This year, I was able to celebrate my first year as being a mom! Although we weren't able to spend the day with either of our moms, I was so lucky to have Bentley and Brady spoiling me all day! We went to church in the morning. I taught the young women and made the girls some yummy cookies to enjoy while Brady watched Bentley!

Once we got home, this is what our day looked like :)

 Brady went all out! He surprised me with flowers and this sweet little note "from" Bentley! I just about died.

Bentley wasn't too sure about the flower to begin with....

I had so many people ask me where I had gotten my necklace! It was a gift I had received from my Aunt who owns her own hand stamping company. She makes the cutest jewelry you have ever seen! You can visit her website here: 

{Wheat & Wildflowers}

What, you don't like the taste of flowers too!?! Nom Nom! ;)

Getting good pictures of this little dude is getting harder and harder! He's getting very busy and doesn't want to sit still at all! But I guess I can't blame him right!?

He's {all} boy!

 Here he comes!

It was such a perfect day! I'm so lucky to have such sweet boys. After we played around for a bit, we went to Hermosa Beach for a little stroll along the boardwalk. I hadn't been back there since I was pregnant with Bentley in {this} post. I think it will most definitely be a regular now :)

It was heaven!

Is this not the prettiest beach house you've ever seen? 

I am so love with it! Future beach house? Check!

It was the perfect way to end my first Mother's Day :)

Bentley: He's a crawler!

I hope you guys had a great Mother's Day weekend! We had such a great time, I seriously got so spoiled! My boys are too good to me. I promise the pictures will be up soon! :) Right before we fed Bentley dinner last night he did this!! I could not believe it! He's been army scooting for months and months. Seriously, the best Mother's Day gift I could have ever hoped for! Love my little crawler!

Motherhood 

I haven't been so consistent at updating lately and as much as I enjoy writing this blog and doing everything on the side, being a mom and giving Bentley all my time is where my priorities lie. It would be so easy to let Bentley play by himself while I work on something else but I feel that it is so important for me to be present for him. If he's up, I want to be the one with him playing and teaching him everything and having fun. Isn't that what being a mom is about? 

I feel there are so many distractions made for moms today that take away from the time that could be spend enjoying each and every moment we have with our babies. Because you know what, before we know it they aren't babies anymore. I don't want to have any regrets when Bentley grows up and wish I had given him more of my time. Time when he really needed me there. I know I've shared this quote on here before but I just had to share it again. It is one of my favorites from President Thomas S. Monson:

I know, it's so cliche but I find myself thinking everyday 

(seriously everyday) 

 "How did this happen?"

 In the short 10 months that Bentley has been here, he has grown so much and I don't want to miss a second of it. It makes me sad thinking that the "Baby" stage is over. I miss those long cuddles where he would just sleep on me for hours on end. At the same time it is so much fun now that he's interacting with us more and his personality is starting to come through. He really understands what is going on. Just the other night we had gone out to a movie (which is almost impossible now since he is getting so mobile) and Bentley was trying to crawl up the stairs at the side of the theater and he looked over and saw me and just gave me the biggest grin. It was so dark I don't know how he even saw me, but it just melted my heart! I love how he knows us. 

Motherhood is a gift. It is a privilege. It is something I look forward to when I wake up every morning. It is something that has changed my life more than any decision thus far in my life. It is also the best decision I have ever made. I'll be honest, at the end of the day I'm glad to put Bentley to bed. But I guarantee you 5 minutes later, Brady and I are saying, "Can we go get him?". I mean we don't of course, but we miss him so much that we seriously consider it! Yes, there are days that are hard. Really hard. But the good times are so much better.

Growing up, I was so excited to be a mom. But even then, I underestimated just how much I would love being a mom. It is without a doubt, the most amazing gift I have ever been given. There is nothing better in the world to have Bentley as my son and I am so lucky to be his mom.

I am so lucky to have so many great mothers and role models in my life. All of whom I look up to so much! These women helped shape me into the person I am today and for that, I am forever grateful. When I was in 4th grade my parents divorced and my mom moved out. Although it was really tough, I am grateful for that trial and feel that it made our bond stronger. I am definitely a mamma's girl and always will be. I love my mom!

Since we love moms so much here at 

Hello Little Scout

 I have some freebies for you guys! I know, it's been so long since I've done these so I wanted to make it up to you guys and make a bunch of my favorite Mother's Day quotes/sayings. Enjoy!

Happy Mother's day Mommies!

{Please link all images back to my site. Thank you!}

Missed Moments: February

Hello ladies! We just got back from an amazing trip to Utah and we have been going non stop! I feel like I have so much to update on here. I'll admit, I am such a slacker! Please forgive me :)

I have posted a couple of older 

Missed Moments 

{here} and {here} 

but they are so late! I mean who wants to know what we did for Christmas in May right? Ughh.. so lame! I wish I had been more on top of it then but oh well.

 Here is some of our Missed Moments in February!!

In February we were able to meet up with my parents in Vegas! Our first night in town we went to the Lake Las Vegas. It was so beautiful! We had never been down there and it was actually really nice to get away from the strip since we go there every time we're in Vegas! It was night so we weren't really able to see much of the lake but it was still fun :)

Our 2nd day in Vegas we went to the Red Rock Canyon! There were lots of rock climbers out so we watched them for a bit and of course took lots of pictures of this little Boo!

We went go kart racing which was so fun! We hadn't been for years but my skills were still amazing. I totally got 1st!