Super Storm 2010 Post #1

Pictures of the Patio Table....a timeline:
7:15 pm, Friday, February 5th
10:45pm, Friday, February 5th

7am, Saturday, February 6th

11:15am, Saturday, February 6th

Recent Stats

Jason:
Height: 35 1/2 inches (66%)
Weight: 30 pounds (74%)

Carson:
Height: 37 inches (40%)
Weight: 32 pounds (54%)

I wouldn't be surprised if by next year's appointments Jason has caught up to Carson or passed him by.

Say Cheese!

My little girl is getting so big. I caught this picture of her looking so cute in her black sweater, black boots, and jeans. And no outfit is complete without a little jewelry!
And then the boys had to get in on the action.

Another Snow Day

Hard as it is to believe, we had another snow day on February 3rd. I'm beginning to lose count of all the days we've had snow so far this winter. There was a small snow in early December, a large snow storm (17+ inches) on December 18th/19th, more snow the last weekend in January, and then this small snow storm that started on Carson's birthday (5 to 6 inches). I figured I needed to get these pictures and videos up ASAP as we have yet another storm beginning this afternoon that's going to break records. Will definitely have more pictures and videos when that one is all said and done.

A picture of the beautiful surroundings on Wednesday morning.
A picture of our deck.

Here are a couple videos of our sledding experience early Wednesday morning. We really needed a chair lift or at least a rope tow to get back up that hill...it was extremely slippery. All this snow is really making me desperate to go skiing!

Carson turns 3!

The morning began mixing up the cake for Carson's birthday...of course all had to be involved!
The finished product....a few hours later...Lightning McQueen.

One of Carson's presents was an military dress-up outfit. You can see here that he's pretty excited about it.

Doesn't he look so cute in this? He liked it so much that he went to bed with the jacket and hat on.

Testing out the binoculars!

With a 50% discount at Outback we've begun a little tradition of celebrating birthdays there. They love it when a bunch of the staff come over and sing. Here's a little video of how much Carson was enjoying it.

From Grammy and Grandpa

Grammy and Grandpa got a large present for the boys to share for their birthday. We decided to have them open the present halfway in between their birthdays so that one of them wouldn't think it was only their gift....selfish little hearts that they have. So here they are opening the gifts.





A train table complete with a train set! The boys already have a container full of geo-trax but this train table with train will go in their room. Here they are enjoying the pieces while Dad in the background puts the table together.

All set up and ready to play....as you can see Madison enjoys this gift as much as the boys. Thanks Grammy and Grandpa!

Our Baby Turns Two

On January 15th we celebrated two birthdays....Matt's and Jason's. Matt got his birthday cake (cheesecake) Thursday night for caregroup and Jason got his monkey cake Friday night after dinner. Initially I couldn't decide what cake to make for him but when I saw the monkey cake my decision was easy....he's such a little monkey as he climbs and scales everything.

So here is the finished product.
Opening a few presents.

A big train book....he loves trains.

A present bigger than him...a very large tonka recycling truck. Carson is very much in love with this toy.

We went to Outback for an early dinner, releasing me from cooking and cleaning up....it was much easier to leave the mess at Outback. After dinner, the staff brought our cake out with candles and sang "Happy Birthday" to Jason. He was happy initially but then a little unsure of the entire event....but very excited to blow out the candles.

The final present we gave him was....well, take a look below.

He was a little apprehensive but has developed a liking for his new friend; however, the monkey can be found most nights in Madison's bed....she's really liking this toy.