Moving

I have started this post like 5 times and it just seems to get harder the more time goes by. I don't have pictures and I don't feel like giving the play by play of our Holiday/Move. So, for now I'll just give the quick version of the Holidays, and hope that I can get back into this blogging once we have our house under control

We made it here to Kaysville! With a lot of stress, and a lot of help, we were able to drop our stuff off here before Christmas, Spend Christmas in Colorado with my family, and then come back to unpack. Since then, Jason has been working out of town for almost 3 weeks and I'm still living in somewhat of a mess. But I must say. Kaysville has been GREAT! Within minutes of arriving we had about 10 people including some teenage boys helping us move in. I've had cookies on my doorstep, and people stop by. They definitely gave us a warm welcome. And when I miss my friends and I feel lonely- Jason's family has been great to take care of us. His poor Mom has seen me cry more in this past 2 months than ever before.

Jason likes his pink office, and Carter thinks that every day is meant to be spent with E-ma. (grandma). We're getting use to this, and maybe as my to do list gets shorter I'll spend more time updating my blog.

Christmas Cards

These are the pictures you will NOT be seeing on our Christmas Card! I love them, and I tried every which way to use them- but it's just not working with my card- so I am going to let it go, and realize that I'm the only one that really cares how cute my boys are. I had to share somewhere, so here they are. Thanks to my cute sister-in-law Hailey!

Happy Face

Does that just make you happy or what?!

Thanks for the pic Susan.

Growing so fast!

We took a trip to Oregon a few weeks ago and here are just a few of the pics. Sorry there's not more- I just get too impatient waiting for photos to upload. We had a blast. Thank you Joni and Gordon and Fam. We watched football, and volleyball, saw the coast, went to an awesome aquarium. We had beautiful weather. And just not enough time.

Carter learned all about FunDip!

Carter, Jason, Aunt Joni, Whitney, Me and Brady after Colton's football game.

Carter was scared to death of Kona on day1 but by day2 they were inseparable. They played catch out in the back yard. Muddy football+Cute Dog=Happy Muddy Boy!

And now that we're back... Brady started sitting up all by himself! I can't believe how fast he's growing. Man I love that boy!

Not Ready

Well- not even a full day of potty training and I'm already giving up. For those of you who know me- you know I always try things too early (switching to a twin bed before Carter was ready). And I guess this was one of those things too. I just thought he could do it. Here's the problem- he knows how to hold it (which is pretty much what he did all day), and he knows how to go (which happened twice in the toilet.) but he just doesn't want to. And I don't know HOW to make a kid go to the bathroom when he doesn't WANT to! Is this normal?! We spent countless times on the toilet singing songs, talking about all the other "big boys" who also go to the potty on the toilet, played with the toilet paper holder, made our pooping faces (in an effort to help him push), and tried to aim into the toilet (which isn't natural for a boy sitting down), all this while Brady watched- (Carter was pretty excited to show Brady how big he was... for about 5 seconds.)

So ANYWAY, after about 5 cups of juice, and a concerned Carter playing uncomfortably, and trying really hard to hold it as long as he could- I decided to put the diaper back on. AND he went. Aaahhh... relief for him. Frustration for me. I guess that's what I get for starting too early.

Ready or not...

THIS is what we're up to. Wish me luck!

Happy Birthday Carter!!!

It seems that I am always playing catch up. I don't know why- but I have a hard time finding motivation to update our blog! I love looking at everyone else's and I finally decided I better document Carter's birthday (which was in July!) So Happy Birthday Carter!

The first thing out of his mouth in the morning was "Birthday Cake?" Well... um... no. We had to remind him throughout the day that we didn't get cake until after dinner. But he sure had fun opening presents all day long!
Do you think he was excited about his remote control truck?

And here's his cake. He's not really in to 1 thing right now- but he always loves "Monkey George" so that's what I did. And next year?... We'll do a store bought one.

And here's my sweet baby boy. Oh I just love those squishy cheeks!

I'll have to do a video sometime- but Brady was giggling so hard just watching Carter talk to him. Carter thought it was pretty cool. "He's laughing Mommy!" Was all I heard (repeated over and over) for about 10 minutes!

I'm glad they love eachother so much.