Carson is 2!!!!

I can't believe that my little boy is 2! We had a fun filled day that started with swimming lessons...then onto the store to get some things for his party.....came home had lunch and picked up the house.....ate lunch, then down for a quick nap.....I had to finish cupcakes and hurry and take a shower before guests came.....2:00-4:30 we had several little kids over for an impromptu party (I had planned on sending invites to nursery and never got it done).......cleaned up after the party......Grandma Jake and Tianna came over bearing presents...followed by Grandma and Grandpa Haney, Ryan and Kaci......dad stopped in for just a minute....and now we are just relaxing until dad gets home and we can open presents! Zac is working on silage this week at the dairy and it is keeping everyone really busy.

I took some pictures of Carson opening presents that I will post later on after I make it through the weekend. We are having a yard sale at my parents house and our niece Hailey is getting blessed.


We didn't have that great of a camera when Carson was born so my pictures aren't very good. Carson looked more like a little Mexican baby than one you would think belonged to us! He was 8lbs 8oz and 22 inches long....he had fat little cheeks for awhile. We love this little man so much and are constantly amazed at how fast he learns. He brings so much joy to our home and keeps us on our toes!

Asparagus

Growing up my family would go for a drive and pick asparagus. I have always love to eat it and now Zac does too. He had never had it until we were married (crazy, I know!) and Carson is a fan too. All along the road by our hay field there is a bunch growing. We picked it a few times for dinner and it was delicious.

Carson and Logan

We have gotten to watch my nephew Logan a few times while Niki went to work and have had fun. Carson LOVES babies (sometimes a bit too much) he played toys with Logan and wanted to give him his bottle and helped me feed him some baby food. Carson even snuck a bite and said "yuck."

Last week Logan had to have surgery to drain an infection in his leg and now he has a picc line in his arm that will give him antibiotics for the next 5 weeks to clear up the infection. It is a staph infection....scary! We are so glad that he is doing better and he is much happier now that he gets to be at home.

"Eye a tiger"

Carson loves to play with Zac's Rock Band. We played one night while my family was here and Carson sat in the chair and started to play.....He always sings Eye of the Tiger. I am horrible at it but I can set it to easy and play ok. We have a broken guitar and Carson will wear that while Zac plays, it is pretty cute to watch.

Gearing up for swim lessons

Carson and I are going to do a mommy and me swim class at Thousand Springs Resort for the next two weeks (anyone want to join us?) He has only been swimming a few times so we took him a few weeks ago and he loved it. I ordered a new swimsuit and they sent me the wrong size :( I hope they get the correct one here by tomorrow.

Getting ready to get in the pool......He was fascinated by the water and just sat there watching.

Cleaning up the clutter

I found a blog (http://cleaninguptheclutter.bogspot.com/) and the lady's goal is to dedicate 15 minutes a day towards cleaning up an area that is cluttered. This would be in addition to the regular housework. I thought that it was a really good concept and I have been trying to implement it at our house.

I would LOVE to have my house look like the rooms you see in magazines, but I doubt that will ever happen. I love not having clutter, I think it looks better and it is less stressful for me to have things put away. That being said my kitchen table is a stopping point for many things in our home. Zac always asks why we bought this nice furniture if we are just going to pile it with stuff. I am working on it but that project seems to always be there. Over the past few months as I have cleaned different areas in my home I have accumulated quite a pile of stuff. I am planning a yard sale next month at my parent's house. Zac's mom has some things and so does my grandma so we will see if we can make some extra cash.

We have almost lived here a year and for the most part the walls are still bare. I really want curtains in the bedrooms and some vinyl wall art/sayings. Hopefully I can make some money at the yard sale to get them.

So for today I spent my 15 minutes on Carson's room. He has A LOT of toys and scatters them all over his room. When I pick his toys up from around the house I usually just dump them in his room. Well today I went through all the toys, took out broken ones, put some clothes away that were too small, picked up all the books, and vacuumed. It looks much better now...he will probably have it messy by the end of the night, but in a week or so that can be my 15 minutes of cleaning up the clutter!

Carson found his old Halloween costume and hat/gloves from last year and wore them all morning.

Playing at the Park

Last week I took Carson to a park in Twin Falls and he loved it. There is a really good park in Castleford just a few miles away from us but last summer/fall he was still kind of little to play by himself. He didn't want to leave when it was time to go!