3 Year Anniversary

3 years ago today Bryan and I were in Snowflake, AZ getting married. It was a cold, snowy day but it was the happiest day of my life. I was nervous to get married but yet so excited. I can still remember looking Bryan in the eyes while kneeling across from each other in the Snowflake Temple and being so happy. These three years have been amazing. We've had our ups and downs for sure but our love just grows stronger and stronger. Bryan took me out to dinner and a movie on Saturday to celebrate our anniversary and we had a great time. He took me to his Elementary School and showed me around and told me all about that school, middle school and high school. It was fun hearing stories and getting to know my husband even better. I love Bryan so much and am the luckiest girl in the world. I've got an amazing little family and can't wait to spend Eternity with them. 3 years down...Eternity to go! :)

Blessing

Bethanie got blessed on Sunday (1-10-2010). She looked beautiful. She did a great job during the blessing and during sacrament meeting...she didn't make a peep. Bryan did an amazing job on the blessing...the spirit was so strong and you could tell that he just loves his daughter so much. I love my little family and am so blessed to have Bryan and Bethanie in my life. :)

2 Month Stats

We took Bethanie to the doctor yesterday for her 2 month check up and she's growing like a weed. :) A beautiful weed of course!!

She is now 11 pounds, 8 ounces which is in the 73%.
She's 23 1/2 inches long which is in the 80%.
And her head is now 38 3/4 cm around which is in the 50%.

She got her 2 month shots which of course I hate...but I think the shots made her tired because she slept REALLY good last night. :)

I can't believe she is already 2 months old...we are having so much fun with her. We love that little girl so much!!

Happy Baby!

Bethanie was real smiley so I pulled out the camera and had some fun. I'm pretty sure I have the cutest baby in the world :)

Good Mom vs. Bad Mom

VS.

So, let me just say that I am getting kind of tired of EVERYONE trying to tell me how to raise my baby. So many people just think it's their responsibility to give me unwanted advice. Yes, being a mom has been hard, but I LOVE cuddling with my baby and I love it when she smiles and is happy...what mom doesn't love that? What I want to know is, when did letting your baby scream their head off and try to calm themselves make you a better mom than the mom who goes in and cuddles with their baby? I was told today that I am a bad mom because I cannot stand letting my baby cry and cry. I'm sorry but when Bethanie is screaming like she is being murdered, I am not just going to sit back and listen without wanting to comfort her. It kills me having to hear that cry. I would much rather see my baby smiling in my arms than to have her screaming, face turning red and tears streaming down her cheeks in her bed. Does this make me a bad mom???

Better late than never ;)

You will never guess what I did on Tuesday! I got my driver's license!!!!! It has been a huge fear of mine to drive forever, but I just refused to let it control me any longer...so I did it. I got my license. I even have a story to go with it. It was not as easy as walking into the DMV and taking the test...here's the story:

Tuesday, December 15th, Mom and Dad came down so that Mom could watch Bethanie while Dad took me driving. We left the house and drove to Casa Grande (I drove)...it's about 35 miles or something. Well, we get to the DMV and because my permit was expired the lady said that I would need my birth certificate! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! So, we had to drive all the way back to Maricopa to get my birth certificate...I thought I'd cover all the bases and grabbed my passport too. We had lunch and then headed back to Casa Grande. We got back to the DMV and waited for about an hour...you know how it is waiting at the DMV. Anyway...they finally call my number and I gave my paperwork to the lady...BUT she didn't even ask me for my birth certificate! So, I asked her if she needed it and she said no...but then I told her that I just went all the way back home to get it so she better check. So she checked and come to find out she was doing it wrong and she really did need it. She looks at my birth certificate and says, "Uh oh, this has a different name on it (my maiden name)"...good thing I had my passport with me because it has Rector on it instead of Barton...thank goodness!!
So, I finally get to take the written test and I pass...yippee!! Then they tell me to take my car around back of the building so that I can take the driving test. The driving instructor lady had me park and she had to check to make sure all of my lights and blinkers worked...well guess what?!?! The left brake light was out...so she told me I'd have to come back another time to take the test because she could not take me on the road with a brake light out. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!
So, I ask Dad if there is a way that we could just replace the light in Casa Grande instead of going all the way back home. We went to Auto Zone and replaced the light...and headed back to the DMV.
All the lights work now, so the test could begin. Here comes the next challenge...That morning I had called the DMV to find out if they did parallel parking or three point turns in their test and they told me it would be parallel parking, so before we left that morning I practiced parallel parking. WELL, THEY LIED!!! The first part of the test was a three point turn within a bunch of cones...I had 3 chances to pass that portion and I finally got it right on my 3rd try. IF they would not have lied to me I would have practiced that.
ANYWAY...the rest of the test was easy and then we get back to the DMV and the lady says, "It's illegal to drive barefoot, but I won't fail you for that." (I had taken my flip flop off because I did not want it to get stuck on the pedals or something...thought it was safer that way).

So, after all of those challenges...I GOT MY LICENSE!!! YIPPEE!!!!!! :)

Christmas Fun

So, Bryan was off painting a house and I got BORED...so I decided to play around with the camera, Bethanie and Trooper. It was fun. Hehe.