Back in February Bronson got RSV. We had to do the breathing treatments for a week or so and help clear his lung so he could breath better. He was sick for a least a month. Since he got RSV he gets a cough really easy so it's been hard to take him places. I can't wait for the cold season to be over so that our family can stop getting sick.

Bronson's first bath!! He was so stressed out but he loved it at the same time. Now every time he hears the bath water running he gets so excited.

The first snow of 2007 was in January but I thought these pictures where cute. The snow is so quiet when it falls that we didn't even realize it was snow until it was almost done. When Jolie got outside all she wanted to do was eat the snow and make snow angels. She's funny.

The Mecham Boys of 2006
Gus, Kellen, Trey, & Bronson

Grandma & Grandpa Mecham with Jolie & Bronson

Here's our little family picture.

Mecham Family Picture
December 2006

Christmas day at the Mason's!!

At Grandma & Grandpa Merrill's Christmas 2006.
Jolie and Carter checking out their new books.

Here's Grandpa Mecham feeding the babies. On the left is Jolie having a turkey leg at Thanksgiving 2003 and on the right is Bronson with cake on Christmas 2007. That's funny.

House update!! Back in December Ben started the house. For all of you who don't know, Ben is building the house mostly himself. It will take a very long time for him to build it but in the end we will be saving a lot of money. Here's a look at what he has done so far................

Jolie was a Mermaid for Halloween. She had starfish in her hair with crazy lights hanging from them. It looked pretty cool.

Ben and our little pumpkin, Bronson.

Well, it has now been almost 4 weeks since Bronson was born and he's been a lot of fun (and work) to have around. For the first few nights we had him next to our bed in a bassinet. However, all night (and all day for that matter) he makes little noises -- grunts, snorts, extra-heavy breathing, etc. -- and we just spent too much time awake making sure he was okay. But that's just the way he works. He's a little noisemaker. I can only imagine how it will be when he's Jolie's age -- he'll probably be king of sound effects or something and drive us nuts. So, needless to say, we made a little spot in Amberly's walk-in closet for the bassinet and we padded up her dresser in there and use that for his nighttime changing table. It works great because it's really closeby, yet private enough that we can close the door so we don't wake up whoever is taking their turn to sleep through it. Not to mention we don't have to hear every little grunt he makes. And it's right next to the bathroom which is handy for cleaning bottles and stuff. He's such a sweetheart and has been enjoying his Grandpa Mecham's company when he comes up to stay with us while he's working on his cabin.
A girl in our ward is just getting started taking portraits and she wanted to come over and get some pictures of Jolie and Bronson for her portfolio. We payed her a little sitting fee and she gave us the digital version of the pictures she took. She spent at least two hours on the whole thing, took a ton of pictures, and I think she did a good job. I'll post a couple of them here and a bunch more on our Flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/benandamberly .

Bronson Owens Mecham

He was delivered today, Oct 3rd at 7:42 a.m. by C-Section. He weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 19-3/4" long. He and Amberly are very healthy and hopefully will be able to come home Thursday morning. He cried a lot while he was delivered and afterwards until he was bundled up and fed. This was completely different than Jolie, but most likely because Jolie went through the trauma of being unable to be delivered normally. I'm not making excuses - he is noticably more of a whiner than Jolie was on her first day, but he is still such a sweetie and once he got comfy he was all quiet and content.
Amberly hasn't been allowed to eat solid food, and her diet has pretty much been limited to water, apple juice, jello, and chicked broth. Poor girl! Needless to say, she's quite hungry for real food. Hopefully tomorrow some time she'll be allowed to eat solid food, and she'll feel better. I hope to give a few more updates as things progress over the next few days. Please check back often!

For Everyone!!
To make it easier for family to have pictures of us, Ben set us an account at flickr.com. You can look at our pictures and order them from the site and flickr will send you a print. All you have to do is go to www.flickr.com/photos/benandamberly. Once there you can browse from 3 different folders. Mecham family, Merril family, and Our photos. If you order a picture from flickr you can pick them up at Target within an hour or have flickr mail them to you. If you have any questions ask Ben.

This was taken right after an amazing hail strom at our house. It hailed for an hour and got so cold. We had tons of fun watch the hail fall from the sky.

Holy Cow!! That's the biggest piece of hail I've ever seen.

Looking out our front door.

Baby Ava is so quiet and calm! I hope Bronson will be as easy as she is.

Princess Emma & Princess Jolie!

Ben loves getting Jolie to pose for the camera. And Jolie loves to pose for Ben!

Over Labor Day weekend we travled up to Pinetop for Ava's baby blessing. It was nice to see Golden and Bri and spend some time in the mountains. Jolie had so much fun hanging out with her cousins!