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She's getting bigger and bigger by the minute! Probably even by the second...it's sad for Mommy :-( Baby #2?? (stay tuned)

I had a huge homemade sugar cookie craving the other day, and well...I never let a craving go to waste! This time of year I get in the mood to bake and craft and sing and smile and snuggle and all that good stuff! What a wonderful time of year!

No lie, Saije sat like this staring at cartoons on the TV for like an hour. Is that normal for 3 months?

Oh man...this girl has me hooked on her! She is so damn cute!

Just chillin' while Mommy puts up some Christmas decorations! (Spitting image of her father by the way...uggghhh)

Only picture I took on Thanksgiving was this one to send to Brogan. He had to work so he wasn't able to make it, but we went with his entire family and it was awesome. Great food, great family, great friends, great conversation, fun games, and memories made. It was a very successful Thanksgiving indeed!

THUNDER THIGHS!

...still crafting

I can't wait to display these in my apt when I take all my Christmas stuff down!

I needed another Christmas decoration of some kind so I made these letters. When I ordered them from Cris Strank she reommended using the jingle bell for the "O" and I am so happy I did. So very cute!

Family Pictures! (all of them this time)

I decided to delete the other "Family Pictures" post and create a new one with ALL the pictures and have them posted without the "Frozen Moments by tiffany" logo on them :) I love how these pictures turned out! Tiffany did a FANTASTIC job! It was such a beautiful Fall day and the leaves looked gorgeous! It was a bit chilly so Saije and Channing started getting cranky half way through, but we got some great shots. I am so proud of our own little family and everything we've been through. Two little families coming together to make a bigger family can sometimes be rough, but I can honestly say I wouldn't change a thing! I am so happy. Genuinely Genuinely happy. I have the sweetest man in the world and two amazing kiddos that have every ounce of my heart. It took going through a bunch of crap and bad past relationships to get to where I am, but ya know...all of that shaped me into the woman I am today and I am strong because of it. Brogan is everything I could ever dream of plus some! He's my rock. My angel. My best friend. My partner for life. My saving grace. I love you Brogan, Channing, and Saije! You guys are my world!

Channing Ronald Gransbury

  21 months

Mommy and her Princess!

Saije loves her Daddy!

I LOVE our family!

Brogan and Channing

One of my favorite pictures!

My and my best friend, fiance', and lover!

I love his kisses!

Crafty Night w/ the Girls

Me and my good friends Megan, Crystal, and Missy got together for a craft night a couple nights ago. It was alot of fun. I made these letters, Megan made a Christmas wreath, Crystal re-did an old bar stool, and Missy and her 5 year old daughter Emma made picture frames. A friend of ours, JoyAnne, has a husband who cuts these wood letters out of his home garage. I normally buy all my wood letters from my "Mom" Cris Strank down in Ogden, UT but since I don't live there anymore it's hard to get them. These letters were way bigger than I thought they would be so now I don't know where I'm gonna put them because they don't fit anywhere! Ha Ha! They turned out so cute tho! I could do this kind of stuff all day if I could! Which by the way...I have 3 more craft projects sitting on my kitchen counter ready to get started. I did order the wood letters from Cris and had her ship them to me. I am so excited! When I get them done, I will post pics of two of them because the third is a Christmas present! ;-)

Our Christmas Tree

I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but Brogan and I put up our Christmas tree last Saturday night before he had to leave to go back to North Dakota. I haven't turned the lights on the tree off since! Something about the glow of the Christmas tree at night makes me feel warm. We decorated it with red, green, and gold sparkly ornaments and then fresh pine cones as fillers! They smell up the whole apartment but I love it! Christmas is almost here! 

I love Brogan!

Brogan and I took the kids to his Grandparent's house and had a night out! It was just us and his best friend Tristan, but it was fun! We just went down to the local bar called BJ's and shot some pool and threw some darts. It was really fun. Brogan used to be on a dart league that was serious business so he is sooo flippin' good! He is really good at pool too.  I didn't ever win, but I was impressed at how much better I was than I thought I would be :-)

He owns his own darts and everything. Ha Ha!

He is so hot. I just had to throw this picture in here ;-)

The Kids

This is my favorite picture so far of my boys! Brogan is soooooo good lookin' and Channing is always as cute as can be! I love them!

This girl is so happy I love it! She rarely fusses. She is totally into standing up on her own two feet while I hold her hands and she giggles and talks to me ALL DAY! She doesn't shut up! Ha Ha! I think I'm gonna have my hands full with this one :D I can't believe she will be 13 weeks old on Sunday! Time goes by wayyy too fast!

Channing looks so upset in this picture! Lol. He looked so cute in his new Boise State hoodie. We love our Broncos!

