Our 4th of July holiday...

I know I am way late to be posting these lol but it seems like things are busier then ever lately. So, I thought I would get these on. Of course I didnt have my camera ...but I did have my phone!


Orion loved the sparklers and all the fireworks. He would make me put my hands on his ears for some of them though but he reacted much better then I anticipated. For some reason I thought they might scare him, but I was wrong he had a ball.

These are some pics taken earlier that day while we were waiting for family to come over for fireworks, so my two boys decided to do some snakes and poppers while we waited. I kept looking out front and this was view I had ... so cute!

More fun in the sun...

Here is another one of those incredible fun toys our neighbors pulled out. The two boys were a little scared of this one - it was kinda high and fast with the water on it and they couldn't really climb up on their own. They still had a blast though, Orion loved it and get lots of exercise. I sure am enjoying this summer, YES its HOT and YES our air conditioning is running non stop it seems like, and YES I feel like a beached whale BUT Orion is having so much fun playing everyday out in the sun, he is so fun to watch with all his water toys. He and his buddy next door Issac have so much fun runnin around. I will really miss the sun when the yucky weather comes again it does something to me - I always say I am solar powered, I feel so much better when it is sunny. Dont mind the prego women out in the front yard with her jammies on lol.
Ori gettin ready to rock and roll - he was way excited.

ok he is drinking the water in the pic above. No matter what I do he drinks the water wherever he is - bath, pool etc. I have to watch him so closely and sometimes I just throw my hands up and say whatever dude. (I think its partially fun because mommy freaks out, ya know).
Cheesy smile.

The New Car

Since we sold the Montero Sport, it was time for the Dibble family to buy a new car. We had been looking and dreaming for a while now, and this is one of the only cars we could agree on. So last Tuesday we went and bought a 2007 Dodge Caliber. When Brandi first mentioned that she liked the Caliber, I said: "There's no way that I am buying an American built car, let alone a Dodge" However, after 2 test drives and much internet research, I decided that it was reliable enough. Plus we have almost doubled my MPG. Our monthly payment is more, but our insurance and gas costs are much less. It looks just like the one in the photo.


I get some looks when I tell people that we bought it from Dollar Rent-A-Car. I know, I know all about it. Jeff Foxworthy said: " Buying a car from a rental company is like going to a house of ill-repute to look for a wife--If something has been driven that hard, by that many people, you really don't wanna be sticking your key in it." However, what most people don't realize is that dealerships buy cars from rental companies every day. The day we were there, LHM bought 7 cars. When we picked up the car, Dollar had sold 3 more Calibers to other dealerships, and I'm sure they'll be marked up pretty heavily. So your used car has at least a fair chance of having been a rental in a former life. Anyway, we are really happy with it so far, and it's fun to drive.

I am totally in love...

So... its true... I am a little bias when it comes to this face. Regardless I am totally in love with this boy!! What a sweet blessing it is to have such a wonderful son. His birthday is coming up and I cant believe it has been 2 years already since we met for the first time. Since we are expecting now... it brings the reality of how fast they grow up seem so true. Its so amazing how quickly everything changes and how incredible it is to be a Mother. Ok ... I'm done gushing but this pic is truly special to me I really think it brings out his true personality. What can I say I am a proud Mom lol.

Yes, in the picture below he and Ender are sharing his goldfish crackers lol, they are seriously joined at the hip - he and his buddy do everything together. Ender sleeps on the floor wherever it is Ori is napping at the time, and he follows him everywhere. Ender is a great nanny and takes a lot of abuse from Ori (but he loves every second I promise lol).

A Tearful (Sort of) Goodbye

Well, the time has finally come. We appear to have sold the montero. The guy is coming from Fillmore to pick it up tomorrow. He has given it a test drive, he has a loan, and he's ready to go. It's very bittersweet for me. Since I was a kid, I had wanted a big, black, powerful SUV in which I could take on the elements. I would take my friends snowboarding, go camping, or even pull some wave runners. I was way stoked when I bought it. This was the first car that I bought all by myself, with no help from my parents or anyone else. It worked well during my days at PCTV, and I have loved owning it. But as my life has changed, so have our needs as a family. I went snowboarding one time last year. I haven't been camping or wakeboarding in longer. I no longer work up the canyon, and gas prices....well, you know. And if I am being objective, I must say that the montero sport only gets about 17 mpg, and we've had to dump a TON of money into it to keep it running this year (183,000 miles!) So Brandi has finally convinced me to adapt, for our finances sake. I'll miss you, montero, except when I have to fill up. And when we have to fix you every week. And when....

spoiled? Nah...

So Orion's best buddy Isaac (lives next door) has some cool cousins who own a bouncy house. They decided to bring it buy and man what an exciting time, this big huge bouncy house for two small boys.
all the neighbors would drive by and slow down it was pretty funny to watch and the boys went crazy over it. Orion slept great that night haha!

We love St. George!

