True Blue

In the sea of Red that we seem to live in, our family has remained avid BYU fans. We are True Blue in this house and make sure our Red neighbors know it. With the Utes not doing so hot this year it will be fun to be BYU fans. We start out early instilling in our kids which side they stand on. Brylie went to her first BYU game when she was only a few months old.

(Brylie before going to her first BYU game.

Grandpa was a sport to wear the BYU shirt.)

(Beckam 5 wks old and showing his

Blue spirit.)

This year the game we'll be attending is a little bit later, so we'll be taking Beckam in spirit and Brylie in person. (Beckam will get to stay at Gram's house.) To show our Blue spirit, the family did go to a game watching party at Brandon's office decked out in our BYU gear. Here's to a great season. GO COUGARS!! (If you see Brylie, she will gladly say this for you.)

Where's Brandon?

For the last week there has been a noted absense in our house after a certain hour. It is made more apparent by Brylie's constant question "Where's Daddy?" Brandon's work is moving to this new building along with six other businesses and he is in charge of all of the computer stuff for the entire building. This week has been especially busy for him since his company is moving in right now and everything has to be ready before Monday. For those of you who don't know, Brylie is a big daddy's girl and expects her daddy home at night to play with her and put her to bed. She has some kind of internal clock that lets her know when it's getting close for Brandon to be home. If he isn't home close that that time, those of us at home pay. I'm really proud of Brandon's accomplishment and being given this responsibility, but it's going to be a long weekend.

One Month and Counting

Well we've survived the first month of having Beckam. All I remember of Brylie's first month is how hard it was. I'm happy to say I think this one has been easier. Sleep deprivation is still an issue, but Beckam is a pretty laid back baby and easy to handle the majority of the time. He is more alert now and likes to look at different things. He can be entertained by the light bar on his bouncy chair or looking at the toys on his play mat. He also likes to look at his big sister who loves to play with and be tickled (touched) by him. We love having Beckam. Here's to many more great months!

A Girl and Her Shoes

I didn't think a two year old could outgrow shoes so fast, but Brylie managed to out grow all of her sandals while the weather is still warm. All of the stores are now carrying fall clothes so the only sandals to be found were Crocs. We picked up a pair and Brylie loves them. She can put them on and take them off herself, so from morning to night, she constantly has them on and off. It's great for her to be able to do this except when we're in the store and she has left them in a previously visited isle.

Finally

Ever since my family reunion in August, I've been meaning to get this up. But time of course got away from me. I am happy to join the world of blogging. With the new addition to our family, I thought the time was perfect. Our family grew by one on August 15 when Beckam E.J. Harward came in to the world at 7:34 pm. Like his sister he didn't want to come easily into this world. Brandon and I got to the hospital at 7:00 am that morning for a planned induction and spent the rest of the day hoping this birth would take less time then his older sister's. No such luck. My mom had come to the hospital to deliver dinner and movies to Brandon and got there right when Beckam was making his entrance. She had Brylie with her, so after a little bit of waiting out in the lobby, Brylie got to see her little brother when he was less then an hour old.

By the time Friday rolled around I was more then ready to go home and Brylie was ready to have her mom and dad back home. Luckily Beckam was pretty laid back the first couple of weeks home, because Brylie needed some quality mom and dad time. My mom was a life saver and stayed with us for 9 days. Having her here definitely made the adjustment easier to having two kids.

Life is now pretty much back to normal or rather our new normal. Brylie loves her little brother and is mommy's big helper. Beckam is like most newborns figuring out the world around him and his sleep schedule. Brandon and I would love if the figuring out the sleep schedule would come a little faster and include a four hour stretch at night. Just one of the joys of being a parent.