Our Family is Forever!

Poor little Jaxon and his icky tounge.

2010-05-14T11:33:00.000-07:00

The other day I noticed a little white dot on Jaxon's tounge, I obviously wanted to get it off, but I wasn't putting my finger in his mouth (clean or dirty). So I figured it would go away, well the next day there was more little white dots and today his little tounge looks like cottage cheese. The doctor said he has "Thrush" which is an infection in the mouth from a milk diet, so she called him in some meds and told us to brush his tounge with a baby tooth brush and it will go right away. It is starting to be sore for him to suck on his bottle, so we fed him cereal for lunch and he ate it just fine and is sleeping in his swing nicely. I am going to go get him some pedialite to make sure he stays nice and hydrated. Poor little guy.

Mommy and him are both feeling icky today. I woke up dizzy and lightheaded and been throwing up. I hope it passes today so I can have a fun weekend and not spend it in bed! The weather is too nice outside to be stuck in the house sick! I am determined to feel better FAST! AND.. whatever it is, I hope I don't pass along to the boys. I just hate when they are sick.

Jaxon learning new things!

2010-05-12T20:46:00.000-07:00

My little buddy is getting so big! He is starting to like his little toys, he is smiling and even starting to laugh. When he gets really excited, he kicks his legs and throws his arms all over and makes all kinds of silly noises!
In the last few days, he has been copying what we say. I will say Awww, and he will make a noise with the same tone/flucuation in his voice. I love when he does that, it's so stinking cute!
When he sees us eatting he gets excited and his mouth starts watering and he sticks his tounge out. He is so much fun! He is about to eat his rice cereal for the first time tonight before we go to bed, maybe he'll have a full belly and sleep through the night better! Although, he does good. I put him to bed when we go to bed and he wakes up at 3 or 4 for his binky and then he sleeps until about 5-6ish depending on the day. I'm happy with that, but I think if I give him some cereal we can bypass the 3am wake up! We'll find out tonight!

Happy Mothers Day!

2010-05-09T21:33:00.000-07:00

I am sad to say that this lovely Mothers Day is coming to an end. I had the best day ever! Seth woke up early with the kiddos and let me stay in bed (which he does everyday anyways) BUT... not to long later, the boys all brough me breakfast and flowers in bed. I started eatting and what do I know, Seth brings me in a jewelry box, it was a beautiful key to your heart diamond necklace. I LOVE IT! I actually saw it in a add and didn't say anything about it and come to find out, thats what he got me. It's funny we have such the same tastes.

Later in the afternoon, Carsen brought me a book he made me. It's very special! And some fresh cut flowers from his Nana's yard. Then.. A little while later, all 3 of the boys brought me another jewelry box. This time I opened it to find a cute little Mommy bracelet. It is a bracelet that has these little charms hanging on it and each charm is a symbol of each son. For Brayden, it's a little angel, Carsen is a bike, Memphis is a bowling pin and ball and Jaxon is a little baby craddle. It's so cute and fits them all perfectly!

Then, after our FaNtAsTiC dinner Spagettios and meatballs (my choice!) they got me the BeSt oreo cookie ice cream cake. It was so yummy.

I had a very relaxing day. I enjoyed spending the day with the love of my life and my beautiful perfect babies. They are so special to me and nothing makes me happier than to have them around. I love all the little words that come out of their mouths. I love to hug them, hold them, kiss them, love them and raise them to be the best little guys ever. If it wasn't for my boys, I don't know where I would be today. They have made me who I am and I am very thankful to have such cute, happy and healthy kids. I consider myself very, very blessed.

Happy Mothers Day to all other Mommmies!

The best thing anyone has called me is "Mommy" and I can't wait until my little Jaxon says "MaMa" for the first time!

Thank you Seth, Carsen, Memphis and Jaxon for a great Mothers Day and most of all, for being who you each are. You are each so very special to me in many ways. I love you each for who you are and for loving me back! You guys are the greatest!

