Look At Him Go!!!

Glaiden's First Haircut

I thought I'd throw a few pictures of Glaiden's first haircut on here. He did suprisingly well for never having sissors or clippers anywhere near him. It was almost easier to cut his hair than it is to cut A.J.'s!

Here's a before shot... (best I could get anyway)

During....

The messy counter is due to putting every thing that belongs in the bathroom as far back on the counter so we can avoid Hurricane Glaiden...

What the heck is she doin' Dad?

And after...

All done!

Happy boy!

Short 'N Sweet

I thought I'd post a really short update... it's about time anyway.

A.J. has been in his preschool now for almost 3 weeks and still gets so excited when I wake him up in the morning. He loves learning and is so eager to share what's new at school. The first week of school he learned the days of the week and the months of the year. They've also already started on reading. Every week about 8 flash cards are sent home as homework. Not letters though, they are pictures from the story they read. (The Mystery Book - its the reading program and they use this book the entire year) Each picture represents a sound, not a letter, and eventually by the end of the year, the picture is weened out of the flash cards and replaced with a letter....
Anyway, we go over these flashcards once a night and let me tell you this kid has a memory like an elephant - he never forgets. I can just tell him what the picture is and he knows the sound like it's something we've done for a year already. He's so willing to learn and I hope he stays that way. :)

Glaiden is walking - kind of. He can take quite a few steps on his own, but is just not quite brave enough to go any further than that. Well, either that or its just faster to crawl. Either way, he'll be running around with his big brother and big sister very soon... Heaven help us!
He will be one next month! I can't believe how fast this year has gone by. We're planning on a family party and of course his own cake. We're also planning on getting him blessed (Yes, we definately dropped the ball on this one, but we're getting it done!) the same morning of the party so everyone can just make one trip.

Not too much is new with the princess of the house. Jessah loves having time with just her baby brother 3 days a week. I think she feels left out when A.J. is home and playing with Glaiden... she just kind of sits on the side lines. It's been really good for her to get some alone time with Glaiden.

As for me and David... We're doing great. We got some time to ourselves last week and went to Lagoon for ICON's Lagoon Day. They closed down the park for the company and their families and fed us a good dinner. It was so much fun and so nice to get out. Our friend Krystal kept the kids overnight for us and we are SO grateful to her.

So there's a little update on us. :)

I've Got To Get Better At This

Oops. My Bad. I'll get better at this, I hope. Hmm, now where to start? I'll just cover the basics, then if anything pops into my head later then I'll update again. :)

August seems like a whirlwind to me. I'm having a hard time thinking of what all happened. The Cache County Fair came and went. We went to the rodeo and hung out as a family, which is always a blast. I love going out with my family and we never have a bad time. Glaiden has his first licorice rope and LOVED it... as you can see.

Also, earlier this year, David drew out for a limited entry bow hunt for elk. He's entered in for this hunt ever since he was able to and this is the first year he drew out, so needless to say he's been looking forward to Opening Day since April. Well, the first weekend in August, he took A.J. up to the cabin (what an awesome man I have! Don't you think?) where he'd be staying to check out the tree cams and set up some things for the big day. A.J. was so excited for a chance to get out with just the boys and had a blast up at the cabin. They rode four-wheelers, hiked (David says A.J. out hiked them all!), shot their bow's and let A.J. take a few shots with a small bow... Check THIS out!

He loved being up there with David and learning how do shoot a bow so much, that for his birthday that's what he asked for.

Dave's been gone every weekend for his hunt - August 15th through September 11th - plus a little more the last two weeks. He left again yesterday for the rest of the week (or until he gets his trophy!) and I miss him already. It's not that bad during the day, and I find myself keeping really busy cleaning to try and keep my mind off of it. So far it works, except now everything is caught up, cleaned, organized, and - after this post - updated. Since he's been gone a lot more lately, we have come to appreciate eachother even more than before and have never been happier.

A.J.'s FIFTH birthday was September 3rd, and we had a party with some family and close friends the day before. He got his bow and arrow, (yes, it's a real one and has VERY strict rules, but not a day goes by that he hasn't said thank-you to me or David), a cowboy belt and buckle, a rubberband airplane, some movies, snacks, books, coloring stuff, Lightning McQueen shoes and clothes.

