I am a Mormon.

I believe firmly in the Prophet and all that he says I hold true. I have all my life and will continue until the day I die. I believe in the power of being sealed. I believe in the power of he priesthood. I believe in staying true to what you believe and not be swayed but the way of the world. I will not be still and bite my tongue. When my beliefs are under attack I will defend them but not be rude. I believe that marriage is between a man and woman. I believe that we should be allowed to speak out and be outraged when the things we have voted have overturned. Because though we are not the ones to be he judge we are the ones who will be affected in the end by this decision. I know many will be offended or upset by this but I will not let those who do not truly understand how I feel get me down. I have lost many friends over this and I feel that in the end I am doing what I need to do. I will not be still while I have this burning inside of me.

Ten things...

1 Going to lunch with my Auntie!

2 Seeing my best friend!

3 Watching baby enjoy bath time!

4 Making a sure cute skirt!

5 Eating chinese food!

6 Baby boys first laugh!

7 Taking a nice long bath!

8 Baby boy sleeping 10 hours straight!

9 Snuggling my sweet baby.

10 Getting our family binder all put together.

CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Babys boys first christmas!!!!

And let me say he got spoiled! He has so many new toys to play with! Now we just gotta wait for him to get a little bigger!
Picture with our tree and his 2011 1st christmas ordament!Hanging out with mom on my tummy! HE loves crawling all over me!

Opening presents with Grandma and Grandpa Heredia

Fast asleep on uncle pickle!

Christmas Jammies!

So excited for christmas morning with Grandma and Grandpa Phillips!

Opening presents with Grandma and Grandpa Stewart!! And then playing with my new favorite toy!

And time for a nap! Because one can only take so much christmas at once!

Oh my heavens!!!

Its been over a month! Man time sure does fly! I will be better imaginary friends!!! I promise!

We had a great christmas.(I'll post pictures later this week when I am home)

Baby boy got completely spoiled! But thats what grandparents are for!

Ten things that made me happy this week:

1 Going on a date this weekend

2 Baby boy "helping" open his presents

3 Skyping with my brother on a mission.

4 Getting lots of food to stock our shelves with! (my new favorite tradition at christmas)

5 Ben being able to give Monkey a blessing.

6 Being with my family

7 Seeing Jesus and Jenny

8 Finding out I will have another cousin!

9 Getting a ham from HISC.

10 Having a extra snuggly monkey!

Well I am off to dream of being with Ben! Goodnight all! Hope you all had a great holiday!

Ten things that made me happy this week....

Well its been about 2 weeks so it is time for Ten things that made me happy this week..(Maybe I'll do 20)

1 Celebrating Baby Boys first halloween

2 Seeing my little brother in the church musical

3 Planning how we will spend the weekend before my birthday.

4 Becoming addicted to Pinterest. (It so sucks you in. Great for nighttime feeding though)

5 Baby Boy beginning to talk so much more.

6 Hubby informing me he has friday off.

7 Hubby taking care of Baby Boy so that I could take a much needed nap.

8 Planning our weekend. Oakland and San Francisco!

9 Talking to my aunt for the past week everyday.

10 Halloween candy. ( we had 2 trick or treaters so lots left over)

11 Baby Boy beginning to splash in the tub!

12 Baby Boy finally fitting into my favorite outfit!

13 Getting a snickerdoodle from Sequoia.

14 Game night with the Florences.

15 Making a yummie stir fry for dinner.

16 Getting all caught up on Gossip Girl

17 Getting all caught up on the real housewives of New Jersey.

18 Planning out Christmas Gifts for our families.

19 It finally being cold outside! Hot Chocolate with Peppermint Mocha Creamer!!

20 Baby Boy sleeping through the night for the first time!

Ah wow that was easier then I thought! Well those are the little and big things that made me so happy the past 2 weeks. Now I have to go cause I got a Baby Boy waking up from his nap! Time for a feeding and my pinterst time!

Ten things that made me happy this week....

1 Going on our first date since baby boy was born.

2 Finishing baby boys vinyl!! Isnt it cute?

3 Baby boy sleeping in his pack and play.

4 Celebrating our 2 year anniversary.

5 Decorating for Halloween.

6 Downloading a fabulous Halloween ringtone!!

7 Baby Boy getting blessed. (It was amazing!!!)

8 Planning a visit with my bestest Sarah!!

9 Planning a visit to Fresno.

10 Spending so much time with my cute little family!!

And some adorable pictures of my baby boy!!!

Baby Boys Grand Entance

Hunter Benjamin Phillips made his grand appearance on August 30, 2011 at 8:58pm. He was 7 Lbs 15 oz and 19.5 inches long. And let me tell you it was a long day for all of us. And not an easy one either. With a Dr that said uh oh as he was doing my spinal. Followed by both doctors and nurses telling me to take deep breaths while running around frantic. Not exactly a great thing to watch while you are strapped down to a table, numb from the waist down unable to move. SO lets just say it was a scary experience. Baby boy was out in 2 mins after they started. his heart rate dropped because of the spinal. Hence that is why everyone was running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Ben hardly made it into the room before he was out. But he was gorgeous and perfect. And OURS! And Ben did GREAT! At one point he thought he was gonna lose it but he did great!!! And now for pictures all these were on my phone and I just now got them moved over. 6 weeks later.

Baby boys first picture!!!
Already all bright eyed,
Footprints taken!
Enjoying hanging onto daddys finger.
Cap on and eyes getting heavy.
Mom and Babys first picture together and first time mommy got to hold him.
And kiss him
Ah so high on drugs!
Skin to skin!
Slept on mommys chest the whole first night.

Our first self portrait.
Baby boys tag. He was such a good baby in the hospital! And still is!! I just cant believe he is mine and will be forever! And each and everyday I am grateful for all the discomfort, all the needles, all the kicks, hiccups, all the stomach pushing ( worst part of the whole c-section), and all the cries. Because it reminds me that I need to cherish each and everyday!