Young Love...

My cute friend Ashley and I love getting our kids together...for many reasons. Carter and her son Hunter are best friends, the two of us get along so well, our families have a lot in common and one of my favorite reasons....Brax and her daughter Brinley adore each other.

We are determined that her Brin and my Brax are going to be married one day...it's just precious to see them interact with one another. Braxton is the ONLY baby that Brinley will kiss...
Priceless!

Hollywood Party....

Carter's "cousin" Jaycee had her fifth birthday last week. I LOVE going to this family's parties because they really plan a fun event for the kids!

This year's theme was all about Hollywood...and between the picture frame crafts, bounce house, and singing I'm pretty sure everyone LOVED it!

The cutest part was Cousin Hunter and Carter singing to the music on stage...

Brax liked it too because I held him the whole time.
Carter even ate the pizza lunch...he NEVER eats when there's so much going on!

It was a great party!

Monster Truck Rally...

Last weekend my dad got the boys together and went to the MONSTER TRUCK RALLY!

Of course my sister went too, she's like Scott's favorite lil' sis! I will admit I was a little worried about Carter....but don't you worry that little kid had a great time!

Funny story...it was at the E Center so there was a little bit of a drive to get there, aparently Carter chatted it up the WHOLE way there and back. On the way back he asked everyone in the car, "Hey guys I have an idea..are you guys hungry because I wouldn't mind stopping at McDonald's"

CRAZY Child!
Carter has asked me everyday since when he's going back to the truck rally with Grandpa Steve.

Priceless!

Car Piggy Bank Craft with Daddy...

Carter got a lot of "craft" things from Santa this year (man that Santa really knows how to pick presents...)

And he has been begging to do this Car shaped piggy bank with Scott for the past few days...well folks here it is!

Carter was so excited to play with the paints, mix the colors and watch the white "go away" as he kept saying.
Don't mind Carter's crazy face...he's making fun of me while I try to get him to smile for the camera.

He had such a great time making this piggy bank.
(notice Ellie in the high chair)
It's definitely the little things in life when you're three years old.

Happy 2010!

Happy New Year!

I can't believe it's 2010!!!!!

Here it comes.....

Yeah for confetti!!!!

Brax LOVED it!
Yesterday the Treehouse had a countdown to "noon" for the New Year...you know we HAD to go to that! And I'm really glad we did because it was so much fun.

We hung out in the "tent" as Carter calls it,

I got to hold Brax and really have fun with him while my sister played with Carter,

Carter's Cousins, Rylee and Jaycee came too,

And we got to make some way cute party hats!

It was so much fun! I'm so glad that I get to stay home and do these fun things with the boys...it's moments like these that make all the difference in the world!

Christmas...the BEST Yet!

This Christmas was seriously the BEST Christmas we've had yet! It was so nice to have our little family's Christmas in the morning...just the 4 of us. It was so fun to watch Carter open his presents...he was "Santa's Little Helper" and passed out the presents to everyone.

He would give Brax his presents and say..."Here Braxton this one is for you..it's from Santa...would you like me to help you open it?" So Cute!

The funniest part was watching Carter unwrap the presents...he would neatly put each piece of paper in a nice neat pile and then continue to unwrap everything.

Brax's favorrite part was the wrapping paper... We then got ready and headed to the Morris house to see the family there. And I have to admit the CUTEST present ever was what the boys got from Steve and Annie.... The next stop was my mom's. Carter got some really cool things there too....This car is actually really fun to ride on...I steal it from Carter all the time at home!

He got a shopping cart...and look who he's pushing around in it....

One of my favorite presents was this...

Pretty sure Brax loves it too!

That weekend we also went to Aunt Tammy's for Family Bingo Night! All I can say is...I LOVE it! I always have such a great time and I'm so glad we went this year. They even had Santa come for all the little kids...

It was such a fun night!

Christmas Eve....

What can I say...Christmas is finally upon us! I have been SO excited about this Christmas...and now here we are....I can't wait until tomorrow morning!

