The Brown's: March 2009

Denique is one lucky girl! She is going to have so many friends growing up!!

It seems just about all my friends are pregnant!! Which is super fun!! Here how it goes.

Tarah (woosley) Peacock has Sawyer Peacock, Cami (Russel) Buhler has little Oaklee

Ericka (Strom) Jamison has Ryker Heidi (Farnsworth) Madsen has Sadie, I have little Niquie

Sabrina Horsley Has Gabriella, Carlye (Bradshaw) Morgan is to have Baby Jax tomorrow

Cassidy (Weiler) Miene to have baby boy in April, Alesha (Wood) Allred to have baby girl Gracie in May, Deidre Strom to have baby boy in July, Carly (Gotberg) Brown to have baby Girl London in July, Monika (Briggs) Smithson to have undetermined baby in Oct. and Sarah (Bateman) Olson to have undetermined baby in oct. as well!!

If I forgot anyone I am terribly sorry, But as you can see it is very hard to keep all of these in my head!! It seems like every week I tell Erik "guess who is pregnant?" it is fun to watch all my friends start their families. Jake and Shalise you are next!! Haha!!

Anyways I hope everyone had a great St. Patricks day!! Here is Denique in her green outfit!! I made the bow she is wearing. I am proud of it. It was the first bow I made so it turned out pretty decent.

So it looks like I haven't posted for a month now!! So let me update everyone on what has been going on!! Valentines day was really fun. We went down to my parents condo in Mesquite NV. We left on thursday and came back on Monday. It was great little Vacation. My parents have a Golf cart down there that is all decked out. Erik took me and Niquie on a ride it was kinda cold but still fun. Niquie loved to look around when we were driving on the golf course. She liked it. My parents took us out to dinner on Valentines. It was such a great dinner. I think all of us order steak. Cant get better than that!!

Ryker was released from the hospital that thursday before Valentines. He was doing so much better until we found out last night he has a double ear infection. Poor little man cant catch a break.

Niquie is getting so big!! She is fun and loves to smile. On Feb. 10th (last time a posted) she actually laughed for the first time!!! It was so cute and now she loves to laugh!! She is such a good girl.

About two weeks ago Erik left on "the boys trip" (where my dad takes my brother and brother-in-laws) to Nascar. Erik left on wed and didnt return til Monday night. Needless to say, harder than I thought to be a single mom!!! It was fun though to be with her all the time. Though my house was not very clean when he got home because when your the only one trying to care for a little one not much time is left to do other things. I realized how much I would need the help of all my family if Erik wasnt around. I had a babysitter almost everyday for Denique when I went to work. Thanks for all of you that helped me. I hung out with my mom and sisters alot which was fun. We were going to scrapbook but I left early because I was tired and had church the next day at nine. But I was so happy when Erik came home. I missed having him there with me everynight to fall asleep with!!

That brings us to this weekend. On Sunday Erik had to teach our Gospel Principles class. He taught on the Atonement. He did such a great job and I am so gratefull for his great and loving Spirit. We went to my mother-in-laws that night for dinner, and we celebrated me and ethans birthdays. It was fun and she had a yummy cake(as always) and Ice cream and then we opened presents. They are so sweet and gave me some travel bags for make up and what not, and money and a hummingbird feeder for our yard. Then on Monday night we celebrated my Birthday with my family. Usually when my family gets together it is really loud and out of control. But this time it was really quiet and peaceful. Coby, Jeremy, Berkley and Boston all stayed home because they were sick. Ericka had to take Ryker to the InstaCare to get Ryker checked for ear infections, so she was gone for a little while but it was still nice to spend time with everyone that was there. Thanks for all the great gifts as well. I got some (needed) clothes and a book to put all my scrapbook pages in for Niquie. Lots of earing (also needed) Taylor Swift Fearless CD and some other little things!! So Today (my real Birthday) Erik, My mom, niquie and I all went to the Draper Temple open house!! What a great way to start a birthday!! It was beautiful inside. It was truely a great thing to see. I cant wait for Oqqurih Mountain to open up as well. For the rest of the day I am just going to sit around til about four oclock til I have to go to work. The big 22. Hopefully it is as good as when I was 21. That will be hard to beat since I did have my little angel last year!!