And the winner is...

You probably can't read this screen shot but the winning number is 4. Rachel was the 4th person to comment (5th comment, but 4th person) Email me your address and I will get it sent in the mail. Thanks for all that played! (my email is laura_loo(AT)hotmail(DOT)com)

Giveaway Time!

Right now the Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Giveaway Carnival is going on and there are over 800 different giveaways! There are some very nice things you can win (from a Kelty jogging stroller to fancy diaper bags, gift cards, handmade things, and even a flip video camera)

http://www.donttryit.com/bloggy_giveaways/

Clik the link for all the info!

Since this is my 10th post (big milestone...right :) I am going to do a little giveaway of my own.

I have one pair of yellow Body Shop bathing gloves and 2 Melaleuca lip balms (my favorite)

All you need to do is leave a comment. If you read my blog and have never commented now is the time! I love to find other people's blogs and maybe this will bring someone out of the woodwork!

**Giveaway ends Feb 1st 5p.m. MST
Winner will be picked using random.org

Talking up a storm

Lately Carson has been talking so much! Just in the last few weeks he has learned so many new words. He will repeat almost anything you say (which is not always good!--see list below) These are some new things he says:

• help you (instead of help me, he always calls himself "You" when we look at pictures)


• money


• heavy (says it with a strained voice as he tries to pick things up)


• candle


• Haney


• Tipper (my parents dog)


• Elmo (during the inauguration on Tuesday, he was very concerned that Elmo was not on--he took the remote and pointed it at the t.v. and said, "Elmo, Elmo!)


• most all his body parts


• all the family member names


• Pepsi (thank you Ryan!)


• Jesus


• Merritt (his friend)


• hoochie(thanks Sarah)


• eat (tells me that when he is hungry)


• look (after we take a picture-he wants to see it!)

One line updates....

Let's play catch up:
--Christmas with the Haney's
--New Years at the Jacobson's
--Carson's cast is off
--The ER is ridicuously expensive
--New niece on the way (congrats Brandon & Maricela)
--New nephew on the way (congrats Ty & Tanille)
--Goal for the year: GET ORGANIZED!!
--Inversion is making the trees look really cool covered in frost
--Need to find camera to post pictures

ER Visit

Lets just say that our local ER is nothing like the TV show! I have only been to the emergency room one time and that was with my dad when I was a kid. He had to have stitches after he took an elbow to the eye playing basketball. Well last night Zac and I got to take Carson to the ER because he fell and hurt his arm. That place sure had a lot of interesting people. It was really busy and we saw our neighbor and another friend there too. Carson just sat in my lap and cried while we waited for almost two hours to get in and then another hour later we got to go home. He had several x-rays taken and it didn't appear to be broken so they put it in a splint and sent us home for the night. They ER attendant wanted us to see an orthopedic doctor today so we took Carson in and he ended up having to get a cast. Poor kid! It is hard to see your baby go through something like that and have him cry so hard. He seems to be doing well but he isn't too sure about this cast. Dad picked out the dinosaurs.
This is the splint they put on his arm last night. He is loving the empty wrapping paper rolls as his Uncle Ryan showed him how to make noises with them.
I couldn't get him to look at me, but this is the real cast that he will have for three weeks

Free Stuff!!

I don't know if anyone actually reads my blog, but I thought I would share of hobby of mine:

One of my favorite things to do is find great deals and save money! I check a few blogs each day and one of my favorites is http://www.babycheapskate.blogspot.com/. I also really like http://www.mamabargains.com/ it is a deal site where they post a new deal until it sells out and then a new one comes up. It is like the site http://www.steepandcheap.com/ but it is kids stuff. There are also two more deal a day sites: http://www.babysteals.com/ and http://www.babybloop.com/

I recently signed up for a research company to be a product tester. They sent me 2 packages of free diapers (about 22 in each pack) and all I had to do was fill out a short survey. They called me last week and asked if I wanted to do testing for tampons. They are always looking for more testers and free stuff is always good! If you are interested you can email them at: NietoResearchInc@aol.com or 1-888-412-5552 . Just give them your name and address and let them know that you are interested in being a product tester and they will send you a sign-up packet.

I also joined a company called vocal point: http://site.vocalpoint.com/guest/index.html So far they have sent me a venus razor with lots of coupons, Kashi cereal bar (with coupon for a free box), day planner from Crest and coupon for free toothpaste, a lots of other coupons!

Carson came and found me while I was at the computer and this is what he looked like. He is so skinny that he can just pull his pants right off if they don't have an elastic waistband. He is also tall so most of his pants are high waters!

He figured out that he could reach the counter by standing on a drawer. A few days later he found the lazy susan made a great ladder to get up on the counter all the way.


Helping decorate the tree!


On Thanksgiving with his cousins Jace and Logan