last few days...

flew by...week before last Dave gave me an early mom's day gift by sending my mom and me to see one of my favorite musical groups, Pink Martini! Love them and loved the show. Think my mom did too! Look forward to seeing them again. Always makes me happy.

My first Mother's Day was really great. A nice relaxing day around home with a walk to a local antique street fair and to the beach after that. Spent the day with my boys...couldn't have asked for more. Dave and Carson spoiled me. Was a fun day! Well...any day with my boys is a fun day! Also, wanted to tell my mom again how much I appreciate what she does for all family and loves unconditionally. We love you mom!

The same day we went to see Pink Martini, we had Parent-Teacher conference at Carson's little school and his 9 month appt. Was fun to see what they put together at school. Loved hearing that "Carson has a sunny disposition". Doctor was totally surprised to see 9 teeth in Carson's little mouth. With a 10th one almost pushing it's way through. Whew...poor little guy is a trooper to have those 1 year molars come through so early.

Love "new music Tuesdays"! Last week was a great one cause his new CD debuted. Can never have enough of him!

At the beginning of May we took Carson for his first trip to the zoo. Was a great day and love the photos even though they may not be the best quality...they still melt my heart!

Not a minute goes by where I'm not thinking of my dear mom-in-law, who has had some tough times the last couple of weeks. Love you June...and my sweet sis-in-law, Mindi too! Thinking of you both!

and just a few new photos of my sweet baby boy that make me smile!
xoxo

artistic affaire...

was great fun! Feel so lucky to have been part of such a special day on Saturday at my sweet friend Kim's house for artistic affaire. It was so fun to be with Emily and Candice again and to meet Lori too. Every participant was oh so nice and Kim thought of every detail. I only wish the day wouldn't have gone by so fast. Will have to download photos from my camera soon...I'll be sure to add them here if there are any decent ones.

On another note, I'm wishing my sweet MIL a speedy recovery. Sending her lots and lots of happy thoughts and hoping to see her soon to give her lots of TLC.

Now off to get some sleep since Carson hasn't allowed mommy and daddy too much of it in the last couple of days since he is teething...must be the one year mollars since the front 8 are in. whew.

xoxo

re-do...

sometimes I wish I could have a "re-do" of certain days...take yesterday and today for example...yesterday one of our 2 kitties passed away. She was 19. Wow...19...a long time in cat years. She was such a sweet cat. Then there was today...get a call from Carson's school saying he busted his lip open playing with the rocking chair. Poor baby...luckily no stitches are needed and looks much better than it did earlier today. (I'll spare you the photos of the "ouchie" lip and leave you with sweet ones instead. :-) )

Kay...now for some happy...weather here has been so nice...been able to take a few walks to the beach lately . April 19 was our 8 year wedding anniversary. Was really surprised to receive a new camera. Love it and love my hubby! Can't wait to experiment with it more...maybe after I'm done working on kits for a super fun National Scrapbook Day with a couple old friends and lots of new ones too!

xoxo

home....

sweet home. Was in Toronto last week and am now loving being home. Now getting ready for this fun day! Lots to cut and kit...fun times!

Baby boy has 8 teeth now (which you can see the new tooth on the bottom right). Will be taking his first steps soon. Trying to just relish every single moment! xoxo

long time...

no post. We've been here...just been busy...with a road trip to vegas last weekend and a birthday celebration for some family yesterday...and of course everything in between haven't had much time to get on the ole' blog. Thought Carson's first trip up the stairs today deserved a blog post. He will be walking before we know it. Both Dave and I were early walkers so I think Carson will follow in those same footsteps. Hope to post again soon. xoxo

kinda...

it's our "kinda anniversary" today. Dave and I had our first date 20 years ago today. I remember it like yesterday...there was a beach, a BBQ, some hamburgers, sand and lots of laughter...that would be some sand in the hamburgers....so funny when you think about it...and then there was the wave that got him totally wet and he will tell you that I saw it coming but didn't tell him. He bought me a card and flowers. On the "anniversary" card he wrote in "kinda". Makes me smile...as does he! Love you to the moon and back! happy kinda anniversary my love! xoxo

peter cottontail...

visitied the henkel house and baby bunny had a great day with mommy and daddy! xoxo

almost spring...

love this time of year...but don't love all the allergies, colds and other stuff that goes with it. We are lucky to be on the road to recovery. Had a nice weekend and was even able to go and help with a beach clean up with some friends.

