Blake Woolf Evans

Blake was born on November 15, 2008 at 9:45 a.m. He weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces and was 21 inches long. He had to be suctioned out because he was being stubborn, so he has a slight conehead with some blistering. He never cries, and still sleeps a lot. The pediatrician says that he is probably still a little tired from being yanked out of his nice, warm resting place. The doctors say that they will circumcize him tomorrow morning, Monday, and he should be able to go home by early afternoon. ( I have a baby picture that looks exactly like his second picture from the top, nice )

Sure, you smile after the epidural

We went to Banner Gateway on Saturday morning at about 2 a.m. Lynsey was ( that's right, the husband is writing this while the wife is layed up in bed ) in a lot of pain and needing drugs. She got her epidural at around 4. After that, all smiles.

Family Weekend

Saturday was my Grandpa Woolf's funeral. My parents and all ten kids were in attendance. Some of the spouses, nieces and nephews couldn't make it to Arizona due to it being last minute and expensive, but it was still quite the zoo at my parent's house! Even though the circumstances of getting together was a funeral we still had a great time. It is always fun to see family. I stole these pictures off my sister's blog.

Seven of the boys having cones on the patio.

A belly shot with my younger sister Annie. She is due in February and I'm due in two weeks! I am getting pretty anxious for this baby to get here!

My sister Natalie and her little boy Gavin stayed at our house while they were in from Utah. Gavin is such a happy baby. He got to test out the baby room and I think he approved.

Carson and Gavin. Some of these cousins looks so much alike to me. One of Gavin's toys got left in our car by accident. Carson found it and said, "Oh no Mom! What do we do!?" We quickly got him on the phone with Uncle Brian in Utah and told him we'd keep it safe until they are here for Christmas. Carson keeps telling me we need to go get Aunt Natalie in Utah. I love my family and can't wait to see everyone at Christmas. It's gonna be crazy.

Our {Not So Happy} Halloween

Carson has been talking about Halloween forever it seems. I was at a boutique all day on Halloween and Carson didn't get his nap in for the day. BIG MISTAKE! He took one look at his costume and went hysterical. We put it on him and he just about hyperventilated begging us to take it off his body. He was in tears, I was in tears and Matt was just trying to deal with both us of not being very happy. Oh well. I guess there is always next year. He refused to wear his costume, hold his trick or treat bag and talk to anyone. Matt finally put regular clothes on him and Carson refused to leave the house without his blanket "Buddy". One lady saw him and thought he was Linus from Charlie Brown toting his blanket around. Here he is looking a bit happier with cousins Ashley and Cade.

His face here pretty much sums up how he felt about Halloween for the most part.

Moving on to happier times. Carson moved up to a "big boy bed" a few months ago and did great from day one. I'm sure if you stop by he will tell you to come check out his ABC sheets or rockets on the wall. What a cute kid!

Carson LOVES pirates! He runs around the house with a sword, hook and telescope most of the day and sleeps with all of them too. He has a pirate treasure chest in his room where he keeps all of his pirate treasures and if I try to get anything out of the chest he quickly tells me "No mom, you don't have any tickets!" Apparently I need tickets to get into the treasure chest. I'm not sure how I'd go about earning those.

Hip hip hooray...it's November!

November = Baby Boy #2 Joining the Family! Here I am with 22 days to go. I'm feeling large but still really enjoying pregnancy for the most part. I had an ultrasound last week and was told we've got another big baby on the way, so we'll see what happens. I'm scheduled for another ultrasound next week to see how much weight he has gained. I got 4 inches chopped off my hair yesterday. I think it will be a bit more easy to manage. My last day of working full-time was Friday. Baby clothes are washed. My bags are packed. Little baby...you can join the family now. We are all anxious to meet you!

My Sweet Grandpa

My Grandpa Woolf passed away on Saturday. This is one of my favorite pictures and just how I want to remember him. We've had it sitting on a shelf in our house for the past year or two. He was happy and upbeat to the end. I am so lucky to call him my grandpa and will always be grateful for the wonderful example he set for our family. Until we meet again...we love you Grandpa!

Holiday Boutique!!

I will be participating in a holiday boutique Thursday, Friday & Saturday! There will be lots of great stuff. Come check it out and get some holiday shopping done!

Le Decor Holiday Boutique

Thursday, October 30 6 to 9 PM

Friday, October 31 9 AM to 2 PM
Saturday, November 1 9 AM to 5 PM

2864 E. Fountain Street, Mesa 85213

South of Brown, East of Lindsay

Featuring:

Le Decor (Home Accents) * Jewelry * Madame Pumphrey (Baby Accessories) * Scentsy (ALL MY STOCK WILL BE AVAILABLE) * Saucy Creations * Dani's Designs * Funky Bums * T's for Chicks * Denim Lovers* And MORE...

