And... Now...

Well Summer is coming to an end UNFORTUNETLY! :( its starting to get really cold at night where we are sleeping with Blankets and Braiden is back in Pj's :/ ugh.. its horrible.. I sure will miss the heat.. but.. Good thing.. The GREAT Holidays are coming our way!!
Sept-We got My Birthday (15th)
Braiden's FIRST BIRTHDAY!!(17th)
and then
Oct- Aisha's Birthday(11th)
My Anniversary(30th)
and my fav holiday...
HALLOWEEN :)
Nov.- Thanksgiving
and BLACK FRI :) MY FAV!!
and of course DECEMBER!! Meaning Christmas..
This year sure is ganna be a lil challangeing this time.. We got to get presents for TEENAGERS we know hardly ANYTHING about.. :/ But I sure am VERY EXCITED :) Braiden will understand presents and it's just a time were family gets together :)
IM EXCITED :)

Back to school..

Brook and Aisha Started school..
Brook is in 7th and Aisha is in 8th. They had a good day. Getting use to a new area n school so they were both very shy.
They are dealing with the A&B Day things.. Poor kids lol.. We'll see how it is ganna go for B Day :)
I sure do love these girls.. They ARE A HANDFUL but they are funny spunky teenagers.. a BIG CHANGE to what were use too..
Can't wait to see em grow n grow into great women!!

Another family photo!

We went and got our pictures done again by DOODLE PHOTOGRAPHY!
Here is a couple of really good pictures :D

^^I love BOTH of these photos!!!vv

My Booger loves his cookies.. Thats Why daddy calls him COOKIE MONSTER

My baby loves OUR FLAG!!

Tell me THIS IS NOT!!! The cutest lil smile you've seen!!

He loves his toys!!!

We are Moved in AND...

We finally moved into our wonderful home! Got it all setup been here since May 27th! I love it here. it was a lil challenging to get Braiden use to a new room but it was worth it in the end :) I love all the space we have!
Since we have moved into this house Braiden seemed to improve alot on all his milestones. He talked more learned more and even crawled within 2 weeks of moving in here when before he wasn't showing ANY SIGNS before hand. :) So it was a great choice to move here.
We had a great 4th of july and 24th
We also decided to on Aug. 11th 2011 take in our 2 step sisters (Aisha and Brooklynn) and start foster care.
They were in a VERY BAD situation with there mom so they got put into foster. And we couldn't imagine what would of happened if they ended up in foster care n getting split up!!
So our kind hearts toke em in. and so far sooooo good.
They start school next week (8-22-11) There scared cuz its a new area and new people they got to meet. Brook is really scared cuz she is going into 7th grade. and Aisha don't want to cuz she dont wanna meet new people. But all in all things are going really well!

MOVING :)

So.. after alot ALOT of thinking David and I have decided to move... and not into a Apt. this time.. TO A MANUFACTURED HOME! :) aka Trailer..
We are VERY VERY excited to be moving to a place that we can call
HOME!
Its a 4 bed 2 bath place..
PERFECT to have my family GROW!! :) and we plan on staying for awhile.
We are moving May 31st 2011
I can't wait.. its got a HUGE KITCHEN! good size Bedrooms.. and more then ONE BATHROOM!!
:) Can't wait..
Will update you guys!! More!!

ExTrEmE cOuPoNiNg

So have ANYONE heard of the TLC show EXTREME COUPONING??
Well I'm gonna start taking it into my own hands to try and start doing it. It'll hopefully start saving money where it needs to be done. and get stocked up on things just in case we can never manage to get that product or run out before I think we will.
Hoping it will work!! :)
FINGERS CROSSED!!!

Easter

Happy Easter Everyone!

Braiden With the Easter Bunny.. He wasnt to thrilled!! His Easter Outfit! So cute!!

Instead of DYING the eggs he wanted to EAT THEM! lol

Braiden's Easter Basket

He got sooo stained from Dying eggs! :)

Daddy and Braiden Finding eggs! (just cuz he's SMALL don't mean he can't Egg Hunt! <: )

Realising alot!

I have been reading these past few weeks about a Couple who lost there lil 4 mon old girl. and another one about a man losing his wife.

I've Complained about how hard it is to be a mom and wife at times with all the cleaning and spit ups and toys everywhere and the dishes and the laundry ALL OF IT!

Until I read these Blogs, I didn't realise how much I have and how I shouldn't be complaining cuz in a heart beat it could ALL CHANGE! and I would NEVER EVER want that!! I will take the Diapers,Dishes,Spit-ups,Laundry,Toys,Long nights over NOT HAVING EM AT ALL!! I feel deeply for the familys that have had a MAJOR LOSS! I couldn't ever imagine NEVER seeing my son or husband ever again. Before I complain again I will ALWAYS remember what these 2 familys have been threw and realise that could be me! So before you complain about money,your kids, your spouse.. Keep in mind.. It CAN be gone.. So don't take it for granted! I LOVE YOU DAVID AND BRAIDEN! YOU 2 ARE MY EVERYTHING!!!

Family Easter Pics

We had our Family Pictures done. It was SSOOO FUN!!! The pictures came out soo stinking cute thanks to STACIA THOMPSON PHOTOGRAPHY!


Happy Easter :)


I love my son!

