blessed...

aah...Thanksgiving...so much to be thankful for...especially a little one with the initials CPH. Pure bliss..every moment I am with him. Enjoyed doing just that for Thanksgiving day with my family. Had a delicious dinner at my aunt and uncle's house...even had seconds of my grandma's noodles and yummy wild rice stuffing which I really need that recipe cause I want more of it.

did some Christmas shopping today with dave and carson and ran into these silly geese. Hope they make you smile.

Just a few happy snapshots from the last few days. (Gotta love that adidas outfit a friend gave Carson...thanks sweet Chrissy. Miss you tons!) xoxo

notes for mommy:
is 4 1/2 months old
starting to imitate us
makes fishy faces by puckering his mouth
there isn't anyone that can make him laugh bigger than daddy. :-)
loves rolling all over his ABC...mat
wearing 6 month clothes
xoxo

whew...

sick mommy and sick baby...not so much fun! Much better today but have been wiped out the last couple of days with a cold. We are sure making baby's immune system stronger. He is as happy as can be...has just had a stuffy nose. Would never know that he was sick since he is such a happy-go-lucky baby.

I love reading and singing (even if I sing off key, he has no clue and makes him smile great big) to Carson and a new favorite author is Todd Parr. A friend of mine gave Carson the book on Peace and now I would love to buy him a couple more. Parr even wrote a book called Underwear do's and don'ts ...will definitely make you smirk and wonder what's inside...and how can this be a children's book.


for mommy to remember
4 months and a few days old
reaching for toys
rolling ALL over the room now...can't leave the room or he will run into something
loves to put his feet in his mouth
loves to pull off his socks...and then put them in his mouth...I'm sure that will stop when he is walking (ewww)

xoxo

tag...

welp, guess it's hard to avoid when you're tagged twice...once by my friend Susan and then by another friend Emily. So here are 7 random facts about me.

1. When I was little I used to chew on my books. My mom used to cover the chew marks with masking tape. Guess it was due to my love of paper.

2. I absolutely hate mustard. Just the smell of it gives me the heebie geebies.

3. Dave and I eloped. yep, just the 2 of us in paradise (Hawaii) with the wedding coordinator, photographer, videographer and minister that reminded us of Don Ho. We came home and had a great reception to celebrate with family and friends.

4. Before I was pregnant I didn't care for carbonated water. Once I was pregnant, I craved it all the time. Now that's all I drink...just carbonated water (and just one cup of decaf pumpkin coffee in the morning).

5. I was a band geek in high school. Was a flag in the color guard. Met Dave while I was a member of Fantasia an indoor guard at Riverside Community College. He was the drum instructor.

6. Referring to the random fact above...We started dating when I was in high school; our 20 year dating anniversary is next year.

7. I was in the miss teen california pageant when I was 16. They had best interview award, best talent award and more...I won the best scrapbook award.

Now I'm suppose to tag 7 more people, but all the people I would tag have been tagged already so I will call it a done deal.

And now for some Carson sweetness.
xoxo

new music...

a few months ago I was in Borders and heard a musician named Korrie Paliotto ...she was playing live in their coffee place. I loved her voice and lyrics to her songs...just magical. Wrote my name and e-mail in her guestbook and have received updates from her regularly. It was a great day when she came out with her first CD. You can purchase her album on itunes. Have a listen...think you will enjoy her!
xoxo

the garden, back to work and grammie...

I'm going to try to make this one a quick one even though I have a lot on my mind...

Photo courtesy of twopeasinabucket -designed by Rhonna Farrer

One of my favorite places for some scrappy inpspiration is two peas in a bucket. They have a group of talented ladies who are referred to as garden girls. The garden girls post amazing projects on the 1st and 15th of the month. Today I went to look at this month's garden; theme is fuzzy photos. Was looking at my friend Rhonna's artwork and stumbled across one that had a photo of Dave and with closer inspection I noticed me too! The photo was taken on a street corner in Austrailia on our last night. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Love ya sweet Rhonna...and miss ya tons!

Unfortunately I have been back to work now for 2 weeks and having a really hard time being away from Carson! People say it gets easier but I'm having a hard time thinking that it will. I have to remember that this is the best for my little family right now. Carson loves the place where I take him (and they love him too)...they even fingerpaint. (photo is of what I came back to in my office...done by a couple sweet co-worker/friends of mine)

Today grammie picked Carson up early from school and brought him to our place and played with him, rearranged our furniture to get it ready for the crawling stage, made us homemade soup and cupcakes, bathed Carson and put him in new pj's, did laundry and more. What could be better? I wasn't expecting any of it...except I knew she wouldhave fun with the baby. How lucky are we? The best part was that Carson was so happy and had a great day with his grammie. Love you mom! Thanks oodles and oodles!

notes for mommy to remember:
rolling over tons (first time on 10-28)
loves his "lilly pad" and "horsie" toy. (lilly pad can be seen in photos above-grammie decided it was a hat...silly grammie!)
loves when we sing to him (ABC's, Old Mcdonald, Beautiful Boy, You are my Sunshine and the Good Morning song to name a few)
he gets so excited he sounds like a panting doggie
miss Marita says he has a BIG laugh and is such a good baby (which I knew but nice to hear someone else say it)
has slept through the night 2 nights in a row (10-30 and 10-31) (9pm-6am) yahoo!
xoxo