The Great Pumpkin

We carved our pumpkin for FHE on Monday. I am a little late in posting these pictures. We had a fun night of cookie making and pumpkin carving. Trevor made the BEST chocolate chip cookies. We all enjoyed them while we carved the great pumpkin. It was a fun night.

Garrett AWAKE!

Here are some pictures of Garrett awake! He started to smile this week.

A Dream Come True

Tonight is trunk or treat at our church. The kids go around the parking lot dressed up and trick or treat out of peoples trunks. It is really fun and my kids like it better than the real trick or treat. But don't think I am getting out of that just because of trunk or treat tonight. No no my kids are much to smart for that! We'll be rounding the neighborhood tomorrow night.

Carson has wanted to be Mario for three years in a row now. I am a totally lame mom and have never come up with the costume. The other night while I was at a bread making class, (taught by non other than the supper domestic goddess Mindy Huffines) us moms were sitting around talking about what our kids are going to be for Halloween. I announced that for a third year in a row I was grasping at straws for Carson's costume. One of the other moms announced that her and her husband were going to dress up as Mario and Luigi. I told her about Carson's true dream in life to be Mario for Halloween. Kirsten offered to make Carson a costume for me. I will be indebted to this women for the rest of my life. She made the best costume ever! Carson was thrilled. After we left her house we went to Walmart to get a long sleeve red shirt and of course he wore his costume in the store. Some one said, "Hey, look there's Mario!" Carson looked up at me with a HUGE grin and said, "Mom, I think that kid thinks I'm the REAL Mario!" It is going to be a great Halloween! Kirsten, thanks a million for making Carson's dream come true!

GPS for Kids

I was watching this dumb debate show on TV last night. It was a really low budget, buy some how it caught my attention. They were discussing the pros and cons of GPS tracking systems for children. You know like the kind seen in the photo above on sparky. Can you imagine putting one of these on your kids. Hopefully they don't go around their neck. Probably just around their ankle like someone on house arrest. They were talking about the kind on that Duracell communal and how they were just not good enough. "Kidnappers these days are just too smart", they commented. "So maybe we should embed them in our children." Seriously!?! What is wrong with people? I guess not as paranoid as I should be. I'm wondering what ever happened to good old common sense and watching your kids when you're out and about, or teaching them about safety. Do we really need GPS for our children?

Garrett

One of these days I'll get a picture with him awake.



Garrett is getting so big. I can't believe how much he has grown. He is going to be two months old next week. I have been promising pictures of him so here are a few.

Garrett's Blessing

We blessed Garrett last weekend. Trevor's family came in from Utah and my parents came from Colorado. It was a great weekend. The Braswell clan came late last Wednesday and stayed until Sunday. We just hung out and visited with each other. I really enjoy spending time with Trev's family. It is fun to have girls to talk to and go shopping with. The boys aren't too bad either!

My mom made Garrett's blessing outfit. It thought it was really cute. (Thanks mom you are an amazing seamstress.) I wish they could have stayed longer. I didn't even get any pics of my parents with Garrett.

Enjoy the cute pics. I am going to do a little photo shot with Garrett in his blessing clothes and post more pictures later.

Milk Diet

I'm on a diet! It's killing me! Garrett has been grunting and groaning for a few weeks now. I decided I can't take it (the grunting and groaning ALL night and day!) and he is miserable. His poor little tummy. Well I have cut ALL milk out of my diet to see if he has a milk aversion. That's right folks, even milk chocolate. I'm on day two and it is killing me! I love milk and all things dairy! I love Garrett more so I am willing to suffer (for a while) to see if this helps his little tummy. We have tried Mylicon drops and a few other things. Any other ideas are welcome! Post your suggestions ASAP I'm dieing for a glass of milk!

Adjusting

Garrett will be a month old tomorrow. I can't believe it has only been a month! Time flies when you're not pregnant! Having three children has been an adjustment on all of us. Everyone is having to deal with a messy house and an often grumpy tired mom/wife. The kids have their days. Yesterday was a not so good day. Lots of arguing and fighting between Carson and Paige. Paige started to get sick with a low grade fever and a runny nose. All of my best laid plans to clean the house fell apart. Last night there were 8 (yes eight!) loads of laundry to put away. Trevor dose all the washing, me and the kids put away. Trevor has been doing a lot more than washing lately. I feel bad that he goes to work and then comes home to do much much more. But that is just our life right now.

Today however is shaping up to be a better day. After a terrible night of Garrett grunting and complaining, Paige waking up a million times, and Carson needing that famous glass of ice water in the middle of the night, my children were so helpful and cheerful! How refreshing. Carson helped sort all 8 (yes eight!) loads of laundry. He put his clothes away AND his sisters! This chore took him about 45 minutes! I didn't even have to ask him or nag him. It was all his idea. What a sweet boy. He just made my day. Things have been smooth sailing thus far.

I know life is going to be crazy for a few more weeks and I am slowly coming to grips with that. The hardest part is my messy house. It drives me crazy to have my floors a mess and toys everywhere. I am looking around at my house and it is just a mess. There are clean dishes in the dishwasher and a huge stack on the counter. My floors all need vacuumed and mopped again, even though I just did it on Monday. There is baby stuff everywhere. Oh well, I'll get it done someday. I'm just so happy to have my laundry done! Carson rocks!