Cody Ray {2 months old}

Hello.....
What do you know? It's been a few days {or maybe weeks?} since I have last updated! I thought I was going to be so much better at this, this time around! Life is just so busy. That's not an excuse though! We have been super busy here at the Mallaire household. Mama here went back to work and I have quit the bittersweet taste in my mouth about that...but I swallowed the bitter of the situation and am putting one foot in front of the other each day. Can I just say that working mama's of multiple children are superheroes! Actually ALL moms are, but man it's a whole new freakin' ballgame to be mom to two AND go to work each day. Neither job is really harder than the other, please don't get me wrong. I was home for 10 weeks and I got SO backed up on laundry, cleaning, cooking, just about everything! Being a mom is just hard. PERIOD.  It's the best things in the world, but let's be honest it can be really tough....anyways. In the midst of all the craziness, without my permission, my sweet baby turned 2 months old! I swear I just had him! When I did Luke's updates on my old blog I felt like I would ramble on and on, so I am adapting a version that I saw on this blog. {if you aren't reading it, you should be!}
I have tons of other updates and things I want to share, but before Cody gets any older, I wanted to document this.....

 Cody Ray~ 2/9/14

Weight/Length: 15lbs 7oz! and 25 inches long! Basically he is huge! And I absolutely LOVE it!! He's very proportional, and is growing right on track, so I am a happy mama! He's bigger than his brother was, and Luke is estimated to be really tall', so we shall see about baby brother :)


Hair: He has very little amounts of brown hair. He was born with pretty dark hair, but most of it has fallen out!

Diapers: Size 2

Clothing: very few 3 months, but mostly 3-6 month, and even some 6-9 months....luckily he has a big brother and we already have all of these sizes ready to wear!
 

Favorite Things: Mama's milk, Sophie the Giraffe

Likes: Eating, Sleeping, Being held, Smiling, Baths....ya know, baby things :)

Dislikes: long car rides in his car seat.

Milestones: He rolled over from his belly to his back on Valentines Day....it may have been just a coincident, but he did it! he hasn't done it since but has been really close, he is really starting to focus on things and makes great eye contact! He is also smiling like crazy!

Sleeping: He still sleeps quit a bit during the day. He takes a longer nap in the morning from around 10am-12pm, and then little naps in between and then another longer one from around 3pm-6pm, then I put him down for the night around 9:30p. He is till waking almost every 3 hours in the night as well....so I feel like our sleeping patterns are still kinda crazy and unpredictable!

I feel like he has changed so much in the past month! He is no longer an infant, he is definitely a baby now!

Cody,
My sweet boy. I was so concerned when I was pregnant with you that I would never be able to love someone as much as I love your brother. I was scared. The moment you were born, everything changed. I didn't even have to think about it. I loved you so much it hurt. I now had two boys to love and my heart felt like it could explode. It still does! The love I have for you is unexplainable. You are such a sweet baby and I am so blessed to be your mama. I love watching you grow and am SO looking forward to the months and years ahead with you, my boy.

I love you forever,
Mama

 

Weekend recap and looks I'm loving on Pinterest

Well as you probably know, the Broncos lost the big game!! :( Oh well, I still love me some Payton Manning! I think he is a really neat guy and respect him a lot! He is an amazing quarterback and hopefully Denver can have another chance next year! How can you be too sad when you have an adorable, chubby little Bronco fan like this...:)

Anyways.....

~This past weekend I did "Hot" yoga for the first time! I have always wanted to take a yoga class, so Nick bought me a package of 10 classes at a new yoga studio near our house. I was terrified to go to my first class, but on Sunday morning me and my mother-in-law and sister-in-law went and we {well I guess I can only speak for myself} LOVED it!! It was definitely not easy, and I couldn't do everything that the teacher was doing, but our goal was to at least just stay in the room for the entire 1 hour and 15 minutes, and I did and it felt great! This was the first real workout I have done besides walking and a little Pilates video{which I will blog about another day because you NEED to do these videos too}. I have never been so sweaty in my life! But it felt amazing!! I am so excited for my next class! {and I'll spare you a picture, nobody wants to see what this mama looked like after that :)}

~Luke and I did some baking this weekend! We made some yummy brownie chocolate chip cookie bites! He loves to help me in the kitchen and it's a fun memory to have with my sweet boy! oh and they were pretty delicious! {and easy, since I am not opposed to using boxed mix and pre-cut cookie dough :)} {honesty is the best policy right?}

~I love love love pinterest! Duh! Who doesn't? So I thought I would share some of the looks I'm loving on Pinterest right now...

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Have an awesome Monday my friends!

~Breanna

The big game!!

 It"s Super Bowl Sunday!! Woohoo!!

We are big Denver Bronco fans over here!!...GO BRONCOS!!!

We are off to spend the day with family!

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 Enjoy your day!! I am going to do a full weekend recap tonight after hopefully a Bronco win!!

~Breanna

January Memorable Mallaire Moments....

It's super late and this mama is TIRED!! But I wanted to end this month with a review of some of the most memorable Mallaire moments in January....


1. To start off the month I was super excited about a Christmas present my dad got me this year....a Starbucks coffee tumbler that allowed for one { ha, there were a few days I got two} free espresso coffee drink each day in January. It was glorious!!! I would just take my tumbler, tell them what I wanted and voilà my free drink was ready! It became my morning {and sometimes afternoon} ritual to go get my coffee. Luke even liked our little ritual. I would take him each day and I knew the minute I rolled up to the Starbucks drive-thru he would ask me to roll his window down too! The only problem now is come tomorrow, I won't get it free any more....boohoo!! #butgoodformypregnancyweightthathasstuckaround #longesthashtagever

2. We spent New Years day at my dads house spending time with family! It was nice to just hang out and have a yummy dinner! I honestly don't know what I would do without my family!


