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Justin and Jon after Skydiving














Daddy and Brea














Our last night in Hawaii














With my parents














In our Hawaiin dresses!














All smiles with Grandma














Deciding that she likes the water if daddy holds her














Not digging the floatie so much














Brea loves her squash














The wind was blowing crazy and the waves were huge














Sea Life Park














Brea clapping after the show














Brea loved the dolphin show














Dolphin show at Sea life park














Justin and the Tates














The cute little dolphins














Brea loves to play with Grandpa














Arent they just so cute!!














Brea poking her little head through














Feeding the fishies at the Dole Factory














Sunset














Our little fam



















Hot Mama














Chillin at the pool














Naked little baby, she always tries to run off naked














Drinking from Grandma's spray bottle, she loved it!














Brea checking out all the cute babies on the beach, looking hot!














Brea loved wearing daddy's hat backwards














Play date with Blake and Brynn














Little Blakey and Lindy














Chaco and his buddy giving kisses














Little buddies!














Jens birthday breakfast at Maglebys














Brea loves her Aunt Jen














Justin and his work and the award they won














Me and my little love muffin














Friends over for Justins birthday














Grandma and Brea














Justins birthday dinner at Outback














Twenty nine forever!!!














Birthday boy














All of us at Dustins surprise party














Just chillin














Glad to have a healthy baby back






I much prefer the nice warm weather of Hawaii and just lying out every day, but i guess i am stuck with this nasty weather for now. We had such a fun time in Hawaii!! Brea has got to come twice now, it's too bad she will not remember it!! She did so good which i was relieved, because i was not sure how she would do. The flight over was a little hectic because she just wants to crawl all over and climb up on things, but we made it through it!!! We've had a busy month since i last posted between celebrating Justin's 29th birthday and dealing with a sick baby and heading out to Hawaii. After Brea's whole episode of Roseola, she got a nasty cold which i was hoping did not end up being RSV, but she got over it after a few days and has been healthy since, thank goodness!! So hopefully we will have a healthy stretch for a while!! We had a blast in Hawaii with the Tate's and my parents as well!! Justin got to check another thing off his bucket list, first sharks and now skydiving!! I dont want to know what is next!! I told him he can do what he wants as long as we have his life insurance!!! Just kidding!!! I prefer having my husband, but he loves to do crazy things i guess!!! I just love being on the beach and lying in the sun, and thats pretty much what we did, oh and we ate alot, too much!!!! Brea is now 10 1/2 months old and so much fun!! She is so funny all the time. She loves to clap at everything and for no reason at all. When she is crying, she will even start clapping. She is a fan of eating, and i dont know how she fits it all in her!! She eats her little puffs by the handfull, and starts choking most the time, she cant' get them in fast enough!! I am happy to say she finally figured out the crawling thing. She has been army crawling forever and we just assumed she would just do that and never crawl, but now she is doing them both. She loves to wrestle with her daddy and grandpa. She gets all excited and pulls herself up to her feet and body slams them and falls over and pulls herself back up. She is really into doing head stands too, she really is quite entertaining to just watch!! We have a good time watching the funny things she does!! Being a mom is so much fun and i love seeing her learn new things everyday, she is so smart and loves to copy everything i do!! Although she did just start biting my arms, and i want to beat the child everytime she does it!!! J/K, i love her, but it does hurt when she gets the littlest peice of skin in between her teeth!!!

Bear Lake? Valentines? What????

Our little Valentines getaway last night!














When the rash was first starting to appear














Poor baby.



















