Carson's Blessing Day

On March 14th Carson was blessed by his Dad in Springville Utah. We had all of our family there to support little Carson, minus Mindy & family and Shelly & family. To celebrate we had a little brunch before church, it was a great day!!


Hayden was sure to let everyone know as soon as they walked into the house that she looked "Pretty" in her dress!!
Happy little boy.

The day of his blessing I started to notice he had a little cough and congestion, but I didn't really think it sounded too bad, but hearing so much RSV and how serious it can be for babies I decided to call the doctor. They said to just bring him in to be on the safe side. I took him in and sure enough she could hear fluid in his lungs, so they sent us to the hospital to get the RSV test and x-rays to check for pneumonia. He tested positive for both!! I was pretty much a wreck! The good news was neither were bad enough to keep him at the hospital, so we took him home and the first thing we did was give him a priesthood blessing. I know that blessing helped him and I know it helped me feel more at peace. That night we also got a nebulizer and started pumping him full of medicine and attempted to give him antibiotics, but he was not having that. So we had to take him back to the doctors to get a shot of antibiotics and then we learned that he had double ear infections. Poor little man was such a trooper though the whole process...he handled it all so well, he still slept really well, pretty much ate fine and was happy. I only took a day for the anitbiotics to kick in and clear up the ear infections and a less than a week later he was totally better!!

Of course a few days later Hayden got a really bad cold and a few days after that Colin got it. Now they are all better and I have yet to get sick!! (knock on wood). I am so ready for SPRING!!!!!!!!!!

Other exciting news...they started on the foundation of our house. Which means in about a month we will have a new house!!!!

Finally!!

So about a month ago I had the chance to get together with a few of my friends from Blanding. We just got lunch and sat around and talked for a couple of hours. Well during the course of the conversation we talked about houses because Annelise just moved into a new house and Natauni was in the process of buying one. I just kept saying that is was going to be quite a while before we got into a house because of a lot of different things going on. Anyway on the way home I got to thinking that with the $8000 tax credit for first time home buyers we could put some of that money toward debt and then we could have a HOUSE and be DEBT FREE!!! I immediately approached Colin with the idea and I was surprised he took me seriously. To make a long story short this last month has brought A LOT of blessings and a lot has happened that has made it possible for us to buy a house. So as of yesterday we are officially home owners!!!! We signed all the paper work and now will just be waiting anxiously to move in. It is a new home and they will probably start building in the next couple of weeks and then it takes about 45 days to complete. So we are hoping to be in the beginning of May. We are very excited and really feel so blessed to be able to do this!!


This is a picture of the house, the only difference is our porch is smaller. :(

Birthday Boy!!

Colin's birthday was this past Thursday. We celebrated by going out to eat at Art City Trolley and having cake (we know how to party!!) Hayden LOVES birthdays and was very excited to sing Happy Birthday and eat the cake (even though it didn't taste good.) Colin has one more year to enjoy his twenties and then he is officially an old man! :)

Super Bowl & Valentines

Recovering from our wild Valentines party.
Hayden dressed up "just like Cinderella" for our Valentines party. She loves the princesses and Cinderella is her favorite!! On a daily basis she dresses up like Cinderella, asks to watch the movie, has Mom and Dad act out the story and every night she reads her book before she goes to sleep even though it is in the dark. :) Last night I peeked in her room after she had gone to bed and she was holding her little stuffed kitty up to see the book while she read out loud to her. It was pretty cute!!
She is trying to master the art of getting dressed all by her self.
Another wild party...this time for the Superbowl.
We love Dora "bandens" (bandaids) at our house.

Go Colts and Saints!!

Cute Kiddos

Another Cake

Colin and I (mostly Colin) made these cupcakes for his sister Tiffany's birthday. I think it turned out really cool.

Carson

He really isn't smiling here, but is looks just like his smile.


I have a spare few minutes so I thought I would give a quick update on life around here. We are all adjusting very well to having a new baby in the house. My recovery this time around was MUCH easier and quicker. I feel like I am totally back to normal and am really enjoying having a newborn. Carson is a sweet little guy who is happy and content the majority of the time, but he defiantly lets you know if he does not like something. He has a serious cry that I am sure wakes up the neighbors, but luckily he doesn't use it that much. He started smiling at about 2 1/2 weeks and his first real smile was at Hayden. I can not get him to smile quite a few times a day. He loves to eat and I can see his scrawny little legs bulking up a bit. It will be interesting to see if he gets as chubby as his sister!!
Speaking of sister, Hayden is doing great and is really good with him. Last week we had kind of a hard time adjusting to the new baby, but this week she has been her old happy, sweet self. I honestly think she is the easiest two year old ever!! Last night she was helping us give him a bath and we didn't realize she was standing right in the line of fire, so before we know Carson is giving her a shower of her own. It was perfectly aimed for her face and none of us responded very quickly so she was pretty wet. She handled it well and just laughed with us.

Here is a quick recap of Carson's birth story. It really is not too exciting which is great!! I went in on Tuesday at about 7:00am for my scheduled induction. I had been dilated to a 1 for the past couple of weeks and still was, so they got me going on pitosum around 8:30am. Around 1:00 my doctor came in and broke my water, which was like niagra falls....seriously there was soooooooo much water. The nurse said she had never seen that much water!!
Anyway I soon started to feel contractions and about an hour into them I asked for the epidural. I was not nearly as scared this time to get the epidural and didnt even realize when he was done, I was sitting there waiting for it to hurt and then he was done.
Over the next few hours I progressed really slowly and thought for sure I wouldn't have him until early the next morning. Around 5:00pm I was at a 4, so I told my mom she could go home and eat dinner and I would call her when I was further along. So she left and about 6:00 the nurse came in and checked me and I was at a 10!!! So we quickly called my mom and Colins mom and about 5 minutes after they got the the doctor came and said it was time. I was REALLY nervous about pushing and was scared that they would make me turn down the epidural because I couldnt feel the pressure to push , but my doctor just told me she would tell me when to push. So three contractions later my sweet little boy entered the world. This labor and delivery was like night and day compared to Hayden. It was a great experience and I defiantly could do it again.

Sorry if there are a ton of mistakes, I have two crying kids and no time to edit!!