New do's.

So apparently I'm not smart enough today to figure out how to order these pictures so that they are chronological. Oh well...I'll just post them backwards :0)

Em, Tim and I decided to hang out and try a new recipe. This one was "Raspberry cream cheese coffee cake" or something to that effect. In any case...it was a major hit! SO yummy! I decided to use a heart cookie cutter to cut out a few pieces and thought it'd make a great Valentine's treat.


A picture of the real deal from the cook book. Of course nothing ever turns out quite like the recipe says!

Em, Tim and I at work in the kitchen. Fun times! :0)

Which brings me to...my hair cut! It was time for a change. It's not quite as short as I would have liked, but I think the girl at David Douglas did a nice job.

Yeah for haircuts! :0)

Venturing out to the mailbox!

So let's face it, Brie and I don't get out much, especially Brie! This morning I needed to take some letters out to the mailbox and decided it was a great excuse to snuggle her up (in an ADORABLE snow suit...thanks Kristina! :0)) and take her out with me. Here she is looking so cute...
And of course, since I am a picture fanatic I asked my dad if he take a picture of our mini walk! Being the great and proud grandpa that he is, he accepted! :0)

Weekend with my sweetie!

Bry ended up being able to come home Friday evening which was a fun treat :0) We made lasagna for dinner and got ColdStone for dessert. It was great being together again after five days without seeing each other!

As a surprise for Bry coming home for the weekend I decided to decorate for Valentine's early. I didn't want to spend a lot of money so I bought a few small decorations, a bunch of fun Valentine's paper and then decked out the apartment with little cut out hearts. It may have been a BIT much, but I wanted Bry to feel LOVED! :0) Here is a picture showing some of the cut out hearts.

Nursery Frogs.

For my baby shower gift one of my visiting teachers made this adorable frog quilt. For those of you who don't know...I LOVE frogs! I decided to hang it up in the nursery (well, the "baby corner" :0)). Anyway, this morning I finally decided it was time to do a little photo shoot with Brie and the quilt. I sat her up on her little changing table, but every time I went to take a picture she would slump over to the side. SO, I decided to use frog stuffed animals to hold her up! Here is the result...

I love the face she is making here...it fits right in with the frogs! :0)

What a cutie!

I love this picture...You look at Brie then me and Bry and wonder where she got her genes! :0)

One of our first family pictures!

Briana Joyce Graden :0)

So Tuesday it will already be SIX weeks since Brie's birthday...I can't believe it! She is already getting so big! My mom, Rach and I measured and weighed Brie at her 1 month mark and she was over 9 lbs.

Life is good. I feel SO blessed to be living in my parent's basement apartment. They (as well as the Gradens) have been wonderful to help us out FREQUENTLY! I don't know how I'd stay sane without their help!!

As many of you know Bryan has officially started his first busy season with KPMG. He spent last week in Seattle and got to spend Saturday with Grandpa and Grandma Graden (which was a special treat!). I picked him up from the airport yesterday evening...it was SO nice having him home, even if it was for less than 24 hours!! He left this evening for Logan where he'll be spending the next five days. It definitely isn't what we prefer, but we feel that it is the right thing for now...and we know that the Lord has blessings in store...we just need to open our arms to receive them!

Anyway, Brie's already had her "midnight snack" and is back in bed which means that I need to be sleeping too :0)

I'll post more later!