Things I forgot to blog about

That's the best I could come up with for the title...Evidently, with all that was happening the last 3 weeks of my pregnancy with Carter, combined with the fact that the pictures I took were on my point and shoot camera, I completely forgot to blog about some major happenings, so I'm doing it now. :)

First, some pictures from our baby moon when we stayed at Glen Eyrie Castle. We had such a fun and relaxing time, and I'm so thankful to my Grammy and Papa for watching Carson and Caden for us so we could go! All of these pics were taken when Grammy & Papa met us at the castle at the end of our trip.







checking out a butterfly


Sweet Grammy & Papa



Just for Kels!!

I forgot to post pictures that I had from your "wedding week," so these are just for you!!! I hope the things we did that week form awesome memories that you will never forget!! Love you!!


Bachelorette Party
We went to Dave & Buster's for dinner, fun and games and then stayed the night in a hotel for a true girls' night.

The gang:


Kelsey Lou:


Allie & Kels:


Miss Britt-ley and I:


My sweet sis Natalie and Mom - she's pretty sweet too :)


Britt, Allie, Kels & Emma:


The hotel:




Then the next morning, we all headed over to Mom's for the bridesmaid brunch. It was so much fun, and everything was SO yummy.... Mom, do you have any leftovers??? :)


Kels & Emma:


Allie, Kels' Mother-in-Law, Ann, Britt, and Katelyn:


Kels & I:


Getting our nails done later that week:



The Lingerie Shower




Allie, Kristina & Kels:


Natalie & I:






Sisters. Look how HUGE I AM!!! Carter was born about 10 days later.


The only gift picture I'll share on here.... Thanks Uncle Alfred! :)


Toilet Paper Bride:


The winners:


We'll just call this group the "runners up" ;)


The flowers before we made the bouquets:

Thanksgiving Weekend & A Snow Day

Well, this is the first black Friday weekend in years that I have not started and finished my Christmas shopping. It makes me a little panicked, but we had SO much fun! Friday, we hung out at home and enjoyed a day off and then that afternoon, I went to try to find an outfit for Cary's work Christmas party - with little success, I might add. I know it's only been nearly 3 months since Carter was born, but it is a bit of an ego blow to try on clothes and not have them look the way you feel they should. Oh well. It takes time, I suppose. Then we headed to the outlet mall to shop around a bit with my folks. We found some great deals - especially at our Banana Republic outlet that had everything marked 50% off of the lowest prices. I got 5 different shirts for less than $12 each! So excited. Then we all headed to our place to have chili and watch a movie. We watched "Then She Found Me." Great movie if you're looking for something to see...

Saturday, we got up and met my parents at this place called Little Monkey Bizness so the boys could play. It's sort of a jump house place, but it's for kids 6 and under, so it's perfect for our boys. They had so much fun!

We got some snow, so first, Caden helped Cary shovel the drive. Evidently, it was very serious work.






We hardly got any pictures of Carson at LMB. Evidently he was too busy... almost every pic we took was incredibly blurry.


Talking to Poppi:




Carson at the top of a 6 foot climbing tower:


Carter, of course, spent much of his time like this:




We got more snow yesterday and last night, so the boys headed out to enjoy some of it this morning. Here are our first snow pictures of the season. It's weird to think that Carter will be out there running with Carson and Caden by next year.




Making snow angels:

Couples' Retreat 08 & Thanksgiving

We've been busy, busy lately, but not a whole lot to post. Cary and I went to Couple's Retreat a few weekends ago. It was so nice to get away, even if we did take Carter with us. Oddly enough, I don't have a single picture of Cary and I together from the weekend. One of us was behind the camera the whole time, I suppose.

Me and my sweet friend Stephenie who is joining the Mommy club in January!:


Scott & Kels:


My cute Dad & Mom:


The group from this year's retreat:


Later that week, Carson started running a fever that he kept for 5 days. Poor kid. I'm so sick of the sickies and we're early in the season. One plus, I suppose, is that I've only had one sick kid at a time. I feel bad for them though.

Wednesday, I decorated for Christmas. Early, I know, but I've been listening to Christmas music for a few weeks already, and I didn't want to spend Cary's day off decorating. So I let the boys help me hang ornaments on the tree. It was pretty funny. Caden took every ornament he touched apart, so I kept handing him the same ornament after a while. Carson did great hanging the ornaments... on two branches. I should have taken a picture. Most of the tree was bare, but one branch in the front and one branch in the back had at least 10 ornaments each. He was so proud of himself. Needless to say, I rearranged the ornaments during naptime.

Carter has become very smiley lately. I love this stage when they become so interactive and just a look from us can light up their world.



This year, we spent Thanksgiving at my aunt's house with family and friends that live in the area. It was a nice and relaxed day with great food. Here's a shot of Carter from his first Thanksgiving...little Turkey. :)


I believe we're in the beginning of the teething stage...check out this drool. About 4 pictures later, the top half of his shirt was wet.


Carson wanted to hold Carter this morning, and Caden (Mr. Me Too) wanted to hold him as well, but was content for a moment when I helped him sit next to Carson. It seemed like such a great picture moment, but I've noticed recently that it is becoming increasingly difficult to get a good picture of all three boys. Out of 20 pictures, this was the best...


Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We are so thankful to have each of you in our lives!!

Cheers & Jeers

Jeers to mice in my house. ick ick eww shiver... can you envision my totally creeped out dance???

Cheers to mice poison and exterminators who take care of it all. Yay for dirty jobs.