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Carson's Walker

This has got to be the funnest thing that we have purchased for Carson. It is so fun to see him walk around with this thing. He is so cute and little and I love how it will help him with learning how to walk and keep his balance. We got it for him for Easter and I am happy to see it gets used for more than just the toys now. He really enjoys it. Thanks Kirstin for recommending this toy.

Congratulations Dave

We are so excited that this day finally came. Today Dave graduated from David Eccles School of Business with his Bachelor's Degree in Marketing. He also got his Minor in Spanish. We couldn't be more happy or more excited for him. I think that we are happy that we'll have a dad and a husband home a little more. He is planning on working for a while and he's considering about going back to get his Master's Degree, which would be good for him to do if that is what he wants to do. Carson and I will support him in any decision he makes!

I threw Dave a graduation BBQ even though there was no BBQing involved. Carson and I have been sick the last two weeks, so we made it easier on ourselves. We did croissant sandwiches and had everyone help bring the side dishes. It was in the park down the street from my parent's house. It was a lot of fun. Dave had no clue! Thank you all for keeping it a secret. He was so surprised when we arrived to the park. The Mangum's van is what gave it away when we were coming closer to the park. He goes, "Hey, that looks like the Mangum's van"! And is was. Then he said, "Wait a minute, what did you do"? It was really funny.

I just want to thank everyone for coming to support Dave. It was so nice to have the turn out that we did considering I was a procrastinator and didn't give everyone a lot of notice. I want to thank all of Dave's family and my family for your help in setting things up and providing food. The get together wouldn't have been as big as a success if it weren't for all of you. Everyone offered to bring something, but luckily I didn't need everyone's help. I want to thank Dave's friends for being so awesome! It means a lot to us for you to come and support our family events. We love all of you!

Crawling

Today Carson knee crawled for the first time. He has been army crawling for a while, but has now learned how to get up on his knees and crawl. It's funny because he gets frustrated with it really easily since he can army crawl a lot faster. I will chase him around and tell him "I'm going to get you" and he'll get down off of his knees and army crawl a lot faster. He's so funny because while I am chasing him, he'll stop and turn over onto his side to see where I'm at with a big smile on his face. He is so cute! It makes me laugh every time because they don't quite get the concept that if they do that, someone will catch them for sure. I am so proud that he is crawling on him knees now. It's funny how babies will do things in all different patterns.

Mud Pie

I had to include this beautiful mud creation for everyone to see on my blog. The neighbor kids in Foxflower Court (my sister's nice culdesac) are very friendly...and very cute. Today they left this shoe box full of mud and beautifully arranged weeds on the front porch while Gina, Carson and I ran some errands. I thought it would be funny to make them that treat that you use chocolate pudding and blend up some oreo cookies without the cream and make it look like mud and dirt and put it in a flower pot. Then put some gummy worms and bugs in it and top it off with some fake flowers.

The top of the box says: For our neighbors across the street, Just to be nice, Sorry we haven't introduced ourselves, Sincerely your neighbors across the street, the kids at (something)

The papers say: Hello, Sorry if you're allergic, We are glad someone moved in

Picking Up

Today Carson learned how to pick things up off of the floor if he drops them. I may be a nerd for keeping track of these things, but it's going to be fun for him to know when he did what.

All The Way Around

Today Carson learned how to go all the way around the coffee table. I thought that I would start adding some of these shorter blogs so I can look back and see what he did on which dates! Way to go, buddy!

Considering...

Considering that Dave and I don't have the Internet, it has been an extreme challenge to blog. I am seriously having blogging with drawls! I just thought that I would do a quick update on the family with this post.

Dave is almost done with school! Woo hoo Dave! We are so excited for him. He graduates in a couple of weeks. May 2. He decided that he isn't going to walk, which makes me a little sad because he has worked so long and hard for this moment, but it will be nice not have to sit and listen to all the other names, I guess. He is still at Usana. He is kind of browsing right now for a marketing job so he can start getting some more experience in the field, but he has not turned in any applications. He really enjoys Usana, so I know that it will be hard for him to switch after he has worked there so long.