**KISSES & HUGS**

Our Family Picture Day!

2010-05-02T19:34:00.000-07:00

First, I must say that last night as we left my parents house it was the worst storm I have seen in a very long time. It was not just raining, it was sleeting:) It was so nasty, I thought for sure our pictures today were going to have to get postponed.

I woke up this morning and first thing I did was look out my bedroom window and what did I see... PUDDLES of water! Dang it! I was so bummed. I text the photographer (who lives in Toole) and asked her what she thought we should do. She said lets give it a few hours for the sun to come up and see if it drys up the puddles and gets warmer out. So we did just that. We got ready and at about 11am, Amanda text me and said the sun was out and the puddles in Layton were gone (since we were doing them at Layton Park). So we planned on meeting at 12:30 at my moms to first, take Jaxons pictures alone inside!

We started taking pictures of Jaxon right at about 12:30 and she took some dang cute pictures. She had all kinds of different cute baskets, buckets, backgrounds and things for the ground. He looked so cute, I can't wait to see them!

When we were done with Jaxons pictures, we all went to the Layton Park to get family pictures. We got there at about 1:30 and she just started placing us in trees and on bridges and in the grass. It was so much fun. The boys loved climbing the trees and of course giving her the silliest smiles they could! She took lots of our whole family, lots of the boys together and lots of Seth and I alone, and some of me with the boys and then some with Seth and the boys. At the end she took pictures of Carsen and Memphis tackling Seth for the football, and then them tackling eachother! It was seriously so dang cute! I can't wait to see them all finished.

Her husband was with her and he was helping her hold up some big round disk things I guess to add more light and make us "glow" or something and sometimes it would make bright lights go in Memphis' eyes and he was so cute when it would get in his eyes. He was so goofy! She brought big golf balls and other props for their individual pictures, it was so cute. Memphis just loved the big golf balls and thought it would be fun to throw one... OOPS! It broke! So, if anyone knows where you purchase those kinds of photography props such as giant golf balls.. Please let me know so I can buy her another one! She wouldn't tell me where b/c she didn't want me to replace it, but I need to. It was a true accident, he didn't know it would break... but still.

She took literally hundreds of pictures! I got to see some of them on her camera screen, and they were awesome! She is going to be putting our photos in her portfolio on her website when she gets done editing them! She really did a great job! Her and her husband both!

So if anyone needs pictures taken, she did an awesome job! She was truely amazing and the best part is that we all had fun doing them! Her husband was great playing with the boys while Seth and I got ours taken alone.. the kids absoluetly loved them both!

I'll be posting our photos as soon as I get them back!

Family photos on Sunday

2010-04-30T19:35:00.000-07:00

I am so super excited for Sunday. We have a photographer to take our family photos. We are also going to have her do the boys individually and together and Jaxons 2 month photos. Seth wants to get one of me and him together and a bunch of all of us together. We are meeting her at my moms to get Jaxons pictures taken inside with her props and curtains and stuff, then we are heading to the Layton Park to get a bunch of fun ones:)

I got my hair done this weekend and i'm getting my nails done in the morning. We went shopping last night for outfits. We got us all cute outfits that coordinate with eachother Navy blue and white/gray and jeans. Then we got the boys a few extra outfits to change into for individual pictures and a couple different shirts for Seth and I. Seth and Memphis got new shoes, and we still have to find new shoes for me and Carsen. We found cute new jeans for the boys and going to Buckle tomorrow to get Seth and I a new pair.

I have so many ideas of what I want taken, but I'm sure she will have even more. She said we will just take a few hours and take a million pictures and then she will edit them and post them online and we can pick which ones we want and what sizes. We have never used an actual photographer, we always went to Kiddie Kandids, but since they went bankrupt we haven't gotten any taken and we have just taken Jaxons (but we've gotten some VERY cute ones ourselves).

