that and feeling very tired, I have been really lucky and have felt great.

We find out what we are having April 17th, so a week from this Friday...we can hardly wait! In the beginning I thought I was having a girl to the point when my grandma asked me what names we liked, I went off on the few girl names we liked and then she said..."what about boy" and I almost was like "Grandma, we're having a Girl". Then I went through a stage of thinking it was a boy and now I am pretty neutral, I don't really know. Devin on the other hand thinks its a Girl...so I guess we will have to wait and see. Whatever it is, we will be thrilled either way!!!

New Addition to Our Family.....

And NO its not another FISH.....(I'm sure that's what a lot of you are thinking...lol)

WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!!

I'm 12 weeks and 5 days to be exact...so 3 months!!!

Devin and I are so thrilled to be parents, we can't wait! Our due date is October 3rd. We can't wait to find out what we are having at our next appointment. Feel free to leave us your guess on what you think....BOY??? or GIRL??? (We'd love to know your opinion)