So does Daddy

What a lil Stud!

I can't wait to get more family pictures done with her and have Baily in them! :)

Thanks again Stacia!!!

What a Month!

WOW! Time sure does fly when your focused on a family!

Braiden is now 6 1/2 months. He'll be 7 months on the 17th!! Its crazy to think how fast the 7 months have gone by! Braiden is now rolling everywhere and trying to learn to crawl! Its so amazing to watch him learn soooo many new things!

I'm also Proud to say I entered my Booga Bear into a Beauty Pagent and he WON 3RD!!! :) Glad to think I'm not the only one who thinks my baby is a QT!

I just love him LOTS! He makes me smile sooo much with how MUCH he smiles! He is such a HAPPY go baby!! I just love it! Idk what I did to deserve such a WONDERFUL son!!

I toke this picture and TRULY realised HOW BIG my Baby boy is getting :( Can't we keep em small FOREVER??

I love my lil family so much! And today we got to see Baily :) She's SO SMALL but yet getting soooo big!! Braiden is ganna be a good big brother I just no it!!

Fast catch up! :)

PICTURES TO CATCH UP! :)

I was happy to have my family!Daddy Sure loves his son!

Grandma is SO INLOVE with her grandbaby!


Awww Granpa can ALWAYS put him to sleep!
FIRST SMILE! :)

This boy is my everything!!

Hes learning so many new things!

So handsome!
Naky Boy!

Our Family Christmas Picture

Our Family Picture with everyone!

*fAlLiNg BeHiNd-CaTcHiNg Up*

• It's been 6 mon since I have last updated everything and posted pictures. So lets do a catch up shall we :)
• Well. I got my own place on AUG 12th 2010.. Its a GREAT PLACE for me and Braiden.
• He had his own bedroom that I got to decorate myself :) It was so nice to see everything coming together before my precious boy would be here.
• All his lil swings and bouncer and the blankets and towels for him.
• IT WAS BECOMING SO REAL!
• Things were going well with david I was so glad things were lookin up with us. As you all member we were having difficult times and toke a break for about 6 mon. he missed ALL THE AMAZING things during a preg. it was hard not having him there as support, BUT I had my mom and Step-dad there I would of been MORE of a wreck then I already was if it wasnt for them! :)


• I had my birthday SEPT 15 2010-turned 22 :) it was pretty good birthday! David spent it with me! .
• On Sept. 17th 2010 I walked into Davis Hospital Fat and Pregnant then ever at 7 a.m. I was so happy to finally have this baby!!
• Hours and HOURS went by waiting paitently waiting for this lil baby of mine to come into this world!!! THEN FINALLY at 10PM dr said I was READY!!
• 10:41 pm BRAIDEN MICHAEL COLIN GRAVIET was born into this world weightin in at 8lbs 3oz 21in long!
  


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• I was so happy to finally be a mommy! I waited sooo long to have this precious thing come into my life and change me in WONDERFUL WAYS!
• Oct 30th 2010- Mine and David's 1 yr anniversary. I didn't think I would celebrate this day when David Left me. I was so glad to finally hit my 1 yr mark on marriage.. it was one HELL of a yr but I didn't let anything get in my way.
• Braidens First Halloween only 6weeks old! he was so precious!!
  

• Nov. 23rd 2010 We had to take our Precious Braiden down to PRIMARY CHILDRENS hospital for what we thought was a Heart Murmer that his Pedi. told us we had to go check it out down there and see a special dr cuz it needed to be looked at. Well we got there and we thought it was ganna be something Quick and fast nothing to serious. Well as the dr was lookin over him he realised he couldn't get a heart beat in his inner leg or on his ankel. So they sent us to a Ultra sound room to do some ultra sounds on Our precious sons heart and well come to find out he had COARCTATION OF THE AORTA-english terms meaning BLOCKING IN THE AORTA which is part of his heart that gives O2 to his lower body and not enough blood was going to it so they told us THE WORST NEWS i've recived in a LONG TIME. My poor baby boy need HEART SURGERY!
• HOW DOES MY 2 1/2 MON old need OPEN HEART SURGERY!!! This shouldn't be happining.. I was losing my mind I wanted to go threw it for him.
• Dec. 2nd the hardest day came.. My baby had to go in for heart surgery! :( All I did or could do was CRY CRY CRY! I just wanted everything to be ok with my baby boy! 2 1/2 hrs later they finally came to us and told us we could see him. But when I went to see my baby HE WASNT MY BABY! He was hooked to all these machines :( All I did again was cry more cuz my son had to go threw so much for such a young age!!
• It was a tough week but he was a fighter and everyone fell inlove with him! Primary Childrens is a WONDERFUL hospital Idk what I would of done with out em. They treated Me david and MOST of all Braiden SO WONDERFULLY!!

• Christmas has passed and things were up and down.. Almost didn't think things changed with me and David. Things were still REALLY ROUGH! but we made it threw it just like everything else we go threw... Well
• Dec 30th 2010 David's Daughter BAILY LYNN was born she was sooo tiny and small she looked like she belong in the tummy still...
• Feb. 14th
• And now.. Feb. 23rd 2011 here I am Trying to fill everyone in on everything that has happined in the short 5 mon. I'm ganna try and get on at least every few weeks to fill everyone in on everything :)