Thanksgiving & Our First Visit to the E.R.

We had a great Thanksgiving. We spent it in Utah with Ryan's family. We spent Thanksgiving day at Ryan's Uncle and Aunts in Sandy. The food was amazing and Ryan's Aunt had all the tables decorated so cute! Both of our children slept through dinner, but I actually enjoyed my food a lot more, and then when they finally woke up I heated them up some food.

This is a classic Carson face. And it is not because he didn't like the food, it was because he didn't want to smile for the picture! Trust me...He loved the food.

Bailey also really enjoyed the food!!

While Carson was sleeping Grandpa and Logan built this snowman, and Grandpa was very excited to take Carson out to see it when he woke up. He even asked at one point if he could go wake him up...unfortunately Carson is not very sweet if he does not get his nap! But he loved it when he woke up! He even helped put the arms and hat on him.

This is just a cute picture of Grandma and Bailey! Bailey Loves Grandma. If she even walks by her she will reach out and want Grandma to hold her. It is really sweet.

Carson found these awesome glasses while we were there. I couldn't stop laughing!!

On Friday we got to go to Brock's basketball games. Carson loves going to games!

Aunt Whitney was holding Bailey during the game, and this is the position that she enjoyed sitting in for part of the game. Doesn't look very comfortable to me!

Carson got to see Cosmo this game. Cosmo even came up at one point during the game and picked Carson up. He was loving it!!

Carson loves wearing Ryan's hats, but they are huge on him and so we thought it was time to get him is own hat that fits him!

Well while we were in Utah we took our first trip to the Emergency Room. On Saturday night we had a late night. We had put Bailey down for bed around 11:00 and then we were playing cards next door with Ryan's family. Then around 12:30 we took Carson in to put him to bed. Well around 12:45 Carson started to jump on the bed. Ryan told him that he needed to stop because it was time for bed. As Ryan turned around to plug his cell phone in Carson started to jump again, and he fell off the bed and hit his head. We are not sure what he hit it on because I was in the bathroom and Ryan was not looking. But we are pretty sure it was on the corner of the desk. Ryan quietly(because Bailey was sleeping), but very intensely said my name so I came running out thinking the worst. Ryan was holding Carson and I ran out thinking I was going to find Carson unconscious on the floor, but he was just crying on Ryan's shoulder. So I told Ryan that he freaked me out for no reason! He then touched the back of Carson's head and when he pulled his hand away there was blood on it. So I checked it out, since Ryan can't handle things like that as well as I can. It looked pretty deep so we ran over to Ryan's parents room and Maxine thought that we should go take him in. So she came in and slept in the room with Bailey who was now awake. And we took off to the E.R.

We got to the E.R. around 1:30 and signed Carson in. There were probably 10-15 people waiting in the waiting room. And everyone looked really tired. But not Carson. He had stopped crying by the time we got to the hospital and he was very hyper! So he was running around like crazy. He found two wet floor cones and he put them together and told us that he was building a castle. They also had a fish tank in the waiting room and he loved looking at them.

Finally around 3:30 they called our name. They took us back into this room. They nurse came in and looked at it and said that he would probably need a few staples. I wasn't sure at this point what or how they were going to do this to my very stubborn and very upset 2 year old. He hates the doctors. All of them. Even when we go for check ups and they have him stand on the scale, he cries and cries. So I asked her if they were going to put him under or if they give him a shot to numb it because I didn't think he would hold still for a shot in his head. She said that the shot would probably hurt more then if they just put the staples in. So they put some numbing cream on his head and secured there with a bandage!

They left it on for about a half an hour and then the doctor came in with two nurses. They mummy wrapped him in the sheet and one of the nurses held him over her lap while the other one held his head. The doctor then inserted 4 staples into his head. He was screaming, but I don't think he was screaming because it hurt, but because these strangers were holding him down. After they were done I picked him up and he stopped crying and told me he was ready to go back to the hotel. It was now 4:15 a.m.!!! So it was a long night. (if you enlarge the picture below you can see the staples better.)

