He is 4 months old and Jen came to visit

So much has happened this month it is just crazy! A major highlight from this past month was that my sister was able to come visit this month and it was so nice to have her and Skyler here. So let the rambling begin....

This month Jen came to visit along with Skyler her daughter. We had so much fun having her here but we were so busy with school and work that we tried to make sure she had a good time and visited some things while they were here. Jen visited some fun things while I was working and doing school work. It was nice that Remy got to see his cousin and Aunt too. Jen, Skyler, Remy, and myself all went to the zoo together which even though some of the exhibits were closed. We also all went to the St. Louis Arch. It was so fun to have them in town and listen to Skyler tell us that Jen is not Jen she is mommy. So every time me or Dan would say "hey Jen" Skyler would yell noooo mommy. It was funny because after that anytime we would talk to her we would have to refer to her as mommy.

Remington went to his first trunk or treat this past week and we dressed him up as Charlie Brown, Lexy was painted as Snoopy, Dan was Linus, and I was peppermint Patty. No one could tell that Dan and I were part of the get up but thats okay. Some people in our ward did a great job decorating their trunks. We ran out of time to decorate ours so we just stuck Lexy's bed in there along with some blankets for Remington to lay down on while we handed out candy. Lexy was a big hit though with all the kids, because she is so shy that everyone wanted to pet her. Well Remington turned 4 months old this month and the biggest things that he can now do is roll over all on his own from his back to his stomach, and even sometimes from his stomach to his back. He enjoys laughing and being sung to when he gets upset. I can not believe how big he is getting....The doctor has told me that he is ready for solids which we are not to sure or even ready for ourselves. So next month I think we will start solids.

Lexy is doing well and is making friends. For those who know Lexy know that she is not one to like other dogs. Some friends of ours came over the other day and brought their dog with them and so we got to see how Lexy would interact with their dog because usually she wants nothing to do with other dogs but this dog she actually played with every once in a while. It was really cool to see Lexy actually play with another dog for once. For the trunk or treat we took Lexy to a local Petsmart to get decorated like snoopy. I have always loved going to Petsmart and go to them for everything but this time not so much! They got paint in her ear and places that were not supposed to have paint on them. I was highly upset about it. Luckily for them I took Lexy anyway and did not say anything about it and took about 30 min. and cleaned off those areas myself.

Dan has been working hard at school and it never seems to stop. He is always writing papers or doing a project for class. He just finished his fall break and really needed it to unwind. The thing is how is a 2 day break considered a break? In my mind especially for grad school is that they should have a week off for a fall break. Dan dresses up everyday for school as if he worked in a hospital already which is kind of nice but at the same time if I had to do that everyday I think I would go a tiny bit nuts, I then would get over it but still skirts sometimes drive me up the walls. Dan does well though and he always figures it out.

I have been going to school non-stop since I started my online program and it never seems to stop. Every week I try to start everything early so that I can have more then just one day off from school work but it never happens. I always only have Sundays to relax and even then I feel like there is not enough time in my day to get everything done I need to get done. Every week I can't wait until the week is over and I just hope that school is almost over but then I look at the calendar and notice that there is "x" amount of weeks left until the semester is over and I can rest for about 3 weeks before the next one starts. This semester I think I took on more then I can handle by taking an online class in Chemistry. Now for some people they think it is easy as pie but for people like me its like trying to fit a elephant in a mouse hole. Luckily we have home teachers in this ward ones who actually try to help you. Chris our home teacher has been so nice and comes by to help me with my Chem labs each week. It is so nice to have people in our ward who want to actually help and they offer it so quickly. I may not get an A or a B in this class but if with his help I get a "C" I will be sooooo grateful for.

Well that is all for this month, till next time Buzzy B's out....

3 months to old

Hello all you bloggers out there and my readers (if you are there), welcome back to my blog! This past month we have ventured out to many different things. So lets hop to it...

