I am ridiculously in love!

Isn't he just the cutest thing in the whole world???
I am so lucky!!!
I love my Topher Gopher!

Topher's Baby Blessing

Chris, Grandpa, Topher, Jay & Andy


Today we blessed Topher in church. We had so many family members and friends that came from all over Utah. My family even drove up from Cedar & St. George just for the day! We are so lucky to have such great family & friends who support us and love us.
Of course we totally went overboard on food. We bought enough meat, cheese, and rolls for 100 people and had about 45 show up! So Jay and I will be eating sandwiches for the next few weeks (which is fine by me, that means I don't have to cook!)
It was a very special day! Topher is such a cool little guy! (and yes he is wearing a devil costume... the perfect "after-blessing" outfit!)
Here are just a few of the many pictures we took today!



Mommy, Daddy, & Baby Topher
(Daddy thinks he's pretty funny)



Topher with Uncle Scott



Me, my mom holding Topher, and my sis Kristy



Me, Jay, Topher, Grandpa, Bonnie



SIBLINGS! Scott, Kristy, Me, & Russell



Me with my dad



Sharise, Chris, Dina, & Mike



Jay, Potato, & Ayden




Yuen & my mom

My 2 minutes of fame.

Last week Sandy Elementary was Fox 13's COOL SCHOOL of the week so Big Budah and his camera team came to school Wednesday morning. I had to be on with the student council girls since I'm the advisor and we had to be there by 6 am!! YIKES! So I really didn't look too hot, but oh well, I figured it would be like 5 seconds of us waving or something. When the camera is on, Budah asks me what the girls do and I gave my 10 second "teacher answers" then he asked each girl what they've liked working on this year or something. 2 minutes later we're done, yay, everything went pretty well. So camera off, we start talking to Big Budah and I tell him I met him at American Idol tryouts last year so he asked me how it went. I say, not too great, but glad I did it, etc. etc. So 15 minutes later he's like "Mrs Dixon, stick around, I wanna put you on camera again." I ask what for and he says he's just gonna ask me questions about the school and teaching, easy enough. I can totally handle that.

Little did I know...

Camera rolls and he busts out, "I met Mrs. Dixon at American Idol tryouts and she deserves a second chance to show those judges what they're missing!!" and he hands me the mic. WHAT THE...?!?! I basically freaked out, then sang the first song that popped into my head for like 20 seconds. Yep. I sang a solo on TV for all of Utah to watch. Geezzz!!! Wish he would've given me some warning!!! But it was pretty funny. We watched it when we got home since we'd DVR-ed it, and I wasn't too horrible which was nice.

How many people get to sing on TV during their lifetime?? Scratch that off my list!!

37 days.

37 days. That's how many days of school I have left. I'm gonna make it!! It really is going by pretty fast. I'm so lucky to have Stephani taking care of Topher for me. Her daughter Alayna is almost 2 and totally entertains Topher all day. They are so great to let me come over on my lunch break to see him every day.

We went to Cedar for Easter to chill with my family. Saturday we went to the Sigma Nu Easter Egg Hunt at the park. Topher, Jay, and I got our "family portrait" taken with the Easter Bunny, it's soooo cute!!! I'll post some new pics soon.

I am SOOOOOOO super busy it's nuts!! I hardly ever have time to get on the computer anymore. But just thought I oughta let everybody know that we're doing great!

Changing Priorities.

It is so interesting to me how my priorities in life have completely changed in such a short period of time.  

The past four years my priority has been being a great teacher.  I'd stay after hours, stress on the weekends, do whatever it took to be the best teacher I could be.  And it was a fabulous 4 years.  I am 100% sure I was meant to be a teacher.  

However...

Friday afternoon I took Topher to school to meet all my students.  I was excited to see them and my coworkers, but not TOO excited.  The kids loved Topher and were all so happy to see me, and it was fun to see them too after 2 months, but still...

I have to go back to teaching this Wednesday and I am almost DREADING it.   My priority has gone from needing to be a great teacher to needing to be with my baby boy.  Topher is my little man and he NEEDS me!!!  How can I go back to school and focus on being a teacher when all I want to do is be a MOMMY??  

Luckily my good friend Stephani is going to take care of Topher while I'm teaching.  

Luckily I only have to teach April & May and then I'm done.

IT'S ONLY TWO MONTHS.   I CAN DO IT!!!

But still... I can't help but get tears in my eyes when I think about it. 

Just a few more...

I can't stop posting Topher pics!! He's just so dang cute!! So here's a few more.


He loves his stroller rides!


What a cutie! and he's getting so big!


My two handsome boys.


This is definitely my FAVORITE!! Look how adorable Topher looks!
Oh, and I got my haircut short too. Pretty cute if you ask me! :D


Angelic Topher



Our wedding rings


moody Topher


green blankie


hard to look happy when baby is screaming

More Topher!

Topher's taking a nap for a sec so I thought I'd post a few more pics. It's so amazing being a mommy!!! I definitely recommend it!


My brother Scott and my mom holding Topher. Topher was crying and fussy so Uncle Scott decided to bust out his guitar.



My friends and Alpha Phi sisters Lisa and Natalie stopped by for a visit to see Topher. Love these girls!!



Jay took this close up of Topher. I think he was only about a week old.



Proud daddy holding sleeping Topher. What cute boys I have in my life!



Topher smiling after his first bath ever. What a cutie!
P.S. Hooded towels are THE BEST!



Topher in his "Hugh Hefner Leisure Suit" as Jay likes to call it. I think the little teddy bear ears are adorable!!!