We were planning on waking up at 5:30 to start our long drive home, but we didn't get up until 10:00. Carson was still sleeping when I put him in the car but as I was buckling him in he woke up and said: "I feel better now." I said good I am so glad. He then said: "I no jump on the bed anymore!" I told him that was probably a good idea!! And even though he hated the hospital, he now loves to inform people that the doctor fixed his head!!

Family Trip to Utah

On Wednesday November 11th we headed up to Utah for a little family vacation. We left around 4:45 pm and headed to St. George where we stayed at my Grandma's (thanks again Grandma) before we headed up to Provo on Thursday morning to visit Aunt WeeWee (aka Whitney) and Uncle Brock! The kids did pretty good on the way up...it helped that we had borrowed Aunt Maddy's DVD player. So before we left my mom came over and gave the kids new pajamas and also brought them warm gloves and a matching hat so they could stay warm in Utah. Carson LOVED the hat and gloves that Grammy brought for him and didn't want to take them off. My mom and I were laughing so hard, because Carson was running around the house with them on and was dripping sweat, but would not take them off. Then while we were in the car he again wanted to put them on...so of course I had to take a picture! Look how happy he is!! :)

This is how he spent the remainder of the trip! I know that probably is not the best things to have your kid watch T.V. for like 6 hours straight, but...oh well! Luckily we dont take road trips too often.

Bailey did really good, and luckily slept a lot of the time!

On the drive to Provo on Thursday, Carson was really tired but could not get comfortable in his carseat. So I helped out! :)

While we were there we took some family picutres. I didn't post any of them yet, but this is right after we took them. Ryan's cousin Drew took them. There were some really cute ones of the kids. Unfortunately the kids didn't cooporate as well during the family ones, but I think we still got a few good ones. Thanks Drew!

While we were there we also took the kids to one of the BYU basketball games. Ryan's brother Brock plays on the team. Carson was actually really into watching the game...and the mascot Cosmo! Bailey got a little tired of sitting in our laps, but I still got her to smile!

After the game Carson got to go on the court. He was excited because they had lowered the basketball hoops. So he liked to shoot his ball into the hoop! If you ask Carson who his favorite basketball player is, he will ALWAYS say uncle Brock. I am sure his dad hopes that he is as good as him one day...but we will just have to wait and see!!

Bailey enjoyed finally being able to crawl around and not be held!

Also while we were there Carson got play in some snow. He has been in the snow before but he was too little to remember. So it was really fun for him to wake up one morning and have a little bit of snow 0n the ground. Ryan took him out and got him a snow ball. When Ryan took him out and got it for him he kept saying "Oh WOW!"

And last I thought I would show a picture of Bailey. She does not like to have her hair done and loves when I finally take it out, and this is what it looks like after I take it out! Still cute to me!

Halloween

I know I am so lame! I am just blogging about Halloween. We had a great time this year. Bailey went as a lady bug and a Carson was a fire fighter! The Friday before Halloween we went to our ward trunk or treat. I didn't get any pictures from it though. Then on Saturday we dressed up and headed over to the Browns for dinner and trick-or-treating! The kids had a lot of fun, and Carson LOVED getting candy from everyone.

Here is Carson walking up to get his candy! He was a boy on a mission and loved that all he had to do was say trick-or-treat and he would get candy. After almost every house he would show Ryan all the candy he had in his bucket.

Here is sweet Bailey in her costume! Her costume was homemade this year! I got the wings from the dollar store and cut out some black felt dots and if you look closely you will notice that her antenna is made out of pipe cleaners. Add a really cute black skirt (Thanks Grandma Z), a black shirt and some leggings and we were good to go!

Carson LOVED his fire fighter costume. This was a Costco find from Aunt Katie! He did not want to take it off and he loved his target rain boots! He was so fun this year! I feel like he finally gets the concept of Halloween. While we were trick-or-treating we had put Bailey in a stroller. Well half way through Ryan picked her up to see if she would fall asleep and Carson said that he wanted to get in the stroller. Ryan told him that he should just walk, and Carson looked up and him and said, and I quote: "I forgot how to walk!" We both started laughing and let him get in the stroller. We would push him to the front of a house then he would hop out and walk up to the door to get his treat, then come back and get in the stroller! Some may say lazy...I say smart!! :) I just wish they made strollers big enough for me!!