I am still working at the Utah Surgical Center and Jordan Valley. I have not gotten up the guts to quit the Surgery Center yet, but I hope I do it soon. It's been hard because I have some really good days there and some really bad days. At the hospital though, every day is a good day...or slightly bad, but never too bad. I got called off today (HOORRAYY) I mean, yeah I got called off and now I get to catch up on my wonderful blogging while Carson is asleep.

Carson is doing really well. He got a hold of my sister's plant yesterday and chewed up a leaf pretty good and ended up getting little spots all over his face. He is doing fine though. He hasn't gotten sick (knock on wood) since his croup and I hope and pray it stays that way. He is cruising! He lifts himself up onto furniture and walks around. His army crawling is getting faster and he's starting to pick up his knees, so he's getting there. He just got his 7th tooth, but who's counting, right? He's still saying "Uh-oh" to everything he drops. I'll be holding him and we'll walk down the hallway and if he sees one of his toys on the floor as we pass, he looks at it and says "Uh-oh". He is so interested in other people. I guess it runs in the family. Dave and I are huge people watchers. It's fun. He will watch someone some and pass and lean his whole body and head over to the side to keep on looking. Definitely not incognito. All babies do it, so I'm not worried.

We are still waiting for that apartment to open. We need to call a couple of people. Ann Whitney told us that a girl is getting married and should be moving out soon, so we're excited. I can't wait to have my own place again...even though it's been nice having some help around. Well, that's pretty much it. Nothing really new, but just thought I'd make an update for all of you who actually will read this novel. We are so lucky to have you guys as friends and family.

Dave's 30th Birthday

Dave just turned 30 years old today! It was a nice, relaxing day. We started off the day by making him breakfast. He really likes the cinnamon burst bread from Great Harvest, so we made french toast out of that. It was yummy! Then we watched conference. Before we went to my parent's house, we opened his gift from Carson. It was a Nunchuk. We sang happy birthday to him and we got to eat his favorite cake. German chocolate. Dave thought the nunchuk was for my parents Wii, but I (unfortunatley) bought him a Wii for his birthday/graduation because it was so expensive! No, it's really fun and we've really enjoyed it and it will be a lot of fun for Carson when he gets older...a lot older. By then they'll have something new and more exciting out probably. Then we went to family night and got to sing him and Randy happy birthday. I felt bad because his Wii doesn't come until this coming Friday, on the 11. I ordered it a couple of days before his birthday because I really debated on getting it for him or not. Dave is an awesome husband! He works so hard and we love him so much. We hope he had a great birthday!

Uh-oh, Pull up, and Army Crawl

It's definitely AMAZING how fast babies learn how to do things. These past 2 weeks have been so awesome for Carson. He has officially learned how to say "uh-oh" when things are dropped of the high chair, or when he gets into a situation that he can't get himself out of. He has learned how to pull himself all the way up, instead of pulling himself onto his knees and needing help the rest of the way. Then, yesterday was the first time he army crawled. It is so cute how hard he pushes off on those back legs of his and only scoots 2 inches!! He is getting there. We are already proud of him for all of his accomplishments this past week.
I would have to say the day before we went to Goblin Valley was the first he said uh-oh, but now he has conquered the task very well. Yesterday was the first time he army crawled and pulled himself up all of the way, so it's coming along very well for him. We are so proud of our baby boy!

Good Job Carson

Today Carson army crawled and pulled himself up all of the way without mommy or daddy's help! Way to go Carson!

Mimicking

I forgot to add, that on my birthday, we started waving to Carson and he waved back. He doesn't do it all of the time, but I know that he is starting to mimic a lot of things that we do.

Lately we've been trying to teach him "Uh oh". When he drops a toy off of his highchair, he looks for it on the floor and then looks at me, and then back at the toy, waiting for me to say, "Uh oh". Then after a few rounds of fun, he'll look at it and when I don't answer right a way he says, "uh uh". So, he's getting there. It's so fun. It's incredible how fast they learn. One day they don't crawl, the next they do! He still isn't crawling yet, but he's pulling himself up on things onto his knees. He needs to figure the rest of it out and he will soon.

