Our Little Christmas

We decided that the easiest way to do Christmas this year was to have Christmas a little early in Minnesota with just our little family so we didn't have to ship all our gifts to Utah.  We talked to Carson about it and he decided he would write Santa a letter and give it to our elf Glider to deliver to the North Pole.  The only morning Chill would be around was December 16 so that is when we decided to have it.  Carson wrote a nice letter to Santa, and Santa responded that he would visit our house the night of December 15th.  That meant I had to put it in high gear to get everything ready for our early Christmas.  We of course pulled it off and everything went great.  We had a fun Christmas Eve at home.  The kids had a snowball fight with dad (using cotton balls) which they loved and then we had dinner, opened pjs, read out of the Bible and read some Christmas stories, watched a little video from Santa to the kids, and went for a drive to look at Christmas lights.  The kids were very excited and the best part was they both just wanted a surprise for Christmas which made it VERY easy.  To bed the kids went and Chill and I stayed up until 2 getting everything ready. As most parents know, the kids are up and ready to go early...I was feeding Max at 5:30 when I heard Carson yelling from downstairs that it was Christmas.  Chill and I decided we couldn't tell him to go back to bed so awake we all were!  It was really fun though because Carson was so dang excited.  He loved every minute of it and both the kids were happy and satisfied with everything they got!  Max....well he was just happy to be alive!  He was super easy this Christmas!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preschool Christmas Program

We got to attend Carson's little preschool Christmas program.  He was so excited about it.  They started practicing for it back in November I think so he was singing the songs for weeks at home.  The day of the program he told me that we all needed to dress up in our best clothes for the program.  He picked out what he wanted to wear and then he had Chill shine his shoes for him so he would be all ready.  I loved how excited he was about it.  The program was great and Carson was really singing!  He takes these types of things very seriously.  The best part about the program is they actually got to sing real Christmas songs that talked about Christ.  It was great and we had a fun night with Carson. 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Month Old

By the time the 3rd child rolls around time flies like you wouldn't believe.  The first month of Max's life went by so fast...so fast I about missed his one month pictures! The kids are just loving this little man.  He gave us a real smile right around his 1 month mark which is always so exciting.  He definitely brings a lot of joy to our house...and a lot of exhaustion but he is cute so we'll take it!  He got his first cold when he was 3 weeks old.  It is so hard when your little tiny baby is sick so I ended up taking him into the doctor to make sure he was okay.  The good news is he just had a little cold and they were not concerned with anything.  He had gained some weight as well which was always makes a mom happy to hear. 

10 lbs 6 oz. 

We love our big boy!

Christmas Tree and a Turkey

The few days after Thanksgiving we went out at got a tree.  Our entire married life we have cut down a tree for our house, but this year was a little different.  We didn't know where you could go to cut down a tree so instead we drove the mile down the street and bought a tree in the Walmart parking lot from the Lions Club.  They had great trees so we were happy with our purchase.  We brought it home and set it right up.   The best part was there was a cute little nest in the tree.  Carson thought that was pretty cool.  Carson took it upon himself to start decorating the tree because he was so excited!. 

We also decided that we wanted more thanksgiving food so we went out and bought a turkey and cooked it the following day and did a mini thankgiving dinner with just our family.  We are used to having leftovers from our families, but this year we had none so we took matters into our own hands.  That was the first turkey we cooked and it turned out pretty good!  I was pretty proud of us!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving 2012

Obviously Thanksgiving was a little different for us this year.  We are used to just being with our families and enjoying time with everyone, but this was our first year away from home.  We got a lot of very nice offers from families we have met to join them.  We felt very loved and cared for that is for sure.  We spent Thanksgiving at our friends the Ormsby's.  Chill and Wayne (Ormsby) work together and are in the same program.  Chill also went to high school with Wayne's wife Haley and graduated the same year although they did not know each other.  Small World.  We had been over to their house once before for dinner.  Chill spent the morning hanging the rest of the Christmas light  while I made some food.  We had such a great time.  There were a few other families there as well that we got to get to know which was a lot of fun.  Although things were different this year, they were good.  The food and the company were great and it was nice for me to get out of the house and feel somewhat normal after having a baby!  Sad news is I only have a couple of pictures.  I held Max the entire time while he slept so taking pictures was not in the cards!

 

 

 

Randoms

Well thankfully my mom was in town for an entire week after the rest of my family left.  Man was I glad to have her there.  It was so nice for Carson and Bailey to have her attention while I sat and nursed Max on the couch all day long.  Nothing better than having mom there to help.  She was so cute with the kids.  She even made Christmas cookies with them because she knew we probably won't have time to when we are in town and she loves to make cookies with the kids during Christmas time.  I of course ate most of the cookies myself, but we don't need to talk about that.  The day mom left was okay.  We both cried for a minute, but I knew everything was going to be okay.  The kids were of course sad and Carson called for her in the house a few times and then said...oh yeah grandma went home.  Life was back to normal very quickly.  Life is good now, just very very busy.  Trying to meet the demands of every child is a bit of a challenge, but we are doing it.  Carson and Bailey are trying so hard to be patient and they are doing a good job for the most part.  They do love having this little guy in our home and they can't wait until he can interact with them. 

 

Carson came up with the idea that he needed sponges on his feet so he could mop the floor.  This kept him busy for quite some time!

 



 

Beautiful flowers from the Hemotology/Oncology Program

 

Prepping the work surface!

 

Bailey is always putting little toys all around Max when he sleeps.

 

Our little Ninja Turtle.  Someone is a little obsessed right now.

First Appointment

We had to take Max in for his 4 day check up.  I guess they do that here.  It was so nice having my mom in town because I could just cruise by myself to the doctor and Chill met me there.  Of course Max peed all over me first thing when we got back into the room, but he is just so darn cute I didn't even care.  He of course cried when the doctor checked him out I'm sure because he was cold, but he looked great and there were no concerns. 

Stats:

Weight:  8lbs 2 oz (53%)

Length: 20.3 inches (63%)

Head:  36.3 cm (53%)