Thought I would add something creative to this post. Miss spending time making stuff and wish there was more time to do it all. For now, I'm doing what I love most and savoring every moment with my sweet baby boy...that will be 1 year old before I know it.

memories for mommy:
today you waved "hi"at tania and sarah...made me smile so much!
you made mommy and daddy tear up tonight by giving mommy the sweetest little kisses on her knee of all things...kisses with your mouth open.
you are traveling around so well now...from the couch to the love seat and back again. Would rather be standing instead of crawling now.
7 teeth
have a new bruise on your head...poor thing.
loving playing with 1 cheerio...won't give you more than that and of course we sit right next to you to see what you do with it...and you play with it and it ends up sticking to you and very rarely put it in your mouth.
xoxo

ready...

for a fresh new week...with no flat tires, no car problems, no more trips to emergency, no more sickies, no more fire hydrants exploding next to our house. I think bad news comes in threes and we are beyond that the last couple of weeks....so here's to praying for all things that bring happiness! xoxo

blur..

that's what Carson is now...just a blur. All over the place...was loading the dishwasher this morning and he decided he wanted to help. Grammie and I took him to a fun little play gym today and he had a blast. Didn't get that many photos of him and what I did get is blurry. Just wanted to enjoy his first time there and not worry about having a camera in my hand...left that up to grammie. Next time daddy is coming....wasn't able to today since he was working. Have been super busy the last couple of weeks hence my absence from the blog...and have had to nurse sick boys in the henkel household...and even a run to emergency last weekend for baby boy which ended up being a respiratory infection with 2 earaches....and high fever. Poor baby is better now.

Hard to believe Carson is 7 1/2 months now and before we know it he will be 1 year old. Wow!

He's 19 lbs. now with 7 teeth. The top 4 are still pushing through but you can definitely see them in all their glory in the photo above.
baby talk...dada, mama and up
liking sweet potatoes, green beans, squash, sweet peas and really loves rice cereal
loves music...enjoying his new maraca from grammie
favorite new toys-laughing clown doll, jingle bell and holey balls all from gymboree
xoxo

loads of smiles...

clothes from japan...make me laugh and smile great big! My brother and sis-in-law sent this for Christmas. There is a frog on the bottom with an accordian that's why it's says accordian on the hat. Poor Carson is just going to love this picture when he is grown. love you buddy!

Another picture that makes that me smile great big is one of baby and daddy when we were shopping for a new "family friendly" sofa...which we will be smiling about when it arrives on Sat. yipee!

Carson will be doing some serious smiling when the 4 top teeth make thier way through. We can see them now just waiting for the big debut!

You know me and my love of music...a new one to be sure to check out is "Sleep through the static" by Jack Johnson. Be sure to check it out!

xoxo

wow...

I was invited to be a part of an super fun creative day called artistic affaire at the fabulous home of Kim Caldwell! I'm happy to say that it is sold out...although Kim is taking names for the wait list just in case. Always have a great time teaching with my dear friend Emily...and really excited to be with Candice and to meet Lori Marie too! May 3rd just happens to be National Scrapbook Day too...who would've thought.

In other news, Carson is just a few days shy of 7 months and is really keeping us on our toes...rolling, crawling, pulling himself up, sitting and teething...3 on the bottom and soon-to-be 4 on the top.

Went to CHA today and am excited for some of the yummy scrapbook stuff to start showing up in stores. Will have to share a few favs in the next few days. Thanks sweet Candice for allowing me to be your guest! Just waiting for my tuckered out baby to come home with daddy after a fun filled day at grammie and grandpa's house. (thanks mom)
xoxo

sending special...

birthday wishes to my sweet, talented, beautiful new sister-in-law! Wishing you a fabulous birthday! xoxo

congrats...

to my sweet friend candice on her soft opening of her new web boutique called "Peacoats and Party Hats". The name alone makes me want to celebrate! I know good things are going to happen there! Be sure to check it out! xoxo

look...

below at the photo of carson and then the photo of me above when I was a wee one. any resemblance? xoxo

photoshoot...

with grammie on tues. for valentines. Carson had a great time and so did grammie. Love the shots and will be hard to choose which one...sigh. Kirsten from Fresh Focus Children's Photography is really amazing and hope to meet her in person someday for another photoshoot...maybe for Carson's 1 year birthday. Thanks Kirsten for fabulous photos that take my breath away! And thanks grammie for taking Carson for a day of fun! xoxo

a few favorites...

my MOST favorite newly married couple...Mr. & Mrs...so excited to have Chihiro as my sis-in-law. love you both!

oliver jeffers...favorite illustrator and children's book author

raffi...favorite children's music...favorite song (for today...may change tomorrow) "blessed be"

xoxo

downward dog...

carson has been practicing his yoga skills lately! xoxo

what...

a week! Poor Dave was sick on his birthday but is much better now! In fact, so much better so we went to the Wild Animal Park yesterday. Had a great time! Was nice to be outside. We were able to see 3 baby elephants which were adorable...playing and grabbing onto each other's tails.

Was able to finish a scrapbook page that has been on my desk for awhile now. Felt good to do something creative and looking forward to doing more handy-crafty things in the near future.

baby update for mommy at 6 mos.
teething and waiting for the top teeth to poke through soon
loves to chew on daddy and mommy's fingers
can pull himself up while holding onto objects
almost crawling and can get to where ever he wants to be
can sit up by himself
gets so excited by making his panting noise and moving his legs
pushes his bumper pad down on his crib so he can look out through the rails of his crib...quite the sight when you walk in his room in the morning....makes me smile
loves eating rice cereal
xoxo

happy...

birthday to carson's daddy (on Monday the 14th! And happy 1/2 birthday to Carson too!)

There are so many reason's why I love and appreciate my hubby and can't even begin to list them all here. Think I will have to tell him in person!

Been under the weather and wishing for more stay-at-home days! Will hopefully be able to share more photos and stuff soon as I'm better!

xoxo