I love my husband but....

sometimes I wonder what is going through his head! He took my car yesterday and then picked me up to go shopping. Akoy was in a summer outfit with 1 little blanket. It is the middle of December and it has been FREEZING outside. Literally. In his defense, the outfit fit and he had never worn it and wanted to dress him up cute for me. I told him he had to wear shorts today and see how he liked it.
It's a good thing he has a couple extra layers of fat to keep him warm!



Okay, so I really do love my husband and he is the best dad. It was a little funny. Hopefully it won't happen again though :)

Solids, here we come!

After we got the okay from the doctor we gave Akoy rice cereal for the first time! We gave it to him on his 4 month Birthday, December 11th. (I'm a dork like that) However, we are not very good and keeping up with it. He's had it probably 5 times since. It is really when we have time and the motivation. Each feeding he is doing better and better.

At first he didn't know what to think




Then he decided he did NOT like it!



Like I said before, he is improving. He just sucks on it then spits it out.

Oh boy!

Have I got behind in blogging! Life has been just a little crazy. I have been without internet on my computer for a while and I don't have time to blog at school anymore. I used to use my phone's *cough* internet *cough* but I was lucky to not get caught. Long story! ha. Anyway here is a little about what we have been up to!

Akoy is getting so big! I know he is almost 4 months but this a picture of him at three months with his bear.


One night he fell asleep in the bathtub and he looks FAT!


I like this outfit. It even has his initials. BUT it looks kinda weird on him. I love his expression.. its like "Uh mom, do I really have to wear this outfit??"

Akoy loves Bryson!! Every time he comes home, Akoy just smiles and "talks" to him. It's so cute!


DISNEY ON ICE

We had the opportunity to go to Disney on ice. It was so much fun. We went with Bryson's brother who also took his wife and daughter.
Akoy fascinated
Addi into it

Akoy fell asleep for part of it. Apparently he wasn't that interested! :)
We were having fun!

All of the princesses dancing together

All of us

Trying to keep Addi warm


Our cute and handsome little boy!

Val Dean turns 3 and gets a car he can drive! He was so cute driving it!



Akoy fell asleep at my friend Katie's homecoming. Welcome home Katie! I hope to see more of her :)
Another outfit that I love! Too bad he is growing out of it fast!


Happy Anniversary! We celebrated our 2nd anniversary by driving a car down to St. George and back. It was actually fun to spend time with Bryson. We ate at Olive Garden and we both look so lovely! Late night doing homework, then working, and then going to St. George.
Cute jacket I bought for Akoy in St. George


Akoy loves his toys!


Thanksgiving!
We started off by spending all Wednesday together. A much needed day off! We went to In N Out and played some Mario. I know that sounds really lame, but it was actually fun to sit and play the new Mario game with Bryson.
Thursday: We had lunch with all my family and then headed up to Idaho to see my grandparents. It was good to see them. My grandpa was just diagnosed with cancer and had gone downhill quickly. Hopefully we will be able to see him a couple more times though. Unfortunately their sewage went out and and we ended up using a port-o-potty that was delivered to the garage after a day of being there. Long story. ha

Our family with my grandma and grandpa

Akoy and Great Grandpa Murdoch

The lovely bathroom

Akoy was very interested in the paddle. He was trying to hold it.
Saturday. My brother's wife had her baby
Beckett Larry Murdoch
7lbs
18 inch
He is such a pretty baby, especially when he was born. He didn't have to go through labor. Planned C-section. I'm starting to like that idea more and more :)


Baby Akoy!
This week I am babysitting six kids. It will be a fun week juggling 7 kids with babysitters and work but it will be good Christmas money. I started babysitting this little girl when she was Akoy's age. These kids are obsessed with 'baby Akoy.' They can't say his name with out saying Baby. Mia LOVES him. It is super cute. She just looks at the monitor and watches him sleep.
Wish me luck with this kid... 4 more days :) ha

To Grandmothers house we go!

For Thanksgiving this year, we spent part of it in Idaho. My dad's parents live in Rexburg. My grandpa hasn't been doing so well and his heath his going down hill quickly :( It is so hard to see my grandpa like this. He doesn't know who we are, sometimes he will remember bits and pieces but very rarely. It was nice to spend a little time with them over Thanksgiving. I am grateful for all that he does for us! Here are some pictures of the trip!

Akoy and his great grandma Murdoch


Akoy with his great grandpa Murdoch

With the grandparents

Oh, on a side note, their sewage went out while we were there. Here is a port a potty in the garage. (we did end our trip a night short, it was getting a little complicated!)

St. George!

Akoy had his first vacation! We left Friday after school and headed down to St. George. Akoy was asleep when we picked him up from my moms house so he just slept while we finished getting ready. He started off by sleeping for a couple more hours in the car. (He loves the car. Usually he’ll just sleep) A couple hours into the drive he woke up, so I climbed to the back and had some fun.

Just waking up

Having fun with mommy! Staring contest!!

I found out that he like to stare at my phone. Even the main screen. I would get a phone call and he would cry because he wanted to look at my phone. Cheap thrills!

After a little while he wasn’t very happy.. but that only lasted for a minute or so before he went back to sleep. (I love his pouty face!)

And he feel back asleep:)

And we can't forget our wonderful driver!

Originally our plan was to stay with my dad, who was down doing work there. He ended up coming back early so we were left to stay at a hotel. They were packed! No where had rooms. Bryson and I were both calling places. Finally Kelley found us a place and booked us our room. We got there and what…?? Oh, they just double booked us. The found us a few smoking rooms other places but no thank you! After more calls, running into places we finally found a room at the Holliday Inn. The guy tried to haggle Bryson. It was kind of funny. He was trying to sell us the room. After resolving that we went to Pizza Factory to dinner. Yummy!! Akoy even got to enjoy some ;)



Finally at the hotel!

The next morning we slept in. We were trying to get ready so we put the TV on for Akoy. We very rarely do this. He was watching Play House Disney and every time one of the characters would go off the screen, he would cry! It was pretty funny! Here he is all set up.

We picked up the tickets for the concert and shopped at the outlets for a little shopping. We got Akoy a couple Christmas presents for a good deal.

I made Bryson go to In and Out for lunch! I love that place! It was sooooooooo oooooooo good!

Bryson’s family finally got there and of course we went to the outlets again. We were only going to be there for a half an hour. So, I didn’t bring any extra clothes for Akoy. But of course he blows out and we buy him another shirt. What a stinker! Already learning young! We had dinner at Iggys and then headed to the concert. It was really good. The 5 Browns are excellent piano players and make it fun to watch! We did have an awnrey lady in front of us though that didn’t think we should bring kids. She kept Shushing us. After the concert was over we kindly told her that we support our family and we would like to teach these kids to appreciate this kind of music.


Here is our group in front of their sign.

We were going to go home early the next morning but strongly felt that we shouldn’t. We would have only had 3 hours of sleep and didn’t want to risk something happening. We traveled with both families back home. We had a little fun with some of the other cars ☺ Lets just say, we enjoyed our way back home even though we stopped 2 times in the first hour and a half….

Bryson’s grandpa sitting in the chair:



Sorry for the plethora of pictures, i'm obsessed!