Brown Family

Well I can't believe summer is about to start. Carson leaves next week and I will fly out with Auri a few days after him. I'm so excited and a little sad to be leaving my Utah life behind. I've met so many amazing friends in my ward and my family will all be around Utah having a blast without me! I'm just glad I get to come home and visit when Sheradon and Lauren have their baby boys! So life always has its ups and downs and I swear I always wait to blog until things get really rough and then start looking up. Like now for example. Little miss Auri was a whole different baby the last few weeks. She got the flu and could hardly eat for a week and then she wouldn't let me put her down even for a second or the world was going to end. Then the poor thing got a really bad rash. But yesterday I don't know what changed but she all of the sudden went back to her sweet smiley self again! My favorite thing about her is that she will look at someone until they notice she

The other night I was putting Auri to bed, and I was tired and a little down with all the stuff life throws at ya. And I was just thinking about if I didn't have Auri it would be so much easier to just be lazy and give up. In that moment I really realized how she makes me want to be a better person. I don't want to let her down because her future depends on me. She is such an example of joy and beauty and I can't help but try to be like her. Even in this scary unknown world, she can put that all aside and find joy in the small and simple things, like the pretty pattern on her burp cloth. She amazes me every single day with how much she learns and grows! I am so lucky to be her mama and I hope someday I can return the favor and be a good example to her!

Well our home for the summer will be in central Illinois! I'm ecstatic that ill have Auri to hang out with this summer! But I'm gonna miss my old summer sales wifey friends! But hopefully cars will find some more married recruits! Speaking of Auri.. She is just becoming the most beautiful little person! She is just starting to scoot around and roll over! She is 5 months and 10 days and she sleeps awesome at night now but she sleeps so long at night she takes a bunch of short catnaps in the day! It's exhausting but I guess that's what I signed up for! So the past 2 weeks have been so incredibly tough! We have all been little sickies here! It's only January and I've already had 3 colds this winter! Poor Auri just got over her 2nd cold.. She is so brave though. She was still smiley and sweet! Christmas was amazing! We were so blessed and got so many presents! Auri already is a toy lover! Well that's about all that's new with us!!