This year is so much fun because Carter totally understands what Sants is all about...and it's also the first Christmas for us as a family of four...so....drum roll please....here is my FAVORITE Christmas outfit....

I love how happy my little man is in this pic...and the best part of this outfit is that Carter wore it two years ago as well....

But look how much he's grown since then...just look at the excitement in his eyes as we talk with Grandma "GiGi" about Santa....
We iced cookies just for Santa....And of course our "dairy-free" Santa ate up the cookies, drank the vanilla soymilk and left Carter his own Santa hat...

And of course the boys got their matching Christmas jammies...they are so stinkin cute! (Accept for the crazy look in Brax's eyes!)

Pretty much we are so excited for our Christmas to come this year!

On a side note, we've been cusy getting in some more Christmas activites before the season is over....

We have iced cookies with our cousins...We saw Santa one more time to tell him what we wanted...

We saw some fun Christmas lights (red of course) with Daddy....

And looked at some fun mini houses with mommy....

Pretty much we've done everything and now just are WAITING patiently for Christmas to finally arrive!

Happy Birthday Aunt Ju Ju!

My little sister's birthday is actually on Christmas Eve...so we ALWAYS celebrate it early in December so that she can have an entire day just for her Birthday (sharing with Christmas isn't that much fun)

Julia (aka Aunt Ju Ju) also is OBSESSED with Michigan! We honestly have no idea why...she just loves them. So my mom surprised her and got her tickets to see the Utes play the Wolverines last week. (pretty sure she couldn't have been more excited!)

Even though the Utes wasted Michigan...it was fun to go to the game and cheer them all on.

We celebrated her birthday two weeks ago and the cake was adorable!

Carter absolutely LOVED it!

It was a great party....great presents and one amazing CAKE!!! What's not to LOVE about birthdays!

Shoveling the Snow...with Help from Carter

Carter has been obsessed with "helping" shoveling the driveway with Scott.

So, when we saw a mini red snow shovel...it was a match made in heaven!

These pictures are a little blurry, but the sweet boy was so excited he would'nt stay still for the camera.

He was having so much fun...he "helped" Scott for about 45 minutes out in the cold...I kept trying to get him to come in and get warm...but he wouldn't have it!

It's so fun having a three year old! I love how imaginative he is and how much he enjoys the little things in life...like shoveling snow with his daddy.

Just "chillin"

I have to admit...having two brothers is the BEST! I love putting them in matching outfits, aren't they just adorable?

Our sweet little Braxton is such a joy to have in our family...we have loved watching him grow and change (it's amazing how fast it all goes by!)

This is the first Christmas season that I've had "off" since I was 16! I usually don't work on Christmas Day, but every other day in December! So this has been great to plan the parties, Christmas festivities and winter crafts!
For Scott's birthday I made all three boys matching blankets...here are the men in my life watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and snuggling to their blankets.

I am so glad that we have two boys....watching them interact, play together and grow up together has been an amazing experience!

It's also so crazy to me to see how different they really are!

Life is Sweet!

Family Christmas Spirit...

This year has been so much fun with all the Christmas festivities...mostly because Carter totally "gets" it this year. He understands who Santa is, loves candy canes, and is so excited for presents.

We have had so many birthdays and Christmas things planned for every weekend so far...and the end is not in sight!

On Sunday we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Morris' house to celebrate Kyle's birthday...

I'm not sure why but this is Carter's newest "pose" and of course I want to remember how crazy our three year old was!

We also made some really fun graham cracker "choo choo trains" and filled them with candies....(a much better idea than the gingerbread kits I have to admit)
Carter and cousin Hunter were decorating their trains while Brax and cousin Tanner played with the bouncer....(as you can see Brax really didn't want to share....PRECIOUS!)

Carter and Hunter were so good and really had such a great time together...

Here's all four boy cousins watching the movie Up together....

It was so much fun!