September

September has been a super busy month. At the beginning, I took a trip up the mountains with my dad. It was absolutely gorgeous up there. There were tons of wild flowers. I took some pictures.

For some reason this writing is showing up blue and I can't figure out how to fix it. Anyway, over Labor Day weekend, my parents invited the whole side of my family down to Grover, Utah. We drove down there and stayed in some cabins. We had a hay day going on hikes, fishing, riding in the paddle boats and just hanging out.

Some of us hiked into Blind Lake on the Boulder Mountain and fished. Kelli had so much fun with all the boulders that were all over the place.

Blind Lake

Picture out behind the cabins.

Kelli is now back in her 2nd year of preschool. She absolutely loves it.

And last but not least, I would like to introduce you to our newest member of our family. Meet our new puppy Millie!

We got Millie when she was 9 weeks old. She is now 11 weeks old. She is a Wire Haired Pointing Griffin and is known to be an excellent hunting dog, family dog and house dog. So far those qualities prove to be true.

Happy Birthday Carson!

Today is actually Carson's 1st birthday. We celebrated a little early. Chris made the awesome videos. He did an awesome job. I could never do anything like that. My computer skills are minimal. The video has more of Carson's birthday celebration pictures and some video clips, so enjoy. I can't believe Carson is a year now. Man time flies. Just a little more information on what he is up to....

Carson is starting to walk. He can take 5 to 7 steps by himself. Pretty soon he will be full on walking. He has 8 teeth and eats real food like a champ. There is practically nothing he won't eat. He sleeps well, going to bed at 8:00 and waking up around 6:30/7:00. Carson loves his monkey blanket and won't go to bed without it. He still loves, loves, loves taking baths and hates it when I take him out. If Kelli is taking a bath, Carson will try his absolute hardest to get in with her. He totally hates it when his daddy says "No." He gets so offended and cries his eyes out.

Carson had a hay day when we celebrated his birthday. I gave him a big piece of cake and a slab of ice cream. He downed both of them and grinned with excitement the entire time he ate them. He sucked away on the slab of ice cream. It was hilarious. After he was finished, he got so mad. So we cheered him up with a bath.

Well, Carson, I can't believe you are a year now. I just love you to death and I have had a blast the past year watching you grow! Happy birthday big boy!

Happy 1st Year Carson!

So Kelli wanted one as well so here you go Kelli!

The Past Month

I have been extremely busy the past month. I apologize because I haven't been on anyone's blog to see how you all are doing, nor have I posted for a long time, so here is a little update.

On the weekend of June 25th, my husband and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary. We had the opportunity to stay at his parent's cabin. My in-laws bought a cabin recently which has been awesome for us and the rest of the family. Here is the beautiful cabin.

We spent the weekend, fly fishing, riding four wheelers and enjoying all the wildlife.

A day doesn't go by where you don't see a deer hanging out by the cabin. One of the mornings, we pulled up to the cabin and there was a deer sleeping right under the deck.

The next weekend, July 4th, we went to Gunnison to enjoy the celebration. Kelli and her cousin ready for the parade and the candy.

Carson enjoying the parade from his stroller.

Look who came to the small town of Gunnison.

After the July 4th festivities, we went up the mountains, had a picnic and went fishing. It was a blast!

The next weekend, I went back down to Gunnison to hang out with my parents and my brother and his wife and kids. On one of the days my brother and I took Kelli and his 2 older kids and we went rock climbing. Kelli climbed for the first time and she quite enjoyed it.

And she learned how to come down the right way.

Also, during the month of July, Kelli has been involved in swimming lessons. She has absolutely loved it! She is my little fish. Kelli can now move for about 10 feet through the water with her face in the water. I am quite impressed with how long she can hold her breath. She can float on her back and belly all by herself. She just loves to swim. It's a very good thing.

Kelli looks deep in thought in this picture.

Carson has figured out how fun it is to open cupboards and how neat everything is inside. I am considering buying baby proof stuff.

Birthday Present

This post has taken me a long time. My birthday was about a month ago and I just love what I got so I had to post it!

This stroller has been great. I love to go running and it is hard to go when you only have a single stroller and 2 kids. Another thing that is great about this stroller is that it converts into a bike trailer.

Don't they look so cute together.

9 Months

I can't believe it is 9 months since my baby was born! I feel like I am counting the months wrong. Time sure flies. Yesterday was Carson's 9 month birthday. A lot has changed since 6 months.

Carson has just started crawling. He can do the knee to hand crawling movement about 5 to 10 times. Now I have to keep an eye on him constantly because he goes for everything. I am glad that he isn't as quick as Kelli was because he would almost be walking now and that is too much for me to think about right now.

Carson now has 4 front teeth and 2 bottom teeth. For a while he looked like a vampire because just the 2 side teeth were in and not the front 2. But now the front 2 are through so he no longer looks like a vampire. I am amazed at how much teeth he has which kind of presents a problem, because he grinds his teeth. This next picture makes me a little sad.

You're probably wondering why it makes me sad. We had to move the crib mattress down. There were a few times I went into his room to get him out of his crib after he woke up and he was sitting up. I was worried that he would be able to pull himself over the railings, so for safety reasons, the mattress went down.

Carson is now a good sleeper, thanks to the book, "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child." It has been a life saver for me. Carson now sleeps all through the night. He goes to bed at 7:30 and wakes up at 6:30.

I am still Carson's favorite person. He can only handle 10 minutes tops on the ground playing by himself, then he needs me to hold him. Oh well, I know that when he gets older, he won't be like that anymore.

Carson loves to eat. He will eat anything I put in his mouth as long as it is not baby food. I guess he just likes more texture and something to chew up.

I just love you to death Carson. You are so much fun and I am grateful every day to have you in my life.

Disneyland

It has taken me quite a while to put this post up. At the beginning of March we took Kelli and Carson to Disneyland. Kelli had a blast. It's always great to see your children's faces light up with excitement. A week before our trip, Kelli are Carson were sick with a stomach bug. So I get the stomach bug while we were in Disneyland. I'm just glad I wasn't throwing up and that Kelli and Carson weren't sick while we were there. But other than me not feeling well, it was fun.

I don't know how to get this picture turned around and there are a couple more that are like this one, so if anyone knows how to turn them around, let me know.

This ride would not have worked for me. I probably would have puked if I went on it, but Kelli thought it was super cool.

And of course it is always wonderful to see Mickey Mouse at Disneyland.

Chillin with their new toys. I just loved this picture.

We also went to California Adventure. Kelli was tall enough to go on the Tower of Terror. So we took her on it. She hated every minute of it. I don't blame her. Now we joke around with her and ask Kelli what her favorite ride was. She always responds with Thunder Mountain Railroad and Peter Pan. Then we ask her, "Why not the Tower of Terror, that was my most favorite ride?" She shakes her head no, but I find her sometimes building big towers with her legos and calling it the Tower of Terror. Kelli says that when she is bigger, she will go on the Tower of Terror again. I guess we will see. Hopefully we didn't ruin her excitement for the thrilling rides.