Addiction

I've gone over the deep end. I am addicted to Goldfish crackers. SERIOUS! Cant.Stop.Eating.Them. I go through weird food phases...it's kind of OCD. I'll be stuck on something for a few weeks (stuck to the point that if I don't have whatever it is, it's all I think about) and then it passes and I move onto something else. The last few weeks it has been Reese's mini peanut butter cups...now it's Goldfish. I suppose Goldfish are a little healthier but still. I worry about myself! I mean, I'm even taking pictures of them!! :)

Carson is getting more teeth. I think I mentioned already here that he had a new one pop through a few weeks ago, but seriously it feels like all of his gums are swollen. I was feeling around in there tonight and I can feel a little one poking through on top, it might be a molar even for where it's located. Exciting stuff. I'm for sure ready for the teething to be done!

We have a very exciting weekend coming up...We're going out to dinner with Dave's Mom, Aunt and Brother!! WOOT! They are taking us to Northland Inn for seafood buffet which most of you know is a total favorite of mine. The food, the desserts, EVERYTHING is fantastic! After dinner, my parents are taking Carson overnight and we're actually going OUT! I got to go out drinking once in September right before Kate had Lydia but Dave couldn't come, so it will be nice to get out and get to bring him along! Exciting stuff!

There is a hockey game on tonight...actually it already started but Dave isn't home so it's recording and we'll catch up once he's home. I'm really hoping we win tonight. Monday's game was pitiful!

OK!! I need opinions, of the two pictures below, which do you prefer? Color or the B&W. Please be honest! I'll give my opinion in the next entry. I'm curious to get some unbiased feedback! Thanks All!

Back Off My Mouse Cake!

Happy Easter everyone...a day late! :)

We had a good day yesterday! It was nice and low-key. We went to Dave's grandparents around 11:00 and were there for about an hour and 1/2 and then we headed to my parents. We had a good time there. Carson was exhausted and wouldn't nap anywhere but on me and only then for about 45 minutes. He woke up and started grunting and that had him laughing, when then started me laughing and he was up for the afternoon. He thinks farts are funny now, such a boy!

My mom made this awesome cake yesterday...it looked like a little bunny! It was so awesome! My sister told her it looked sorta like a mouse (before she added the nose) so it was Mouse/Bunny cake, and now Dave and I have just referred to it as Mouse Cake. Which reminds me of "Face Cake" from Scrubs. Does anyone else secretly love the first few seasons of Scrubs? I don't love the newer seasons as much (and I think it's almost the last season) but Face Cake is classic!

I've been trying to find a link to the video clip that shows the beauty of the Face Cake and I discovered that there is a FaceCake website! Haha, sadly it's a marketing website and not cakes.

No luck on the Face Cake clip...and I got totally side tracked when Dave told me to search Guitar Hero on You Tube and I got sucked in watching this video of a 9 year old playing the hardest song on the game on the hardest level. Geez, I can't even comprehend what's going on in the video...I don't think I could even begin to try it on the game. I can barely fumble my way through this song on EASY!! Haha...seriously watch it. You will be amazed.

Ok well, we are watching hockey so I should go catch up! Talk to you all soon!

Nifty!

I woke up this morning severely irritated with the weather. I'm DONE, so over and beyond winter it's not even funny. It will be nice on Friday when it is OFFICIALLY spring! Yay!

Bits got out of her fenced in area today. This is the second time that it's happened and the second time I am amazed that there is not one mess anywhere. I even checked under furniture, everywhere that I could think of! Nothing. She waited about 10 minutes after I got home to whine to go out (pretty typical) and did her thang so I'm fairly positive I'm not missing anything. She really doesn't have accidents unless they are our fault. Like she whines to go out but we don't take her in time or there was a time that I was giving Carson a bath and she was whining to go out. I very obviously couldn't do anything about that one so I had a mess to clean up but I couldn't really blame her for that one.

