Not What I'm Used To

My friend Kate and I were discussing going to the apple orchard this fall. We'd like to go to Apple Jack Orchards in Delano. Kate and I went there quite a few years ago and had a blast. We told everyone we were visiting from Kansas and that they didn't have apples in Kansas. I'm sure everyone looked at us like we were stupid 18 year olds but we had a good time anywas...I digress. The point was we were planning on going during the middle of the week so it wasn't so busy but Kate called me about 2 days later with an epiphany, her son Austin was now in kindergarten and we couldn't go in the middle of the week. Geez, not what we're used to.

Looks like we'll have to save our family fun for the weekends like everyone else!

I was grabbing a Dove candy out of my candy dish and found one that looked like the wrapper had not been put on correctly. Instead there were 2 candies with perfect teeth marks in them. Carson can reach just about everything, and he knows what chocolate is. I'm guessing he didn't like the taste of the wrapper! Not what I'm used to! Too funny though.

Carson was dancing around the other day, he was so cute and I was laughing so hard that I started tearing up from just laughing. Carson mistook it for me crying and immediately stopped dancing and came over to comfort me. It was the cutest thing. He's growing up, understanding emotions, not what I'm used to!

Carson will mimic anything you say or do, if he's around a 'big kid' he will follow them around and act just like them. It's pretty cute.
Those are perfect little boy bites!! Haha!

Mail Time!!

I was just wondering how cute is my kid?! Haha, He kept singing the song, we'd rewind Blues Clues over and over and he just kept singing the song...so naturally I had to pull out the video camera. 9 times out of 10 he'll stop being cute when I pull out the camera but this time he kept hamming it up. Gotta love it.

I know I lied in my last post when I said I'd be back soon. I'm hanging my head in shame I assure you. Haha, we've kept ourselves busy. It seems Carson has turned 2 without asking me first. He picked up this horrible attitude problem recently which I have to admit is not so awesome. Everything is 'No' and he wants nothing to do with women, whether it be me or my mom or even grandmas. He only wants Dave and my dad and my grandpa and even someone we had over this weekend that he had never met. Too funny.

Carson had his first trip to the State Fair this year. He couldn't get enough of all the animals, the cows and goats and everything he could touch he wanted to touch. It didn't go so well in the Miracle of Birth Barn though, I wanted a picture of him with a baby pig and he had a meltdown instead. I have to scan the picture to show but it was so funny.

Well, I will be back with more!!

I know, I know

It's been entirely too long since I've updated. It's summer time and we've been busy. I suppose that is the only excuse I really have. Haha!

Pale white, soft baby skin has given way to baby-tan, bruised knees and dirty toes. Every 2 or 3 day bath time has turned into every day, and one word here and there has turned into 2 and 3 word "sentences". Carson is growing up so fast. I mean, in 4 months he will be 2!!! 2 years old. Gah, I can't believe it.

Dave and I went and saw a movie in the theater for the first time in almost 2 years. We saw Pineapple Express. It was "meh" I've never smoked weed in my life so "stoner" humor is kind of lost on me I guess. It's like some of the stuff was really funny...but at the same time really stupid. I guess that's probably the point...but oh well. It was OK anyways.

Work has been good. I finally got the promotion I had been hoping for so that's awesome. It's been busy and that's always nice as well it makes the days go by so fast.

Well, here are a few pictures to catch you guys up and I'll be back soon!

Look-alike Meter Round 2

I wanted to see if this has changed now that Carson is older.  It has changed a bit...before it was 50/50 between me and Dave now it says he looks a bit more like me!  I love it!

Did Everyone Enjoy the 4th?

We had a great 4th! We hope everyone else did too! Thursday night we got asked to go out with Dave's boss and girlfriend. We went downtown to the Steve Miller Band concert at the Target Center. We had a great time and even got our own suite for a while! It was a blast. We took a cab to a bar that my girlfriend was working at and closed the bar down. We don't do that terribly often so it was fun. My sister and my parents watched Carson overnight for us so that was wonderfully nice especially since going out was completely last minute.

