Disneyland- Take 2

While we were in LA back in September we got to spend some time with Scott and Karisa and went to Disneyland with them for a day which was great fun. It was so fun to see Kale too--who is going to JAMAICA on his mission! Congrats!! I'm sure it will be a wonderful experience and we are so happy for him. Anyway, it was SO hot but Norah had a BLAST on the rides which made it such a fun day for us all.


Kale, Scott, Karisa, and us in California Adventure. We have such cute friends!


Norah loved the Moster's Inc. ride. It might look like she's petrified, but actually she had a blast. Jason and the rest of the gang rode the Tower of Terror a couple times, and since I was prego Norah and I rode this aboout 4 times in a row. It's so cute! "It's a small world" was actually her favorite ride, but this took a close 2nd.


Really attractive, I know. We had been warned that she would probably be frightened by the Bugs Life show/movie, but she actually did really well. I was another story....


This picture is priceless. Out of our entire Disneyland experience, guess what her favorite part was? The parade! She loved it so much that we kept running ahead so she could watch it over and over.


Our pretty girl.





Documentation of how hot it was. Notice the sweaty head.


So, Norah loved the electric parade...up until Pete's dragon rounded the corner. She got pretty freaked out. We should have been more concerned, but it was pretty commical. Especially considering I believe the girl in that movie is named Norah.

The Joys of Pregnancy

Out of the many fun and exciting things about being prego, my sleeping schedule is not one of them. Early on, I wake up 3 to 4 times a night to pee. And I mean really early on--like before I even know I'm pregnant. Why, you might ask, do I need to pee so frequently when there is barely a baby in there? Who in the world knows....

Now that I am nearing the end (due April 19th....less than 8 weeks away) things aren't any prettier. Tonight for example I woke up at 3:40, laid in bed wide awake until 5:15, and finally got up and decided to catch-up on my blog reading. There are only 2 benefits to this torture that I can see. First, at least it prepares you for when you are waking up every 2 hours to feed your precious little newborn. For the first few weeks after I had Norah I ironically felt MUCH more rested than I had in months. And second, maybe all of this middle of the night insomnia will give me some time to update our blog!

Well, sweet dreams for now...

We love the beach

When we were down in LA we made a trip to the beach with our lovely friends Scott and Karisa. Although as I mentioned it got up to 110 degrees while we were there, the water was freezing because of some wierd costal storm or something. Didn't do a lot (or any) swimming, but it was beautiful and gave Norah plenty of room to roam.

Scott- have you cut your hair yet? :)

Disneyland- Take 1

Back in September we drove down to LA to visit some friends and go to Disneyland and had an absolute blast. Spencer and Harmony, friends from college, live down there and were getting ready to transfer to Switzerland for 2 years (I know...so lucky). It was great to get to see them and go to Disneyland together. Norah had a blast playing with Cado and Paisley and it was so fun to get caught up. Unfortunately it wasn't the most thrilling Disneyland experience for me as I was already prego and therefore didn't feel quite up-to-par, plus I couldn't go on any of the bigger kid/adult rides. Oh, and did I mention that it was literally 110 degrees when we were there. People kept saying, "it's NEVER this hot here!" Ha! The one week we go down of course we bring the heat wave. Nonetheless, seeing the kids have so much fun brought all the magic back.






We spent 2 days at Disneyland, and as you can see on the 1st day Norah wasn't feeling the rides. Poor thing. She loved being there and seeing all the action and characters, but it took a day for her to warm up to them. I love this picutre because it shows how she was clinging on to me like her life depended on it. And it was just a train!


The cute Roundy family. We miss them!

5 Fun Filled Years!

Wow, have we really been married 5 years? And since I'm posting this so late, its more like 5 1/2. It has really flown by. When I sit and think about it though, we have done quite a lot in the past 5 years together. Got married, went to BYU together, lived in Hawaii for a summer, graduated together, moved home, got jobs, had darling Norah, bought a house, and now quickly on the way to becoming a family of 4. How weird!?! Barbara and Myles were sweet and watched Norah for us for a night so we could go celebrate. We ended up going to San Francisco and doing all the fun touristy things we've never done. We had toyed with the idea of taking an actual vacation somewhere, but I was too stressed about leaving Norah. Turns out we could have left her for weeks and she would have been fine. She loves all the grandparents and would have been happy to be spoiled by them for a week, but oh well. Maybe in a few years we'll get the guts to ditch the kids.


If you are 35 or younger, and don't recognize the house behind us, I'm not sure that we can be friends. "You got it dude!" or "Cut--it--out!" or "Have merrrrccccyyy" ring any bells? Gosh that was a great show.


We braved the San Francisco bus system, but near Chinatown it got a little too crowded for our taste. And when we say crowded, we mean the living-in-China type of crowded. When we got off we happened upon this gorgeous church, which ended up being our favorite part of the whole trip. Love those spontaneous moments that turn out right.


Jason had never been to Alcatraz. That's right, never. It was freezing (even in August), but fun.




So we were trying to think of all the touristy things we'd never done, and my mom suggested we hike Angel Island. She raved about how gorgeous it is and how spectacular the view is. After spending an hour each way on the ferry, and hiking for another 2....this was our view. COMPLETELY covered in fog. You literally couldn't even see a leg of the Golden Gate bridge. The other side was decent, but only somewhat softened the blow. Won't be doing that one again anytime soon!

Folsom Lake

This summer we headed to Folsom Lake for a day and rented jet skis. It was SO fun! The lake was really, really low, but we had a blast anyway. Got some cute pictures, plus these document Norah's complete OBSESSION with watermelon. She would live off of it if I let her.










Nice glasses, Chuck!



"Are you seriously taking more pictures of me eating watermelon?!"



Cute brothers.



Norah teasing her beloved Uncle Eric.






Yummmm. She stayed on the chair laid back like this for about 20 minutes. And for those of you who know Norah, you know that her staying anywhere for 20 minutes is basically unheard of. I'm sad she's grown out of those jellies. I slept in mine as a little girl. Are crocks the new jelly replacement? Not with my kids! :) Jellies all the way! Plenty of room for them both!

Coming Soon: The Browns

Family and Friends,

Welcome to the pregrand opening of the Brown family blog. We had hoped to have it up to date before we told our friends to join us on the world wide web, but have decided the peer pressure of friends and relatives visiting our site might be just enough motivation for us to catch up.

According to the blog - we are halfway through summer. It's a start. As a New Year's resolution, we are going to get caught up. There are a few events from summer and fall that we want to include in the blog - and we are working our way up to real time.

This will be the place for family shenanigans, posting pictures of Norah and leaving occasional stories. Check back with us over the next few weeks and going foward, we will keep everyone updated on our ever changing life.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,


Jason, Chrissie, and Norah