thoughts?

You know, I haven't been blogging all that much lately.

It's not that nothing is going on because I mean, I have an awesome crazy cool toddler so there is never a dull moment.

I think I just didn't feel like I had anything to say I guess. I don't know...

But I've been thinking lately about how much I used to LOVE this place of mine here on the internet and how it used to bother me if I went more than 2 days without blogging. 

Not because I felt pressured but just because I really liked it.

Now that we have this new little baby on the way it seems only fair to document this little life the way I documented Brooklynns. 

I know I've said I'm back to blogging more regularly many times..

But I really mean it this time.

I. AM. BACK.

This is going to be an amazing year. I don't want to forget all the amazing things that happen.

i'm pregnant yo!

Brooklynn is going to be a BIG SISTER!

We are beyond excited for little sweet little baby!

The due date is September 4, 2013 and we cannot wait!

I love you already baby Duty #2!!

YAY!!!

family photos

A couple of weeks ago we had our family photos taken by Dana Willis Photography! She did a great job considering that Brooklynn is the hardest child to photograph because she is so shy when she doesn't know someone. She didn't smile much but they still turned out great!

Enjoy!!

Dance Dance Dance

Today I went to the Dickens Festival at the Utah State Fairgrounds to see my cute little niece Reagan dance. It so was much fun to watch the whole show and Reagan did so awesome!!!

I am so proud of her!! 

Here's a little video I took at the show. 

She is the cute little one all the way to the right.

french toast, family, and santa.

Tonight we had a blast! We met up with some family and headed to kneaders for all you can eat french toast and a santa visit. Now, going into this, we knew Brooklynn wasn't going to sit on Santa's lap. I wasn't even going to try. I mean, we walked past Santa at the mall and she about lost her mind running the opposite direction. So when Santa made his grand entrance I was not surprised that she kept telling me she wanted to go home. 

We all ate our yummy french toast. Mrs. Claus had made her way around talk to people and we decided to get in line to see Santa. As we got closer I decided I would just talk to her about it. Tell her how she can ask Santa for a toy that she wanted. That really got her attention. We got to the front and she actually sat on his lap!! And told him what she wanted for Christmas!! We were completely SHOCKED!! It was amazing!! We snapped a few shots on my phone throughout the night because I totally didn't bring my camera because I was sure she wouldn't even get close to Santa. So we made due with what we had.

It turned out to be a fun filled night with yummy food, awesome family, and Brooklynn first good Santa experience! 

happiness.

 Yesterday evening Brooklynn and I packed our stuff and headed out to West Jordan to pick up my sister in law Courtney, then headed straight to the airport to pick up my mother in law.

Now let me tell you something awesome.. SHE IS HERE TO STAY! And soon my father in law will be here also! He is with Curtis right now driving all of their stuff from Georgia! 

We are BEYOND excited that they are moving here! 

So last night after we picked grandma up from the airport we grabbed dinner at Chili's and then had a little sleep over at Courtney's. We stayed up pretty late just talking and catching up. So happy that they are here to stay!! 

YAY for grandma and grandpa Duty living in Utah!!

december.

Can I just say that I am so happy that it is December?? I seriously love Christmas time so much. And it is really the only time I love the cold Utah weather. It just makes sense at Christmas. It makes me happy. Things have been pretty low key around here. We've been spending our days at the park mostly. We also checked out this new outdoors store called Sheels and Brooklynn had a blast running around the store taking picture with all the animal statues. 

We also got our family photos taken.. Let me tell you something. Brooklynn is such a good kid! I'm telling you, 95% of the time she is sweet, and she shares, and she's loving, and so smart. BUT, when it comes to this kind of stuff she HATES it. She will not pose worth anything. It is always a constant struggle and that's exactly what it was. A struggle! But we made it through and thankfully Dana was so great to be so patient with her! I'll post more photos her when I get them back but there's one down there of my cute girl! 

Happy beginning of December, hope it doesn't go by too fast!