Brighton's Blessing

This past Sunday we were able to bless Brighton. 

The man of the hour.

We waited until he was 5 1/2 months old so that Micah's parents could be here with us. I'm so glad we did. It was great to have so much family around for the occasion. 

The Hiltons and Pratts: There were four generations from Micah's mother's side here. 

We were able to have more people participate in this blessing than in Lila's. There were actually representatives of Micah's family in the form of his father and grandfather. Members from my family included my brother Jared, and my brothers-in-law Ethan and Josh. My Mum and all of my sisters were able to come as well. We did miss my Dad.

It was a beautiful blessing.

I love these moments in life where we can get together as a family.

My side of the family, minus Rebecca who couldn't stay for pictures. 

Just my cute family. :) 

Thanks everyone for coming!

Jazz-Rockets Game

On Saturday night we had the great opportunity to attend the Jazz vs. Rockets game thanks to my awesome sister Emma. (Also, thanks Mum for watching the kids. You're the best!) We brought along my sister Sarah and Micah's brother Paul. Sarah and I are Jazz fans and of course Micah and Paul are Houston Rockets fans. 

It all started out well for the Jazz. Enes Kanter became my favorite player. At the half we were leading by 16 points. It looked great for me and a little sad for Micah and his brother. 

Well, it didn't take much time into the second half for the game to turn around. Let's just say we ended up losing by 11 points... 104 to 93. I was sad.

It was a fun night though... We sat in good seats, ate lots of ice cream, and just enjoyed the company of other adults. 

Our ice cream bowl. :) I really liked it!

Our first night out together (apart from the temple the previous Wednesday) since we had Brighton. 

Thanks Ems for the tickets!

Halloween!!!

This Halloween was by far my favorite in my life. It started with a wonderful day at school... the kids were so cute and our party was not overly crazy. It was a lot of fun.

Then, I got home and immediately got Lila and Brighton all dressed up for Halloween. This year Lila was going TRICK-OR-TREATING!!! She was SO excited, even though she didn't totally know what I was talking about before. She got the hang of it really fast.

We drove down to my Mum's to trick-or-treat at her door. I was hoping to surprise her and so I didn't call. Because of that, I got there before her... oops. It's okay though, we just went around her neighborhood. It was a great place to start. At each door she would say "trick-or-treat" then "thanks" then "bye" and sometimes she even blew kisses. It was adorable and oh so fun to watch.

After going to Mum's and stopping by Emma's for a short visit we headed back to our neighborhood to trick-or-treat again. We found Dad and Grandma hanging out outside waiting for trick-or-treaters. Every year we get so excited for people to come by and we are always disappointed. This year was supposed to be different. Our upstairs neighbors got lots of people coming by but they didn't know to come to our door. That's when Micah decided to head outside. It was a little late though. So it was again another disappointing year. We know better for next time at least.

By the time I got home again with Lila, Micah had given up and headed back inside. It was okay, though because we still had lot of fun.

We ended the night by watching, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" Then, Lila went to bed very content and very sleepy. 

What a great night!

Here we all are: Micah, Waldo, a bear and a monkey. No family theme here. :)

Lila's stash:

5 MONTHS!!!

Yesterday our little boy turned 5 months old! How fun these last 5 months have been. He is soooooo much fun. It brightens my day just thinking of him.
He has lost A LOT of his hair, just like his sister did. I do think he held onto his hair longer than Lila though because he has these super long whispies on top and they look AWESOME! :) The good news is that his real hair is already coming in and I'm pretty sure (dun da da DA)... it's brown! I'm so happy. Of course I love Lila's hair and wouldn't have really cared if it had been blonde, but our kids just look so much like Micah it's fun to see one of them getting something from me. (Although, I was blonde when I was little...)
Our little boy still loves his exersaucer and now he jumps around in it like crazy. I know he doesn't totally do it on purpose, but it's hilarious watching him just bounce around inside. He loves to watch Lila and it's funny to watch him swivel around in the exersaucer as he tries to follow her. She can get some of the biggest smiles out of him. I can't wait to see them interact more as they both get older.
He also rolls constantly all over the place. We have to be very careful. He hasn't had any accidents yet, but sometimes he makes me nervous.
He already doesn't like to get put into his carseat, which makes me sad since Lila never did that. He arches his back and tries to fight me when I put him in. He also will only be in his swing if he's asleep. As soon as he wakes up, if he's not strapped down, he'll start to kick his way out to the point he almost falls out... once again it hasn't happened.
He's a VERY HAPPY baby. I love coming home to such a smiley boy.
He still loves to cuddle (yay!) and is very content being held.
He makes all sorts of noise, laughs all the time. We finally got a really good laugh out of him on the 10th, but he doesn't consistently laugh that hard. I can't wait for that time.
He's a great eater and generally a very good sleeper.
He has beautiful long eyelashes, chunky cheeks, the sweetest smile, and a wonderful temperament.

Here is our handsome little guy now...

Our little boy enjoying football... don't judge. :)

Roll Over

This morning Brighton rolled over for the "first" time. (He rolled over once in the hospital and then once at about 5-6 weeks, but I don't really count them.) It's quite the funny story how we happened to catch it.

Bright was in his exersaucer when he started to get really fussy, so Micah pulled him out and he was covered in poo, mostly on his back. Whenever Bright has a dirty diaper in the exesaucer it gets everywhere. Anyway, Micah laid him out on a towel on his stomach so he could try cleaning up his back and immediately Brighton rolled over. He was very quick so it was unexpected. It also made changing his diaper and cleaning him up that much more difficult. ;) Every time after that, if Micah would let go of him, he would immediately roll over. It was so cute! He did it so well and easily it made me think he's probably been able to do it for a couple of days, but hasn't been on his stomach for a little while.

I thought for sure he would roll from his back to his tummy like Lila, but I guess he wants to carve out his own path. It's so fun watching him grow! I'm so happy that it happened before I left for work and so I was home to see him do it.