BYU Away Games

Stockton was born into a family of BYU fans. This football season he even went to three home games and did a great job! I'm sure these were the first of many to come!

Our tradition for "away" games is to watch them at Mikey's parents' house. The typical crowd includes Mikey, Grandpa Russ, Grandma CoCo, Grandma Pete, Aunt Judy, Mikey, me, and now Stockton (and usually Bishop Hecker, but he was out of town)! This was the first away-game-gathering of the season. We discovered, though, that even if it's a really good game, Stockton is half of the entertainment!

Stockton & Grandpa Russ

Cuddling with Dad

Mikey's darling Aunt Judy

Grandpa Pete & me--Forever Friends

Watchin' the game with Dad

Quite the Distraction!

TOUCHDOWN!

95-year-old Grandma Pete is one of the biggest BYU fans EVER!

Stockton 5 1/2 months old

Stockton's First Snow

You know you live in Utah if the first snow falls in October, and then you don't get snow until January! We'll see if that holds true this year.

We were soooo excited to take Stockton outside to experience snow for the first time. He seemed pretty chill about it (no pun intended!). We tried to put some in his hand, but he wasn't too into that. He was just very observant.

Stockton: 10 Days Old

We're back!

I've taken quite the hiatus from blogging, but I'd really like to start again to document our family history.  I'll start with the most important event of the past year--or the past decade--the arrival of our sweet, sweet Baby Stockton back in May!  I'll post hospital pictures later, but here are his newborn photos.  Enjoy! 

Once we got home from the hospital and had settled in for a few days, our dear friend, Marta, came over to take some newborn photos of Stockton.  She did such a great job of capturing his sweet temperament.  These pictures are one of my greatest treasures!  

We absolutely adore our little man.  He is simply an angel. 

Stockton loves his hands.  We could see him holding his hands up by his face in ultrasounds.
It's so cute to see him doing the same thing now.

Mikey's cousin (and my dear friend) Janelle, made the bedding for Stockton's crib.  It is amazing.  She is so talented.  She also made this "Stockton" sign for the "friends shower."  I'm so happy she let me keep it for his nursery!

11 Weeks Left!

Just about 11 more weeks until we get to kiss these sweet little cheeks . . .

. . . and count and tickle these darling little toes!

We can't wait!

Merry Christmas!

Guess what . . .

We're having a BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are so extremely thrilled and can't wait for our little man to join our family.

Wahoo!!

We're Expecting!

"Everywhere in nature we are taught the lessons of patience and waiting. We want things a long time before we get them, and the fact that we want them a long time makes them all the more precious when they come."

Joseph F. Smith

And on that note . . . WE'RE EXPECTING!!!

The fertility road has felt long and tiresome, but what a feeling now! It almost feels like all those hard times are a blur. We are so grateful that my pregnancy is going smoothly so far and are thrilled to welcome this darling angel into our home this May!

Happy Birthday, Mikey!!!

Happy birthday to my sweet husband who loves life, family, memories, music, the gospel, fun, Lake Powell, Oregon, kids, learning, Pepsi, the Jazz, the Cougars, driving, and crazy adventures!

I love you, Babe!