Goals

I have been thinking a lot lately about goals. I have been graduated since July and we are settled down in Dallas. When I was in school I was working towards something. At the moment I feel like I have stopped progressing and that is not a good thing! I am not going to wait until New Years to make goals. I am starting this week.
My Goals:
1. Read the Book of Mormon with Caiden each morning
2. Read a book just for fun.
3. Make a plan out my day with things to do
4. Plan out meals/ eat healthier
5. Work out 5 days a week.
6.  Take Caiden on walks on each morning
These are just a few of my goals that I will be starting on. There are a few more that are to personal to share on a blog.

Loving life

Caiden has gotten a lot more personality last month or so. It is so fun to see him grow. I am so lucky to be able to stay home with him while Trevor works. We are so very blessed.
Caiden has started to laugh more and more. Just at silly little things.
The little boy and I made some friends. With the family downstairs they have a little girl whose two years old and another little girl that's five months old. We started to go on walks them each morning it's been a lot of fun. It's been nice to finally feel like we are starting to have friends and really make a life here.
Trevor and I are so lucky to be here. Heavenly father really keeps blessing us each day. It's very clear to me that when you Truly are living the Gospel heavenly father will bless you more and more.

Catching Up

It has been a while since I have been able to update the blog. August was a busy month for us.Trevor's family let us stay with them. It was fun to be able to spend time with all his family be for the big more to DALLAS,TX.
Caiden and I flew to New Jersey. I was Caiden first time on an airplane. He did so good. He sleep most of the flight. I was a little worried that he might cry. He was a champ.

We did a lot when we where there. One of the main things that I got to do was show off Caiden. My Grandma is a nursing home. So to brighten my Grandma day we brought Caiden to her. He was the star of the Nursing home. It is amazing to see what a little baby can do to brighten peoples lives. I am so glad that caiden could come to New Jersey with me. We sure did miss Daddy. It was a great trip.
One the way back I was really sick. I am so glad that my Dad and two brothers where with me. Caiden was a little angel on the plane thank goodness. 
So my Dad and brothers came out to Utah 1) to set up Will at Snow college 2) to help us move to Dallas.I can honestly say Trevor and I have the best families in the WORLD. They help us pack the truck up perfectly and got us on our way to Dallas!
I never thought I would end up in Texas of all places. We are settle in for the most part. There are a few box left that we need to take care of. Our apartment is in the perfect loction anything store that you would need to go to is with in a 3 miles of our place. Its really wonderful. Plus there is a great place for Caiden and I to go walking. We try to go everyday.
We are still learning our way around but we sure do love it!!

 

 

 

 





A little laughter

Caiden, Trevor, and I went to dinner at Charlie's place tonight. Overall a goodnight but I keep losing at UNO! But one of my every favorite parts of the evening was Caiden laughed for the first time! It was one of the sweetest sounds I have ever heard! He looked right at Trevor and laughed! R was a cute little chuckle!

The cute little boy

Caiden is nine weeks old! I can't believe how fast he is growing! He is smiling a lot! I love his cute little baby sounds! They are so fun!
Caiden had to be out of the house yesterday for a couple of hours when they were spraying for spiders. So we were able to have lunch with a good college friend. That was fun we were able to catch up and talk! It had been a while since we have seen each other!
Later that night Caiden went to his first play My Fair Lady! He sleep most of the time! Tonight we are going out bowling with some friends of Trevor's! So that will be another first for him too! I love being a wife and a Mom it is the greatest thing in the world!

Graduation & Utah

Last week of school was kinda crazy. We have a lot to do with finals and all the packing we had to do. I was lucky and only had one final. Trevor had at least four tests. Graduation was great! It was a long day. Trevor's family were able to come up for graduation. Graduation was long it was very good though. We got there around 430 but didn't leave until about 9 o'clock at night. We were all very hungry so we ordered a lot of pizza.
We are very grateful Trevor's family. They were a huge help in packing and cleaning. It would've been a lot harder without their help.Dennis Barbara's fiancé let us use their trailer to pack all of our things in. We were able to pack up and get out of Rexburg by noon
Saturday. Kind of a weird feeling knowing we will not be back in Rexburg anytime soon. We are finally done with school.
For the meantime we are staying withTrevor's family in Pleasant Grove Utah. we will be here for about a month then we will be moving to Dallas, Texas. We are glad we can be here to spend time with Trevor's family we don't know how often we be able to come back to Utah to visit with his job.
Caiden and I will be visiting New Jersey on August 6. We will be there for 10 days. My grandma finally get to meet Caiden. Grandma has been sick so it will good for her to see him. We are both very excited!
Trevor and I feel very blessed. We have been given so much this past year together. When you do your very best and gave it all you have things really do work out. When you follow heavenly father's plan things seem to fall into place really quickly.