We went to Melby's for the 4th...like every year. It is always so much fun. I was curious to see how Carson did in the pool. At first he was a bit scared. He even has issues getting his hair wet in the bath right now, but as soon as he figured out he could go up and down the stairs of the pool he was good and soon enough he was having a blast with Dave and I. He even jumped off the edge to one of us in the pool. I'm glad he did so well. We could not keep him out of the pool once he figured out how much he loved it!

We came home and crashed pretty much immediately. We had been up so late and so busy yesterday so we were all ready for bed right away. Today my sister is coming over to hang with us and tomorrow we're going over to my parent's house for lunch and to hang out in the afternoon and then Monday is my 1st Pampered Chef show ever. Cue the panic. My sister is coming over today and we're cooking the recipe again today just so I can be sure I'm comfortable with it. I'm sure it will be fine.

Well, here are some of my favorite pictures from yesterday. Enjoy!

Bad Blogger

I've been too busy to blog. I know, I know...I'm terrible but what can ya do? It's officially summer, we've been enjoying the weather and getting out and about as much as possible.

I bought roller blades a few weekends ago and the first time I put them on was like torture...today wasn't so bad. Carson and I went about a 1/2 mile after he ate dinner. He loves being pushed in the stroller while someone is pushing him with roller blades and to be honest it helps me keep my balance to have something to hang on to. We went around a few blocks before I felt like I might die and headed home. Haha.

I still am trying to book a Pampered Chef show in July. I have a few people who have given me the "well let me know if you start to get desperate" lol. Hopefully I won't have to rely on them. Regular work has been going good...except busy. I had a few weeks of sort of down time and that is out the window. Now, I'll leave work an all the sudden I'm starving and I'll realize that I haven't gotten up from my desk all day to either eat or pee. Haha, I guess it makes the days fly by.

I don't have any new pictures of Carson at the moment, but I should have a bunch from the 4th. We're going to the Melby's like usual and I'm really excited to see how Carson does with the pool. I guess at Daycare today he went in their pool and didn't love it but we'll see how it goes. For now, I'll leave you with a picture of my FAVORITE flower. It's blooming right now and will look awesome for a few weeks. I swear the months of it just looking like a strange green plant are totally worth how it looks when it's blooming. Reminds me of a tropical flower or something!

Does Anyone Wanna Help?

So...we've had a busy few weeks. Last Saturday my mom came over with some hostas and I spent most of the day planting. I also bought an awesome rose bush that's just beautiful that I planted as well. I'll have to take pictures of our new stuff. The hostas look a bit disheveled but they've been through a lot being chopped up and all. They may not ever look great this year but next year they will rock!

On Sunday we went to Dave's brother's graduation party. The weather was beautiful and the live right on a lake so it was a blast. I also picked up some roller blades this weekend. Dave and I went about 1/2 way around the block before I was done. Lol, it's been a few years since I've been on roller blades and it's so much harder than I remember!

So...in reference to my title, I've become a Pampered Chef consultant! I'm really excited about it! So if anyone wants to help a sista out, I need 4 shows booked in my 1st 30 days which ends on 7/28. There are lots of perks!! So anyone who's not coming to my mom's show on the 7th or just wants to have one because I rock...I'd really appreciate it! I promise I will try not to pimp myself out here too much but I've gotta at least bring it up every once in a while!!

Well, I've got some good new pictures to post as soon as I get them all on the computer. I will talk to you all soon!

Happy Tuesday

I woke up today thinking it was Wednesday or Thursday. I hate that reality check...blech! At least it's nice weather out...finally. I still feel like it's spring since the weather has been so icky and rainy and cold, but in reality it's mid-June! How crazy is that?

Carson's Dr. appointment went really well on Friday. He's super healthy and growing right on track. No shots for him, actually no shots until he is 5 besides flu shots so that is good news for me...well him too! Haha. So we don't have to go back until he's 2! Wow it's crazy. The only way we could keep him occupied during the wait for the doctor was to feed him goldfish and allow him to touch and play with anything he could reach. Haha. After the appointment, we went out to Minnehaha Falls for a picnic with the Navy people that Dave works with. It was a bit too windy but still very nice out. It was the first time in a long time that I've been out there and the river was so high and the Falls were beautiful.