This past month Dan has done a lot of school work and so have I. Dan is always reading a book for school and doing so many papers almost everyday. Some days I think that by the end of grad school he will turn into a sheet of paper or a printer because he writes so many of them constantly. Dan goes to school Monday through Thursday and gets Fridays off which is nice for me and Remy so that he can spend time with us instead of time with school. Lucky for us though Dan's school is really really close so close that I drive him to school in the mornings and he walks home when he is done. It is only about a mile and a half away so it only takes him about a half hour to get home from school. Dan got some new school clothes for school so that he can look and feel the part of is future career. Everyday he wears business casual or a suit. On Thursdays he always wears a suit due to the fact that potential employers could be visiting his class that day. The school St.Louis University has many different campuses and some have really cool artwork around the buildings.

I started my online classes this semester and boy is it hard and different. Before leaving Idaho I knew I only had about 2 semesters left of school so instead of transferring and losing some of my credits I decided to take the rest online. I knew it would be hard but a lot of my work is really busy work and it really bothers me because I have Remy and a job as well. It is really annoying when I am doing my online classes and emailing with my teacher and she tells me to check my spelling when I email, which I do, but she will respond back to me with something like this " Jesse you need chek spelling once sending" its all really annoying. Now I know I am a horrible speller but at least i do not tell a student to check spelling and then in return never spell correctly or leave out words when responding back to her emails. Anyways I went back to work this month and now work once again at the "Y". I have worked there many times before and loved it so applying there was nothing. I work at 2 different after school and morning school programs. When I go to work Dan becomes a stay at home dad. He does pretty good and gets better with Remy each day. He always tells me that its like Remy knows that I have left because every time i leave Remy screams his head off. It makes me feel loved but at the same time I feel bad for Dan every time it happens.

On a side note Dan,Remy and I went to the Budweiser factory for a tour. The offer free tours to the public. It was really neat to see and go through. We got to learn how to make beer and what they use to make beer. ( useless information for us as we do not drink). It was really informational and a fun thing to do on labor day weekend.

Remington just turned 3 months old yesterday and it is sad to see him get bigger but it is also fun to see him grow and learn new things. This past month he has fallen in love with touching his toes and talking to anyone and everyone he can. Something else that he has started to do is grab, and when I mean grab I mean my hair! My hair is not super long but when he gets a hold of it he grabs it and holds tight. Sometimes he will grab my shirt and pull the crap out of it. Im sure all my nice and even then t-shirts I love will eventually have a huge scoop neck once he is done with that stage. So if any one wants one of those scoop neck shirts, send them my way and it will get the stamp of approval by Remy. He is such a good baby and so fun to love. He got a frog type blanket at his baby shower from a friend and he just loves it, so far that is his favorite toy to date.

Lexy! We never forget about her. She is doing well and is always wanting more and more snuggles these days. Whenever Remy is sleeping she is the first one to my side to snuggle and get all the attention. Lexy is as always doing better with Remy little by little. She still I don't think is quite sure what he is but just knows that he has not left yet. Lexy has been getting lots of extra attention lately due to I am a sucker for her puppy eyes every time I leave to pick up Dan or drop him off she will be coming for the ride. Dan and I have been running a lot lately and I bring the running stroller I got, and Lexy in hand. It is tough sometimes when running with both Remy in the stroller and Lexy on the side but if we go to a certain park she does really well.

Well as always I ramble a lot and you have to deal with it! So have a great month, day, week, night etc. and remember the buzzy B's will be back again next month! One more thing to say

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD AND SISTER THIS MONTH!!!!!!!!

Buzzy B's OUT

Remington is getting old to fast

Welcome back readers! Not only is it time for an update but a lot of things have been happening this past month and lots to talk about....

