Pumpkin Patch & Carving Pumpkins

Carson sat in the wagon and tipped backwards. We thought he was going to start crying, but we started laughing and then he joined in. He loves the pumpkin patch. (BTW, the time stamp on my camera is wrong...apparantly).
Tes all bundled up in her coat, just a little big on her at the moment wouldn't you say?
Tes hanging out being sweet.
Carson's not messing around, he's laying on a pillow watching Daddy do all the work. Daddy carved a Thomas the train design for him. I'll post the finished products soon.

Where has this month gone?!

My baby girl is 5 months old already!

Instead of doing a Halloween party this year, our ward did a Fall Festival. They had the same carnival activities as before only square dancing and no costumes were new to this years party. This is a video of Carson and Sabrina (her Mom is the one who's house he goes to Preschool) workin' the dance floor.

Preschool Time!

Countdown to preschool.First day of Preschool. He was so excited to go! My baby is all grown up.Carson with his good friend, Porter. So when I went go pick Carson up from his first day, he barely even looked at me and then he proceded to walk right by me and get in the car with Porter. I had even made the extra effort to walk there to pick him up. I had Tes in the bjorn and then pushed an empty stroller to and from his preschool. I guess it's not cool to talk to Mom anymore. His friends are more important I guess. :)

Say Cheese!

Tessa & Cannon's Blessing Day

Tes was blessed in the same dress that I was blessed in, all my sisters were blessed in, my Mom and her sister were blessed in as well as their Mother was blessed in. I got this shot before leaving for church. Tes is so happy in the morning! Tes with her Daddy.
The Fam
After we blessed Tessa at 9:00 am, we had muffins and juice at Smolkaville and then we all headed up to Harmony's ward for Cannon's blessing. It made for a very special, not to mention busy, day. The whole family came to town and we just want you all to know that we love you and really appreciate your support! We are also grateful for our good friends who made the special effort to come share this day with us.

Happy 4th!

Tessa's Newborn Photos

Man do these kids grow fast or what?!

Almost 1 month old already!
Growing like crazy! I had a panic attack the other day because I looked at these pics and realized that Tessa is getting big and fast and I have yet to get her newborn pictures done. I'm going in on Tuesday finally, but I must say that my emotions have been all over the place and I bawled and bawled on Thursday over being a bad Mom and not getting her pics done at 2 weeks. :) You've got to love the post baby hormones!
Carson loves to hold his baby sister.
Memorial Weekend Fun! The boys decided to have a campout in the backyard. It lasted until about 10:00 pm before they came in, they had fun nontheless.
Tessa and Daddy
Carson had to get a picture with Tessa and his train.

Tessa Elizabeth 05-09-09

6 lbs. 12 oz. 19 in. 8:11 a.m.
We are so grateful for our healthy baby girl. I think my doctor was so nervous about her weight because Carson was so much bigger than she was. Turns out that she is just fine, just a little on the small side.

Carson wasn't quite sure what to think about it all. He had to come sit right next to me in bed and he liked to play with the blood pressure cord while he was there. I must say that this C-section was much easier than the first. I was up and walking the next day where with Carson it took me a few days. I also wasn't quite as worn out as I was with Carson, granted I wasn't in labor for 24 hours beforehand. I'm sure that has something to do with it. :)

Carson holding Tessa for the first time. Too precious.

Back at home just hanging out in her PJs.

One week old. Most of Tessa's clothes are huge on her. I never did buy any premie sizes so she's doing the 0-3 month sizes right now. This is one outfit that actually fits her well.

It's MBA time!!!

Yay, we're done!
Tim with his Mom, Elaine and Sister, Tiffany and Carson of course
Mr. Grad with his VERY pregnant wife
Carson, our future College Grad.
We're so proud of you Tim!
(BTW, this all happened the night before going in to have Tessa. Talk about a milestone weekend.)

Easter Weekend

So our Easter weekend, we'll just say was less than ideal. We did have some good moments don't get me wrong, but it was a little rough around the edges. It all started Saturday mornning. I was planning on taking Carson to the Kaysville Easter Egg Hunt in the morning, but he woke up around 6:00 am throwing up and continued to do so until about 10:00 am. He then got up and was acting like his normal self so we continued with the plan of going to Grandma's to celebrate that evening and then I started feeling sick to my stomach. We still went into Grandma's cuz being sick to my stomach has been a pretty normal thing this pregnancy. So we still went, ate dinner, dyed easter eggs as well as had an easter egg hunt. Carson then said his head hurt and shortly after threw up again. Needless to say, we kept him home from church on Sunday. Tim went to Sacrament then came home so I could go teach my YW lesson. Carson and Mommy are now doing much better, it must have been a 24 hour bug that we just HAD to get Easter weekend...RUDE!
Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma Lanie's
Dying Easter Eggs
Easter Morning: We'll get the nice, dressed up photo next week. :) The highlight of his basket was the movie Bolt. These days he is NOT Carson, he is BOLT the dog.

