Our Girl is no longer a Girl!

We had a follow up appointment today and boy am I glad we did. first thing as Mary put the thing on my belly we could see our baby sucking or chewing but its mouth was going and going. That was a cool sight! Then Mary said "wait a minute... I havent been wrong in over a decade, but this is not a girl!" So we poked and proded some more to get a really clear shot and sure enough.... Weston Denis Brooks is something I'm going to have to get use to saying.

The Burglar

Last night as Cody and I were sound asleep, I was startled by the sound of our Home Security alarm beeping. It's 1:00 Am and there is no reason that should be going off unless someone is in the house. So I nudge Cody and he is instantly up and out of bed. He goes out of the room and I was frozen in bed. When I didn't hear any yelling or wrestling, I went to the bathroom and figured everything was fine. As I was crawling into bed and Cody was falling back asleep I asked, "what was that?" He said, without skipping a beat, "It was the Burglar, I told him to off and he went away." What really happened... the stop watch that Cody had just bought was set for 1Am and he thought he set it for 1PM!

Idaho trip #2

OK i've been telling everybody we'd be getting this up as soon as we got home and of coarse... We're procrastinating. So here it is. We drove up to St. George Thurs night because we both at the last minute got Fri off. Spent Fri Sat and Sun in SLC. It was Conference Weekend and we got tickets to Sat AM. What an amazing experience to see the Prophet and church leaders speak. It was Cody's first time in the Conference center and he was blown away. Of course we forgot a few things, taking the camera to the conference center was one of those special times. It was awesome anyhow. We picked Eli up on Monday morning and he was so excited. When we talked to his mom, Hallie, she said "He has been asking when your gonna get here all morning" We were pleased to hear that! He couldn't bring enough toys!!! Everything he could see he wanted to load up. Typical kid I guess. He was so excited to see that track and wanted to do nothing but bug us about riding his bike on the track. He crashed once and he was done! We spent a lot of time with family and friends, and Eli got to know some of his cousins, and our family friends. He definetly knows no strangers. He introduced himself to everybody (including all the girls) we talked to and was so polite about it. He loved the girls, and they loved his kid charm. The first night we spent with him was exciting as well. Nicole slept peacfully in the recliner while I took the night watch. He told me that he didn't want to sleep next to the wall, so I did and he snuggled up. That was until 1:30 A.M. He wakes up and sits up on his knees and then slams his face into the pillow for his own comfortablility. He didn't know his position on the bed and bounced right off and bumped his head on the night stand. I witnessed this but it seemed like a dream. He then let out 3 moans in sleepy pain and when I picked him up back on the bed, he let out one more moan and then started to snore...again! This (slamming) technique was a constant ritual and was almost as bad as Nicole's pushing me off the bed technique. All in all it was a great experience to be with our family and have Eli be a part of it. We will do it again next month.