Oh... I just can't wait. I am so stoked to see how they turn out. I am going to order a huge family picture and get it framed nicely for above my couch in the living room! She is going to take one of just me and the boys to give Seth for Fathers Day. I thought we would buy a Matte for the frame and I will let them put their handprints on the Matte and write him a message. I am so excited. Oh I can't wait!

I will post pictures as soon as we get them! It should just take her a couple days to edit them and get them online!

House full of Strep!

2010-04-30T19:32:00.000-07:00

Monday morning Carsen said he had a sore throat. I gave him some tylenol and sent him to school. After school his little face was beat red and he was so hot. He went to the doctor and he has strep. Then on Wednesday Memphis woke up with a fever, went back to the doctor and sure enough, he has strep to. Thursday I started to get a sore throat. UH OH! Were all going to have it soon:) I bought the boys all kinds of popscicles and sprite and soups to make them feel better. I even bought them both their own bottle of chewable tylenol (they felt so special). I hope we are all better by Sunday for our day out with the photographer:)

Jaxon SMILED!

2010-04-19T14:12:00.000-07:00

What a fantastic day! I woke up this morning and as I was getting ready for the day, Seth was laying on the bed with baby on his chest. Daddy was sound asleep, but Jax was wide awake looking around. I went up to him and kept talking and being silly and everytime he would smile so big, he even laughed one little laugh. He did the same thing to Seth yesterday! His smiles are no longer gas, its a true happy smile! Cute little guy! His smile is so big and precious i'll have to capture a picputre of it and upload it! He will be 2 months old on Wednesday!! I can't beleive it.

Memphis' 3rd Birthday Party!

2010-04-09T12:39:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday April 7th, my little Memphis turned 3 years old. He is growing up so fast, I can't beleive it.

He wanted to have his birthday party at the bowling alley, so we planned his party for Thursday so Grandma Stewart would be off work and could come. On Wednesday we let him open one present from us and saved the rest for his party. Seth baked him a cake for his "real" birthday and we had a little family party on Wednesday. He got a tornato golf set and he just loves it! It's a cute little toy.This is the toy (that is not Memphis in the pic)

It was finally time for the party, so we got all loaded up and headed to the bowling alley. We got everything set up just as all our friends and family started coming. We paid for everyone to bowl and play arcade games. It was so much fun to see all our friends and family trying to bowl (even his grandparents bowled at their ages lol). It was hectic, but well worth it. There was so many people there, we had to get 4 lanes for everyone to fit! He was so happy all his friends and family came. We ate cake and opened presents. Boy the kid got spoiled here is what he got:

Monster truck crash track- mom and dad

Monster truck race track- Mom and Dad

Soccer ball- Carsen

Gone fishing game- Jaxon

Punching bag- Carsen and Jaxon

Helmet and pads- Aunt Amanda

ZuZu pets- Ash and connor

ZuZu pet basketball outfit- Ash and connor

ZuZu pet car and garage- Grandma and Grandpa McGrath

ZuZu pet house- Grandma and Grandpa McGrath

Big Truck set- Grandma and Grandpa Stewart

Bubble lawn mower- Aunt T.T.

Monster trucks- Carsen and Jaxon

MONEY- Great Grandma Helen

Remote Control Truck- Rachel and Mason

Sorry for anything I didn't mention, I just put the things I see in front of me. Thanks everyone for coming, we had so much fun and appreciate everyone taking the time out of their evening to make his party special:)

On Thursday afternoon I went to pick up his cake at Walmart, I get there and the man is still working on his cake, so I shopped while he finished it and when I went back to get it, it was a FULL SHEET, when i ordered a quarter sheet and it looked AWFUL. I was so mad. It didn't even look good enough to bring if they gave me it for free. The manager came and said how horrible it looked and that all the bakers were gone for the day but what could he do to help me? LOL I said make me a new one. He said well, all the bakers are gone but my wife decorates cakes and I've watched her for 25 years so I am sure I can make it look better than this. He said to give him 30 minutes and he would redo it and give me a bigger cake for the trouble. I came back to get it and the cake was PERFECT! I can't beleive how good he did. It was so nice of him to offer to do it over. I was very happy with the service I got. I was so sad when the CARS cake he really wanted looked like a pile of mud!