All I can say is, YIPEE!!!

So I think the time has finally arrived, Carson is going to the bathroom in the potty! For those of you who weren't aware, I've been on this kid's case for MONTHS now trying to get him to use the big boy potty and he's refused. So Sunday night, we got him out of the bath and he was just hanging out in the nude with some blankets around him. I went in the other room to get something and then I heard, "Mom I pooped". I was nervous that I was going to find a little something on my carpet, but to my oh so pleasant surprise I found him on the pot. So Monday and Tuesday roll around and he wants to wear a diaper so I started to think that it was a one time thing. So last night the same thing happened, bath, blankets in the buff and poop. Carson continued going in and out of the bathroom until about 11:30 last night. Each time I think a few drops of pee came out he came running excitedly down the hall to tell us that he went in the toilet and wanted to put a sticker on his chart and get a gumball. Needless to say, he went again this morning and continued all day long. We were even out running errands like crazy today. I made sure I asked him at every stop and he did have to go a few times while we were out and I'm pleased to say that he's been accident free all day. Oh how I've waited and waited for this day to come! Hopefully the trend will continue tomorrow...

March Madness

I can't believe the month of March is already over! We had a busy month with family in town, it was great. My older sister, Roshelle was in town and then Tim's Dad came to town and then my parents and Bryson were here. It was so much fun spending time with everyone and Carson especially loved it, I think he gets bored with his Momma sometimes. :)

While my parents were here, we decided to throw a last minute baby shower for my little sister, Harmony so my Mom could be here for it. My Mom made the cutest "diaper cake" for Harm. For those of you who haven't seen them before, it's a non-edible cake made out of diapers that you decorate however you'd like. We added some onesies, socks, binks, and a little toy. I had never heard of them before so when my Mom showed me what they were all about I thought Harmony for sure needed one. I love how Harmony and I are only a week apart yet so different in size. :) That girl is still wearing her normal jeans...I was out of those LONG ago. My wardrobe is so sad these days, I'm down to only a few shirts and pants that fit me. Only a few more weeks, only a few more weeks.

I also put my Dad to work while he was here, he installed our water softener for us. Carson LOVED being Gpa Ed's little helper. I've included a picture of him at Home Depot putting random pipe pieces together while my Dad collected all the parts and pieces he needed. This kid is ALL boy.

Baby Cupcake Update

I went to the doctor again this morning and Cupcake is having good interval growth. She's now 3 1/2 lbs, but the doctor is still planning on taking her early, most likely at 38 weeks. So sometime between May 7th and the 14th we'll schedule the C-section. She did say that her heart looked good, she was practicing her breathing well and we were also able to spot some hair on her head. :) I can't believe that she's going to be here in just 6 weeks!

You've Got to be Kidding Me!

Last weekend I painted the nursery and just needed to do the touch ups to straighten my lines and what not. So the other day Carson had a friend over and they apparantly decided that they wanted to paint themselves. Carson has watched me and even helped me enough that he proceeded to open the paint can, pour more in the tray and then paint away. I was in my room folding laundry and had a feeling to go check on the boys. When I saw the door shut I knew I was in trouble. Serves me right for leaving paint out with a 3 year old in the house. Looks like I'll have more touch ups to do than originally planned, not to mention a little carpet cleaning. I like pink and all, but it doesn't work so well on carpet.

February at a Glance

I've had a few people ask for some prego pics so here they are. I'm officially 27 weeks along now or 6 months. I actually went to the doctor today and she said that Cupcake was measuring on the small side. The doctor said not to stress too much yet, but of course I am anyway. She's going to measure her again in 2 weeks to make sure she's gaining weight. If not, here come the steroids and bed rest...yikes! Needless to say for the next two weeks I will be on the Atkin's protein diet so we can beef this dainty baby girl up.
On Valentine's Day, Carson and Daddy made a snow fort. Carson only lasts so long in the snow before he's ready to go in. The boy won't keep gloves on so his hands get cold and then he's done. It was a fun day nontheless.
Eating the snow from Valentine's Weekend.

All tuckered out. Between making Valentine sugar cookies and playing with his friends, Carson didn't get a nap in. As I was getting dinner ready, it got awful quiet and I found him asleep on the floor.
Carson at the Treehouse Museum in Ogden, looking at all the Finding Nemo fish. I took him up there on my birthday for something fun to do. We hadn't been in a really long time, he had a blast.