I ordered some stuff from a girl who was hosting a PartyLite party a few weeks ago. I couldn't go to the party but I needed some tea lights. I ended up buying more than I wanted to but I think what I got is pretty cool. Is it worth the $75.00 **cringe** I don't know quite yet. But time will tell! :) Carson had a new tooth break through over the weekend. That is #7 and the first in a long time! I think he's working on about 3 more though because he's been completely clingy/crabby the past 2 or 3 weeks. He's over his "I hate Mom" phase for the time being at least. I must say that gets to be tough to take even though I know he doesn't do it on purpose!

Well, speaking of clingy/crabby...Blues Clues isn't keeping him occupied anymore!

This is for Karen!

Carson got upset when he heard you were threatening a boycott of the blog. Haha, so we took pictures today especially for you. Carson wasn't thrilled about it at first but warmed up quick enough!

Carson had his 15 month check up last week. He's 24.5 lbs and FINALLY is done with shots until he is 5, with the exception of flu shots. Nice! He remembered the doctor's office and right when we got there he threw a fit. It's nice that for the next few appointments anyways he won't have to get poked at all. The doctor did most of the exam with him on my lap to keep him calm since he was pretty upset about being there. Healthy as can be though!

Work has been same-old, same-old. Very, very busy. Usually that was my update time, during the day during a down period but I don't have many of those anymore! It's nice to be kept busy but at the same time, I'm feeling neglectful of the blog. I've got to set myself some calendar reminders at work to keep up! I'll try that this week and see how it goes!

Well, we found out last week that we didn't get the extension with the Navy that we were hoping for. So, it looks like we'll be leaving Minnesota sooner than we'd hoped. We're still trying to get everything figured out as to when we'll be leaving and where we'll be going so I promise that as soon as we have more information we'll share it. I haven't told my work yet and I'd rather not get into specifics until we know for sure. It's still sinking in for me honestly.

We had Kate and Erik and kids over last weekend and I took some pictures for them with my new backdrop stuff...still trying to figure out the lighting and how to get it right. I think I did a better job with Carson this afternoon. It's funny how the things you should try come to you about an hour after you've taken the pictures and then you do the *face-palm*. I'm getting better though and I'm just leaving my stuff set up in the basement for now so that I don't have to worry about taking down and setting back up. That tends to be a deterrent because it takes so dang long. If I just leave it all set up all I have to do is insert children. Haha!

Well, tis Sunday night and I really should get headed to bed. I sure do love the later evenings with the daylight but going back to super-darkness when I wake up in the morning is rough. I have to be extra-motivated to drag myself out of bed to get to work in time.

Talk to you all soon!

It Is March

I can't believe I went the entire month of February and hardly updated. Ugh, the time is flying by. I'm taking a much needed break at work. If you're wondering why I've been MIA it's because I've been buried under an in-box that is taller than I am for the last month or two. I swear the minute I feel like I'm caught up I get a new project coming in. It's good though I guess but it definately makes me NOT want to jump on the computer once I'm home to update. I haven't taken a picture of Carson or Bits in weeks...lol time to catch up I guess!

Bits is doing really well...she hasn't had an accident that wasn't our fault in, well, a really long time. She whines to go outside, she sleeps in her kennel all night without a peep, she's tolerant of baths and nail clipping. She's doing great. She had her 1st vet visit with me on the 1st of March. She had her 1st shots with the people we bought her from. She did fine, got a clean bill of health. She does have a little hernia but they can fix that when she gets spayed.

My birthday went fine. On Friday the 29th, Dave and I went out with a couple that I know from work. We went to Seafood Buffet at the Northland Inn...Officially my favorite place to eat EVER. We had a good time but Dave wasn't feeling great. Saturday we had dinner at my parents for my birthday and Dave started really feeling icky. He pretty much has been sick ever since. I think he got the Flu. Carson and I luckily have been fine, so far anyways. We both had our flu shots in the fall and Dave didn't. So, if Carson and I escape this one without getting sick, I will forever be an advocate of the Flu Shot.

I'll have some exciting packages showing up either today or tomorrow. I found a website that sells some photography stuff that I want/need and I used some birthday money to purchase. I'm excited and Kate and her family are coming over this weekend to play. Yay! Keep the boys upstairs with the Wii and the women and children can play with taking pictures!

Well, I would love to stay and chat but I seriously have to do some work with the hour and 1/2 that I have left of my day. I will be back!