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!!

Auri had her 2 month shots this week and she handled it like a champ! She cried for a few minutes and was fine from then on. She was a little fussy for a couple days because she had a fever and I'm sure her little legs were sore! But I think she was also going through a growth spurt at the time because she was waking up early from all her naps hungry and waking up multiple times at night! Last night was by far the worst. I think I slept for a total of 3 hours and that was broken up over maybe 4 or 5 segments! She had a tummy ache from some spicy food I had for dinner.. We both learned our lesson... No more spicy food! But there is good news too! Carson started his internship and will hopefully be done by march and then he will finally graduate!! Also Carson won an award at vivint for having the top first year office in his region! Which is great and he is going to join offices this year with another team and hopefully have another great summer! I'm so proud of all of his har...

Well the good news is I found out I can blog from my phone! This hopefully means I will be a little bit better at updating my blog! So tomorrow Auri is going to be 2 months old! Holy crap the time has flown by! She still feels brand new to my life and I don't know if I'll ever get used to the fact that I'm a mommy! I always hear about a mothers love and that you will think your baby is beautiful no matter what.. Well I won't lie I was worried I was going to have an ugly alien baby. I know it sounds so vain but I didn't care I just didn't want it for her sake! Well the good news is I literally have the most beautiful precious baby I have ever seen! I can't believe how in love with her I am and how much joy she brings to me and Carson's life! Not only that but she is a great baby! Don't get me wrong we have our good and bad days and I am definitely tired.. (Especially now since its 4am) But over all she is happy and sleeps good and is super strong! ...

Well I'm about as good at blogging as I am at writing in my journal!! But I am hopefully going to get better.. So lots of big big stuff has happened since I last blogged. Biggest news is there is going to be a new precious addition to my little family! A baby girl hooray! This little baby will be born in Lincoln Nebraska if all goes according to plan! So In February of this year we bought and moved into our new home which was wonderful for the 2 months that we were able to live in it! It did however making moving this summer a lot easier! And we cannot wait to bring a baby back home with us!

So i've got to write this down so that i will be held accountable for it. This summer i am going to work on my cooking abilities! I will make good meals with sides dishes that are healthy and that look good so that Carson and I can come home in good shape! I am going to make our apartment this summer a home and it will be decorated and be a place where carson can come home and be happy. And i'm going to use my awesome cricket to help me do it!! I am going to stay fit by playing outdoors and swimming and playing tennis and volleyball!! I am going to get a good tan!! And lastly I am going to get involved with my ward this summer and find ways to be able to serve people while i am there!! Oh and I'm going to become better at updating my blog about whats happening with the little Brown family!