This past month a lot has gone on. We have been from Idaho to St.Louis to North Carolina. We have visited many places in the process of our move to St.Louis and it has been an adventure. We stopped in a couple of different states and visited a couple of cool places a long the way for example we stopped and saw, Mount Rushmore, The center of the nation in South Dakota, and we stopped by old faithful. All these places were cool to see along the way to our new home in St. Louis. The drive was long and it was a journey for sure but we got here and we are safe. Our new home/apartment has character and a story to tell. We were told that it is over a 100 years old! So the stories these walls must tell are something of a fun factor in our new place. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms we have almost finished unpacking all our boxes with tons of space to fill. I can't wait to see what it will look like with everything put away and it furnished but it will be great to see our progress here as we venture for Dan's Grad school which starts next week.I know I am just talking all over the place right now but I always have so many things to say and just kind of spit them all out as I type. On our drive out Remy did great he got cranky every once in a while but I was able to keep him happy by sitting next to him in the back seat. Well enough about that, let me update you on me for just a moment. I start my first online semester for ISU next week and I am nervous because I have done one online class before and it did not turn out well. Hopefully I can keep up with my online classes due to the fact I am almost done and I could not be happier that I am almost finished for the time being. We got to go home for some much needed vacation for the both of us and I got to see my family which i really needed. My family is doing well my mom is a strong as ever and my brother Matt and his wife Sam just had their baby boy Logan Jet and they had it the day before we left so we were lucky enough to meet him before we left to come back to St.Louis. I was also able to have my other brother Brandon and Brooke his wife come down for Remy's blessing which I was soooo happy for. Well thats about it about me.


Dan starts school next week and I could not be more excited for him! I know we moved here for his school and I would not have it any other way. He will do great! Dan this past month has been pretty dang great in my mind, he has driven the entire move and to NC he also has helped a ton with unpacking the apartment and with the moving pod he unpacked it with people from our church quick and with no complaining. Im pretty sure that he is just excited as I am for him to start school. I dropped him off today for orientation and the school looks amazing it feels so right for us to be here and for him to go to this school. I love the way he wants to improve himself for school, for his future job, for us, and for himself. It is amazing to see him grow each year with everything.



Remy! I love this kid! He is so great at being him, he turned 2 months today and he is just the cutest kid I have ever seen. New this month is he loves to smile, he loves to move and be with us. While in NC we went to our church and did Remy's blessing back home and it was so amazing. If we don't hang out with him for about 20 minutes due to cooking, or cleaning he cries because he just wants some love and attention which who doesn't love some of that. Dan tells him all the time he can not grow any teeth because he loves his gummy smiles. Remy is growing up so quickly and I can not stop it, its crazy that people say they grow up fast and you do not see that until it happens to you. I just look at him and think he was just born! I thought he was tiny but my brother just had a baby and I see how big Remy actually is! Just stop growing Remy!!!!


Lexy is too sweet the other day she cuddled up to Remington and I loved it so much I made Dan take a photo which I going to print out and put in Remy's room. Lexy is a great travel dog she just hangs out and wants to sleep. She never really complains as how would a dog really do that. When we got to NC she knew exactly where we were it was crazy after about 3 years she still remembers my parents house. We walked into my house and those who know Lexy knows she is very shy. But no she ran right to my dad and started whimpering it was soo cute. When we got back to the house here in St.louis you could tell she missed NC and she still does.

Well thats all for now, until next time
Buzzy B's Out

One Month Old

Hey all you blog readers out there its that time again the time were I help you waste a little bit of your time. Some rambles will occur in this blog so be prepared.So lets get to blog'n.

