Two Months

Somehow Brady is already two months old. Well, he was actually two months last week. He is a good baby for the most part. He has started getting kinda fussy (ok, more like IRATE) when he gets too tired. We have to really stay on top of getting him to sleep in time, or things can get bad. But as long as he's rested, he is so much fun. He sleeps great at night lately. He usually wakes up once to eat, around 3 or 4. But he has already slept through the night (like 10 hours!) 4 times. :) He smiles a lot and already laughs when tickled. I'm soooo happy about this, since Mariah didn't laugh until she was a year old, and I completely missed out on that cute baby laugh sound.

Here's the little chubster.  He reminds me of Mylie, except MUCH fatter!  He weighed 14lb. 7oz. at his 2 month checkup, which is exactly what Connor weighed at 2 months. I love fat babies!

September

September sure flew by in a hurry! The highlight of the month was definitely starting school again.  The kids are all enjoying school and their new teachers.

Mylie is in 1st grade and has Mrs. Walk, who we already knew since she is Tony's assistant coach's wife. She's super nice and a great teacher! Mylie loves her.

Connor is in 3rd grade this year, so he is at a different school from Mylie now, Fort Bridger Elementary.  He likes going to the "big kid" school.  His teacher is Mrs. Proctor, who we had never met before. They're getting along well and he likes school, although maybe not as much as Mylie does.

Mariah got to start school this year as well! I am doing a mom's preschool with some friends again, and we have a fun little group of all girls this year.  We just go once a week, but Mariah thinks she is pretty big!

Mariah has adjusted just fine to having Connor and Mylie gone to school each day. Twice a week, I babysit my 2-year-old neice,  so she has a playmate those two days, but the rest of the time, she stays busy playing by herself (which she does VERY well), helping Mom, and loving on Brady.  She's a pretty happy girl most of the time!

Mariah built the Salt Lake Temple with blocks one day.

This year we got our best ever corn crop--about 150 ears!

A Wedding and a Blessing

Labor Day weekend this year was a biggie for our family! Sullivan and Michelle got married and had their reception, and then we blessed Brady that Sunday and had all our family minus Sullivan and Michelle (forgivable, I suppose) and Tony's brother Matt and his family.  In all, we had about 50 people at the house for lunch that day.  We are so grateful to have big families and for the wonderful people that they are!
Here are the pics . . . horrible quality due to having to use my #2 camera at the time, but you get the idea.

The girls' favorite part of the wedding? Their new fancy dresses! Such cuties!

My handsome little guy wearing the same little blessing outfit Connor wore.

These kids sure love Brady!

Brady's Newborn Pics

When Brady was just a week old, my (now) sister-in-law, Michelle did his newborn photos.  This is the first of my kids that ever had a real newborn photo shoot.  Spoiled, I know. . .  And they turned out GREAT!  I am totally in love with these shots.  He already doesn't look like this, but all the more reason to have captured all his newborn cuteness in this way!! 

A Trip to Cokeville

During Brady's second week of life, the kids and I headed to Cokeville for a few days.  It was nice to get away from my responsibilities at home and just be able to relax and enjoy Brady (and the Olympics, of course).  We had a great few days, enjoying a trip to the park, treats at the store, a visit to Great-Grandma Teichert's, Brady's first stroller ride, some raspberry picking, and lots of bike riding!  Thanks, Mom, for letting us come visit!

Dear Buyer:

Connor's thank you letter to the buyer of his steer:

"Thanks for purchasisig my beef. I hope you think he's tasty.  I worked very hard with him.  He probobly will be fantastic.  I want a lot of money, but it's close. I loved that guy. I'll save the mony for collige.

Sincirly, Connor"

Brady, Brady, Brady

Around here, it seems like BRADY is the most loved, popular, and perfect person on the planet!  The kids (and their parents) are totally in love with this little guy.  It's been fun (and annoying at times) to see how much the kids love him.  And I love watching him grow, although I wish he'd slow down a bit.  He has gotten into much better sleeping and eating patterns, which is soooo nice.  His record for sleeping is still just 4 hours, but he's getting pretty consistant with 3 or a little longer.  And the kid is chunking up nicely. At his 2 weeks checkup, he had already gained 1 lb. 10 oz.!!  I love fat babies! 

Here he is at 1 week . . .

 . . .2 weeks . . .

 . . . and 3 weeks.

And with the 3 kids that are completely smitten by him.