What a Great Birthday

Last Friday I turned 26. Yikes. It was a great day. I woke up to the little pitter patters of three extra little ones. I watched my sisters kids from Wednesday to Saturday with a break for a birthday date with Ry. Ryan went and got McDonald's for me for breakfast and then was off to work. I went to Sugar house park with Jessica, Halle and Chelsea and ate

Went home to Tiffany's house and took a little nap. Then Ryan came home and we went on our first date alone since Jake was born we had an hour and a half dinner atit was to die for yummy. Then we went and picked up Jake from Grandma and Grandpas, opened presents (Ryan got me this really cute coat he picked it out all by himself and I have to say I was impressed!)and watched a redbox. It was a very nice day. Thank you all for your phone calls, texts, cards and gifts.

Jake is growing up!!!

Jake is growing up so fast. He is sitting up on his own and scooting! He started eating solids a couple of weeks ago. I am absolutely loving this stage of his life. He is so much fun.

Sleep Training Update and the Snooze Button

Sleep training was a success!! The first night J cried for 1 hour, the second night 20 minutes, the third 3 minutes and the forth nothing. We still have nights where he reverts back to his old ways but not too many. An added bonus is the snooze button. He goes to bed at 630 or 7 wakes up for one feeding around 530 then the snooze button feature puts him back to sleep until 8 or 9.
My nephew L, Stephanie's son, had a snooze button and I remember loving it when we watched him and his sister. I am loving it even more with my own little guy.

Boating

We took J boating for the first time and he loved it.

A Sneak Peek

This is Eliza Metcalfe. She was born a couple of weeks ago and I was able to photograph her before our trip and before my camera broke. Eliza's parents are some of our greatest friends. We love you Ben and Sar and hope everything is going well.

A Few More

The Whole Crew

Ryan's Family

Baby Jake sleeping like a champ.

The Beach

It is a tradition in Ryan's family to go to the Outer Banks of North Carolina every other year for two weeks. I think this has to be my favorite family tradition.
We just got back a couple of days ago and I miss it so much. I love being with Ryan 24/7 and it was very nice to have 30+ pairs of hands to help with Jake.
Jake just looks at me everyday and I think he thinks "your it?" Where are my grandma's and aunts and cousins?
Thanks to all that made this trip possible and to everyone who helped with Jake.
As you will see in the pictures he did a ton of sleeping. We love our little guy. It is so fun to see him discover and experience new things for the first time.

Christmas Meadows

My Grandparents built an awesome cabin in a place called Christmas Meadows. I have been going there my whole life. I have such great memories of the cabin. It is truly the most relaxing vacation on earth. No phone, no TV and no cell reception. I love it.
We went up for the 4th of July and had a blast with the Munns family. We went hiking, canoeing, fishing and saw a big moose right in front of the cabin. We had a great time.

Sleep Training

Jake has officially been crying for 48 minutes and my doctor said to let him go 90. Sleep training is officially the hardest part about being a mom. I am about to pull my hair out I feel so bad. Anybody have some good tips to get through it? I am desperate.

Baptism Pictures

This is Bailey and she is getting baptized next weekend. I was excited to take her pictures because I really wanted to take pictures in the poppies in Alpine before they all wilted. We made it just in time. One more day and I think they would have all been gone. You are beautiful Bay.

Jeffrey and Jack

These two were so great to take pictures of. Pictures with trucks...What more could boys ask for?

Happy Father's Day Dad

Thanks for being such a great dad.

Interesting Reviews

I got some interesting reviews on the first pictures of Elise because of the large flower so here are some more without the large flower. I guess you win some and you loose some.

Ellie Brubaker

Here are some pictures of the newest member of the Brubaker clan. What a doll!!

A New Driveway!!!

The other day we got a new sidewalk and driveway poured. It was like pulling teeth to get them to replace it all. They just wanted to replace random pieces. They were going to only replace 5 of 6 squares on our driveway so I begged them to take the remaining square. The sight super said he couldn't or he could loose his job. I didn't want him to loose his job so I gave up. I kept hoping that they would just be nice and take it out. After the sight super left I tried my luck begging the sub contractors. I won and it was so funny. The one square was left on the driveway and I just went out there and stood, hoping. The guy in the mini excavator pointed to the remaining piece and asked if I wanted it removed. I gave him a pleading gesture and continued hoping. He took the shovel and picked up the remaining piece and dropped it but nothing happened. He raised his shovel and pounded the remaining piece busting it into a bunch of pieces. He turned off his machine and called the site super to make sure it was "ok" to remove it. I laughed so hard but... I got my way. Wahoo!!!