This is the only picture I could get of the two of them!

Pumpkin Patch

On Monday night we went to a pumpkin patch with some friends. We all had a lot of fun, even though it was much colder then we had anticipated. Bailey was more of an observer, but Carson was running around EVERYWHERE, and wanted to go on every slide they had!

The first one he went on was really fast, and Ryan had to take him down it. It was so funny to see them come down, because it was really fast!! Ryan would come flying down and slam against the end of it. Carson's face was pure terror, but he loved it, and went on it about 4 times.

Bailey was as sweet as ever! She is a very content baby and rarely cries. Sadly I think she gets more excited to see Ryan then me. It is fun to see how excited she gets when he comes home from work every night. She kicks her legs as fast as she can and won't stop smiling. Now if Ryan comes in and does not pick her up right away then she gets pretty sad and will cry until he comes and gives her a little attention. I love that Ryan is such a great dad and that my kids adore him. We are very lucky to have him!!

They had an obstacle course there that Carson did a few times. I was surprised at how well he could climb the little ladder. He was also very proud of himself and would always turn around to look at us when he got to the top, just to make sure we were still watching!!

Carson liked the little wagons they had, but would not stay in it for very long. He also liked pulling his friend Jack in it.

Before we left we got Carson a little pumpkin. I asked him to show it to me and this is what I got! I love Ryan's face!

Here is a picture of the kids that were there. We had a lot of fun with everyone!!

Viva Las Vegas

This last weekend we went to Las Vegas with some friends! We had so much fun! I don't think we realized how much we needed a vacation until we were actually there. It was nice to just be husband and wife for a weekend, and not mom and dad! We got there late Thursday night and we got to sleep in on Friday! Then we just lounged for a bit! The hotel had these bed things outside, and we thought it was pretty funny so we got a picture on it!

Then we went to an early afternoon movie.

After the movie we went back to the hotel to have so really really good sushi. Megan and I loved it! We were pretty bummed because on Saturday the chef at that restaurant was giving sushi lessons, but we couldn't go because we already had Lion King tickets at that time! Oh well I guess we will just have to make another trip to Vegas! :) (Just don't tell Ryan that we could probably find a class down here in California!)

Then after dinner we went down by there firepit to roast some marshmellows and have some smores! They were a great ending to our meal!

The next morning we went and had massages! Oh man it was heaven. Then we went back to the hotel to get ready for Lion King! Well before Lion King we went and ate dinner at CAFE RIO!!!! Ryan and I were really excited because we had not been there in a really long time, and it was just as good as I remembered it!

Then it was off to see the Lion King. People are probably going to think that I am crazy, but it was not my favorite show! Don't get me wrong the costumes were amazing, but I was really not that impressed with the singing and some of the characters voices bothered me. I don't want you to think that I hated it, but lets just say I think I would have reather taken the sushi class!

After Lion King we went and watch BYU take care of business. Now I am not a big sports person as many of you know, but everyone else had a lot of fun! There are some CRAZY BYU fans! A couple rows ahead of us there was a father and son that had a big Y shaved into their hair! It was pretty classic!

On our way out we took some pictures outside at the hotel! Ryan thought he was pretty funny! By the way, the outfit he has on, is what he wore to church, except he had his shirt tucked in! He wouldn't let me take a picture of it all tucked in, but it was pretty funny! He brought his suit, but forgot a white shirt. He should have just worn the shirt he had on with his suit, but oh well, you do what you have to!

Megan and I decided to do an advertisment picture for the Hotel! What do you think??

This is a picture of our friends! We had so much fun with them! Me and Megan can get in some pretty funny moods together! Lucky for us our husbands just laugh at us!

Overall it was a great trip! We had so much fun without the kids! Don't get me wrong...I love my kids and we were really excited to go get them from Grammy and Pa's but Ryan and I had so much fun together and it was nice to sleep in every morning! :)