Halcomb Easter

Amazing weather, yummy food & lots of laughs! This was definitely an Easter to remember.

A-Z

Age: 24 yrs ... soon to be the BIG 25 in less than 2 months

Bed Size: Queen

Chore you hate: Yard work

Dogs: Bradley, our white Maltese

Essential start of your day: Waking up to feed Jakob

Favorite Color: Black... it's slimming. ; )

Gold or silver: Silver

Height: 5'2"

Instruments I play (or have played): Violin & Flute

Job Title: Mommy/ Front office medical receptionist

Kids: Jakeyman

Live: San Tan Valley

Mom's Name: Lisa

Nickname: B, B Rock, Dede, Diddles & Bundy

Overnight hospital stays: Giving birth

Pet Peeve: Not being able to carry ALL of the groceries in one trip to the house... too many trips= time wasted

Quote from a movie: The Notebook

So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.

Right or left handed: Right

Siblings: 1 sister &1 brother

Time you wake up: Either 5am or 6am depending on the day of the week

Underwear: Garmies

Vegetables you dislike: Radish. Yuck

What makes you run late: Baby poopy blow outs

X-rays you've had done: Too many. nothing serious

Yummy food you make: I love to bake! Joe love chocolate chip cookies from scratch.

Zoo animal: Penguins. They're adorable

Picture updates

Oh baby Jakob...

I love your little cheeks & your Popeye arms!!

Things to accomplish this year

So with all of the changes we have had the opportunity to experience, I figured that it be best to make list of goals that I need to complete this year.

1. Lose the remaining 25lbs of post baby weight that are still visually torturing me whenever I look in the mirror. Ps. I already lost 25lbs. Woo hoo me!

2. Wear makeup more often... even when i don't feel like putting any on.

3. Have a date night at least once a week with my Honey.

4. More blog posts.

5. Look forward to all of the changes & growth that Jakob will have this upcoming year.

6. Take more pictures!!

7. Read my scriptures more often.

8. Spend more time the Girls.

9. No soda! I did it before & I can do it again.

10. Be more positive & thankful for all that I have my life.

I feel like this year is going to be amazing & I can't wait to see all that it has to offer.

Here's to 2010

I am a complete slacker when it comes to blogging. There I've said it. Forgive me?

I hope so because I figure that I'll be able to make up for it this year. With our recent addition of baby Jakob there will be plenty to write about, from how he keeps both Joe & myself up at night to how sweet he looks when he sleeps.

I look forward to sharing my new experiences with you. Promise.

Here's a mini update.

First family picture

Coming home from the hospital

First bath at home

Bradley getting to know Jakob via nap time

Jakob's favorite way to sleep

Long & Overdue

So to begin , we have a baby on the way ! !

I am 5 1/2 months pregnant with a boy & we couldn ' t be more scared & excited all at the same time . We are looking forward to becoming parents , however I always have this overwhelming feeling of not being worthy to take on such an amazing gift from Heavenly Father . I remember right after my belly finally started to pop out & seeing my belly getting bigger , I looked down at belly & actually started talking to it . I told our baby to be that would no matter what I love him , care for him , & be the mother that he deserves to have for our eternal family . I so very much can't wait to hold him in my arms for the first time . . .

Lessons in Photoshop

( Yikes it's been a little while since my last post )

Well to catch everyone up to speed , here' s the run down on my recent adventures :

Last Sunday I had the ridiculous desire to want try & hopfully learn how to use Photoshop . I' ve always heard that Photoshop was really hard or at the most, confusing to understand. . . Boy , I had absolutley no idea what I was getting myself into . I started with looking for a tutorial or something with a " How to . . . " section on someone' s blog or website & to my amazement I stumbled upon kevinandamanda.com . ( Attched is a link to their page How to make a Scrapbook blog) I am pretty much in LOVE with their page . They have a step by step guide for Photoshop users & it also explains what exactly you're doing & why you' re doing it . It definitely took FOREVER to finish my first layout but with the help of TheShabbyShoppe.com & 3 purchased downloads , I feel a little bit more confident in the digital scrapbooking world .

Let' s be honest , as I have already made very clear in my previous posts I sincerely hate computers , not so much because they have really done anything wrong to me personally but mostly because I don' t understand a majority what is expected by computer user. . . & as humans , we usually hate what we don' t understand . A friend recently commented on my new adventure with blogging as "A vicious time suck" , I feel that she could not be anymore RIGHT!
Brandi

Picture Time

Here's a little snippet from our photo shoot with the FABULOUS Leah Wakefield. Enjoy!!

We just want to say that we had so much fun taking these pictures & we almost didn't get to have them done because of the stupid rain last Saturday. We also want to make sure that if anyone is interested in a talented & professional photographer, then you definitly need to take a gander at her Facebook page atLeahwakefield Photography. We are so pleased with how our pictures turned out & can't wait get these framed.

Ps. These were taken outside of the Potato Barn in Higley, Az. Lets just say... Joe had to drag me out.

For crying out loud!

Seriously…

Ok, so I really want everyone to know how ridiculous I am or rather that I somehow cannot seem to wrap my brain around trying to figure this blogging crap out. For example, I just spent the last fudging 2 & a half hours trying to get my stupid Header to say our names & now trying to get this super cute font to transfer over to blogger with hardly any success. Are you kidding me?! But no, I am the lucky lady who has had the pleasure & the opportunity to completely confuse the heck out of herself. Okay I’m feeling a little bit better now.
Ps. Thank s Kenzie & Josie for yelling at my blog. I needed some motivation.

Brandi Halcomb


My ANGRY faces

It's Official...

I have finally joined the Blogging Universe & I'm feeling pretty accomplished right now. For those of you that know me, you already are aware that I have a horrible relationship with computers & that if it were not for my patient husband ..... I probably would never use one. But despite my attemps to ignore technology, I have found myself slightly consumed by this ridiculousness.

Here we go...

First off, I would like to start by saying that this whole "Blogging" thing is actually not that bad. I am not the most technologically inclined person, so this is something new for me. ps. The rest of this post was accidentally deleted. YIKES This will be interesting. haha