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Most of you have probably seen this on my FB, but I am obsessed with it! LOVE HIM!

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

THE GOOD
My mom's family has been in town this last week! My moms sisters Nancy, and Lucy, and Lucy's 2 boys, Cesar and Vinny. We have stayed busy between taking them places and hanging out at home and in the pool! They left today and I am so sad! So is Jaxon, he looked for them all morning. He has loved having these 2 boys to play with! Some random pictures of our fun!

Brick Oven!!! My mom is in the pink, Nancy in the orange, Lucy in white, and Cesar in the back.

Crazy boys!! Cesar on the bottom, then Vinny, then Jaxon

Jaxon was determined to tackle Cesar into the pool!

Look at all these boys! 2 are mine, 2 are my cousins, and 2 are my cousin Dana's boys!

Dana and I!

Heading up to the Alpine Slide at Olympic Park

This happy little guy stayed at the bottom with my mom

Waiting in line for the slide! Cesar, Nancy, and Vinny

 

Grotto Falls

My cousin and I climbed to the top! I am so out of shape!

Brick Oven... again! Vinny is so cut1!

Stef and Cesar

Cesar and his first Hawaiian shaved ice!

THE BAD
We have literally stayed up late every day, taken short naps, and been going and going all day long! That makes for one grumpy 3 year old! I thought terrible 2's were rough... they got nothin' on this 3 business!
And our littlest man, is no longer nursing. Totally breaks my heart. Today has been rough. He just isnt getting enough. I feed him for a half hour, and within 20 minutes he screams until he gets a bottle, and will drink the whole thing. It's killing me, so bottles he will have. :(

THE UGLY

My poor phone... which I LOVED! After the park, I needed to take Carson out of the sling, I sat my phone on the back of the trunk. Yeah, I forgot it was there, we drove off. And didn't realize until we got home! Joel drove around in the dark and found it in the middle of the road. Smashed. At least Joel was able to get all my pictures off of it! This is the last picture I took on my phone... Jaxon "fishing" in a fountain. :)

2 Months

Carson is 2 months old now. He sure is getting big! He is a whole pound bigger then Jaxon was at this age! And is a little bit longer! (10 lbs 2oz - 15th %,

He is VERY smiley... and coos and coos! We love it! Jaxon runs up to me multiple times a day saying " Mama... come see... Baby Carson is smiling!"

He sleeps like a champ! 11-7 every night. Not a peep till 6ish, takes a binky, and sleeps for another hour or so! It's heaven. Mama is happy about that. (Don't asky about Jaxons sleep schedule now... it's the opposite of heaven.)
He is getting better at holding his head up! Especially when he is fully awake. He loves examining faces, watching tv, and watching his brother play.

His hands are always moving when he is awake. When he gets excited, the flail everywhere, along with his legs!

Eyes have not decided on a color yet... most of the time they look brown, but every once and a while they look totally blue! Crazy! Decide already!
0-3 month clothes are getting too small. Especially the jammies. We are already moving up to 3-6!

Nursing.... oh nursing.... I'm not a huge fan. But I am giving it my best shot! And have been telling myself since I got pregnant I was going to nurse. Anyway, he does good at home. In public, we both hate it... dread it... avoid it! So we supplement with formula. And by nighttime, he will not calm down unless he gets a bottle right before bed. So that's what he gets. :)
Still hates the tub! Like screams until he gets out. We tried feet in the pool the other day, same thing!
He can almost roll over onto his stomach. He has done it a couple times, but it was probably a fluke.
Now that he is awake and alert more often, we are starting to feel like we are getting to know him too! SOOO fun!

4th of July

Waiting for the Provo parade to start!

Still waiting... he got bored, so he played games on my phone.

Waving to the llamas! Seriously his favorite part of the parade! One of them stopped right in front of us and peed for like 2 minutes straight! It was hilarious! And if you ask Jaxon about the parade, he only talks about that! "The llama go peepee in the road!!!"

 

 

Naptime!

Picture time!

NOT how I wanted to spend the evening! Carson had a cold for a few days, and after naps, was really struggling to breathe! (Gasping, turning red... after not breathing for a few seconds, choking) It was freaking me out! So I took him to the ER in Provo. Luckily he was fine, just super stuffy! But I ALMOST missed the fireworks because we were there for so long!

Jaxon, Joel and his mom saving our spot!

Crazy glowstick picture!

We made it just in time!

Jaxon and my mom.

The group! (except photographer Joel) Thank you Jaxon... we really wanted a picture of your fruit snack instead of your face!

Me and my boys!!

We had a great 4th of July!

1 Month!

Here we go... with the monthly updates about Carson! Maybe it gets old for some people to read...but I don't regret doing it one bit with Jaxon! I never thought it would be so hard to remember the little details about a child life. But you do.... so I blog! :)
Anyway.... 1 Month! WOW, right? Carson seems so tiny still, but is growing so fast! He changes everyday, and is becoming more awake, alert, strong, and cute of course!
A few pictures from today!

• Most of his 0-3 month clothes are too big
• Sleeps 5-6 hours at night
• Eats about every 3-4 hours during the day
• Takes good naps, even with big brother bugging him and making noise
• LOVES to be cuddled and held
• Stares at the pictures on the wall behind our couch. So weird, he can be freaking out, and we lay him so that he can see those pictures and he calms right down. I think it's probably the contrast of the black frames on a white wall... but who knows!
• Fussy time is from 8:30-10 ish at night
• Scratches his face, eyes, and head constantly! I keeps socks over his hands most of the time
• Last week, grabbed a handful of hair (his own) in a death grip and screamed bloody murder till I pried his fingers loose.
• Hates baths
• Finally burps well

That's it for now! LOVE me some newborns! I don't want that stage to go away yet! But the stages to come are so exciting too!

Everyday Life

Oh life with  a newborn is so much different the 2nd time around! We hang out at home a lot more then usual... but it's so fun to be together as a little family! I am soaking up every minute before Joel starts school again!
These are just some random pictures of the last few weeks as a family of 4! They are not in any order... we take soooo many pictures! :)

LOTS of cuddling!!

Lots of Baths!

 And lots of picture taking!

 I am totally still in the newborn bubble... we go out and do somethings a few times a week. But for the most part, it's been pretty low key. I hardly wear make-up, my house is usually messy, and I am lucky if the dishes are done. But I love everything about this time in our lives.... messy, low key, sleep deprived and all!! I can't complain... especially when my 3 week old baby is ONLY waking up between 4-5am to eat. And my 3 year old is the sweetest big brother a mom could ask for. His favorite line... "Ohhhh sweetieeeee!" (While stroking his face or head very gently!)