How You Know You Live in The Country

Today will be a picture-less entry.  I have some to edit before the are Blog-Ready.  So...we took Carson to the park today to play and honest to goodness some girl had her pet lamb there.  For serious.  I mean at first it just looked like a Standard Poodle until it started "baa-ing".  I mean Really?!  REALLY? Is Otsego that far out there that people bring their lambs to the park?  Weird stuff.

So, the weather is starting to get so nice!  We did some outside stuff both Saturday and today.  Carson loves to be outside and gets all angry when we try and bring him in.  We just hung out in the yard on Saturday and went down to the park today for a bit.  Carson really just likes to walk around he for sure doesn't get the climbing quite yet.  He was totally indifferent to going down the slide.  It meant nothing to him.

We watched the Wild lose and get eliminated on Saturday night.  Quite depressing post-season I must say.  I think Dave will need at least the week to get over it.  

We don't have a ton of plans for the week.  Just the norm but we are having dinner at Northland with my parents on Friday. Good stuff.  I just love the seafood buffet and am totally excited to go again.  

Carson's new big thing is saying "yeah" to pretty much everything.  He will shake his head for "no" if he means it but most things get a very excited "YEAH" and hand claps.  It's pretty cute.  He also says "Hiiiiiiiiii" just like that usually.  Too cute.  Ok well I hope everyone has a great week!

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!

Back and Better Than Ever!

I've been avoiding the computer as much as possible lately! But I'm back at work now, so no more avoiding! I've had a ton of time off the last 2 weeks (thank goodness this is a short week) and it's hard to get back into the swing of work today! I had two 4 day weekends in a row!! LOVE the holidays! Carson was home from daycare for 12 days and I guess it sounds like he had a tough time this morning...he cried when Dave left. He's been spoiled being home! It's just been a blast too...we didn't have any plans to leave the house at all this last weekend and we spent all of it inside enjoying our time together.

Christmas was GREAT! Carson got so incredibly spoiled! He sure has great family! I don't think I need to buy him clothes until he's 2!! Haha! We've got lots of new books and toys and he's just had a blast playing with everything.

New Years we invited over our friends Kate and Erik and our other friends Erica and Brent. We had two 3month old babies, a 4 year old and Carson...we sure had a house-full but it was fun! We ate chicken wings and the boys played video games and the girls talked about kids. Haha. Being that we all have kids, by 12:15 people were packing up to go home! New Years is sure a different experience when you're a parent to a young child. Pretty un-eventful but a blast anyways!

Jessica and I got the chance to re-connect with some old friends last weekend. WOW! It was so fun. They are 2 kids that we went to daycare with when we were younger and they were like brothers to us. It's amazing to reconnect with people like that, it's not awkward at all. I guess when you're that close with people even at a young age you retain that connection. Besides growing up, they hadn't changed a bit. It's comforting that people keep such key pieces of their personalities with them as they grow. We're hoping that we'll get to see them again in the summer...maybe to do a picnic and invite our moms. I don't think they've seen each other in years either! I'm looking forward to it!

Well I've got to get back to doing some work. I've got a lot to catch up on! I promise I'll get back to updating regularly as well! Happy New Year!

Tired This Week

I'm on overload at work right now. Right now I'm keeping files for 6 doctors and in the process of getting medical licenses for 3 of them (47 licenses in total!) and someone just quit and they've asked me to kind of "clean up" the mess that was left behind. I know they're asking me because they trust my work and I really feel good about it...but I look up at the clock and it's time to go before I even know it. I'm hoping to get moved up a level soon so that I can get a laptop and do some work from home on the days that I feel a bit overwhelmed.

Carson's top tooth finally popped through for good. It was playing peek for a little while...and the poor baby was so miserable. He's been in a much better mood the past few days but I know it's just a matter of time before that second top tooth starts, you can already see a bit of swolleness. He's *almost* fully crawling. He'll get up on his hands and knees and start forward. He'll take about about 3 "steps" forward but only if you put something really good in front of him like the remote or your cell phone lol. But as soon as he gets close to it, he flops back down on his belly and starts the army crawl and the roll/scoot moves. He definately can get to where he wants to go some way or another.

Dave has to drive to either Iowa or South Dakota tomorrow night so I'll be home alone. I hate that. I've tried to bring Carson into bed with me the times that Dave is gone but he wakes up at like 2:00 and realizes that he's with me and then he just wants to play. It doesn't work so well. We have a security system but I'm one of those who gets irrationally afraid of everything but loves to watch true crime television. So I'll be watching like Forensic Files or Cold Case Files and I'll be convinced that the garage door is open and that someone is in there, but I can't check because I'll have to turn off the alarm to open the door and then the bad guy will jump out because he *knows* that the alarm will be off and that's his prime opportunity. Gah, I guess I gotta stop watching the murder shows.

Carson has been dinking around in his crib for the last 45 minutes...he wasn't crying or fussing so I tend to let him go for a while before I go in and lay him back down and cover him up. I just went in to check him and he was sitting up in his crib his paci, blanket and lovie were all on the floor and he was just happily playing with the bumper strings. They are double knotted so he can't get them untied but they sure are fun. He's such a goof. It amazes me how crabby and tired he'll be through his bed-time bottle but then he'll dink around for 2 hours if you let him!

Well Dave is bringing home LeeAnn Chin yummmmmm!! Talk to you all soon!

Welcome

I thought this would be a nice way to keep in touch. I find I'm asked for pictures of Carson or us and I thought this would be the best way to reach everyone way more often! I think this will also come in handy after Dave re-enlists and we are living somewhere else. We all know how busy people are, phone calls are not always an option...so this way we can put it out there and you guys can come catch up with us when it's convenient for you!

How's Married Life? I find myself answering that question quite often these days. Well, I'll tell you all that it's pretty much the same as life before August 11th. I'm so thrilled that we are married but I find life to be pretty much the same. Although, I can't complain about a thing, as life has been sweet to us.

Can you believe that as of Monday, Carson is 9 months old!? We're cruising quickly towards 1 year and I just don't know where all the time went. He has 2 teeth on the bottom, they both came through at the same time. His top teeth are starting and he's become crabby/clingy/teething baby again. Just yesterday I saw him go from his belly back to sitting up for the first time. I knew he could do it because I found him sitting in his crib. I had just never seen it before. Our little baby is growing so quickly. Before you know it, he'll be chasing Jack and Darrow around! He's also eating everything in sight. If myself or Dave is eating, he must be eating too...he has no trouble with table foods and just this past weekend, he ate an entire hot dog!

I've decided to pursue photography as a (hopefully) serious hobby. We were able to purchase the camera we wanted after the wedding and I'm finding myself lost in photography books. There is definitely more to this than I thought, but I've been enjoying the experimenting and I have a great "subject" to take pictures of. I've included the most recent pictures of Carson which are a few of my favorites with the new camera!