Carsonism

Carson is notorious for making me come in the room to look at whatever toy might be on commercial. He says "mom, can I have that?" I say "yes" just to avoid a fight about it. Well this morning he was in his room and I was in mine. He says "mom, come here quick run" so Grace and I ran in there only to miss the commercial. Carson says to me "mom, their talking about credit card debt" Me "oh really?" Pointing at the ceiling very matter of factly "mom, this house is melting in credit card debt." I assured him that our house is just fine!

The House...not finished pics but almost

So here are some pictures of our home. However I cant figure out how to rotate my pics so you'll have to look sideways! Hope you all have a great weekend!

I havent gone away!

Not that anyone is reading anymore! But I am back! We are in our new house as of yesterday! I really am in love with our house! Dana worked so hard practically night and day! He has done a wonderful job! I will post pictures soon!

So what have we been up to? Not much other then working at the house! Carson is enjoying school...as far as I know anyway. He likes to pick and choose when he shares about school. He loves his new bedroom. Grace is running all over, she learned how to walk and now she just runs full bore all the time! She is talking up a storm. She is a very smart little girl and its so fun to get to watch her grow!

I had great intentions of blogging the whole house process. But then I was in the world of dial up internet! It was painful...thats all I'll say about dial up! So now we are in our house and I have high speed and wireless so I'm loving it!

I will talk to you all soon!

Happy Birday to my sweet little boy!!!

Five years ago today at 5:00am my sweet baby was pushing into my ribs so hard. I tried to switch sides in bed that didn't work, I went to the bathroom that didn't work. So I laid down and prayed, Dear Jesus if I'm in labor please just let my water break. And at that exact second, it did! Just enough for me to know that is what it was. My sister was asleep in the basement so I told her it was time to go. Then I called Dana in Kuwait to tell him the news. I said "I'm going to the hospital." He replied "Why" he must have forgotten we were about to have a baby! Sobbing I said "My water broke" Ever the supportive husband always putting me first he said to me "don't worry about me I'll be fine" Duh! I wasn't so worried about him that day! I had a wonderful labor and delivery! I was surrounded by pictures of Dana and had a lot of family there for support. I told my Dr. that I had to have the baby by 6:00 because Dana was leaving Kuwait and I wanted to be able to call him and tell him he was a daddy. We made it! at 5:20 Carson made his entrance into the world! I called his daddy and he was able to hear his first cries!

Fast forward to today,

"Mommy, do I sound different?"

"I think so, why do you think that is? maybe because you are 5?"

"Yeah, maybe now I sound like my dad!"

Carson really is such a sweet little guy. He challenges me, makes me laugh and wonder how he got so smart daily!

I love you baby boy! Happy Birthday! I can't believe you are already 5!

Monday, Monday....

What a great long weekend we had...although long weekends dont really mean anything other then I get company an extra day! But I really enjoy that.

We started our fun on Thursday with the Whopper feed in Gary. The kids played at the park for awhile then we were off to the tractor pull. Carson really seemed to enjoy it. Grace on the other hand got sick. She threw up for the first time in her life. So I thought it must be the heat or maybe the bumpy stroller ride we had just went on. But when it happened the second time I knew she must be sick. She acted fine and was happy but couldnt keep anything down.

Friday Dana and Carson went to the parade in Kransberg, with our good friends the Meyers and my sisters family. I stayed home with Grace and got things ready for the afternoons festivities. We had a lot of family out to the farm for a wonderful meal, fireworks, swimming and fellowship. In the evening we headed into Watertown for the fireworks show. It was great! Thanks again mom for watching Grace!

Saturday and Sunday we didn't do a whole lot just hung out as a family. We did go to our house and decide where we wanted all of our light switches and outlets. All of the interior walls are up now and the footings for the garage are poured. I think they will build the garage walls early this week and set raftors at the end of the week. We are getting closer every day!!

I hope you all had a safe and happy 4th of July!!

PS: Carsons roadrash is healing up nicely, he just got back on the 4wheeler this last weekend and seems to be using more caution....we'll see if it lasts!

New 4-Wheeler + Fearless 4 yr. old = Road Rash

Carsons daddy told him that when we moved to the farm he would buy him a 4wheeler of his own. So he did! On Monday night the boys were out riding their wheelers, having fun playing follow the leader. It was very cute to watch. Then Dana got a phone call, he stopped and Carson kept on playing. He was turning circles in the gravel which was ok. Well not really I'm always getting after him for doing it, but he was under his daddy's watch. So anyway, he got too close to the grass and it threw the wheeler over on Carson. So needless to say he has a pretty bad case of road rash on his left ankle. I've been trying to get it through his head that his helmet doesn't protect the rest of his body. I hope that he learned his lesson. Tuesday morning we took him the the clinic for some x-rays to be sure that nothing was broken, nothing was so now we just have to soak it 2 times a day and he is on an antibiotic so he doesn't get an infection.

On to other news, our house is coming along great!! Now that we have been having dry weather they have gotten a lot done! We now have a basement complete with floor trusses and a mail level floor! Today when I went by they had the West wall (our bedroom)up! I think they'll have the outer walls up by the end of the day! It is all so exciting!

Grace started walking on Fathers Day! What a great gift to her daddy walking across the living room floor to him. She is really getting it down now! She is very adventurous and love exploring with her new found freedom! Keeps us on our toes!

Where have I been?....

Not that anyone is dying to know why I haven't posted in a while...but I've been dog sitting without Internet. My parents are on vacation so we are staying at their house and watching their pooch Katie. While we've been at their house Carson attended VBS and loved it! They had a great program this year with very fun songs and dances. Carson developed a little crush on Katie one of the worship leaders/dancers. When I picked him up on Sunday night he wanted to go talk to her. Sheepishly he said hi! It was super cute then when we got to the car he said to me "I like miss Katie, she's the prettiest gurl there" later in the week I got comments like "I would never be naughty to miss Katie, I don't want her mad at me" By the end of the week he practically tackled her after VBS. So a lot of fun was had by all. This week we have been hanging out at home mostly. Carson was suppose to start Zoo School on Wednesday but due to the weather they postponed it. We have been getting a surplus of rain lately, I am so ready for it to stop and get some heat! We did get over 80 one day! I got burned! I laied in the sun in my new swimsuit! For the first time I have a swimsuit that I love! Dana says that I look hot in it. Never before has he said that about me in a swimsuit so I'm pretty pumped! I will actually be at the pool this summer! So my parents come home on Monday, I'm excited to hear all about their adventures! I've rambled on enough so I'll post again later!