Happy Birthday Carter!!!

I can hardly believe my little boy is already 1!!! It goes so fast. He had a pretty good birthday- minus a little constapation and teething problems! Being One is a rough gig I guess. On the plus side- it was a great excuse for us to have some friends over for a barbeque.

He loved the balloons!... until he got all tangled up in them
And he especially loved the cake!... until we took it away! He was in chocolate heaven!
And here's my little man on Sunday- picking our flowers.
He was pretty serious opening presents- this is the most smiley picture I got.
And this is the birthday cake before it got demolished! I must say, I've got a little work to do before I can perfect a birthday cake like my mom. Making it brought back memories of my mom always making our favorite cake, and going all out for our Birthdays.

I love you Carter! I'm so excited to see what the next year has to bring!

I have time!!!

Wow- it's been a long time since I've updated our blog! I finally have time. Carter has been sleeping for almost 31/2 hours! Unheard of! I think he's a bit worn out from church yesterday!

I haven't posted pics yet of our camping trip, so here's a few! We had a blast! for the 4th weekend we headed up to Navajo Lake (near Cedar City) to take our first camping trip! Never mind that all of our friends dogged us!! We had a blast. I mean, if you call no sleep, no showers, and another scrape on Carter's nose a good time! It was sooo... beautiful! Jason had a great time fishing, Carter loved being outside and I actually got to do some reading. It's amazing how being away from it all- just makes you forget all the stress of everyday life. It was a much needed break - and we got to follow it up with a trip to Utah to see the fam. Unfortunately- I didn't take a single picture while I was up there! I guess we were just having too much fun.

Lots of accomplishments and a bonk on the head!

Poor little guy got a little excited and forgot to move his feet. Took a tumble and bonked his head on the table. Wish I could say it's the only time he's hit his head!

And, for those of you who didn't think I had a green thumb- I actually got my first tomato yesterday! Isn't it beautiful?! There's lots of green ones, and a few with some spots-but this is the first ripe one and it tasted delicious! Thanks to my bro. who taught me how to polinate the plant! (I don't think we have bees around our yard, so I had to do it with a paint brush. Who knew?!)

Well, it's been an exciting week here in the Sant home! Nope, he doesn't crawl yet- but he has started walking!!! Ok- to be fair, he can army crawl, and he did finally pull himself up in the crib- but crawling has never been his forte! But yesterday, he finally let go of my fingers- well actually I made him let go, and he did pretty good- so we decided to practice some more when Dad got home!

We Did It!!!

Well, it's been a long time in the making, but we finally did our race!!! We ran the Provo Canyon 10 miler, and we actually ran the ENTIRE thing! No stops or anything. Can't say I was the quickest of the bunch, but we accomplished our goal and I must say I'm pretty proud of us for doing it. Jason even hung back with me the whole time. My brother Mike ( who didn't train- and ran way faster than any of us) and my sister Katie did it with us. They are my inspiration. Thanks to my sis for keeping me motivated.

We had a blast. Stayed at the cabin in Midway, and loved, loved, loved the beautiful weather. This is the time of year that it's hard to come back home to Vegas. The mountains, the trees, grass, and the crisp morning air, it was gorgeous!

Other than that, just trying to get our vinyl business up and running. I'll let you know when our blog is up. And- I'll try to be better about keeping this blog going. Can't believe almost a whole month has gone by without a post.

Summer Lovin'

Well, it's been a while since I've posted pics of Carter- and I thought it was high time! We took a trip to Lake Mead this past week- and he had a blast. He had his shades on and was ready to go. (the lake water was a bit cold- so he preferred the hot tub) But he loved riding on the boat, and playin with the other kids. Sorry, I'm not including any swimsuit pics of us! (I know you're disappointed:)

And this other one was just a cute pic of my clean boy straight out of the bath! I even did a little mowhawk on him. So cute!

Mothers Day!

Well, today is the day that we freak out because we realized that we haven't gotten anything for our moms yet! And Mother's day is just around the corner! So, I'll be making a trip to the store- to spend an hour looking at cards! (It takes me forever!) I love it, but I always want the perfect one- and they don't always jump out at you.

I'm also excited because it will be my first official Mother's Day! I love being a mom!(most of the time.)

• I love getting Carter up in the morning and having him so excited to see us!(although, it doesn't last long when he realizes his belly is hungry.)
• I love snuggling a sick baby- even though I hate when he's sick, I had to enjoy every half hour of baby einstein, that he let me just hold him.
• I love when he sees his blanket and just cuddles his body around it. Shuts his eyes, giggles, and curls up on his knees- all because he's so happy to see his blankie.
• I love when he wakes up at 5 am! NOT REALLY!
• I love when he gets so excited to see Dad at the end of the day- he just can't wait to steal the pen from his pocket!
• I love when he learns something new- this week he learned how to wave. We wave bye bye to Daddy every morning now!
• I love seeing him change and develop every second. He's always learning, and always growing! I can't sit to watch a basketball or football game anymore- because I just want to watch him! I love it!
• And, I love it when he just needs his Mommy. Nothing's better.

So, even though life changed as I knew it on July 27, 2007. I no longer live by my own schedule- it constantly rotates around his, and we deal with early mornings, and spit up ALL the time, and teething, and stinky diapers, and constant change. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love you Carter!

And, to our Moms. I obviously never fully appreciated how much you love us! And how much work you went through to raise 4 and 5 kids! And you kept on loving us when we talked back, and didn't do our work, and didn't want to spend time with you. I am so grateful to have such a wonderful Mom and a fabulous Mother-in-Law. I love being able to share all of our special moments with people that we know care just as much as we do. We love you so much!

Since I've been home

Well, it's only been 2 days. And.... my husband is missing; I have a kid with a fever of 101, watery eyes, runny nose, and whiny; And I managed to break a bottle of hot pink nail polish all over our tile floor, and onto our wall, and onto my white shorts! Gee- it's good to be home!