Well this past month has gone by in a wink or as some say in a flash. Remy has turned one month old and I feel like it was just yesterday that he was born and I was in the hospital holding him for the first time. They say your kids grow up right before your eyes and it is true they do. I did not think it was true until this month flew on by and Remy has grown a little bigger and becoming more of a person everyday. Being a mom is a lot of work but has a lot of rewards. The rewards are more than I could have imaged things like, seeing you baby smile, watching him grow a little each day, and even laughing at his poop faces etc. all of these things make waking up at night with him worth wild. (even on the days I wanna kill someone)This past month I have learned something new about being a mom each day and what my mom went through with me. I thank heavenly father each day that I had the mom I did because of all the things she must have put up with me growing up and the things I do know she had to go through with me. This past month I have been preparing for our move by packing a little each day and it is weird to see all our stuff become less and less in our apartment. Since we are moving across country again I have been selling some of our furniture so that we don't have as much to move and also so that I can get so more reliable furniture that will last us more or less a lifetime. So as these things are selling little by little our nice apartment is getting more and more empty and it is just weird. Leaving Idaho will really be more or less a bitter-sweet for us as a family. We started our family here and we got to know more of some of my extended family. Another thing I will miss about this place besides my extended family (i.e. grandparents, cousins etc.) is the amazing scenery and beauty that is Idaho. But as we move to our next adventure we will be able to learn more things about new places and make new friends as we leave ones behind. Making friends is always hard but when we do we hate leaving them. We have made some great friends here and it will stink not to be able to see them again for a long time, but we hope to stay in touch with those we have met and maybe one day see them again.

Remington as we like to often call him Remy has been doing well. He sleeps most of the night with only waking up 1-2 times max. He loves to smile and lay on the floor on his blankets making sounds and listening to Jason Derulo with his dad. Remy really enjoys tummy time whether it is on daddy's chest (which he likes best) or on the floor to where almost every time I catch him falling asleep like that. I sometimes catch some smiles here and there and I love his gummy smiles they make my day. He is getting to know his sister Lexy a little more each day as we try to get her to keep warming up to him. Remy is growing each day and is getting so big we can't seem to make it stop. We have enjoyed having him in our lives each day and can't wait to keep watching him grow into the man we hope he does. Remy is so loved by his father and me and of course lexy who likes to kiss his legs. One of Remy's favorite things is when I sing him his song that I made up. "My name is Remy, Yay, my name is Remy.. R for Rockin, E for excellent, M for masculine, Y for you wish your name was Remy!" and it goes on and on. With that song I move his arms and play with his hands. It is our little song for him and I like to sing it to him everyday. Love that boy....

Dan "daddy B" will be graduating this Wednesday and I could not be any more prouder of him this week as he will get his diploma and move onto his next adventure of school at St.Louis. Remy may be small but I know he thinks his dad is the coolest, smartest, and most amazing dad to be finishing school and going onto better things to further his career and provide for our family. Dan has worked very hard this semester and never stops working so hard for us. They say that when you have a child your love grows stronger for your spouse, let me tell you first hand it does. Ever since Remy was born I have grown to love this man more than I thought my heart could give but it keeps giving love to him each and everyday with this boy in our lives. From the moment he has held Remy to the moments I hear him tell him he loves him, it melts my heart with joy and warms my soul. Dan and I are always learning how to be parents and teaching each other how to do things. Dan does such a good job with our boy.

Lexy, we can never forget Lexy! She is doing a little better each day with Remy, still isn't sure about him but we always try to make her feel included by giving her love, snuggles and as we like to call doggie hugs. I think that Lexy still does not know what to think about Remy but I know as Remy grows that Lexy will grow to love him too. Lexy still loves to sleep all day and snuggle all day. She has stopped sleeping in our bed since Remy has been born which is sad but in the mornings she comes into bed and snuggles till the morning sun comes up. The other day Lexy had a bad dream, I always wonder what she is dreaming about each time due to the fact that she will squeal and do little barks each time it is quite funny.

