Christmas & New Years

Well Christmas this year was great! Even though it was our first year celebrating our Christmas as a married couple and new parents, Branson slept pretty much the entire time. We actually traveled down to Mesa to spend this year with my family but we did spend our Christmas Eve at my Aunt Brendas and my dad's family then over to Forests families for a Christmas Eve dinner then off to Mesa, of course in our time, and arrived there at about 2 AM. We then spent the morning with our tradition of making a huge breakfast then opening presents. So anyway I will let you know what the pictures are of.

New Year's - on our way to my Aunt Brendas for Texas Hold Em and lots of food

Branson in his "fancy suit" thanks to Aunt Linds

Forest eating waffles (way after everyone else cause he slept in)My Grandpa Dick and Branson's Great Grandpa

Rogers Family Christmas Party - we had to head down straight from church so we didn't get a chance to change

Branson & Forest on Christmas

My mom decided that she needed to clear some room and put all of our childhood keepsakes in these bins and gave them to us this year, going through them was the greatest part of Christmas

ONE OF MY BABY DRESSES

DONT ASK

MY HIGH TOP RED CONVERSE FROM 1ST GRADE, I WAS TOTALLY THE ONLY GIRL THAT ROCKED THEM

LINDS AND HER GARDEN GNOME FROM ME AND FOREST

BRANSON WITH HIS COUSIN CODY AND SANTA (GRAMPY)

THIS WAS THE REINDEER THAT FOREST MOUNTED ON TOP OF OUR ROOF ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THE MOVING HEAD, IT WAS QUITE THE SITE

Christmas Shopping

So the other night we went Christmas shopping in the valley & saw that KMART was open until midnight so we were just killing some time and saw this great bicycle that I really wanted but we just settled for some test riding around the store and pictures.

2 Months Today!

Well it has been a while since I have updated so here you are going to see Thanksgiving, Christmas pictures, Branson's 1st time to church, 2 month shots & just recent happenings. Oh and also, Branson is growing like a weed. He is still a little guy but had his 2 month check up and now weighs 8.0 lbs and and is 22 inches long so 3 lbs up and has grown 4 inches! Time is flying by and he has definately found his smile. Everyone asks who he looks like and I think he looks like a Busby baby (my moms fathers side) kind of like my Uncle Mal.

SCHNITZEL ANYONE?

Well, one of mine and Forests favorite thing to do is go out to eat so we saw this German restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives down in Phoenix and we decided to try it out and dragged my mom along. She isn't one to really try new things so it was kind of funny but we all got some Schnitzel and a Sausage Platter. It was a little weird but fun experience anyway.

Our Sausage Platter (it was WEIRD in a not so good way)

Me and my mom with our BEER MUGS - one of the fun features of the meal

GRANDPARENTS
Here is Branson with my dad's mom, so Bransons great grandma Nancy

Branson with Grandma Judy at Super Daves on Thanksgiving- I love this picture

Me & Branson at my moms on Thanksgiving

Our family picture we used for our Christmas Cards this year along with the ones of Branson in the stocking

He was really unhappy with us hanging him up in this stocking but it was too cute to resist

Me & my nephew Rhett (Tera's 3rd) on Thanksgiving at my moms

Branson's 2 month shots

Aunt Linds

This was Branson's 1st day to church, I love this outfit but it swallowed him up so he kind of looks like a Sumo Wrestler

These ones are my favorite, my mom bought him this cow costume and it is just so cute with its little ears and bottoms of the feet that say moo, I know it isn't Halloween but we dress him up in this often.

Still a "SPIDER MONKEY" and I love it

New Pictures

When Branson was 1 weeks old we had some pictures taken for his announcements so I wanted to share some of them with everyone because they are just too dang cute not to.

1 MONTH & COUNTING

My Branson boy is already a month old. It is funny how surreal it is to know that this little guy belongs to me and Forest. We were talking about how much both of our lives have changed in just over a year & a half when we started dating. We really feel blessed to have found eachother & to have the blessing of this little guy in our lives.

"Spider Monkey"

Branson & Daddy (I don't think people realize what a good dad Forest is, he is so helpful. He stays up in the night to do feedings and the other day he even showed up at home with a gorgeous bouquet of roses. I don't deserve him.)

"TUMMY TIME"

Branson hates bright lights so this is what he does when he is under one

My mom got this cute halloween outfit for Branson for Halloween and it even glows in the dark. He was basically swallowed up in it but it was still super cute on him.

For those of you who don't know about Forest's love of Teddy Bears and that he still insists on sleeping with one at night, I'm pretty sure he is trying to instill it into Branson. This is what I found on my camera after I left to go to Mutual and left Branson with Forest.