All over the place














And another



Yeah so pretty much our plans of a nice little getaway to Bear Lake for the weekend went down the crapper. We were so excited to have a weekend of friends, fun, snowmobiling, sledding, food, etc etc etc. Thursday night we were packed and ready to head out the door and i get home at nine thirty to have Justin tell me Brea had a temp of 102.4. So with our car packed, we decided to wait the night out to see how she did. Well the next morning her temp was a little under 102.o, and she was acting fine and with tylenol and ibuprofen it slowly crept back down, so we decided to just head up to Bear Lake. Besides being fussy, Brea did pretty good all day friday and we had a lot of fun. But Brea kept choking on her food and threw up because she started gagging. Well we put her down for the night and she was miserable all night long, waking up and crying. Finally at five am i took her temp again and she was at 104.4 and was a furnace. I got up put her in the bath and tried to get her temp down. We started packing up to head back down to Orem. I was bummed to leave but i was more worried about being far away with a sick baby. So we went to the doctors which ended up being an awful experience. They did the strep test that came back negative, they catheterized my poor little baby, and then sent us down for blood work. This was a nightmare. I do not know how moms of really sick babies do this over and over, it gave me an understanding and compassion for them. They tried four different times to get a vein for the blood culture all the while i am holding Brea down while she is screaming and looking at me with her sad eyes full of tears wondering why i am not helping her. I felt like the worst mom in the world as they tortured her. After finally telling them that they are done and they are not trying again, they gave her two more heel sticks. I left there exhausted and felt like an abusive parent for allowing it to happen for so long. Brea had cried her self into exhaustion and came out with bandaids all over her body. The blood work showed no elevated WBC's, so they thought it was something viral. We would get the rest of the labs back on Monday. So Brea continued on with her fever over 104.0 until Monday morning. The URinary analysis showed no UTI, there was no H1N1, and no RSV. So it was frustrating wondering what the heck was wrong with her. Soon after, Brea broke out with a rash across her chest and back and all over her face and neck. I called my dad and he said it sounded like Roseola. So after researching it more and bringing her in to the doc, we finally know what has been going on. I am just glad we know what has been causing the high fever, but poor Brea is covered in this ugly rash. I guess most kids get this, but it is a pain until you know what it actually is because you go through all this testing for nothing. Now i feel worse that i let her be attacked by the stupid lab phlebotomist. To make it all worse, me and Justin have been sick as well, so not fun. Well, the joys and stress of parenthood. I wouldn't trade it though, i love my baby and hope she starts feeling better soon. And i hope this rash clears up on her pretty face. I guess we wont plan a vacation anytime soon, something always comes up!!

9 month appointment, No Shots!!! Yeah!!

So cute in her big girl jammies!!



















All snuggled up for our walk














Brea and Aunt Julie














Uncle Brent and Brea














Friends night at Lindy's cabin with the babies!!














London and Brea playing dog pile!














Cut little Blakey.














Little buddies!














Having so much fun!














Blake got a hold of Brea's foot! He is so interested














Move. The Vibe Show














Me and my hubby!














Jen, Brian, and I














Oh my gosh!!! It is Derek Hough and Mark Ballas!!!














Lindy always makes Brea laugh














Justin on his exciting helicopter ride!



So Brea had her nine month appointment today, and come to find out she is a little shrimp with a good size head. We were laughing and decided she resembled a Q-tip!! Just Kidding, she is perfect and we love her!!

Here are her stats:

Weight: 16lbs 13oz 14.83%
Height: 26 3/4 inches 21.65 %
Head Circ: 17 1/2 inches 63.29%

Doctor says she is healthy and right on track for everything, so that is good!! She just doesn't want to crawl. I guess she decided her way of transportation suits her just fine, which is rolling around and army crawling!! She likes to play follow the leader and do whatever we do. She waves bye bye, smacks her lips, strums her lips and ours, and can't get enough of other babies. She loves to scream at other babies!! Brea's teeth are coming in like crazy. She now has six teeth!! Four on top and two on bottom. She loves to have her teeth brushed and gets a big old grin everytime she sees her little tooth brush. She is just so much fun, i love her!!!

Happy Late New Years and Fun!!!

Loving her licorice!!



















Such a big girl in her high chair!














Me, Jen, Jason, and Mom at my Aunt's 50th Anniversary!














The Girls














My Beautiful Mom and Sis














Aunt Jen and Brea














Brian, Me, and Dad bringing in the New Year!














Mom, Me, and my hot hub!!



















Happy New Year!!



We brought in the New Year at my sisters house and had lots of fun!!! Brea is almost nine months old, crazy!!! She is just so funny and cute, i love this age!! She is so interested in everything and wants to eat everything, especially licorice!!!! She refuses to crawl and prefers the roll around and inch worm technique! She loves to say Dada, although i did hear her say Ma ma a few times last week. Even though she says dada, she is a mama's girl. She is starting to cry when i leave, which is cute, but sad!!! Occasionaly she will wave bye bye, but prefers to just strum her lips and eveyone else's lips!!! She is so much fun to be around and we love her!!!

My Beautiful Baby!!

Brea in her cute sunday dress!!!