One Wedding and a Blessing

We have been so busy lately and had so much going on, that blogging has gone way down on the priority list. I am sorry for that, but here is an update on what has been going on...My brother, Brian, got married on November 21st to Jessica. Everything went well and the sealing was beautiful!

I didn't get very many pictures at the wedding, but here are a few that I got! I was a bridesmade and Hallie was a "Flower girl".

She was so excited that she got to wair a pretty dress and her favorite part was her flower on her wrist.

We blessed Carter on November 23rd. The day was great and I really appreciate every one that was able to come and support us! I totally stressed about it, but it was great!


Carter looked so cute and he was so easy going that day! He didn't make a peep thru the wonderful blessing that Magic gave him!

Here is Carter with my parents. This was one of the only fussy moments durring the whole day.
Here are Carter and Hallie with Magic's parents. We are so lucky to have such amazing parents!

Carter-

We Love you and hope you know that we would do anything for you! You are such a huge blessing in our lives already and thank you for being such a great baby! We hope you have a great life and we will be there every step of the way!

Love You Always-

Your Parents

Halloween!

We hope that everyone had a Happy Halloween! I had to blog about these cute kids in their adorable costumes!

Hallie was a Falcon's Cheerleader. My mom and dad found it for her. Carter was a dragon or a dinosaur or something green with spikes. Wayne and Judy gave him his costume.
Hallie LOVED trick or treating this year. After the first house, she understood what to do and she was good to go after that.

We spent Halloween with my family because my mom was in town, but we weren't able to get a picture of all of the kids in their costumes together. So we dresses put them in the costumes just to get some pictures. My sister, Amy, and her husband, Jonathan, were in town with their kids. It was so great to see them and spend time with their kids. We don't get to see them too often.
(Hayden, Mason, Tanner, Jefferson & Hallie)



Pumpkins


Hallie was crazy about pumpkins this Halloween! We would go on walks around the neighborhood just to find all the pumpkins. Grandma and Papa took her and her cousins to get pumpkins and she LOVED it! What a fun age she is at!

My mom and brother created this pumpkin. Pretty sweet, Huh?

This one was mine and Magic's and Hallie's. Let's be honest... Magic did all of the work, but it turned out very sweet, right?

Hope your Halloween was as fun as ours!

Hallie Loves Baby Carter!

Things are going well here at our house. Hallie really loves Carter and is very excited to have him around. In the morning, she always askes where he is and wants to see him and wants him to wake up! This involves her getting up in his face and saying, "Wake up Baby Carter!!!"
When we were taking these pictures, Carter had the hic-ups and every time he hic-uped, Hallie would laugh histericlly. This resulted in her getting the hic-ups, so they both had them. It was really funny!

She is being very helpful and she is being a great big sister. But she is still a 2 year old, so she is a little difficult at times. So far, things are going really well and we have very little to complain about and a ton to be grateful for.

Introducing.....

CARTER JOSEPH

Born at 6:08 on Thursday, October 23rd

7 lbs 9 oz 19 1/2 inches long

(A special thanks to Brooke for these pictures)

I was enduced on Thursday morning and by 2:30 was at a 4 and in active lador. I got my epidural at about 3:30 and by 5:00 was at a 7. My doctor came to break my water at about 5:30 and about 10 minutes after that, I was at a 10 and ready to go. I pushed about 1 1/2 times and he was here. It was really great and I could not have hoped for anything more!

This is our first family photo after Carter was born! Here we go... Mother of 2 and already loving it! I think I was so ready for him to come that I don't care that it is going to be WAY more work! I am grateful to my mom that she is here to help! Without her this would be too overwhelming!

Hallie is really doing well with the whole thing. She is always excited to see baby Carter and she is behaving normal for me. Magic on the other hand is having to deal with Hallie's evil tantrum twin, Kallie, and he is not enjoying that. I don't know why she is being so bad for him, but it is bad!

Having Another... Waiting Impatiantly!

NO ONE GET YOUR HOPES UP.... WE HAVE NOT HAD OUR BABY YET!

This is us 2 + years ago with Hallie. She was so sweet and everything concerning the birth and hospital went so great! I am hoping that this baby comes as smoothly and that we have another great experience. BUT WAITING SUCKS!!!!! I am so ready for this baby to come and for us to be able to get this show on the road! I go into see the doctor on Tuesday, and I am hoping and praying that he will have some good news for me! If he doesn't... extreme measures will have to be taken! We WILL be having our baby this week. Period. End Of Story!

Three Weeks Of Play Group

So I know that I haven't been the best blogger to say the least, but I have some great pictures from the past few weeks. I know that my last blog was about play group, but it is one of the only reasons we go out each week. I don't have much energy these days, as you can imagine.


South Towne Mall

Play Ground Fun

Gardner Village Witches

Hallie loved the witches and wanted to find every single one of them there! I love Halloween time!

Fun at the Petting Zoo

My friends and I started a play group this past week and decided that while the weather is still good that we would go to the petting zoo. Here is a picture of Hallie and the goats.

Here is Cade and Angie with the Goats!

Here is Logan with a goat.... there were pretty much only goats for the kids to pet.
They also liked the waterfall and throwing rocks into it. (Sorry to Annie that I didn't get a picture of just her and the goats!)
Then we rode the horses and Hallie REALLY loved that! In fact, believe it or not, it was her favorite part. I know, I know, you're asking yourself... What about the goats? Why wouldn't that have been her favorite part? The goats looked awesome! What a weird kid!
It was her first time riding a horse and I thought that she might be afraid, but she got right up and held on by herself. She even cried when she had to get off.

Logan was the only other kid to ride the horse and he was a little scared. Brittany was right by his side the whole time, but that is understandable. Like I said, I thought that was how Hallie would be acting. It really was fun and I can't wait to have something to do each week to get us out of the house!!! Thanks Brittany, Jenn, and Angie!

Happy Belated Birthday!

For Magic's birthday (almost a month ago) we went to Logan for the weekend. One of the days that we were up there, we went to Bear Lake. That is where these pictures are from.Hallie loved, LoVeD, LOVED the beach. She had so much fun playing in the sand and in the water. We didn't think to bring a pale and shovel, so we had to use a Styrofoam cup instead. Way to go Mom!
That didn't stop her and dad from building a sand castle. She was a pretty good helper, but sometimes would hinder more than help.
She still talks about building a sand castle with dad.
Let's be honest, Magic did most of the work and here's the finished product. With not bucket to help define the shape, I think it turned out really well. Good work Magic and Hallie!

And to prove that I was really there, here's a picture of Hallie and I playing in the water. I'm glad that this picture was from far away and not close up. We had a great time and hope to do a family trip at least once a year.

Our Beautiful 2 Year Old

We got some Awesome pictures done of Hallie by my friend Brooke. I am love them so much! She did such a great job and I am so excited about them! Thank you, Brooke, for your hard work!

She also took some of Hallie and I and then ones of my Prego belly. I love them, but I don't think I'm confident enough to put those on my blog. But you do get to see these great ones of the two of us!