Remington

Welcome back readers to another addition of the Buzzy B's and our adventures. This months biggest adventure if you have not heard or seen yet is our son was born this past friday on June 20,2014 at 3:30pm. Before I get into anything lets start off the blog shall we. (For warn this could get mushy)

This month has been crazy busy with work and more work along with being prego it has its perks. While I was prego I worked at pizza hut I would typically cook or be a server which was great. As a server being prego is amazing people tend to tip me more than my other co-workers which made all the female co-workers say they wish they were prego to. People would always ask me day in and day out at work if I was ready to pop or when I was due. I did not mind the very frequent questions from complete strangers all the time but it would have been nice if maybe they would have asked me how I was doing instead of the typical when are you due, what are you having, or have you picked a name ( which was my favorite question because I would always say yes but we are not telling people to which they would ask anyways.... sarcasm in my voice here. In the last couple of weeks of work I was hoping from all the walking around at work it would help me go into labor but no such luck happened to me. I worked past my due date and people were always surprised but to them I would say I'm not doing anything so I might as well work anyways. I went to the doctor on monday and we set an induction date for friday the 20th of June at 7:00am. My friend Ariel also set her induction date the same day as well so we could support each other through the entire thing. Friday came and we went to the hospital I got induced and Remington Paul Brixius was born at 3:30pm. I only really pushed for about 30 minutes give or take. My friend Ariel and I had texted the entire time back and forth which for me helped pass the time better and help keep my mind off of things as well as support each other. My doctor Mrs.Huggins was amazing she is very encouraging and helpful during the entire process. It was something I will never forget. It has been a couple of days since Remy was born and it has been a journey. The days are good and the nights are long as he wakes up frequently but though the tire some nights are hard I would not trade this little guy for anything in the world.

Mr.B has been working hard and doing what he does best and that is being a great man in my life. This past week as Remy came into the world he has shown me that I can love someone more than I knew. During the entire pregnancy he has been my rock and right hand man for everything. When Friday came and we were at the hospital every time I had a contraction he was here holding my hand and letting me squeeze what he calls my thunder grip on his fingers. Dan was and has been amazing through this entire thing. Each time he could tell it hurt he just kept saying you got this or its almost over you can do it. It helped me so much. He is more than I could have asked for in a husband and now father to our little guy. Once Remy was born he just looked at me and said " i love you" and it is words like that, that make me know that the man I married was the man for me. Once Remy was born and we could hold him and love on him anytime that he had a dirty diaper he would get up and change his diaper without question. Every time I needed help to go to the bathroom he would help me. Every time the nurse asked him to do something he would do it. Mr.B is going to be a great father to Remy and a great role model to him on what a true gentlemen is. On another note, Mr.B has only a month left of school out here in Idaho and he is working his butt off to do well. He always does well in the end and I have faith in him that he will finish strong and that he will be ready for St. Louis.

Lexy, Lexy is doing great she is always a fun dog but sometimes she just isn't so bright. This past month she had to go to the doctor. Why, you ask? Well Lexy is something different she likes to eat the grass when we take her on walks and not listen to us when we tell her to stop. She likes to eat it so much that she at what is called a foxtail it is a type of weed. She ate one and the seed got stuck in the inside of her cheek where it got infected and had to be removed by the doctor. Her face got swollen and I felt so bad for her. When we picked her up from the doctor she was still drugged up from the doctor removing it from her face. She was so funny. She could not walk straight which made me laugh so hard I almost peed my pants. I had to even go back into the doctors to use their bathroom it was so funny. We brought her home and she was not allowed on anything because they said she would fall off. So we kept her in her kennel the entire day. We also had to give her a bath because she smelled sooooooo bad that I wanted to vomit. While I gave her a bath Dan had to help me because if I barley touched her she would just about fall over. She is right as rain now but we keep her on a very very short leash because of it now. So those of you who have dogs be aware of foxtail's because they suck for your dog. Lexy and Remy, well they are getting to know each other slowly but surely. Lexy does better each day and is always loved if one of us has Remy then the other has Lexy. She follows us around when we are with Remy and sits next to me (Mrs.B) while I am feeding him and or holding him. She and Remy will be best friends I just know it.

Well that is all for now I hope you enjoyed our update on Mr. & Mrs. Buzzy B. Until next time you, keep your dogs close and your husbands loved :)

P.S. There is nothing better then to see your husband love your son and watch them bond from the other room. It is just priceless....

Mrs.B