Which brings me to our next adventure. A.J. missed the cut off for Kindergarten by 2 days this year, so to keep him busy and not so left out that his neighbor friends are going and he's not, he will start at Read And Succeed Preschool this week and their open house was on the day of his birthday. He's so excited to be in a real Preschool environment with other kids, a teacher and to learn how to read. He can't wait. When I worked the kids went to daycare that provided preschool, so this is his 2nd year. We only enrolled A.J. so that he could have some alone time with other kids, and both he and Jessah will be able to get used to a little time away from eachother. :)

For now, that's all that I can think to update. I really do hope to be able to post a little more frequently about our family's happenings, but if not, you understand right?? I hope so.

July in Review

Hang in there with me as I post some priceless pictures and update you on our busy July! I can't believe how fast time flies lately. My baby is going to be 10 months old in a little bit, just around the corner, my first baby is going to be FIVE, and my sweet little Bear is becoming more and more like a little lady every day.

THE FOURTH OF JULY

One of my best friends from high school (and junior high), Kim, and her kids came to visit for a long weekend over the 4th. We stayed busy by going to fireworks, the Cache Valley Cruisin' Car Show and parade, the Independence Day parade and the Willow Park Zoo. It was fun to have the kids together for the first time and they became pretty good friends! Here's a few pictures of our weekend.

(Our monkeys jumping on the bed!)

(Me and my little man at the fireworks... he LOVED them!)

(A.J. and Jessah at the zoo)

(Glaiden at the Car Parade... it was HOT)

(Brookie at the parade)

(Look at how small that car is!)

(Waiting "patiently" for candy!!!)

Our weekends inbetween the 4th and the 24th seemed busy and long. There was a UFC fight with friends and David's family that came up, a wedding of a dear friend of mine in Layton, and just a lot of go go go. The 24th, however, seemed like the never-ending day!

The 24th of July (Pioneer Days)

In Utah, the 24th of July is a statewide holiday celebrating the settling of our state. There's usually fireworks and booths set up at local parks, food, fun, family get togethers and rodeos.

Logan put on a Jr. Youth Rodeo on Saturday morning and A.J. decided that he wanted to ride a sheep! David and I knew that there was a big chance going in, that A.J. wouldn't do it. He'd maybe get on, and if he did he wouldn't want to be let loose. But we entered him in anyway (hey, there's only one way to find out if he'd do it or not right?) Well, time comes to start and A.J.'s name is the first one called to ride (yeah right!). We put him on and.... yep, he cried to be taken out. "I don't want to Mom!!" Ugh, go figure. So I asked, "Why don't we let someone else go first and you can see that it's not so bad? Then you can try again." He agreed.

So a little girl gets on this little sheep and rides. Not bad. The sheep ran along the gates and someone lifted her off. A.J. got on another sheep, they open the gate and.... the sheep bursts through and a little more than 1/2 way across the arena, he has the clowns chasing him as he falls off! Stands up and comes over to the fence to a lot of people cheering and clapping for him and a score of 68! He looks at David and said, "David! I'm a Cowboy now!" I was the proudest mom there! (A.J.'s 68 held out for about 3/4 of the sheep rides, and then the older kids came along and won, but he was awesome for his first time!)

(My Cowboy checkin' out the arena!)

Now for the fun.... or, I mean... you'll see.

After the rodeo, we went home for lunch, a nap, playtime and dinner. After dinner, we decided to head over to the park to check out the booths, slides and the band before the fireworks started. We had a couple of hours and after enough walking around, we parked it by the playground and sent A.J. and Jessah to go play. Having had enough stroller time, David and I decided to take the baby to the swings...

We went to check on the other 2 (in the same playground area, but we had moved the stroller a bit so I wanted to make sure they knew where we were) and Jessah was MIA... not just hard to find, because, believe me... I looked EVERYWHERE... 3 times. I decided to wander just a little bit and I over hear a police officer asking if someone had been looking for their daughter! ME!!! Uh, yeah, excuse me... that's my daughter! She had been looking for us but because we weren't in the same spot, she kept walking. Someone found her crying and calling for Mama, and (thank goodness) they took her to the nearest police officer. I've never been so relieved in my life! I thanked the officer profusly, Jessah gave him a hug, and we decided to get a little further away from the jam-packed park.

Oh, it's not over yet.....

