Hello Everybody!

Hi! I'm Baby Haider! And this is my first picture. You can see my profile and little feet perfectly. And if you look close you can see me waving to all of you! (See my little hand floating up in the air?) I'm a happy, healthy, and wiggly baby and I can't wait to see you on April 16th!

Brady's Antelope

Brady went hunting this Saturday up in Wyoming with his dad. He got an antelope, and a good one too! This is Brady's first antelope and it's a very nice one, so he's very excited. It's a good one because the horns are long and wide, according to Brady. He named him "Longhorn." Way to go Brady! Now I know you're all wondering what he will do with it. I'm sure he will stuff the head, and his family will eat the meat. But, I won't be eating any... and I won't be hanging the head in my living room either. One day when we have our own house I told Brady he could hang his animals in his own hunting room.

"Focus on the Brilliance!"

I know that this is a very exciting part of my life, expecting my first baby! Honestly no words can describe the pure JOY I feel! But, at the same time, I have been so sick, I can't even function. And I've been a total stress case trying to balance a full-time job, a calling, a household, family activities, a growing baby, and bad health. Today I've just gotta remember that it's all worth it and it will be over soon. Because at the moment, I am home, in my pajamas, sicker than a dog, with a sore throat on top of it all. I haven't showered in days, my apartment is a disaster, my family wants me to do this, my calling needs me to do that, work needs me, Brady needs me, but most of all my baby needs me to take care of myself first.

But, I got an email from a lady that I work with that helped me a lot. She said, that this time will be full of brilliance and challenges and I need to learn to focus on the brilliance.

So here's the the brilliance!

- The miracle of life is brilliant in itself, just the very way that I have a life growing inside me, depending on me for everything is brilliant! And that we have been blessed with this gift to have children, that so many people don't have or struggle with is brilliant!

- The fact that the Lord trusts me and Brady to be parents to his very special spirit child is brilliant!

- The support that my family, friends, and especially Brady give me is brilliant! Thank you so much everyone!

-The love and unfailing comfort that I receive from the Savior through his Spirit is brilliant!

- The blessings that I have to help me support and raise this child is brilliant! My amazing husband, my job, my education, my home, my family, and especially the gospel!

- Getting all excited to get all the cute baby stuff is brilliant! I get butterflies just when I see the baby section at the store!

- I have so many brilliant things to look forward to- the first ultrasound, hearing the heartbeat, finding out if it's a girl or a boy!

- The thought that soon I will have my precious baby in my arms is brilliant!

So thanks for letting me blabble on and focus on the brilliance for a minute. You have no idea how much this has helped me.


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2 Years Ago

Two years ago this week (September 17th, 2006) Brady proposed to me! It was the best proposal any girl could ask for. He and I had eaten at Panda Express the day before and in my fortune cookie my fortune said, "There is gold in your future." I jokingly said, "Oh, I hope it's white gold!" Well, little did I know that Brady had something up his sleeve and that fortune was the clincher. My mom called and asked us to come out to Grantsville the next day for Sunday dinner. We went out there and after dinner my dad asked us to run down to the church because he had left his binder there. I didn't think anything about it because he leaves things all the time. I thought it was a little wierd that he left it in the primary room though. But, Brady and I went down there, and Brady was just bookin' it into the church. When I went through the side door of the primary room he was like, "NO! we have to go through the middle door. " When I walked in it was dark, but I could make out the sillouette of something, then I flipped on the light to see this:

Dozens of roses and pictures of us from when we were kids up until now and a giant picture of us and the temple!

Before I could even register what was going on, Brady was on one knee and had the ring on my finger. I started balling! Then I looked at the ring and saw that it was the exact one that I had secretly picked out with my sister! I couldn't believe it! Come to find out Brady had set up the whole shopping trip where me and my sister "just happened" to go into a jewelry store and I "just happened" to look at rings, and I "just happened" to find the perfect one!

Anyway, it was amazing! The reason why it was significant in that primary room, is because that's where we met when we were just little. I can't believe it's been two years already! Time flies when you're with your eternal love. And now two years later we are expecting a baby! So exciting!

1+1=3

That's right, we're having a baby! Our sweet blessing from heaven will be here the middle of April 2009. We are so excited! I'm sure that some of you have noticed the neglect I've had of my blog and my lack of comments left on your blogs. The truth is, I'm so tired these days that I rarely get on to visit the blogs. I've been very tired and pretty sick. But, it's all worth it, because we are having a baby!!!! I still can't believe it. Brady is so stoked, and he wants a girl, believe it or not! It's just been a big eye opening experience to realize that Heavenly Father trusts us with such a special responsibility to care for one of his choice spirit children. It makes me watch everything I do and say a little more carefully.

Real Yearbook Pics

Thought you all might enjoy these gems. My mom in 9th and 11th grade.