I'm 23

Today is my birthday…and Gina’s. We had an awesome day. Not only did my work give me the day off, Gina’s work gave her the day off as well. We asked for money from my parents to go clothes shopping. I haven't done that since before I was pregnant. Although the lingering baby weight was depressing, it was a lot of fun and we found really good deals and we each brought home quite a bit of clothes. We are quite the bargain shoppers. Then we got home and we each went our separate ways.

I mentioned to Dave a few months ago that I love seafood and I wish that he would take me to Red Lobster, and I got my wish. Most expensive meal ever! We won't be going there again any time soon, even though the food was soooo sooo good....for me. Dave was an awesome sport to take me there. He likes seafood, but not as much as I do.

Gina got a cricut for her birthday. In ways I am very jealous because it is so cool! I would love one. In other ways, I just want the Memory Mixer because I hate making messes and I am so impatient with things that I end up throwing barely started projects across the room. Just ask Dave. She also got some money from my parents.

I got a jogging stroller. Way cool! It has an ipod hookup with speakers on it. Now I hope I use it! I just need to get motivated, but I think hating the fact that I am getting HUGE is a good motivation for me. I also got some Disney movies. I love them! I can't help it! I also got some money for shopping and Peggy and Randy got me the box set of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES!!! I LOVE THOSE MOVIES!! I want to start watching the 13 hour series, but first I got to find the time.

I have to say I had an awesome time turning 23!

Carson's First Easter

Easter was very fun and exciting for Dave and me because it was Carson’s first Easter. We got him a basket with some food and a binki clip so he could keep his binki with him and not drop it all of the time. As some of you know, Carson has not taken a binki yet. If you hold his hands down away from his face, he’ll suck on it, but when you let go he brings his hands back up and takes that binki out of his mouth and turns it all around and chomps on it. He is so funny. I think he got that from me. I hate sucking on things like hard candy. I always bite into it. I like chewing on things and keeping me mouth and hands busy.

Well, back to Carson’s Easter. We say the Tickle Me Elmo Extreme and it was on clearance. We wanted to get it for him for Christmas, but they are 50 percent off now, so I am glad we waited. I think this toy is actually for Carson’s Dad, even though I get a kick out of it too. Carson just sits and stares at it.

My sister and brother in law got him this adorable Easter outfit for church. They knew I was sad because I meant to get him a suit at Sam’s Club, but they sold out. So she bought him this adorable sweater instead. Carson looks so good in light colors. It totally brings out his coloring in his face. Blondes look good in pastels. My parents got him some cute polos. One is orange and the other is green. They also to him a shirt that says "Hanging With My Peeps" and it has baby chickens on it. Cute cute! They also got him Lightning McQueen pajamas, which Carson is in desperate need of.

We also got Carson a walker. He is to that point where he refuses to crawl, but is still trying, yet he pulls himself up on things and stands there for long periods of time. He loves to walk! He gets a kick out of it, so we bought him the walker. I can’t wait until he figures it out.

It was a very fun Easter, even though Carson and I were a little bit under the weather, but it was nice. We ate with Nana, Papa, Aunt Noel and Uncle Andrew. It was a fun time for us as parents.

Goblin Valley

Two years ago, Dave and I went with his family to Goblin Valley the Saturday before Easter. So this year Dave’s family thought it would be fun to go again. I feel so bad. With Carson having croup and me not feeling 100% up to par, we had a hard time deciding if we were going to go. We woke up that morning knowing that we would regret not going and spending time with his family. We always feel that we don’t get to see them enough as it is. We went and Dave missed the turn off, so we got to Green River, knowing that we had passed it. It was a good thing that we got to Green River at the right time because Carson was getting really tired of being in the car. We spent the right amount of time there as well because Carson wasn’t feeling well, and neither was I. We were there about 45 minutes and I forgot it takes about 3 hours to get there, so it was a lot of time in the car. Yet, every minute was worth it. I know we would’ve had nothing else to do that day and it was fun being able to do something different. It was fun seeing all of the kids get really excited about rocks. Oh, to be a kid again. It really is the perfect place for kids to run and climb around. Next year, if Dave’s family decides to go, it will be really fun because Carson will be able to walk around on his own for a bit.