Afterall, his party was perfect! I even heard a rumor that him and his friend Camille are going to get married lol. Usually they just beat eachother up, but yesterday they were best buds!

He loves me, He loves me not, He loves me, He loves me not......

2010-04-09T12:28:00.000-07:00

First of all I have to say that Seth is the sweetest person ever. We usually don't do much for "eachother" on Easter. Usually we just throw all the extra candy and stuff in a basket and leave in on the counter. Well... not so much this year.

On Saturday afternoon, Seth went to the store to rent a movie. He came home with a vase full of a dozen roses and the cutest little stuffed animal. It is a little chick coming out of this little cute egg and of course my card:) Well then on Sunday morning he went to get gas and he comes home with yet ANOTHER vase of red roses and a cute stuffed chick!! He said "yesterday wasn't Easter so I had to get you something today" lol what a special man.

I decided to make Seth an Easter basket. I got him a gigantic SOLID chocolate bunny (b/c its his favorite). I decided to make him a naughty basket, so we won't go into details about what was inside of it but it was cute and funny. Oh yeah, and I also put a red bull and some candles in it! Oh.. and a bag of his favorite sweetish fish!

I have the best man in the whole world!!

Easter 2010

2010-04-09T12:19:00.000-07:00

We had such a great Easter weekend! We started the weekend by coloring egss on Friday night we colored almost 50 eggs!! I bought a egg machine that you drop colors of die in and the machine spins and it tie dys the eggs. We had so much fun.
Sunday morning the Easter Bunny came and he brought the boys baskets fun of toys and candy and he also brough the 2 older boys bikes! Memphis got his first big boy bike with training wheels and Carsen got his first real BMX bike. They were both so happy! On Easter afternoon, we went outside and let them ride their bikes around and then we packed up and went on an Easter Egg hunt at Grandma's and Papas. They had over 100 eggs for 4 kids to find. It was so much fun, I wish I was in the race! We got done with the egg hunt and we all went out to dinner at Golden Corral. It was nice to see the family and sit down and have a relaxing dinner with everyone. Easter 2010 was one of the best ones yet! I do have to say,it was very hard to make hte baby a basket since he can't do anything and pretty much has everything so here is what I put in it! I put a stuffed bunny in the middle, a touch and feel book of animals, a rubber ducky for the bath, rattles and I can't remember what else!

Baby Jaxon is 1 month old!

2010-03-26T23:45:00.000-07:00

I seriously have the best family in the world! They make me so HAPPY!

Yep, our little Jaxon is already a month old! I know, I can't beleive it either! It seems like just yesterday we were carefully driving him home from the hospital! He is already such a spoiled little boy. He loves to be held, I mean LOVES to be held, of course all newborns do, but he does especially. He starts to fuss the second we put him down! I don't know if it's because he wants us to keep holding him or if he just knows that the second we put him down his big brothers are going to be all up in his face! Carsen and Memphis just love him to pieces, they STILL can't get enough of him! They are perfectly content just sitting and watching all the little faces he makes and listening to all his cute little sounds!

Carsen is such a big helper with him, he loves to feed him, hold him and he even got to change his first diaper yesterday (hey, he wanted to). It was so cute, he opened the diaper (just pee, I made sure) and then said "MOM what do I do now?" I said you have to lift his legs and wipe him, LOL he was so scared of lifting his legs b/c he thought they would break! Such a darn sweetheart!!

Memphis just likes to watch him and he LOVES to hold him and sing rock a bye baby in a tree top, when the wind blows the baby will ROCK MEMPHIS IT'S ROCK, not DROP! He also loves to play the piggys with his little toes. I am so proud of the both of them for being such good, special big brothers. I am so happy that our little guy has joined our not so little family! He makes me kinda want another (and Seth is set on "just one more") we'll see though!

