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Carson's 1st Birthday

We celebrated Carson's 1st birthday last Tuesday. We invited all of our family over for a Barnyard birthday party. We ate pigs-in-a-blanket, chicken wings, veggies and chocolate milk. I had been planning on making this barnyard cake since he was born, but I woke up not feeling very well. Needless to say I was a little bit frustrated. Luckily I would have moments where I would feel ok, so after many hours of going back and forth between the kitchen and the couch to rest AND with a lot of help from Colin, we completed the cake and I think it turned out pretty cute.
This is the present we gave Carson. It talks and drives by itself. He is terrified or it!!
Cute little birthday boy!
Grandma Leah and the kids helping him open his presents.Here he is with his cake. He really didn't like it that much, but he didn't want to hurt my feelings so he was acting excited in this picture. :)

Trying to get a pic in his new Thomas PJ's, but he was too tired and ornery after a long night of partying!!

Here are the classic "waiting to go downstairs to see what Santa brought" pictures. Just ignore Colin!!

My parents and brother came over to see the kids open their presents. (that's who is taking the picture.)
Hayden opening her cash register...one of her faves!Tough man Carson ripping the paper off his presents.
The aftermath.

The rest of the day was spent up at Colin's parents. We ate Crepes for breakfast, then took the kids to see Yogi Bear(pretty lame), then came home took naps and played with new toys the rest of the night.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve day we went sledding up by Aspen Grove. The snow was really hard and icy, so the sledding wasn't great, but it was still fun.


Audrey, Drew and Jozy.
We spent the rest of Christmas Eve at Colin's parents house. About an hour before dinner Colin took a nap and when he woke up he was not feeling very good. He only ate a tiny bit of dinner and then spent the rest of the night in the bathroom and wanting to die. I felt so bad for him!! When we got home he went straight to bed, so I had to get everything set up for Christmas morning. It was a lot of work, but so much fun. I think getting everything set up is one of my favorite parts of Christmas.
About a month before Christmas I saw this idea in a magazine. I thought it looked so cute and easy, so I decided to make it for Hayden for Christmas.
Made out of card board and LOVE!! :)