5 months old

I can hardly stand how fast my son is growing up! at his 4 month check up he was almost 15 pounds, 24.5 inches and just growing like a week. At that mark we started to give him a little bit of baby food but he was not interested at all. Andrew started giving him rice while i was at work and what do you know.. he LOVES it and now at times he even wont take the bottle and he wants rice! I have a feeling he is going to be gorwing a lot bigger here shortly. His first baby food experience was with sweet carrots and he liked them alright but he didnt have the hang of the spoon down, but now he is a true champ! He even sits in his high chair! At about 4 and a half months he was scooting too! He could get all the way across the floor but he has not yet figured out that he has to move one leg and THEN his arm to crawl, he just gets up on all 4's then thrusts himseld forward... but its gets the job done:) Right now we are working with him to sit up on his own which he is getting so well at!

North Carolina

I finally got the opportunity to go to North Carolina. Andrews Grandmama passed away and we took the opportunity to go and have the family meet Brighton and me to meet some of the family i have not met before. It was so nice being able to go to the funeral of his grandmama. I met her a few times and she is just a spitfire! She has made me several cards and sent them to me in the mail, ( i found out that was her tradition) and it was loved from all the kids. We stayed in La Grange at one of the family friends cabin and it was beautiful. Needless to say Andrew and I loved it there so much that we even looked at a house to buiy while we were out there... but my manager would not let me transfer!:( I am grateful for the gospel in times when a loved one passes because it makes it so much less painful to know that you will be with them for eternity. I learned a little more about grandmama and her relentless missionary spirit. I take a look at my husbands family and it all links back to how strong she was in her faith and her KNOWING and beleiveing the church was true. My mother in law being one of her daughter shad 9 kids which are all so wonderful and i know that they go to learn so much from grandmamas example.

Brightons baby blessing

We blessed Brighton on may 5th. We were originally going to do it in April but Andrews Grandma passed away in North Carolina so we decided to go out there for the funeral and just had to put it off for a few weeks. The day was a little crazy since i wanted to make sure we got to church in time to save enough seats for the family... which still didnt happen... but the blessing was amazing. Andrew did such a great job giving our first son his blessing. His name is Brighton Jay Crandell. Andrew blessed him that he will have a meaningful life and that he may choose a beautiful bride to be his eternal companion...the rest i dont remember because i was crying. :) It just touched my heart to hear my husband say such sweet and spiritual things to our son and to hear the spirit speaking through him. This little Brighton boy... or Dullon so some may say:)... is just a charm. Brighton, I love you so much. I know one day you will go through the temple and have a family of your own and feel the same way about your first child as i do about you. Man! even thinking about this kid chokes me up! Im kinda a crybaby since i had him:)

Our Brighton is 18 weeks old!

It's sad how quick it flies by, especially when you are working:( Brighton has been doing so many things for so long now but i dont get time to blog so i just write it down in his book:)  He is so incredibly interactive, it melts my heart. I get told on a daily basis what a great baby he is and of course how beautiful he is! He has slept through the night since about 4 ish weeks old...maybe 5:) he does not cry just because he wants to (only when he is really tired). He goes to sleep on his own when you lay him down....he holds his own bottle, he not only rolls over, but rolls all over the house! He LOVES his toys and that to me is almost the cutest thing. When he gets super tired and im holding him he looks up and me and gives me a quick little smile, it ALMOST never fails! I cry:) He loves his daddy! but he loves his mommy just a little bit more! Brighton is just thee single most content and happy baby i have known. He wins all the hearts of anyone who is around him:) I am so lucky and blessed to have him in my life. I look forward to the next coming months when he can sit up all on his own.. he is almost there.. but he may crawl first! He is a mobile baby!  In about a month we are taking a vacation to New York and i am also excited about sharing that journey with him too. Today me and Andrew were talking and i keep bringing up that i want another baby... i know... CRAZY right???? I loved being pregnant and i miss the kicking inside my belly. we already agreed on 2 years in between so we will wait for another 10 months to start trying... maybe:) since Brighton has come along we found out we have 3 sister in laws pregnant so that is vrey exciting that he will have some cousins around the same age... so far we know one is a girl, i hope the next person who finds out finds out it will be a boy so they can be buddies! It's so late and im ready for bed. Work lately has been kicking my behind. I am so close to my promotion that i can taste it! I NEVER would have imagined in my life that i would be in banking...let alone manager! big shoes to fill...big shoes...:) well goodnight.