Brogan bought Saije this Boise State dress when she was a week old, but the smallest size they had was 3 months. It sucked at the time, but it actually worked out perfect cuz we're in the middle of the football season now and she can wear it! This was actually the day our poor Broncos lost by a missed field goal in the final seconds of the game against TCU. It was a heartbreaker that's for sure! They hadn't lost at home on the "Smurf Turf" in like 7 years or something like that. It was sad. I almost cried I'm not gonna lie. Not only was it their first home loss in awhile but it was also their first loss of the entire season. So much for being ranked #5 :-( Regardless, we still love them and  we still bleed blue and orange! GO BRONCOS!

Daddy and Channing getting his teefies brushed! I have never seen a 21 month old with as many teeth in their mouth as this kid! When he really gets to laughing hard it's awesome to see all his teeth! The great thing is they are all really really white and really really straight! He's such a handsome boy :-)

This picture was taken in North Dakota at Applebees. We went out to dinner with Mike and Char. Saije loves her Daddy!

Channing is obsessed with his giant legos. We buy him tons of different kinds of toys and he never plays with them because he'd rather play with the TV remote, our phones, or the babie's carseat and swing. Uggghhh! He WILL play with his legos tho. They can keep that kid occupied for hours!

When I was in North Dakota, our hubbies treated Char and I to a girls day out and pedicures! Mike stayed home with Ryan, but I had to bring Saije because Brogan was working. She sat between my legs like this for almost the entire pedicure. She was such a good sport. It was at this moment that I decided as soon as Saije is old enough, we are going to get Mommy/daughter pedicures all the time. What a fun thing to do right?

First thing EVERY single morning when Channing is here, he runs out of his room directly to Saije who is normally eating on the couch, and kisses her and hugs her and tries to help feed her! It is the most precious thing to watch. He LOVES that girl I am telling you what! He can get right in her face and bug the hell out of her and she just smiles at him. If she starts to cry for whatever reason throughout the day, he will stop whatever he's doing and say "uh oh!" and then run over to wherever she is and kiss her. It seriously melts my heart. He is definitely going to be the protective big brother that is FOR SURE!

Saije got her ears pierced!

I knew I wanted to get Saije's ears pierced while she was still young, I just didn't know when. Alot of my other Mommy friends said to wait till she was 3 months, but I jumped the gun a little bit and did it at 2 1/2 month. She did soooooooooo good! She only cried for about 45 seconds and then it was over. She hasn't fussed or pulled on her ears since! This was done almost 2 weeks ago and they look good. They aren't  infected or tender at all :-)

I tried to time it while she was sleeping, but she woke up minutes before. She looks a little groggy huh? Lol

Honestly, the worst part of the whole piercing experience was drawing on the dots to mark where they would put the gun because I had to hold her head really still. I look like I'm suffocating her and I feel like such a bad Mom when I see this picture! Once the dots were drawn on, she was good!

Like I said, she cried for all of 45 seconds and then she was totally over it. They say it's way less painful when they are this little because the cartilage is so soft and they can barely feel it. She was a champ! I'm so proud of her! She looks darling with her ears pierced!

Saije's First Halloween!

At 2 months and 10 days old, Saije got to experience her first Halloween! I bought her this cute little "My First Halloween" onsie awhile back and couldn't wait to put it on her when Halloween came around! What a cutie pie!

Brogan bought her this costume before she was even born! Ha Ha! What can I say...we're Boise State finatics! She was the cutest damn cheerleader EVER!

Saije is sooo strong! She can basically stand up and has been doing this for quite awhile! She looks like a little bobble head tho! Ha Ha! Secretly in her little head she was yelling "Go Broncos! Boise State is #1!" Lol!

I realize Saije can't exactly eat candy, but I took her Trick-or-Treating anyway :-) Halloween night the mall up here in North Dakota does a Trick-or-Treat with all the stores. I swear every kid in this town was there! Everyone just forms a line along the wall of the mall and goes from store to store to collect their candy from the store employees. For as packed as it was, it was very organized and only took about 30 minutes. We went with Mike and Char who took little Ryan around too. He is 4 1/2 wks old and only weighs 6 1/2 lbs but he made the cutest little pumpkin ever! Saije got quite a few compliments. My favorite moment of the night was when a little girl about 4 years old tugs on her Dad's arm and says "Daddy! Daddy! I see a cheerleader!" Her dad goes "Where sweetie?" and she points directly at Saije and I. She got a big 'ol smile on her face! It was so adorable! Saije collected a few sweets for Mommy, which I'm not gonna complain about, and got to show off her cute self so all in all I call it a very successful Halloween! Only thing that could have made it better would have been to have Brogan there! He had to work until 8:30 PM and this mall shindig went down at like 6 PM. I kept Saije in her costume until he got back to the hotel so he could see his little cheerleader and then we went to Applebees for a good steak. Saije was pooped by this point and crashed immediately! Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween and had fun taking their kids around! Being a Mom has so many perks! I LOVE IT!