So we went across the street where there was a much smaller park, no booths, no band, just blankets and chairs set up with people waiting for the fireworks. I played with Glaiden, Jessah, and A.J., took some pictures of my amazingly beautiful kids, and went and gave David the camera and a kiss. Go back to play with them and.... again! She was no where to be seen. I'm not kidding! I was turned around for 10 seconds (literally), and I couldn't find her, or hear her! I kept telling myself I was just paranoid, that I was still shaken up from the first time I lost her. But I looked and looked and looked. David got mad, (I'm pretty sure that's how he chose to be terrified) and we split up and went opposite ways around the play area. Really... there wasn't anywhere she could have vanished to! We looked for 10 minutes... yes, I timed it because I knew I was going to find her and I didn't want to jump to conclusions... I knew she wouldn't have run off again! I told David to stay by the park and I'd run find a police officer to help. (They were all across the street.) As I came up to the opposite park to find someone to help, the policeman spotted me first, pointed and said, "She's right there."

"What!? She came over here???" I asked. He continued to tell me that someone again found her yelling for Mama, and brought her across the street to the "missing kid station" (my nickname for it) I burst into tears as I picked her up and hugged her. They had given her some juice and a little piece of candy to calm her down until they could find me. I took her back to David and the other kids, we found our blanket and sat through the fireworks.

When we got home, got jammies on and ready for bed, I hugged each of my children especially tight and thanked my Heavenly Father for letting us live around such wonderful people. People who didn't take advantage of my daughter's innocence or trust and take her away from me to hurt her. People who did the right thing and took her to a safe place until I could be found. I was so thankful that she was home with me and not lost with some stranger and hurt. I love where we live and that Saturday assured me that this is an amazing place to raise my children.

We were able to spend time with my family for a couple of BBQ's for my brother, Kaesey, as he was home on leave before being deployed back to Iraq next month. It was good to see him, and fun to just spend some quality time with eachother.

That was our July in a nutshell.... in this crazy, tragic, sometimes almost magic, awful, beautiful life!

A Family Really Needs Our Prayers

MckMama is a smash in the blogging world (as I've recently come to know) but her world is in a massive whirl wind right now with her youngest boy, Stellan. Here's the link to the Her Blog. Little Stellan is struggling and can use every prayer he can get. His whole story is in there as well and WARNING: Once you start reading about this little man's life, even while still in his mama's tummy, you won't be able to stop. He's a bright star and one little man who has come to this world to help us all learn a thing or two about faith. Hang in there little MckMuffin!

Summer!

Summer has finally decided to come to Logan!!! It's been extremely rainy these last few months and I'm so happy to say that it finally seems as summer is deciding to show up. As much as I love the warm weather, farmer's tans, sun burns, pools, vegetable gardens, camping and fireworks...for my parents, summer comes with the obligation (a fun one, but a job no less) of horse races all over Utah, Idaho and Wyoming...and then some. With kids and jobs, t-ball and horse races, seeing my family this summer tends to be more challenging than in the past. Luckily for us, my little sister, Mesia, came and stayed the weekend while our mom and dad were in Wyoming ... you guessed it... at the races. :)

We decided to take advantage of the change in weather and head up to Preston to go see some Mud Bogging.... Mud bogging?!? A bunch of supped up trucks racing through mud (mostly just semi-muddy trenches) for about 30 or 40 yards. It was fun for David and A.J. and really, really nice to get out of the house as a family. As thrilled as I was to go watch annoyingly loud trucks for 4 hours, the highlight of the outting for me was the "Dash for Cash." All the kids 12 and under could go and race eachother through the mud for cash. Cash, however, did not come home with us. Mesia gave it an amazing effort, but about 10-15 yards from the finish, one fatal step had her on her knees, you guessed it, stuck in the mud.

Once the excitment of the bogging came to an end, we decided to head home for an easy dinner and some sprinkler time.... No matter how much we loved to watch the kids race in thick, gooey, mud, there was no way they were coming in the house as muddy as they were! So we decided to hook the sprinkler up out back and let the kids de-mud themselves, and come in for a warm bath and a movie.

It was an amazing weekend with some of the people I love the most. Thanks, Mesia, for coming and lifting your sisters spirits a little, as I have missed you all so much lately! We love you tons and hope to see you soon... at the races of course!

Up and Running!

Well, I know it's been a while since I've put a post up but I finally have a new computer so updates will be a little more regular (I hope).

Not only is the blog back up and running but so is our little man! Glaiden finally has crawling down... well, 50% of the time anyway. The other 50% of the time is more fun to watch though.