I thought I would post some more recent pictures! I hope everyone enjoys them as much as we do!

Our Family Grew By Two Little Feet!

2010-03-04T21:42:00.000-08:00

Baby Jaxon Carter Stewart was born on Feb.21, 2010 at 1:26pm. He was 5 lbs 11 ounces and 20 inches long. He came 4 weeks early but is doing great. Here is his birth story:

On Thursday afternoon, I started noticing that I was getting small contractions, and they were fairly regular (every 4 to 6 minutes). They didn't hurt, so I wasn't too concerned, I figured they were just braxton hicks and went on with the next few hours. Well they started to make me uncomfortable, so I went home and laid down and took a bath, they didn't get any better, so I called my Doctor. Dr. Spencer told me to go right to McKay Dee Hospital to be checked just to be sure I wasn't in labor. We had NOTHING ready to go to the hospital and the kids bags weren't packed to go stay with Grandma and Grandpa while we were in the hospital. We threw stuff together and took off. We got to the hospital and they immediatly put me on monitors, I was getting contractions and they checked me and I was dialated to a 2+. They noticed that I was dehydrated, so they said my uterus was irritated and if I got hydrated the contractions would go away. They sent me home... Well, no baby Thursday or Friday or even Saturday. We knew it was going to anytime now since I was dialated and this was not normal for me to dialate on my own.

On Saturday my mom brought the kids to Chucky Cheese and Seth and I went out to the mall and a movie. During the movie I couldn't get comfortable. I felt like crap, I didn't really have contractions that were regular, but I was getting a few of them randomly. We picked up the kids and got home at about 11pm. I got all of our bags packed so when it was time go, we could be ready and just leave and not have to throw stuff together again. I went to bed at 1am and Seth followed at about 2am. When he came into bed at 2am, I woke up to the strongest, biggest, worst feeling contraction EVER! It lasted forever, but then I didn't get another one. Well at 2:33, another big bad ugly one hit. I could barely breathe and coudln't talk, but it was awful. By 3:00am, I was getting them every 3-4 minutes and they were AWFUL!! I couldn't stand it. I had to get out of bed and walk around and that made them feel alittle better. At 3:30 I woke up Seth and told him we had to "GO" I couldn't take it anymore. I wasn't sure if it was real labor or not, but regardless I needed some pain meds LOL! It was so bad. I have never felt a real contraction because i was always induced and had the epideral before the contractions even started. We loaded the kids and the bags. We got to my moms at 4am and she was outside waiting for the boys, she grabbed them and there bags we ran them in the house and gave hugs and kisses and told them we would call them when he was about to come! We arrived at the hospital at 4:30am and they once again set me up on monitors and right away you could see how regular the contractions were The nurse came in and checked me and I was dialated to a 3 almost a 4. She called my doc and he said he would come see if there was any "changes" in a couple hours. I got a shot of morphine and it barely helped, but made me a little more comfortable. We sat and tried ot get some sleep, until the doc came. He came at about 8:00am and checked me and I was a little more dialted and in "real" labor. He said baby was 4 weeks early, but he couldn't send me home like this. They then admitted me to labor and deliver and doc said " Were having a baby today" Yippe, yet nervous b/c he was going to be early. I moved to the L&D room and at 9:00 am the doc came and gave me the epideral and then broke my water. Seth had to hurry to walmart to get extra batteries and memory cards for my camera b/c we forgot them of all things. Well nothing happened while he was gone but at about 11:30 I started feeling bad pain even with the epideral and Seth told the nurse. She said "I'll have the anestiologist come give more meds but he is in surgery right now, so you have to wait, and then I will check you". I told Seth I KNOW I AM READY TO PUSH I CAN FEEL IT. Well we had to wait to push the nurse said until I was "comfortable". Well.. we waited and waited and waited. FInally at about 1:00 the nurse comes in and checks me and sure enough I was dialted to a 10 and ready to push. We were just waiting to get more epideral and for my doctor. They called my doc to let him know and then the ane. doc came and gave me more epideral meds. I pushed 2 1/2 times and our precious little Baby Jaxon was born. Seth cut the cord and then they immedialty put baby on my chest. It was amazing. They cleaned him up while he was on my chest and Seth and I just adored him. Well he was 4 weeks early and his lungs didn't develop all the way, so he had to be taken to the nursery to be evaluated and on oxygen right away. It was sad, but we sort of expected it since Memphis was the same way. Well they gave him oxygen and he still was having problems so they did an xray. They saw that his body didn't develope serofactin and so they had to put him on a ventilator and give him meds to hlep develop the serofactin. They put that in at 7pm and they took it out at 11pm. Once he got the meds he was perfect! He had to be admitted to the NICU unit because of the ventilator, and had to stay one day longer than me just to be watched to make sure he was okay. We brought him home on Wednesday afternoon and we were so happy. On our way home we stopped and picked up the boys at my parents house. We didn't take baby out of the Car, so when the boys got inj the car, it was the first time they had seen him because when they came to visist us, they weren't able to go into the NICU unit to see him. THey just starred at him and were amazed at him.. I will never forget the look on their faces and how happy they were to finally have our baby out of Mommies belly. When we got home, they both held him, kissed him, bugged him and lvoed him. We have been home a week now and they haven't stopped. We all love this little man so much and he has just brought so much more happienes to our family! We didn't knwo we could get any happier, but he sure brought much more!