Sunday we went to the cabin to celebrate Father's Day. It was just a beautiful day out. We finally we got to go out on the pontoon, something I've been waiting to do for a few years. I was actually panicked! Haha, Luckily for all of us Steve is an excellent pontoon driver! Carson was a little bit tired so there was some meltdowns but he was actually really good when he could sit on Steve's lap and honk the horn. The daycare lady had picked him up a life jacket and he looked so cute!

Well that is my picture-tastic update. I have even more because I took about a bazillion pictures this weekend. I'll make sure and update again soon so that I can post some of my other ones. They turned out great.

Oh...actually speaking of pictures. I got asked today to take pictures at our company summer outing in July. I accepted and immediately thought I was going to throw up. I'm so nervous but it will be good for me. Talk to you all soon!

If it were 1939, I'd be screwed!

The other day when I was dinking around on the internet instead of working, I stumbled upon this awesome Marital Rating Scale from 1939. There is a link on that posting which has the entire scanned in test and so I printed it off and took it home. I gave Dave the wife's chart and I took the husband's and we rated each other. Dave's score was a 97, so 'Very Superior', mine was a 41 'Poor'. Hahahahahahahaha!

The thing we discovered after exchanging charts and reviewing our own scores is that what made a "good husband" in 1939 are things that would still be valid and appropriate today. For instance Dave got merits for

things like:

• Being a steady worker/good provider
• Remembering birthdays
• Making guests feel welcome

Dave got demerits for things like:

• Snoring (HAHA!)
• Not shaving on Sundays

Now, I on the other hand got merits for things like:

• Being a neat housekeeper
• Letting the husband sleep late on Sundays or HolidaysB
• Being faithful

And demerits for things like:

• Wearing pajamas while cooking
• Wearing pajamas instead of a nightgown
• Walking around in stocking feet in the house
• Talking too long on the phone

So if I lived in 1939, I would be a terrible wife! Haha, it's just funny to see how roles of women in the home have changed so drastically. Dave says, it all started to go downhill on ce they gave us the right to vote. Don't worry I have smacked him for that comment more than once!

So, we thought it was pretty entertaining and good for a laugh!

It's nice that Dave is back from Chicago. It was good to have my sister out here but it's always nice to have him back home. We have recently started to try and utilize our Netflix account a little bit more than we have in the past few months. Before we had Carson we watched movies ALL the time and just haven't been renting them from there as often. But hopefully we'll start getting our uses out of it!

Carson has his 18 month check up on Friday. I can't believe he's just getting so big so fast! I'll make sure and update pictures of him soon!

Loss

At my follow up ultrasound on Friday I was told that they baby's heart was no longer beating.  It had stopped a few days prior.  We're all doing ok, as I understand that these things can happen early on and usually there is a very good reason chromosomal or whatever.

Not sure what the plan is yet...at this point I'm not quite ready for a do-over.  The first few months of pregnancy are full of enough uncertainties, that I can't imagine going through that with the weight of this as well.  I will say that any future pregnancy announcement will come well beyond the danger zone of the first trimester.  So don't be surprised if one day I'm like 20 weeks pregnant and we didn't tell anyone!! Haha, we probably won't wait that long but we will definitely wait longer than we did.

I think the hardest part is telling people.  Especially because they don't know what to say.  Well, I'll let you all know, as much as it sucks and as sad as it is, I'm OK.  I'm handling it very well because I know it's nothing I did or didn't do and at this point it just wasn't meant to be.

We will add to our family when the time is right.  I'm not sure what this will mean as far as when we are supposed to leave.  We have another request in for a 12 month extension but if that does not go through then we may be leaving in December.  We will of course keep everyone updated as soon as we know anything more.

For now, I will leave you with a picture of the BEST mood lifter ever!