Wednesday, October 28, 2009

More birthday pics!

Was going thru some more of the birthday pictures that i have, and here are 4 more of my favorites.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Thunderstorm watching...

Currently there is a big wind storm outside and I put carson infront of our sliding door window and he seems amused by all the action outside. Here are a few pictures of this.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

A very Happy Meal!

Part of Carson turning 1 is that now we can order his own plate of big boy food. Well maybe not a whole plate, and maybe we will just let him nibble off our plate still, but today I wanted to buy him his very first Mcdonalds HAPPY MEAL! Of course, I took a picture of it...why not?? He got mcnuggets, french fries and some apple juice. He seemed to really enjoy his happy meal.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Carson looves his daddy

I caught mike and carson playing today, and carson climbed up on his daddy's back like he wanted to play horsey. Then maybe 15 mins later carson fell asleep while dad was swaying him back and forth and it was just too cute to not have a picture of it.

12 Mos Checkup

Today we went for his 12 mos appt. He had 3 shots, but I will get to that very short part in a minute. His doc said he is doing very great, and he is very smart. He says that based on his measurements, he is going to be built big and wide and kinda tall. So exactly like his Uncle Brian. Which is GREAT with me, although I will keep him no matter what size. For his measurements, his head circumference is 19'', I guess thats good. He weighs about 24lbs. He lost some weight now that he is crawling around. He is also about 33inc long. Thats really long. During the time we were waiting for the nurse to come in with the shots, carson fell asleep, I thought that would make things easier. I guess I was thinking that he would just doze through all the shots. WRONG MOM!!!! As soon as the lady poked at his little thigh the first time, he woke up faster than I have ever seen. He screamed so loud. Poor baby, and there was still 2 more to go. We finally got thru them all but not w/o a stuggling little boy in my arms. He got a flu shot but the nurse lady said that some kids need 2 vaccines cause 1 isn't strong enough or something like that. So in 1 month we will go back and do this again but only for 1 shot. Then he gets a nice little break from shots. At least till around 16mos. He did very good at the visit today otherwise. My big boy just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I felt the need to buy him some presents today. So we stopped in at Other Mothers and mommy bought him some new clothes. They are AWESOME! He got 2 new jackets, and then a couple of zipup jackets that are really thick and warm, and then just some other tees. Next week our friends Krystal and Kason are going to boise to go to Kidz Again and we are going to get some clothes for the kids. I'm hoping I can find some jeans next week, and a couple of toys. I love you Carson. Your my favorite!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Birthday Party cont'd

Okay here are some of those pics I promised. Big Thanks to my sister in law Gayle for playing photographer for the day!

Sunday, October 18, 2009

boys playing

Kason and Carson

Carson and I went and visited krystal and kason for a couple hours. It was nice to have the boys play with each other. Carson kept wanting to give kason a hug and kason didn't like the overly affection carson was showing him. Carson likes to play with my nose ring and so I caught carson trying to touch kason's little nosy. It was cute. There both big boys and very handsome, and it was fun seeing them be boys together and interact with one another. Here are some pics from the play date.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY!

I can't believe I actually have time to sit here and talk about how everything went. I didn't even go to bed last night, I felt like I had no time to waist on getting all the decorating done so all night I stayed up and got a lot done. I wasn't too tired either. The decorating turned out good, I was trying to just keep the house in order. I worked all night on the monkey cupcakes, and well I didn't like the way they turned out too much. We had a pretty good turn out! Lots of people showed up to help carson celebrate his very first birthday. Lots of our friends and their kids came. It was total chaos in the bettis residence, but every minute of it was fun. I got a surprise visit from my sister in Portland, and I haven't seen her in soo long, I have really missed her a lot! The present opening portion of the party, carson didn't seem interested in tearing open the paper, so I had the pleasure of opening everything. It felt like Christmas all over again. But for carson!! :) He got some great gifts from everyone. I took a picture with everything on the table. Some cute clothes, and big new toys, lots of books for him to read to his mommy when he gets older, some tonka trucks, Tennessee Titans football suit set, BSU stuff, blocks, and my favorite, was a suuupper cool 2 in 1 winter coat from the childrens place. It's a fleece jacket inside that is detachable so he can wear it by itself or in with the coat. It's so cute. He got the matching beanie and gloves to complete the outfit. He also got some cords from old navy, and some shoes from there as well, and a shirt and tie also from the childrens place. Everything was just perfect. Food was good, company was great, conversations were flowing...then came the cake part. Carson didn't really put much of a show on, he was very very "gentle" with his monkey cake which was very nice of him, but owell. He did start getting into it at the end, but in the beginning it was a slow go. He is so perfect, and my life feels perfect b/c of him. He has soo many little friends and family that adore him, and love him to pieces. Here are a few pictures, and a video. Enjoy! I decided that I'm definitely not going to skip out on sleep tonight. The house is finally quiet and is clean again, and everything is put away.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

HAPPY BIG 1!!!