3. I spent a lot of time with my hubby this month. He got 7 weeks off of work when Cody was born, so we got some good quality family time in! Now I miss him like crazy. Going from one child to two is no joke! I love it, but it's not for the weak {Is that the saying?} He's back at work now, and I seem to want wine a lot more at the end of each night ;) {Totally kidding...sorta}

4. Luke started soccer! Something you may not know about me is how much I love sports! I grew up watching my brother play sports, I played sports and I love to watch sports {except for golf, I just can't do it!}so when we found out about a little sports program that starts at his age we were game! It's actually not really "soccer" it's more of how well can you follow directions{which after week one, I realized I need to spend a little more time with Luke on}and some fun soccer skill games! He loves it and can't wait for Saturdays to roll around so he can go to soccer! I love watching him and my sports loving, mama heart is happy this time has finally come! T-ball is up next! :)

5. Cody turned 1 month old! How the heck did that happen? Time really does fly by! He's growing like crazy and I adore that boy SO much!

Well, there they are, 5 memorable Mallaire Moments of January! Probably not super exciting to you, but things that I want to always remember!

Here's to starting a new month tomorrow....February...one of my most favorite months of the year!{any guesses why?}


Goodnight,

~Breanna

The start of a new journey...

Hello! {I honestly sat here for like 10 minutes trying to figure out what a good greeting would be to start this...that's all I came up with. Pretty good right?!}

Here I am starting my second blog today. I started my first blog back in 2008 when my husband {who was just my boyfriend at the time}had just gotten back from Afghanistan. I wrote through the journey of our engagement, wedding, my first pregnancy and the birth of our first son {and a bunch of stuff in between :)} I enjoyed writing and it really became sort of Luke's "baby book". Well life got busy and needless to say, my blog got the back burner. Don't get me wrong, I somehow still had the time to read all of my favorite blogs, but heaven forbid I update my own blog! Anyways.... Here I am the start of a new year and I had the itch to start completely over. Yes, I could have just continued to write on my other blog, but I really needed something fresh to start with. Like a clean slate! Oh and I had another baby boy in between all the craziness! So here I am {I am pretty sure I have said that about 4 times already} ready to share "The Joys of Raising Boys." {if you feel the urge, my previous blog was www.breannaandnick.blogspot.com}

Let me introduce myself {Because I have such a fan base already ;)}

I am a 20 something wife, mama and teacher. I have been with my handsome husband for over 10 years, married almost 5 of those years! We go married on February 28th, 2009. We had our first baby boy, Lucas {Luke} on March 17th, 2011. He is my sweet little lucky St. Patrick's day babe! He is now almost 3 and as sweet/crazy/adorable/stubborn/energetic as ever! We also have a 6 week old baby boy, Cody who joined our family on December 9, 2013! My boys are my world! They helped make me a mama and I am so very grateful! When I am not playing mama{who am I kidding I am always mama} I am a 2nd grade teacher. It's almost like being a mom to 28 adorable{sometimes} kiddos. I have been teaching for 4 years and have had a pretty rocky teaching experience. My first two years were pure craziness and my last two years have been much better! My heart will ALWAYS be at home with my boys though.Yes, teaching is rewarding, and yes, I get "summer's off" but let me tell ya, most of the summer is spent thinking about your classroom, plus summer trainings, plus spending hours and hours prepping for the next year, summers are not really spent "off." Teaching is hard and exhausting! If you think otherwise, I will gladly trade jobs with you for a week and then we can talk :)!

 I have lived in Arizona for most of my life. I moved around a bit when I was younger, but consider Arizona as home! Both my husband and my families live here and we are so thankful for that! Both of our parents are literally 5 minutes away! I get the itch to live near the ocean, but am pretty sure that will just be a "dream" more than a reality anytime soon! I am okay with that! With that said, I LOVE the ocean! The feel of the sand in my toes and the sound of the waves crashing down is pure bliss for me! If you ever want to take me on a vacation with you, the beach is where it's at! I have a true love and passion for photography. If I could snap my fingers and be anything that I wanted to be {besides a mama and wife} I would want to be a photographer. My sweet husband bought me my first "big girl" camera probably 5ish years ago and I love it! But, I don't spend nearly as much time taking pictures as you would think a person that loved it so much would! Sadly my good ole iPhone and instagram get more love from me than my camera. I also love to read{give me a good book and I have a hard time putting it down, {and becoming emotionally attached to the characters} shop, hang out with my family, grow deeper in my faith in Jesus, spending time with my girlfriends and Starbucks. {those aren't in any particular order ;) My faith and my family will always be the most important aspects of my life!

Here are just a few pics of my little family:

My new little family of 4

Cody, born Dec. 9, 2013

Brothers!

Lucas {Luke}, born March 17, 2011

Me and my hubby on our wedding day! {2/28/09}

Well I am going to stop there. One thing I learned from having my other blog is sometimes keeping it short and sweet is a better way to go!{not that this is short by all means} So often I would not even blog because I felt like I didn't have enough to say, but honestly, sometimes less is more! I know that when I am reading other people's blogs, if they write too much sometimes I lose a bit of interest. So here is to my new blog and to hopefully writing more on this journey of raising my boys! :)

Goodnight!

~Breanna

P.S. the blog has a lot more details coming soon! I just really wanted to get my first post published before my boys leave for college :)