We finally got a little time to go down to St. George and visit my Gammy and Grandpa - we sure have fun when we go down there. The weather was beautiful and perfect for playing outside in the water (as you can see lol). Dustin and I LOVE to golf and I am really starting to like it more then I ever thought I would. However it is a little difficult now that I am so prego (throws off my center and swing ha). While we were there we got to go three times, and while we were gone this was Ori's entertainment. Because we live in a Condo he doesnt really have a place to play in the hose - but he sure loved it down there. Everyday he was outside most of the day playin in the water and with golf balls etc.

These pics were taken with my phone ( I always forget the camera) so they are a little fuzzy but still fun. He is watching TV with the dogs.

We sure love our time and visits there. Thanks Gammy and Grandpa for being so great! We always look forward to coming again and it is so nice to talk and spend time with you both! We love you.

Surprise!!

So, we went up to see Carlos and Raquelle for our 5-6 month check up. Everything looks great so far and I am feelin pretty good, runnin around trying to get ready for this new baby and our life changes. We had an Ultra sound done, which is pretty common for us when we go up for our visits. This is the first picture! I love it when they get this size and its so obvious where they are and what they are doing, its fun to feel them kick or punch and see it at the same time on the screen.
Here is the second shot, great shot of a leg and two feet. :)
Here is the surprise shot! We were totally preparing for a boy and have been for quite a while. Carlos was 85% sure it was a boy and so was I before we even went up for an ultra sound months ago. However, this ultrasound did not show a boy! It seems to be a GIRL!! I was totally shocked! Raquelle did the ultrasound and she is 100% sure its a girl she says, and as you can see it does look that way, leg on the bottom of the screen, bum on the left and another leg on top - but no boy parts! So, now we are both shocked (Dustin and me) because we were expecting another boy. I am totally unprepared for a girl - exciting and a little scary news lol.

22 weeks! Oh man...

Its going so fast now, I must admit those first four months felt as though they were SOOO long and now that I have three months left I am freaking out, lol. I dont know if I said this in my last post or not but I feel as though I have two months to finish every project on the house that I have started thus far because after that I will be out of commission for like 4-6 months depending on how things go with a newborn and a toddler. I am a little worried about that as well lol. Anyway, we didnt take many pictures while I was pregnant with Orion so I wanted to have some to remember.

AJ's Wedding -

My Cousin AJ got married last week and we all got together for the wedding. It sure was nice seeing most of the family again and hangin out. My Gammy and Grandpa came up for the wedding it was fun to spend some time with them. I forgot my camera, of course. Gammy sent me these two pictures though so I thought I would throw them on.

Answers for Lori

Ok Lori here are my answers to your Tag.

What is your name: Brandali (Brandi)

Four letter word: Love

Vehicle: Audi

TV Show: Psych

City: Balboa

Boy's Name: Orion (I cheated)

Girl's Name: Rory

Occupation: Psychologist

Something You Wear: Swimming suit

Food: cheese enchiladas

Something Found in a Bathroom: Shells

Reason for Being Late: cant find anything to wear - tearing through my closet.

Something You Shout: hey!

Yay for the thanksgiving point petting zoo! We had so much fun on Saturday! Orion loved the petting zoo, though when we first got there he was so excited to be let loose in such a cool place it was hard to get him to stop running and pay attention to the cool animals lol. As soon as he did he was pretty interested (for as long as a 21 month old can be ha).
This is the first ramp where we just let him out of the stroller to go see - as you can see he took off lol that is a goat at the end he is going to talk to.
They have some feeders all around the park where you can buy feed for 25 cents and feed the animals. In this pen there were some really really cute baby goats that weren't any bigger then a small cat. They were cute!
This is the cow that Ori kept mooing at - you know cow's pretty boring and slow so we didnt stay here too long haha.
Cute Daddy and Ori talking to a goat.

Here is a quick video of the poni ride that came with admission, Orion wasnt sure what he thought about it. He wasnt scared, he is just so serious that he was concentrating really hard on what he was supposed to do, he would smile and wave when I yelled to him and said hi - but then right back to his serious concerned face. What a fun day we had together as a family - its been a while since we have been able to do something all together since I have been sick and now I am nesting and going crazy with house stuff ;) So it was overall a great outing.

Yay Gymnastics!

I took Orion to gymnastics last Friday for the first time. I have been trying to find a way to burn his excess energy in a productive way that will help his developmental skills a little, so we decided to try this. He LOVED it and had a blast. He was so tired the rest of the day, lol it was kinda funny. They did all sorts of learning games, they learned front rolls (which he was already doing off our bed ugh) and they learned how to do a few other fun things. They got to run and jump and throw themselves all over in this padded place so he had so much fun.
for this game the kids hold on to one side and then they get rolled over the top of this wheel into a front roll, Ori was really mad other kids had to have a turn.
once during the whole thing I turned around and found this, he walked the entire beam without falling! I was totally amazed one foot in front of the other practically running.
These are small bubbles that they had fun trying to get - it was actually really good for the fine motor skills because the bubbles were so small they were less the an inch in size (I never thought to use smaller bubbles).