When we were little

How cute was he back in the day?

My mom's makeup was awesome.
(She taught me everything I know)!

Most tech-savvy people these days have a scanner. I just got one yesterday and I may be overly proud.My blogging possibilities have suddenly sky rocketed. I've been finding random pictures around the house and scanning them on to the computer. Here's a few oldies but goodies that I thought were blog worthy.

Hottest Fetus Ever...

This is Jax as a newborn


Does it kinda look like the same baby?


Or am I just crazy?

we went to a 3d ultrasound today. I can't believe how much she looks like Ross. Just Kidding. We think she looks adorable even in utero.

Nesting

The nursery is just about done. I think it turned out so adorable. Even cuter in person. All I need now is a little girl to put in there.

From the mouth of Jaxon

Jax: "Dinosaurs don't have weenie's".

Me: "The girl ones don't".

Jax: "Mom, can I have a tail instead of a weenie?"

Me: "Maybe you can just pretend your weenie is a tail".

Happy 75 Grandpa!

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS GUY IS 75?

I Just wanted to wish my grandpa a very happy 75th birthday.I know everyone loves their grandpa and thinks theirs is the best, but mine really is. Growing up there was nobody we would have loved hanging out with more. My grandpa used to make us feel like real grow ups. A typical weekend at Mammy and Papas house went something like this: A Breakfast of homeade cinnamon rolls and REAL COFFEE, skinny dipping in the spa, a ride on the tandem, and a cool one at the bar.
you will never find a 75 year old man who's more involved in his grandkids and great grandkids lives. What kind of kids want to go hang out with their great grandpa? Our kids sure do. They must know how much he loves them just like we did and still do. I Love your guts Seawolf.........

This is what you get when you tell Jaxon to make a scary face
and tell Halle to make a sexy one! I can't tell who's sexy or
scary. How about you?

Still Pregnant...

My sisters and I love to compare bellies. Here are a couple of new shots of calyn and I from this weekend. I was in town trying to make invitations for her baby shower and organize that kind of stuff. I'm having it at Mrs. Powells with a "Bun in the oven" theme. I think it's going to be adorable!

The crash.......

Melissa and I thought it would be fun to take the kids to the spray park today! It would have been if we would have made it there. We were on the road with all three little boys and some crazy guy ran us off the road. luckily everyone was just fine. The Land Rover on the other hand has some serious problems. I can't wait to get my geo or neon to cruise around in till the baby's born. I'm a big dork and took a few pictures of the crash scene. I had the camera packed for some cute spray park pictures. We are just thankful to all be O.K. and to know that the carseats do their jobs!

Jaxon's getaway with the Grandparents

My little boy has returned from camping in Island Park. I was so excited to pick up Jaxon from my mom's yesterday I could hardly stand it. I walked in the door to find him clinging to my mom crying and yelling, "But I don't want to go home". What a traitor, right?. This is not the first time I've drove away from Grandma Debbie's house wondering what she tells him about me when I'm not around.
At least I don't have to wonder if he had a good time! Jaxon and Halle were treated to jeep rides, four wheeler cruises, rock skipping and way to many ice cream cones and smores.
Every time I get pictures back from my mom there's always at least one that involves grandchildren wearing one of her trademark visors. These are no ordinary visors. These are specially made for her and include all the neon colors in the rainbow, not to mention a one of a kind scrunchie-esqu thingy acting as the back of the visor. This part is intended to make sure your hair still stays big and sexy while wearing the visor. Thanks again for the much needed break you awesome grandparents! He had the time of his life.

I'm Bringing sexy back!

Check out the belly folks! I'm officially large and in charge. I go to my doctors appointment tomorrow. I'm excited to hear her little heartbeat again. Jaxon has been camping with Bubba, Papa Leo, Mammy, Papa, and Halle since Sunday in Island Park. Today was my first child free day in along time. I keep asking myself what the heck I used to do with all my time before he came along? I still can't figure it out! I'm sure he is having the time of his life. I miss the little bugger........

Wii

Give me your best shot vahina!

They are working up a serious sweat

I suprised Ross with a wii yesterday. As I predicted it has became an obssesion!

Pick Your Battles.......

Before you have kids when you saw a little kid in some hideous outfit they probably picked out all by themselves you'd think to yourself, "I would never let my child out of the house like that". I'm not proud to admit that this is what Jaxon looks like everywhere we go now. He loves his Batman tank and boxer briefs that so nicely complement his fireman rain boots. We're not hard to spot in a lineup: A busting at the seams pregnant chick and her miniature batman. hey, at least he's usually clean. I am slowly discovering that you really need to pick your battles!

