All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth

About a year ago Carson went to a basketball game and while running across the bleachers he trip and hit his front teeth. He chipped both of them, but it didn't seem to bother him so I never took him in. Well about a month and a half ago I noticed a little sore on his gum right above his front tooth. So on December 4th Ryan took Carson to the dentist. He called me when he was done and told me that they were going to have to pull both his front teeth. Well I was a little upset because I realized my little boy wouldn't have his front teeth for a couple years. Ryan didn't think it was a big deal which helped me calm down and try to come to grips with it. I guess both of his teeth were abscessed, meaning there was an infection so they put him on an antibiotic for a week and on December 11th I took him back to get his teeth pulled.

So here is the new and improved Carson...

It is still a little weird for me sometimes, but I still think he is adorable! He did really great at the dentist. He was really brave, but lost it when they gave him the shots to numb it.
However, he was really excited that he got to go to the store and pick out a new toy and that the tooth fairy brought him 5 one dollar bills and some M&M's. We told him that the tooth fairy doesn't usually bring that much, but when the dentist pulls them that she gives a little more...basically don't get used to that bud!! I loved his face on Sunday morning when he came in to show us what the tooth fairy had brought. I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head! :)

Well later that day, after the dentist, we went with Katie and Jesse to the L.A. temple to see the lights and the new visitors center. It was pretty crowded so we didn't stay for too long. But we did get some pictures...

Mine and Ryan's anniversary is actually tomorrow on the 18th and this picture was taken on the the 11th, but it has been almost 6 years since we walked out those iron gates a married couple! CRAZY!!

I love the temple!

La Verne Ward Christmas Party

We went to our parents ward Christmas party on December 3rd and the kids got to see Santa. Carson could not have been more excited! You can tell in the first picture that he can't even keep his tongue in his mouth because he is so excited.

Bailey on the other hand got VERY excited to see Santa but that was about all she wanted to do. She had no interest in sitting on his lap!
But she made sure to wave to him and tell him bye as we were leaving.

This is Bailey watching Carson talk to Santa...she looks a little worried!

Good Times. Maybe next year she will want to sit on Santa's lap!

Christmas Pajamas!

Thanks Grandma Z for our cute Christmas pajamas!!
12-2-2010

Trip to L.A. with the Hatch's

The day after Thanksgiving we went with my family down to L.A. where we first visited Olvera Street for some yummy taquitos. While we were there Carson saw this awesome guitar that he really wanted, so with a cute smile and a really sweet please, Ryan caved in and bought it for him!

Here is everyone except me getting ready to go on the Metro down to Hollywood Blvd.

For those of you who have been...it is CRAZY down there. It was not easy trying to push our double stroller through all the crowds, but we had a good time!

Carson loved seeing all the people dressed up down there, and he really wanted a picture with these guys!!

Then we got back on the Metro and went to Universal City Walk! Markie was clearly not happy with Matt! :)

Here is the WHOLE group waiting for the metro!

My kids loved getting to ride on Paul and Dad's shoulders!
(I love Paul's face in this one!)

I just like this picture!!

And this one is Bailey on the Metro singing "no more monkeys jumping on the bed." It is her favorite song right now and at the end when the doctor says "no more monkeys jumping on the bed"...this is her face!!

We had a blast with my family. We really missed Chad and Laura who were still in Arizona getting ready for their sweet little Jaylee to come!

Thanks Mom and Dad for everything!!

Thanksgiving

I was so lame this Thanksgiving and didn't take any good pictures! We did have a great Thanksgiving though! We spent Thanksgiving with my family this year and my mom made a great Thanksgiving dinner. I am actually not a big fan of Thanksgiving dinner, but if I was, then I would have been in heaven!! So here are the very few pictures I did take that day!

My kids LOVE wrestling with Pa!!!

And of course Carson had to be naked at one point during the day!

Later that day we went and saw Tangled, which Carson loved...I also enjoyed it!! Then after that movie we came back home and hung out with the family and enjoyed some leftover turkey sandwiches...which I do LOVE!!

Broken Bones

On November 13th Carson and Bailey were outside helping dad in the yard. I was down at my sister Katie's house taking engagement pictures of her and Jesse. On my way home Ryan called me and said that Carson had fallen off the trampoline and hurt his arm. Now when we say fallen, Bailey actually ran into him which made him tumble off of the trampoline. He said he couldn't tell if it was serious because Carson wouldn't calm down enough for him to really check it out. So when I got home Carson had fallen asleep on the couch, so when he woke up his arm was already swelling and I felt like we should take him to urgent care. They took x-rays and said that it didn't look broken, but it is really hard to see a break in the elbow. They told us we should take him to his primary doctor and have it looked at. At this point they put it in a sling, which Carson hated and we were on our way. So on Monday we made an appointment and my doctor sent us to an orthopedic to have it looked at again. So a few days later we saw the orthopedic and he looked at the x-rays that they had taken at urgent care and said they same thing, that it didn't look broken, but it is really hard to tell in children. So he wrapped his arm up in a soft cast and said we should come back in two weeks for more x-rays just to make sure.

Here he is in his soft cast.

We went back a few weeks later and they did another x-ray on his elbow. Turns out it is broken, not bad, just a crack in his elbow, but he will be in the cast until December 29th! At least it is still just the soft cast so we can take it on and off for bath time! So convenient!!

Forts

Carson LOVES to build forts. He will ask anyone who is willing to help him build one. Well one night I was upstairs when Carson came running up and telling me to come see what he had done! This is not always a statement that you like to hear as a parent! :) So I went downstairs and he had built this fort!
(I had to add a blanket to the top because it was too hard for him, but other then that, it was all him!)

I sure love this kid!
Good job Carson!