Jaxon had his 1 week appointment on Monday and he has went from leaving hte hospital at 5lbs 9 ounces to 5lbs 14 ounces, he is growing great and he is such a good baby. He is awake alot of the day and sleeps great at night! He is such a handsome man. I will post more pictures soon! He goes again for his 2 week appointment on Monday! I can't wait to see how much he's grown now:)

Lunch/Shower for Baby Jaxon!

2010-02-16T18:01:00.000-08:00

On Saturday afternoon all our good friends and family came over to have lunch and celebrate Jaxon almost being here! We had a great time! It was nice to have everyone together, just relaxing and talking and having a good time. Usually the only time everyone gets together is at Birthday parties and then everyone is running crazy there is no time to chat or anything. It was really nice. I realized how long it has been since I have seen many of my best friends. For example, the last time I saw my very best friend Chandra, her daughter was a newborn... well her daughter is now 20 months old. The last time I saw my very dear friend Kim, was at Carsen's 5th birthday party!! We all talk often, so I didn't realize it had been so long since we actually did something other than text/talk. I really enjoyed everyones company. It was fun to see everyones kids play so nicely together and have so much fun together! I am so glad all my friends have children around the same ages as ours because they will always have close friends! We are also thankful for the gifts our friends/family brought for baby Jaxon. We got alot of really cute things that we will put to good use! I want to say thanks to everyone who came, we enjoyed your company! We will be sure to let everyone know as soon as we are pulling in the hospital to have this little man!

Valentines Day 2010

2010-02-16T17:44:00.000-08:00

Valentines Day was such a nice relaxing day! I slept in until like 11:30 and was woken by the smell of bacon and the sound of eggs cooking. Seth made me a very delicious breakfast! While breakfast was cooking Seth comes in the room and brings me a vase of red roses, a vase of random beautiful flowers, a big huge stuffed froggy that has lips on its face (it's the cutest damn thing EVER), a card, a big heart filled with chocolates and of course..... he saved the best for last. He got me BEAUTIFUL diamond earrings! I love them so much! I can't really explain what they look like, but they are just georgious:) The boys each made me a Valentines card and cute Bears holding hearts (magnets) for the fridge and chocolates! I am so very lucky to have such a wonderful little Family!!
I feel bad that I didn't do much for Seth, I didn't have ANY energy to go out and shop and I didn't know what to get him. I ended up getting him a very cute card that sings, a big huge symphony candy bar and a pair of jeans.
Later, my mom came and picked me up for a girls day of baby shopping:) We decided to start at Kohls so I could get some things that I needed for at the hospital (bra, panties, slipper socks). Well we found alot of cute stuff and tons of cute baby clothes. When we were done at Kohls we were on our way to Target and we were both just "WORN OUT" so we decided to call it quits for the day! One store a day was enough too poop me out (and thats not normal lol).
When I got home, Seth went and got us a movie and we spent the rest of the evening/night cuddling and watching movies. I didn't clean or anything I would ring a bell and Seth would come a running:) I love you baby! Thanks for the best Valenetines Day yet! I love that your all MINE!!!

