Introducing Bryton Brooks Nikolaus!

She is finally here! Sorry it has taken so long to post but recovering from surgery and taking care of a newborn takes a lot out of you! She is absolutely perfect! Weighing 6 lbs 11 oz and is 19 inches long. She has dark brown hair like her momma and almond shaped eyes like her daddy! Ryleigh cant get enough of her and loves playing mommy! Ry has been so good with her and with sharing the attention. She calls her "baby sisser Bwyton" We are so blessed! We named her Bryton Brooks after my uncle, my mom and I. Here are some pictures from the hospital. Beware one is pretty graphic from the actual surgery. I will post that one last! Its graphic but really cool. :-) 

38 weeks!

Here is a current belly picture on week 38! And thank you Jamielyn for the new hair! I hope to see you all at the hospital on September the 18th after 1:00pm or for the 3 days following!  Thats in 8 days! :-D

Maternity/Family Photo Shoot!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from our family/maternity shoot by Sloan Photography. I was about 7 months preggo in these ones. I love Ryleigh's chubby smile! Let me know what you think!

Smiles! 

Ryleigh's face kills me! There were only about 3 with with her making a normal face.

Our family :-)

Help!!

Okay I am due to deliver in 16 days and I still don't have a name picked out!! I had some names at the beginning but I am over them now. The middle name will be after me and my mom so it will be Brooks. So anything that goes with that! Help help help ladies!!

We Love The Lake!

Yesterday, (yes on a random Thursday) Mal, Craig, Camille, Kyle, Ben and I headed out to good ol green saguaro lake. Since all three of us girls are preggos we basically lounged around in the boat working on our tans and drinking LOTS of water while the guys went wake boarding and tubing. It was such a blast and felt so good to float in the icy water when it is blazing outside! We had so much fun and can't wait to go again! 

The lovely mommies-to-be! Im due Sept 26th, Camille is due October the 1st I believe, and Mal on December 3rd!!

My handsome hubby tearing it up on the wakes! 
Enjoying the cool water! It was warm until about 4 feet down then freezing!! So strange but felt way good!
Yes Ben is riding Craig like a horse! Weirdoes.... But lets be honest, could you expect anything less from Nikolaus' men?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAL!!

Happy 22nd birthday Mal! We had so much fun seeing everyone and celebrating your special day. I love you so much! I hope you like your purse/box/huge pink diamond! 

Here is Ryleigh modeling her new tiara, ring, and necklace. I am not sure why Mal bought Ry presents on her own birthday but Ryleigh sure loved them! 
The two preggos! There were like 5 pregnant ladies at Mal's birthday dinner! Its so much fun sharing the experience with my friends and loved ones! 

Mi amigos! Friends and the restaurant ;-)

28 weeks :-)

Wow this pregnancy is going by so fast! I can't believe I am already in the third trimester! Here is the latest preggo pic. I was 28 weeks!! Right now not much has changed from the last update. The babe is so super active; way more than Ryleigh was. She loves to kick me in the tummy right when I am about to fall asleep and wakes me up. I am getting so anxious! I just can't wait to hold her and kiss her little nose! 

Playtime before bedtime!

Ryleigh has turned into such a little fire ball! After her bath time her favorite thing to do is to play "jumping" on mom and dad's mattress. She has so much energy and is constantly making us laugh. We are so blessed with how polite and well behaved she is, unless its naptime ;-).  I don't know where she gets it but we are sure thankful!! Here are some super cute pictures of her latest playtime. WE LOVE OUR LITTLE MONKEY! 

Playing zombie!!! 

This one is my favorite! Showing daddy our "babies." I don't think she understands really but she calls my belly "mommy's baby," so cute! 

Yup she is picking her nose! Im guessing one of her 9 uncles taught her this...

The Host

I finished Eclipse waaaaay to long ago and have been going crazy for the next one! So on Mother's day Ben, um i mean Ryleigh ;-),  bought me (along with my iPhone) The Host, another glorious Stephanie Meyer creation. I finished it like two weeks ago and I have been trying to talk about it with other people but I can't find anyone else who has finished it. Any of you out there?? I really liked it and was surprised at how different it was from the author's other work. It was a little strange because the main love interest, I guess the Edward equivalent, was named Jared which is my little brother's name sooo..... Anyways I thought it was fantastic. Not as good as the Twilight series but lets be honest no fictional character can compare to the Edward I have created in my head. Any other opinions??

23 weeks!

For the record I am still alive. So much has happened in the last few weeks!!  For one we finally rented our house! We are so happy to have it rented out but we will definitely miss our old ward. Ben and I loved our callings in the young men and young women. We are now living at Ben's brothers house on Crismon and University. Its a little far but its not bad because the 202 comes right by us and takes us anywhere. I am now 26 weeks along and am definitely getting bigger! This picture is from 23 weeks because I have some catching up to do. I will take more recent ones soon. This little one is definitely more active then Ryleigh was. She NEVER stops kicking me! Its way fun.. except when I am trying to sleep! As far as the summer goes I am just going to be growing this little one and taking care of Ry. Ben will be working, as far as where we aren't to sure. He has some opportunities at the hospital that he will be taking advantage of for the summer but he needs a night job that he can do once school starts in the fall. Anyone have any ideas?!? We are sad he has to leave Adair Plumbing; it was a great job and they treated us great. It just isn't right for Ben anymore. Change is good, a little scary, but good!Not my favorite picture but my camera died and the charger is packed away some where!! PS. I cut my hair off! I love it :-)