A.J. and Jessah played indoor soccer in May and absolutely loved it. It took Jessah a couple games to get used to it, but by the end of their season, she was right up there with the others. :)

The last week in May, we all took a trip to Illinois to see my mom. It was a trip that was well over due! With the large distance between us and the unfortunate economy taking it's toll on their family, it had been about 3 years since I've seen my mom and close to 4 since I've seen my step-dad, Neal and some other dear friends. We stayed 5 days and had a jam packed trip! We let my mom, step-dad and sisters have a packed day of babysitting while David and I went into Chicago with my brother Austin, and my friend Melissa. We visited the Sears Tower (I hear they changed the name but old habits die hard), Navy Pier (where we ate a yummy lunch at Bubba Gump Shrip Co.), and went on a tour around Chicago to see the history behind Al Capone and the mob. It was kinda neat to see Chicago that way, and a really entertaining tour. We had such a good time and it was really nice to get out and we were so greatful to my mom for watching the kids. We also visited Chuck-E-Cheese with my sisters and all the kids just for a little fun dinner. On Sunday we met up with Neal and Dana (My mom's ex husband and his wife), and a dear old friend Kristi who I haven't seen since we were in middle school! We went to the Shedd Aquarium which was amazing! I haven't been there since I was really little and it was fun to see all the sea life they have. A.J. and Jessah were amazed with everything and so curious! It was so fun and good to see old friends.

Since we got back, A.J. and Jessah really miss Grandma Lana, Grandpa Jerry, Aunt Liz and Aunt Katie. We call often and A.J. is convinced that when he is bigger (5) he is going to ride his bike over to Grandma Lana's house to see them all! We miss you all!

A.J. started t-ball earlier this month also. His team is the Indians - or I guess our team. Yeah, I got roped into coaching! Ahh! I'm a sucker, but I tell you what....I've gained a whole new respect for the brave people who coach pre-schoolers! They are a handfull, but it's really rewarding to hear them say, "Coach! Coach! Guess what I did today?" or "Coach! Did you see me hit!". It's definately a learning experience.

This Sunday is going to be David's first "official" Father's Day. The kids and I got him a card last year, because he is such a great father figure to them, but this year is different...He IS a dad to Jessah and A.J. He has 2 kids that came into his life and look up to him, and learn from him and adore him...and now we have Glaiden. Last year, it was important to me to recoginze father's day to him but this year, he know's that he is a dad to A.J. and Jessah, the same he is to Glaiden. I love him so much for opening up his heart to all of us and I try my hardest every day to let him know how much I appreciate him!

A Short Update

Oh my goodness it's been a long time! My computer is junk and until we get a new one... it's rare that I can get downstairs to borrow these guys' computer. There's a lot to cover but David is upstairs taking care of an extremely fussy baby so I'm going to make this somewhat short.... sorry! Let's see since February huh? Okay.

Glaiden is doing really well. He's growing like a weed and even though he has had 3 ear infections in the last couple months, he's doing great. We've remodeled our upstairs, almost completely, with new carpet, tile, and coming soon counter tops. It looks amazing! A.J. and Jessah started soccer in April and their last game is this week. Jessah wasn't a huge fan at first, but she is getting the hang of it and scored her very first goal last Thursday! A.J. is one of the two team hot shots. Really. His average is 3 goals a game (granted, there are no goalies in 3-4 year old soccer games... more of a heard of colored shirts following a ball) and when the other team is down and being slaughtered... he's also the one to help them out with a goal. (Okay, maybe not intentionally, but when I bring it up to him that way, he thinks he's the nicest kid in the world!)

David and I are doing great. Things have never been better and I am so blessed to have him. I love him to death. He's an amazing dad not only to Glaiden, but to A.J. and Jessah as well. He's been working a lot, but we are so thankful that in these tough times, he has a job to go to. Also, we are looking into a new home! Probably buying one, but possibly building. Our house now is plenty big, in fact, big enough that we have renter's downstairs with a full kitchen and all. It's a weird split-level and we're just not comfortable with the bedrooms for the kids on a different level with it being so divided. We're just looking for now, but it's become a major comsideration, so we'll see. We will stay in the Cache Valley but maybe not in Logan. We love it here and love calling it our home.

Well, I have to run. Dinner, dirty kids, a frustrated dad, and a hungry baby are all calling for mom! I'll update again with pictures (hopefully!) as soon as I can!

A.J. and Glaiden's Check Ups!

