Love this guy!

Camping July 09

Hogle Zoo August 09

County Fair and Rodeo Sept 09

Lake Cleveland Labor Day 09

Carson brings so much joy to our lives! I love this age, he is so excited to learn new things and is like a sponge soaking up everything around him. He says the funniest things. A few times he has told me not to freak out! Guess I better think more about what I say to him because he repeats everything. We are working on potty training right now and it is going pretty well. I went out of town last week for a getaway with my mom and I was impressed that Zac still worked on potty training with Carson. (I think he scared him into not peeing his pants!) It is great to not change diapers but now I don't want to leave my house. He wakes up dry a lot so I think I will try no diapers at night soon. Carson loves to sing and picks up songs from his PBS shows and the movies that he watches.....he also loves singing time at nursery. I am so excited for him to be a big brother and am grateful to be his mom!

An update

We are so excited to announce that a new baby will be joining our family in May. I had an ultrasound yesterday and they set my due date as May 6th. I have had so many things I wanted to post in the last month but have not been feeling well at all. This is new for me as I didn't get sick with Carson---makes me have more sympathy for those that do get sick! Every day it changes when we ask Carson if he wants a brother or sister. We are excited to have a baby so close to Ryan and Kaci......their baby is due four weeks earlier. It will be fun to have cousins the same age. Carson has been so funny! He thinks that there is a baby in his tummy and he will eat something and say, "my baby likes this!"

This is what we woke up to.....

Super Why

Carson has been riding in the swather with Zac every once in awhile this summer and he loves it! Well today they came in for lunch and Zac tells me that Carson looks up at the window and says, "super letters dad" the window says New Holland on it. He watches a show called Super Why on PBS and for those who aren't familiar the characters look for the answer to a situation in a book...all through the story they find super letters that give them the super story answer at the end. I thought that was pretty smart of him!

Oh and just so you know a swather is not the same thing as a tractor---I asked him one day if he rode in the tractor with dad and he said no I ride in swather!

Learning to Paint

I have been slowly collecting a stash of craft supplies to make things with Carson...our latest adventure has been painting. He started out just on the paper and then decided it was more fun to pain on himself!

July

I finally made a list yesterday of some things that I would like to blog about. From the middle of June to the end of July it seemed like we had one thing after another. I thought that August would be slowed down but I am going to Utah twice for weddings within a week of each other. I am excited to go because I will be able to see a friend from college that I haven't seen in over three years. Hopefully I will get around to posting pictures but for now...here is a list of things we have been doing.

1. Swim lessons for Carson in June: We had to be in Hagerman at 9:00 and that meant getting up early for us. Certain family members criticize our sleeping habits....but for right now we get to sleep in and so we enjoy it! Carson wasn't a huge fan of swim class but playing in the kiddie pool was his favorite.

2. Camping with Grandma and Grandpa Haney: End of June we went with my parents and Jill down to Nevada by the Pole Creek Ranger Station and camped overnight in the rain. There were a few other families and so Carson had kids to play with and loved it. It was a great spot and hopefully we can go back when it isn't raining.

3. 4th of July fun: I did the 5k walk again this year and got first in my age group (but also got smoked by ladies much older than me) Then we watched the parade and went to the park in Buhl. Dinner was at our house that night followed by fireworks.

4. July 7th to the 12th River Trip: I was able to spend a week on the Main Salmon River with my dad and sister Jill. This was so awesome for me! Everyone else in my family had been a big river trip but it finally worked out for to be able to go. Earlier in the year my dad asked if we wanted to go but I said I was planning on being a few months pregnant by July so I couldn't. Well that hasn't happened for us yet so I got to go. There were 22 people total in our group and I had so much fun with everyone. There were a bunch of kids and two of them were only 4. Carson would have loved it so maybe he can go in a few years. Carson and Zac had a great time at home and so many awesome people helped to watch Carson for us...Thanks!

5. Zac got a new (to him) truck. He loves it! It is a 2002 Dodge Dakota and is quite an improvement from the beat up Ranger he had for the last year. The main thing is that it has 4 wheel drive and will be better for the winter time.

6. Mid July we went to the Karl Brown Family reunion and had a blast! We have gone all 4 summers that we have been married. It was fun to see my cousins on my mom's side as we don't get together that often.

7. We snuck in a camping trip for just the three of us....I put up pictures on my Facebook account. It was awesome to see the places that Zac goes to find antlers and just get away for a few days. Carson loved it and on the way he said he needed his coat and hat for the rain.....I told him no rain on this camping trip!

8. Our BIG event of the summer was my sister Sarah getting married in the Twin Falls temple on July 31st. She was a beautiful bride and it was a great day.......you can go to the photographers blog to see some pics....... http://jasonwestphotography.com/blog/


Hopefully I will post some pictures but if not that is what we have been up to

Happy 4th of July!

Carson has a book , God Bless America....and when we read it to him I usually sing it. He picked up on the words and now he sings it to everyone.....At Costco with my mom (really loud) leaving the dressing room at Sears he stops and says, "guess what?" to some ladies and then proceeds to sing his song.....so cute! I tried to make a video but he was being kind of silly so I hope you can understand him!