Getting ready for our new addition!

2010-02-08T17:54:00.001-08:00

We are just getting home from our doctor appointment for the baby! Baby is doing great and growing like a week! I only have 3 more appointments left! Yippe! I am so excited to hold my little man and kiss his little toes.
We are finally just about finished buying everthing we need for the baby. We found a super nwe ice sleigh crib, it's a dark brown color and fixed frame so it's not one that has been recalled. We got a new mattress also. We found bedding at Target a few weeks ago, but then this past weekend we found a really cute set that we bought and I'll return the set to Target. We got the stroller/carseat travel system and the cute little swing.
The only stuff we still need to get is the odds and ends. A baby bath, bottles, pacifiers, soap and all the little random stuff that they require. I'm hoping to go tomorrow and finish up. I need to get our bag packed so when the time comes we can just throw it in the truck and head to the delivery room! YAY- not much longer!

2010-01-30T11:58:00.000-08:00

Aww, look at all the love they have for eachother!

Wrestling!

2010-01-30T11:24:00.000-08:00

3rd place! FIGHT!

So back in November, Carsen and Memphis started wrestling! It was a course the high school wrestlers were doing and teaching elementary school children the basics of wrestling. Well the coaches little boy was Memphis' age, so he let us sign up Memphis to wrestle his little guy.

Carsen took this kid OUT!

The first night Carsen and Memphis were a little nervous and not sure of what to do, so they stayed by eachother and practiced with eachother. Memphis was only able to wrestle the first week and then the other little boy didn't do it anymore so Memphis just ran around and played and wrestled Seth. Carsen didn't "love" wrestling once he couldn't do it with Memphis anymore, but Seth kept making him go back every week because once we got there and he started wrestling he had such a good time, and did nothing but talked about it. Since we knew he enjoyed it and had a good time, we didn't let him give up. Seth and I decided he had to finish what he started, but if he didn't want to do it again next year he didn't have to. He asked us if he could sign up, so we did and he was going to make it to the end! Every week they had practice and then they had a tournament. It was so cute to watch them in the tournament. They had to stand in line to weigh in and everything. Seth practiced alot with Carsen and Carsen was pretty good. He got beat a few rounds on the matches, but usually he could take most of the kids! They had a final tournament at the end of the season and Carsen took 3rd place. He did SO good. He got a medal and everything. I am so glad we didn't let him quit.

January 2010

2010-01-28T16:25:00.000-08:00

Memphis & Carsen riding a horse for the first time ever! They loved it and can't wait to go again!I am happy to say that January is just about OVER! Not because it was a bad month, but because it means we are that much closer to holding and kissing our new little bundle of joy! We had alot of fun this month.

We brought the boys to go horse back riding for the first time! They were both so excited to go see the horses, but once we got there, they were pretty nervous to ride them. It only took a couple of minutes for Carsen to decide after watching Seth do it, that he was ready to jump on! He rode the horse and loved it! Memphis was frightened and it took him about an hour of watching his big brother do it before he was ready to jump on and take a ride. He finally got on with Carsen and was so proud once he did. They rode the horses for hours and they were even able to brush the horses and feed them some horse treats. We had a good time watching them have so much fun. I obviously couldn't ride the horse due to being pregnant, but I enjoyed watching them. They are excited to do it again once the weather is a little bit nicer! Thank you Aspen, Nikki and Kim for taking a Saturday to give the boys lessons! We hope to do it again very soon!