At Home with my Boys

It is amazing how you can be so busy and yet not busy all at the same time. That is kind of how are life is right now. No big events are taking place and life is running smoothly, but on the other hand I feel like I am constantly doing something like bathing, feeding, rocking, playing, cleaning and the list goes on :) I must say though I am loving it and there is no place I would rather be then with my two little boys. That explains why all my posts are about them :)

Eli Baird Stuart

We feel so blessed to have had Eli Baird Stuart join our family on March 1st 2011 at 4:19 pm weighing 7 pounds and 13 ounces. We think he is perfect in every way and even after only a week we can't imagine our lives without him :) he is named after my great grandfather Eli Jessie Howard, his middle name is after my dad who also has Baird as his middle name, Which is also my Grandma Dickson's maiden name :) Things are very busy for us right now as we all adjust including Cash who loves his new baby brother E-wy (this is how Cash says it), Most of all we just feel very blessed.

5 Things I Love...

I noticed while looking at our blog that I hadn't blogged once this year, and I really wanted to do better. The thing that has been keeping me from blogging is nothing too exciting has been going on and I didn't know what to blog about. So I thought going along with the month of February (although it's after Valentines Day) I would post pictures of 5 of the things that I love. This is in no particular order just some pictures I had on my computer :)

1. My sweet little boy Cash and although not pictured my sweet little baby on the way :)

2. My wonderful husband Jared, who is also an amazing dad.

3. Moments like these (My little sister Brooklynn and Cash)

4. The Ocean

5. And.. My sisters, who are some of my best friends, and the person who is taking the picture my mom :)

Merry Christmas

Cash on Christmas Eve in his Christmas jammies.

Cash and his cousins Hayes, Chansy, Kalon, and Dally in their new Sunday clothes they got from their grandma for Christmas.

Cash and his grandpa Stuart out looking at the Horses.

This year we had a really nice Christmas. We spent Christmas down in Woodruff Utah with Jared's family. Cash had a lot of fun and spoiling from his grandparents and aunts :) And I was able to get a bit of a break, which was really nice. On Christmas day his cousins came up from Fountain Green Utah and he really enjoyed playing with them. I would have to say one of the things he enjoyed most though was going out with his dad and grandpa seeing the horses and doing the chores. When they would bring him inside even though it was freezing he still wanted to go back out immediately. Jared also really enjoyed all this and the time he was able to spend with all of his family. As for me it was also really nice, lucky for me Jared has a family of 4 sisters and we always have a lot of fun when we get together, I am so lucky to have such good in-laws :) So overall Christmas was really fun for us all, and we always look forward to the next time we get to spend with our families.

Christmas Tree

This weekend we got our Christmas tree up and I have to say it was a little hard for me. I had to give in and get a a fake one :( We normally would get a real one but because of lack of transportation options to get the tree to the apartment, the one in the box at Wal-mart was the right size. It actually turned out real pretty and Cash had a really good time helping Dad put it together, so it will do for this year.... but next year a I look forward to a real wonderful smelling Christmas tree :)

Many New and Exciting Changes ...

So a lot has happened in our family in these last few months. First of all we are so excited to be expecting our second child in Early march who happens to be another little boy! I am sure we will have our hands full with two boys, but were so happy for Cash to get a little brother and friend :)
Second major event in our life is Jared just got a new job in Boise Idaho working for the Idaho State Department of Agriculture. So we have recently moved west and so far are enjoying our experience. We feel so blessed by the changes taking place in our lives; were excited for the new opportunities Jared and our family will be blessed with with his new job, and are in great anticipation for the arrival of our new family member in a few months!