We went in today for Glaiden's four month check up and A.J.'s 4 year check up. Good news is that both of my boys are extremely healthy and right on track. Only downfall.... both are having some major dryness and skin irritation due to this horrible winter. Glaiden has excema pretty bad and something is going on on A.J.'s right leg... from his lower back, down his little butt, and then clear down to his foot. My mom and I are thinking it was some type of bug that was in his bed, or jammies or something like that, but the pediatrician says that it looks more like a rash or some type of other skin dryness/irritation. Who knows... we'll try some hydrocortizone ointment and hopefully that will clear it up.

Glaiden was my biggest baby as a newborn (8 lbs and 20.5 in. long) and he is proudly keeping up with that title. Today he is a whopping 18 pounds 12 ounces (97th percentile) and 27 inches long (also 97th percent) !! He's a very big four month old but very healthy. He had two shots today also and was mostly irritated... he cried for a minute but then was ok.

A.J. was my smallest (but longest) when he was born. He was 7 lbs 2 oz and 21 inches long. Today he's 38 lbs (50th percentile) and 41 1/2 inches tall (50th percentile). Today they also tested his sight with shapes and he has 20/30 vision out of both eyes. He tried to cheat a little when he couldn't see the smaller ones and take the cover off of his eye, but he did pretty good. :) He's completely in the clear until he needs his shots for Kindergarten. He will start Kindergarten in the 2010/2011 school year... I can't believe how big he is... or how smart. He is like a sponge. I mean the kid is so eager to learn and has a memory like an elephant. He is my grocery list... when I tell him what we're going for, he remembers it all and reminds me of what I'm forgetting. He will be so good in school and I think he's going to absolutely LOVE it.

Anyway, I just thought I would give an update on my boys. Jessah's doing well and I'm scheduling her for an appointment in April when I take Glaiden in for his 6 month shots. I'm trying to get her all caught up on everything. We got a little behind with all the moving around so I'll keep you updated on her stats here in a couple months. Stay tuned!

First Food...

I attempted to give Glaiden some baby oatmeal the other day and it didn't go over very well so today I tried some of the rice cereal.... big hit for our little man! He probably doesn't really need to eat the cereal yet, but I figured I'd see how he liked it. We're going to just start with once a day and see how it goes. :) I can't believe he'll be 4 months old tomorrow! It goes by SO fast! Below is a day old picture of Glaiden and a picture I took today... He's changed so much!

Super Bowl Party

On Sunday, we decided to throw a Super Bowl party with some friends and family. At first, we weren't really planning on anything big, but then everyone we ran into was invited and most of them showed up! So a small group turned into a packed house with a couple poker games. :) Our guests included my parents (Chet and Mishie), my brother (Logan) and sister (Mesia), cousin Ashton, her hubby Casey and little Kodee; Krystal, her boyfriend Brett, her daughter Berklee, Tara and her hubby Chad, David's friends Ricky, Mike, Wayne, Donnie and his daughter Hailee.

All the guys with their 3D glasses on during the first poker game.... Way to go Daddy! Winner of game one!

Brett, Krystal, Glaiden and Casey in between games. Aww. :)

Game 2 - Some of the girls joined in this game. I lucked out and won! Woo Hoo - $35.

Me, my Uncle Guy and cousin Ashton.

Like I said, the guys spent most of their time at the table playing poker while the ladies hung out, watched a little of the game, and chatted. The kids ran around and had a blast playing their little hearts out!

Donnie's daughter Hailee pooped out early... she was playing hard!

Play Date

I got a call from our neighbor Alicia today asking if we wanted to go with her and her two kids, Garrett and Cole, to the church for a play date... Are you kidding?!?! After months of feeling cooped up and all the kids around being sick, finally, we get a chance to play! I quickly got myself and the kids ready to go over to the church and we headed through the back yard and down a block to the church. We got there and the neighbor that lives behind us had a great activity for pre-schoolers. We took the plastic film canisters (not the ones with the grey caps but the white ones) and filled them 1/3 the way up with water, drop in an alkaseltzer tablet, snap the lid back on and set it up side down on the floor. The alkaseltzer works it's magic and it's a great bottle rocket! A.J. loved it but Jessah thought it was a little too loud. She liked watching them fly, but no too close. We spent a good hour or hour and a half playing "blast off!" I tried to take more pictures but I forgot to empty my lousy memory card in my camera.... oops.