Carson,
Today is your BIG first Birthday!!! You have officially graduated from infancy to toddlerhood. You were born today at 2:03pm. The weather was very nice and beautiful. Very warm as well. This morning is a very different story. It's overcast, wet, and just a really gloomy morning! I'm sure as the day goes on, it will change. Mom has to finish birthday shopping for the party and for you little munchkin. Yesterday I was thinking about how I couldn't believe that just about a year ago I was still pregnant with you. The day you were born was the best day of my life. The first few moments after you were born were pretty scary but I knew that GOD and his army of wonderful nurses were taking good care of you. It's was such a wonderful experience carrying you inside me. I thank God everyday for giving me such a perfect, beautiful,and healthy little baby boy. I look forward to watching you grow into a man and I hope I will guide you on the right paths. Daddy and I can't believe that we really have you. It feels like a wonderful dream. I never want to wake up, since you make my life this good. I will always love you no matter what and will always be here when you need me. Thank you so much for putting a smile on my face everyday!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
I love you with all my heart and soul.

Love, Mom

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Birthday Party Sneak Peek!!!

I am getting sooo excited to setup for the party, I can hardly stand it. I made his guestbook today. I've been trying to find one to just buy, but birthday ones are hard to find and probably don't exist. So when I was browsing around online, all of a sudden this vision came to mind, and I had to start working on it right away before I lost it. It turned out okay. I spent most the day on it, just cutting this and cutting that, it takes so much time. This is the end result. It's not really bright and colorful, but it matches the party decor...so its perfect!

Birthday Shopping with Gpa Wally!

Gpa Wally came over to our house and hung out with me and carson all day. We made our first stop to Cabelas. We looked at all the fish, and carson seemed to enjoy them more this time than last. We looked at all the animals on the mountain and then browsed around looking for a cute camo outfit that was just screaming carsons name. I found the perfect one. Afterwards we ate at Wendys and it's always good. After that, we went and walked around in the mall. Carsons likes to stare at everyone that passes him. He tries to talk to people as there passing him. He's so funny. Gpa wally bought me and a BSU shirt and also one for himself cause they were having a huge sale. 2 for $20. You can't beat that. We ended our shopping at walmart where carson also got another surprise from gpa wally. A BSU jacket/onesie/sweat pants SET. IT's toootally cute! It looks like it might fit him now, but the pants seem a little long still. I will make sure he gets plenty of use out of the whole outfit. Here's a couple pics from yesterday.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

A Wonderful Gift from Oxford, England!!!!

My brother and his wife made a photobook from shutterfly of all the places and countries they've been, and they wrote it to carson for his 1st birthday! It was such a great surprise to get it in the mail, we had no idea what it was. All the pictures in it are GREAT!!!! So we can't wait to display it at his birthday party for everyone to see. Some of the highlights in the book include Warwick Castle, Tower bridge and Big Ben, which are all in London. Also some great photos from Ireland, Scotland, Spain, France, Italy, and Switzerland. Carson and I can't wait to visit all those places. Well its about time that we get started on a book for them now. Carson wants to make a book for his cousin for a christmas present. Were not sure if were going to do one with all of baby kaz in it, or of just Shawn and Amy together. Making books are soo much fun. Carson is going to have a handful of learning books from me. It just takes time finding all the best things to include in the book. Tonight for dinner I made roasted garlic potatoes. YUM isn't quite the word. They were soooo good! Thats it for now! Here is a picture of carson with the book.

Friday, October 2, 2009

My mooonkey man!!

I love carson's monkey pj's, he wears them perfectly. Now that carson has learned to climb on top of our ottoman all by himself, his nickname is only fitting. Heres a couple pics from tonight.