Weekend Getaway

We made it out of the valley and went to salt Lake for the weekend. I satisfied my intense cravings for Tepanyaki. One day In the near future I'm putting a hibachi grill in my kitchen. I can't wait to learn how to make onions into volcanoes and flip shrimp into my chef hat.
We did the lagoon thing! Jaxon refused to get on any of the waterslides for some reason so we were stuck walking aroung the theme park area in 100 degree heat waiting in line for flying helicopter rides. All in all he had a good time! There you have it. we dined at some yummy places, hit up nordstrom, and braved Lagoon! Gotta love those family trips!

I CAN'T SEE MY FEET>>>>>>>>>

SuperBoy

Just so everyones on the same page Jaxon would like to be reffered to now as, "Superboy". He is in love with this cape and rarely takes it off only in emergency situations such as a bathtime.

Me: "Are you Superman in that cape?"

Jaxon: "Mom, I'm actually Supermans little boy"

Me: "I didn't think Superman had any kids?"

Jaxon: "Where's my Binkys?"

What a difference a day makes!

I went to my 28 week appointment the other day. The lady who was measuring me was suprised to see that my belly was measuring 4 weeks ahead of schedule. What the heck! They gave me an ultrasound and my mothers intuition was right again. She's a huge beast of a little girl. What can I say, "I like em chubby". I'm literally busting at the seams. These are pictures of me at 8 weeks pregnant and some at 28. I can't believe what a difference 20 weeks makes. I can't wait to squeeze into old grennie for the 40 week shots. stay tuned!

Whatta cute little face.......

Happy Belated Anniversary to us....

It seems like yesterday Ross and I were two Young lovebirds planning a wedding. Ross and I net in Jackson Hole 5 years ago and it's been on ever since. We were engaged 3 months after we met on a sandy beach in Mexico and married 7 months later in California. A week before our one year anniversary we welcomed baby jaxon to our little family. Three years later we are getting ready for the next addition to our expanding brood. I guess you could say we don't mess around. When you know, you know! Here's to many more years of marital bliss. I can't wait to see what the next 50 years brings. Cheers!

Picnic at the park........

On sunday we had a picnic at the park. My Grandma Judy and Grandpa Dan came into town to see some of their grandkids and great grand kids. My other granparents even came out for the celebration. I'm so mad I didn't get pictures of the grandparents. What was I thinking? It was fun seeing everyone together. The park picnics are definitley the way to go with a big crew like ours. So much better than wrangling kids at a restaurant or squeezing everyone into my moms living room. Once again all the pregos were together which means tons of unflattering pictures that make us all cringe. I know we will be happy to have them as memories one day when all of our little ones are playnig together and we are back to our normal human forms. Until then, bring on more of my mom's Texas Cavier. This dip is the best ever. I may make some tonight and post the recipe here later. You'll all be thanking me later.

Jackson Lake

We did manage to squeeze in some fun this weekend. We met up with the other Carsons on Jackson Lake and did some fishing. I forget how gorgeous it is there everytime we go. There really is nothing in the world like it. jaxon is always talking about fishing.
JAXON: "I'm gonna catch em, cook em in a pan and eat those fishes"

His bark is bigger than his bite. When Dallin caught a fish Jaxon freaked out. The only part he was into is when Randy cut the head of the fish. go figure! We got back to the camper at about 11:00 and there was a note on the door from the park ranger that said, "This area is deemed unsafe by the national forest service due to bear activity". All the Carson girls freaked and the camper had to be relocated to a safer spot. Scary huh?

Home of the Brave.

Our 4th this year wasn't the most exciting we've ever had. we slept in and didn't make it to the parade and we talked about what we were going to do that night for about 4 hours.. Nothing really came of that, so we settled on watching the fireworks from our front porch and letting Jaxon have fun with some sparklers. Can't wait to see what next year has in store for us. God Bless America!

20 thing that make me smile

1. When jaxons calls me his best friend.
2. A sparkly clean house
3. Diet Coke
4. The baby in my belly
5. My husbands "excited" voice (complete with nostril flare)
6. Sand and frosty beverages with umbrellas
7. Self tanner (real tans too)
8. Dutch Oven cooking
9. Benihanna salad dressing (I've smuggled it on a plane before)
10. The smell of babies
11. Romantic getaways
12. Brand new cleaning supplies
13. The perfect shade of blonde
14. A good massage
15. A wild night out in Vegas
16. big fat checks
17. "workin" man hands
18. cooking
19. cozy living rooms
20. happy well slept children