All the kids lined up because at first we thought this would be easiest... come to find out, the kids all would get up, chase their "rockets", and we had a little bit of chaos....

Angie trying to explain to A.J. the order he had to do it.... water, then tablet...a.k.a. rocket fuel, then lid, then upside down.... it took about 2 times then A.J. was a pro.

A.J. and Jessah both watching their rockets patiently before the first time they launched.... and it was the last for Jessah... below is how she spent the remainder of our time there.

All in all it was a good afternoon out where the kids got to play with our sweet neighbors we haven't seen enough of this winter!

Birthday Girl!

Our Princess

Yesterday (January 24th) was Jessah's birthday and we had a little party at our place with some family and friends. We had some chicken noodle soup and biscuits to keep us all warm and of course cake and ice cream.

I can't believe she's three! She's gotten so big and is learning to be Little Miss Independent.

She decided to get in just about all of her dress up clothes she got. She couldn't choose just one, so she put them all on!

One of our birthday party guests was little Miss Kodee Lynn Greene. She's about four months older than Glaiden but because she's so little and Glaiden is so big, they're really close to the same size! We thought it'd be cute for a picture of them in the big kids' chairs but as you can see.... he didn't think it was that great of an idea.

Jessah and her Peepaw. She loves him and was SO excited that Peepaw, Meemaw, Aunt Mesia and Uncle Logan we're at her party. It took her a long time to fall asleep the night before because she was so anxious to see them all!

Pictures of Kids

Ok, so in my desperate attempt to figure this out I'm posting today to master the art of being able to post pictures. So here's a few of the more recent pictures of the kids.... wish me luck!

A.J. and Jessah love having their picture taken, however, notice that I'm holding their hands down... That's to prevent the ever-so-popular...

and...

Here's a more recent picture of Glaiden. He's now 3 1/2 months old. I'm not quite sure what he weighs (I'll find out again at his 4 month check-up). I do know this... as of his 2 month check-up he weighed 14 lbs 9 oz. and was 24 inces long. As for all the new babies in the ward born in 2008 he's the biggest compared to the others at their 2 month check up! Doctor says he's just an extremely healthy boy... for which I am extremely thankful.

I feel very blessed to have such amazingly beautiful children!

Here We Go

Okay. So I'm going for it. I'm going to attempt this but I am making no promises yet! I decided that since I love reading everyone else's blogs and being able to see their families grow, or to see what they have to say about our ever-changing world that it was only fair to share with them as well! So here's a little bit of what my life has been like the last few years.

I was married the beginning of 2004 to a man named James Watkins. We were married for 2 1/2 years and had two children together, Austin James (A.J.) and Jessah. In July of 2006 we separated and by October we had divorced... and it was a good thing. Not to say that in a mean, it was all his fault, type of way, but it was definitely one of those things in life that turned out to be inevitable. I was too young, not happy and married him for wrong reasons. Although I never like to say that I regret anything... after all I did get 2 absolutely beautiful kids while we were married... but it definitely turned my life in a whole different direction.

After the divorce I moved out to Preston, Idaho and finally here to Logan. I've met some amazing people along the way and have become especially close to a few. My cousin, Ashton married and now lives in Preston with her husband and baby girl Kodee Lynn and we are closer now than we ever have been. Her niece Krystal is one of my very best friends and without her, life would be totally different. I love her like a sister and her little girl Berklee like my niece. (I mention these people here because they're such a big part of our lives that I'm sure to mention them in the future)

Since I moved to Logan in August of 2007 I met David Behrens. He's originally from the Salt Lake area and moved up to Logan for work. He works in the research and development department of ICON Health and Fitness. He is a fabricator and extremely good at what he does for a living. We met in September of 2007 and after a lot of playing hard to catch we ended up together and have never been happier. We had a little boy, Glaiden Lee Behrens, on October 9, 2008. The name comes from David's uncle, Glade. David was very close to Glade growing up and wanted to name our son after him so we came up with our own version of it.

A.J. and Jessah's dad isn't really in the picture a lot these days. A lot has gone on in the last year or so and they haven't really seen him much but David is an amazing person and loves my oldest 2 the same way he loves his Glaiden. :)

Well, I'll leave that brief history of us as it is for now as I'm sure it's more than most really wanted to know... and I need to get the baby in bed! Jessah's birthday is on Saturday so I'll try my best to keep up with this and post pictures.

Goodnight for now!