Happy 1st Birthday Carson!

Happy birthday to my sweet baby boy!  I can't believe it has been a year.  It seems like yesterday that Grandma Renee and Auntie Shannon were calling and texting me multiple times per day as I was impatiently waiting for you to arrive.   Then when you did get here we had so many happy visitors come and see you in the hospital.  Your brother was excited to meet you.  Now it's you that is excited to see your big brother everyday, he always makes you smile.  He loves you so much, even though he can be a little to rough sometimes.  :)  You are growing up so fast, starting to walk all around.  Your favorite things to play with are balls, blocks, and Ethan's toys.  You sure like your bottle and pacifier, it may be a few months before we get those away from you.  But that's okay, you are only 1....still our little baby.  Mommy and Daddy love you Carson.  Happy Birthday.

Only a few hours old...

The big 1 year old...

Please pray

On the right you will see a button with a picture of a little baby that says "praying for Stellan".  I read his mom's blog everyday, I don't know them...but their story has been on the news in the past and was on the Cribsheet blog that I read.  Stellan has a heart condition and has been sick ever since he was born.  Ironically, he has the same birthday as Carson.  Right now Stellan is in the hospital not doing so well, so his family could use some extra thoughts and prayers.  If you have some time, click on that button and checkout the blog. It's all just so sad.  It reminds me to be extremely thankful that my family is healthy.

Here fishy, fishy

We went down to Grandpa and Grandma Poppe's this last weekend.  On Saturday Grandpa took Ethan fishing at the campground.  They caught 9 really good sized crappies!  Plus some little ones that they threw back.  Ethan was so excited.  Next time we are down there we will get to eat them.  Ethan says he wants to eat them, but I wonder if he really will? 

Carson is walking!

Carson has been taking little steps for the past few weeks. On Saturday he finally walked across the living room! It was very exciting. He was pretty proud of himself. But what he really likes to do is push his toy fire engine around...I think he likes this because he enjoys slamming it into the wall. After a little more practice, he will be walking everywhere. Go Carson!

Two posts in one day is pretty good for me! :)

Soccer in the snow?

Only in Minnesota do we play soccer when it's 20 some degrees out and there is a dusting of snow on the ground!

Ethan's last day of soccer was a little chilly to say the least. I made fun of Jarred because he was going to wear snow boats. WELL, I guess I was wrong because my toes were completely frozen by the end of his game. The kids didn't seem to mind to much, they were all bundled up and still had fun playing their game! You could tell by the end that they were getting a little cold.

Watching that video just makes me feel cold.

Have a happy Monday! :)

Off to the pumpkin patch....

....okay, so it was just a roadside pumpkin stand. But there were lots of them and Ethan had fun picking out his pumpkins while his brother tasted a pumpkin!

Maybe if it ever warms up, we will get to go to a REAL pumpkin patch!

The sun is shining!

The weather for the last week is not what I had in mind for FALL! It has been miserable, especially when there is an almost 5 year old in the house who has a lot of energy and needs to get outside! Otherwise his mommy may go crazy. :) So, I hope the sun can stay out today until after work...because we need to be outside!

Taking pictures of the boys is definitely not easy anymore. Carson won't sit still and it takes a lot of convincing (and bribing!) to get Ethan to act normal and not stick his tongue out or close his eyes. Although it does make for some funny pictures sometimes.

Saturday is Ethan's last soccer game. I just hope the crappy weather can hold off so that they get to play. Ethan has missed 2 weeks because of being sick and the weather.

The cute little blue eyed boy from above has decided for the past 4 or 5 nights that he wants to be awake from 3-5 a.m.! I think when he was sick with his last ear infection he got a little to use to being picked up in the middle of the night. I hope we can break this soon, because it makes for

a long day at work!

It's been an exciting week of MN sports. Ethan says GO VIKINGS & TWINS!