Dexter's First Birthday

Happy Birthday little man! Yesterday was Dex's first birthday, I can't believe its already been a year, it feels like he was just born. Crazy!! Anyway, we had a little birthday party for him, his cousins came over along with Russell, Collette and Shawn. I made him his very own cake to destroy, it was a red velvet cake with chocolate frosting, so it would be extra messy. He was pretty timid at first, but eventually he dug in and got a little dirty. We had a lot of fun, and hopefully so did he.

Easter

Dexter with his easter basket
Corbin with his easter basket
Our boys in their cute twinner easter outfits, aren't they cute!

And here comes the morning sickness

I really love being pregnant, being part of an amazing miracle. A tiny little person growing inside of me so fast that I can't comprehend it. The whole thought of it actually brings tears to my eyes. But for the last couple of days, it hasn't been very fun, morning sickness has decided to show up, and not just in the morning! I admit that mornings are the worst, it takes hours to ease up, and I can't eat anything for fear of throwing up. But it doesn't end there, it shows up periodically throughout the day, and gets really bad in the middle of the night, especially if I have to get up with the kids. I feel miserable, and I know I still have plenty of time to go. I am trying to embrace this time with an open mind, trying not to complain and annoy Scott, but when you have to get out of bed at 6 am just to puke it gets hard. Wish me luck for the next several weeks, and hopefully (but not likely) it will be gone before we go on our cruise.

The picture above is obviously not from my current pregnancy, but I thought it illustrated how wonderful pregnancy could be.

Buying a house

Since Scott and I moved to boise 3 months ago, we have periodically looked at some houses on the internet, and driven around to grab flyers from houses for sale. We signed a six month lease for our apartment so we can't move until the end of June. So we planned to start really looking for a house as soon as we returned home from our cruise in the end of April, but we just can't wait any longer.
Scott called a realtor yesterday, and we are going to actually look at some houses tomorrow morning. There are a few that we have seen on the internet that we are pretty excited about that we are going to see. The cool thing about buying a house this time is that we get to look at houses that are everything we want. When we bought our house in Utah, it wasn't the best market, and there wasn't much to choose from, especially in our price range. We kinda had to settle for a house that was smaller than we wanted, and farther away than we wanted to be. Right now we are in a buyers market, and there are so many houses to choose from in our price range, including brand new, never before lived in homes.
Since Scott accepted his job with Russell back in september, we have had so many amazing opportunities. We would never have been able to afford any of these houses without having moved here. We miss our families and friends, but we don't regret our decision.

Dexter's latest success

Dexter would like me to report his latest success. With just under two weeks until his first birthday, he is FINALLY weaned!! I can't believe it, I am free (for a few months anyway, until I have to do it all over again). He has been mostly weaned for a few months now, but he just couldn't give it up at night, so we took the slow approach and gradually took feedings away. It worked like a charm and now he doesn't even realize it's completely gone.
We are now working on him sleeping ALL night, which is hard. He has never slept through the night, and now that our mexican trip is less than a month away I am feeling the pressure. He usually sleeps until about 4:30 or 5:00 in the morning, but I would love him to sleep until 7:00 or 8:00. I would feel terrible if he kept getting up while he is visiting grandma. If anyone has any suggestions let me know! I could really use the advice.

A New Baby

In case you haven't heard, Scott and I just found this past weekend that we are expecting baby number three. It wasn't that we were actively trying to have another baby, we just stopped trying not to. Anyway, our due date will be somewhere around November 8, 2008.

Those other Brunson Boys

For the past few days Scott, the boys and I have been staying at Russell and Collettes house while they are on vacation in the bahamas. We stayed in their home to watch their two year old, twin boys, Dallin and Bowen. It was only for three days, but man it wore me out! I felt like the mother of 4 boys ages 3 and under, it was crazy!!
At times it could get pretty hectic and noisy, but I think they all had a good time. Luckily we made it through the three days with only one injury, poor little Dexter fell down the huge stairway hitting the tile floor at the bottom. He scraped his nose and lip and got a bloody nose, it was very traumatic for both of us and we had a good cry together (I think I cried harder than he did).
We also had a minor incident of Corbin breaking a cupboard door on their entertainment center, but hopefully we will be able to fix it. Other than that it was a pretty successful experience. Maybe I will have more kids!

The picture is of Bowen, Corbin and Dallin taken last summer, I haven't uploaded my pictures from the past few days yet.