One Proud Dad!!

In honor of my sister Natalie!!!

So my lovely sister Natalie gave me these two outfits and I have to say Belle looks so cute in them. Natalie also made the red and white bow for Belle! Holy professional! Nat you need to go in the bow business! Nat you are awesome thank you!

Well, I suppose since Mamie writes on here everyday I should probably write at least once. I just wanted to brag about my family for a second. I have probably the cutest daughter in the world! Granted that will probably change when she is 13, but at least for now she is the cutest girl alive! Hahaha just kidding Mames, but seriously. I also have the most amazing wife that anyone could ever have! She is the best and I love her more than anything! She is defenitly my number one. I have everything in the world that money can't buy! Now I just need some money...Hahaha! But seriously, I am probably the luckiest guy alive! Mamie and Belle, thank you both for being the best and making me so happy! I love you!!!

This is for Bridgette! Love the idea!

5 years ago...
- I was 17 years old and Monkey was 19
- I was still in high school at Chatfield (shoot me)
- Monkey was on his mission in England
- I was driving the best car in the world... 86 honda accord and it almost never started but I loved it
3 years ago...
- I was 19 years old and loving life at Byu-Idaho hanging out with Meredith, Amie, Doug and Scottie D
- I was extremely poor and still driving my honda
- Monkey was still on his mission
1 year ago...
- Monkey and I got married in the Denver Temple
- I was a crazy mess and I feel sorry for Monkey
- we got in the mmost funny fights... Biology, I hate you!!, jumping the fench, that doesn't go there, making a snowman, your antisocial!!!
NOW...
- We have a beautiful baby girl
- Monkey goes to school full time and works as a TA
- I blog
- and I am trying to become a better cook (trying)
- Monkey has 3 semesters left and then he will be going onto optometry school! 4 more years of school.
- hopefully one day we will be done with school and maybe one day get a little house! but for now we will be moving where ever life takes us!

So I am sleeping and I wake up early one morning and look at the clock... it was 7 in the morning I started to panic... Belle hasn't woke up or cried or nothing all night. I thought oh my heck she is dead I run into her room and as normal she is breathing her raspy breathing and just as peaceful as ever. Belle for the past week has been sleeping 8 hours or longer. I can't even believe it! Belle is just like her mom- she can sleep whenever, wherever, and however long!! These pictures show her routine when she wakes up.

Home sweet Home!!

It is so good to finally get all of our stuff out of boxes and put into a place where we are staying more than 4 months! I love our apartment it's a couple steps up from our first place in the phillipino lady's basement. It was cement basement with wires around the walls and uneven ceilings and the best part no doors on any of the rooms except the bathroom!!! Our apartment now is also a couple more steps up from our second place.... hahah our old folks home!! I loved that place... lots of memories like the time i almost barfed in the elevator cause it smelt like moldy cheese! haha or all the old ladies getting really mad at us cause we always missed the ice cream socials! Just in a nut shell I am so grateful for our new apartment!

So I decided I need to tell a little bit about about my life the last 11 months! So February of last year finding out that I was going to have a baby was probably the best feeling I have ever had. Before Monkey and I got married we decided we weren't going to start having kids till at least a year. Haha did that change... a month and a half after we were married i was pregnant with little Belle. I wish everyone could see Monkey's Face when he found out we were going to have a baby! I am suprisedhe didn't faint! As the months went on I felt so bad for Monkey I was pretty sick and all I wanted to do is lay in our old folks home on the couch that I swear someone died on and watch the disney channel! Monkey was use to me going everywhere and never really holding still! Then bam he got the complete opposite. All he heard is Monkey hurry sonic is closing in like ten minutes I need a chili dog!!! Anyways long story short Monkey was amazing he did everything for me. I will always be so grateful for him, what a amazing person. So finally Belle came! Oh and I don't know how to describe how I feel now being a mother. I love that little girl so much. I love when she wakes up cause without fail she always looks up and smiles and I know this is so cheesy but it seriously just melts my heart. What a miracle it is to have children. I will never regret having children so early. I especially love when Belle and Monkey are together, he loves her so much! He just stares at her and anyone that sees him with her knows the love he has for her. I am so grateful for these months we have had so far with Belle. Yes it has been hard and very emotionally (I am not even talking about breast feeding!) but I have loved every moment.