The Light at the end of the Tunnel

Trevor and I have one week left of school. Finals and graduation are next week. We have been waiting for this day for a long time. School has always been hard for me. But, it feels good to know that I can do hard things.We are both ready to move out of Rexburg. Rexburg has been good to us. We were able to get our educations but its time to move on.
Trevor was able to get a job in Dallas, Texas for an accounting  firm called PwC. I will be a stay at home mom. I am so glad that we will be able to afford me to do that.We are going to be staying in Utah for about a month with Trevor's family. It will be nice to spend sometime with them before the big move. Caiden and I will not be in Utah that whole month.We are flying out to New Jersey for 10 days to spend sometime with my family he has not meet his uncles yet.
I have a feeling that the next few months will be full of new and exciting things lots of adventures for the Brown family.

Caiden's Baby Blessing

On June 22,2012 Trevor was able to bless our little baby boy Caiden. We where able to have my parents, and all of Trevor's family which also included Dennis my mother in-law soon to be husband. It just family for the bless. We where able to bless him in our little apartment.I am grateful for all these wonderful men that honor their priesthood and here able to bless my little boy.
It was so good to have them all here for the special day. This was the first time that most of Trevor's family got to meet Caiden.

Kellyn Came to VISIT!!

Kellyn came and visited us this past week. It was a blast to have her here with us.
 Caiden really enjoyed her aunt.  Here are a few highlights of the week:

1.       Caiden is a pro at peeing on people. Kellyn seemed to be his target this week. I believe she got peed on at least 3 times if not more.

2.       I loved seeing Kellyn hold Caiden. He is a cuddlier and loves being held.

3.       We took a walk up to Campus and saw Trevor. It was a first time Caiden has been to school. Trevor showed him to people that he worked with.

4.       Kellyn and I went to the mall with Caiden. We were looking for something for Caiden to where for his blessing on Friday. Caiden was a little grumpy he did not want to be in the stroller.

5.       Our family really enjoys the Restaurant Famous Dave’s. We went there for lunch after we went to the mall. It was Caiden’s first time there.  

6.       Caiden really enjoys getting a bath (just kidding). Kellyn was able to experience the joys of bathing Caiden.

It was a really good week. I really enjoyed having her here. Hopefully Caiden will have some cousins soon. So we can visit Jersey and play!! 

This week Mom and Dad are coming out for a visit. We are having Caiden blessed on Friday night. Trevor’s family will be here for a couple of days too. It will be great to have everyone here for Caiden. He is going to be one month this week. I am not sure where the time went. I love being a Mom. I am surprised at how natural it feels.  I love our little Family. Trevor and I are so happy to have this sweet little boy in our life.

Caiden James Brown

Trevor and I welcomed little Caiden James into our family on May 21, 2012 at Madison Memorial Hospital. I was induced at 8 am in the morning. Dr.Lovell came and broke my water that was such a weird feeling. They also started me on the pitocin to start my contractions. Trevor and I watched movies. I really didn't feel painful contractions until around noon.I keep telling Trevor and the nurse that I didn't want them to think I was a wimp for getting an epidural. But they both told me that nobody would think I was a wimp. Epidurals are amazing. A few hours I started to feel contractions even with the epidural in. So the nurse called someone and they gave me an other shot of the medication. After that I honestly could not feel a thing. It was wonderful Around 5pm the nurse came in and checked me. I was ready to start pushing a half hour later at 5:36pm we had a beautiful little boy!

Caiden 7lbs 12 oz 20 1-2inches long

As soon as he was born I got to hold him for just a minute. It was an amazing feeling to hold him for the first time. I just fell in love with him. Then they took him to clean him up and to measure him. I remember the whole time I just wanted him back in my arms.

Caiden is a sweet baby boy. He is really good. He really only fusses when he need something. Trevor and I are enjoy him. We have learned a lot only in the short two weeks he has been with us.

Trevor's Mom was able to come up with her fiance Dennis to spend the day with us.

My Mom was here for two weeks after Caiden was here. We are both so grateful that she was able to come out. She was a huge help to us. Plus this is her first grand baby so she was loving be here to spend time with him.

This coming week Kellyn is going to visit and help us! We are so excited to have her come.