Hope to see you this weekend!!

The Birthday Boy - Part 1

Here are a few pictures from Carson's birthday last week. I still can't believe he is 3 now! He had a happy day!

The Birthday Boy - Part 2

When Carson's 1st Birthday rolled around my mom asked what to get him and I told her to get BOOKS! My parents have kept up with the tradition and Carson gets some wonderful new books each year. My mom always picks the very best ones! Usually they are ones I remember her reading to us when we were little. Always fun!
Grandma always picks things that are a total hit with Carson. This year they got him a Thomas the Train set to stay at there house, but of course she had to bring something for him to open up with his cupcakes. She got this spider and fun ball. Carson is OBSESSED with all things spider related. This morning he requested we go buy "two giant spiders" for Halloween decorations.
Matt and I got Carson this Spiderman scooter. He scoots around the house all morning. He actually wanted to sleep with it the first night be he finally settled with it propped up against his bed where he could touch the handle. Funny kid.
Safety first! When he sees anyone on a motorcycle he asks, "Mom where is his helmet?" He's got a Spiderman helmet to match his new scooter.
He caught on pretty quick and was off!

Ward Family Campout

This past weekend we headed up to the mountains for our ward family campout. People were impressed that I'd go camping being 8 months pregnant. I didn't sleep very well and had to find the restroom once in the night, but other than that a fun time was had by all. It was fun to see how much Carson enjoyed himself! He woke up early early and I heard him ask Matt, "Dad, am I in a tent?" A few mintues pass and then Carson says, "Dad, we are in a tent." A few mintues later, "Dad, what was that? Is that a bear?"

Carson enjoying a marshmellow breakfast and Matt playing some tunes on the guitar.
Mom & Carson. Carson obviously has a mouth full of marshmellow!
Carson testing out the zip-line.
Proof that yes indeed I did go camping being 8 months pregnant!
A little family picture before we took off. We all took four hour naps when we got home!

Where does he get these things!?

We took Matt's parents out to dinner on Monday night for Gail's birthday and also to say thanks for always watching Carson! They have always been so good to us. We got home and Carson started doing this funny thing. We aren't sure where he got it from but we were sure dying of laughter! He says something like "this is what a chicken does" and then proceeds.

Happy 3rd Birthday Carson!

Happy 3rd Birthday to our favorite little guy! This picture was taken this morning before he went to Grandma's house. He had his "pack pack" full of his favorite treasures and is carrying his new "pinchers" that he got from Grandma & Papa for his birthday. Matt and I are both a little sad he's growing up. More birthday pictures to come later! He is the cutest little birthday boy!!

Oh the things this little boy says!

I know I need to update my blog with a picture or two and rest assured those are coming! Matt and I have said over and over we need to write down all the funny things our little boy says. He is coming up on his 3rd birthday and everyday his vocabulary seems to grow and he says the funniest things. For instance...

A few weeks ago I was sitting at the computer finishing up some work. Carson comes in and says, "Honey, where's my super suit?" I started laughing and he demands, "WHERE is my SUPER SUIT?"

Last week I was standing in the kitchen drinking some water. Carson was standing in front of me just watching and suddenly says with a very serious face, "You do it again, I spank your bum and put you in time out." I smiled and asked him what I did. He repeats himself, "You do it again, I spank your bum and put you in time out." This little conversation happens often in our house but it is usually reversed. Carson does something, he gets his first warning, he trys to tell me why he was doing whatever it was he was doing and I just repeat my warning.

The other day I made Carson some toast. He ate a bite or two and was off to something else (surprise, surprise). Matt came home and ate his dinner. He saw Carson's toast still there on the table and ate that too. Carson says, "You eat my toast? Why you do that to me?"

Lately he has been calling Matt "Uncle Matt" for some reason.

He tells me a bazillion times a day "Mom, I love my cousins."

He asks me when his little brother will come out to play with him. I tried to explain to him the baby will be teeny-tiny when he gets here. Carson looks perplexed and says, "Why you say that, teeny-tiny." I explained again that's just another phrase for small or really little and after a few more questions he seemed to be okay with my answers. The other day I was curious to see what he would say if I asked how big his brother was going to be when he comes, so I asked. He looks at me, scrunches up his cute little face, holds up his hand right next to his face and shows a little space between his thumb and pointer finger of about 1/2 inch and says "just teeny-tiny."

Oh how I love my not so little boy. I just want him to stay this cute and funny forever.

Little Man in 3D!

I had a 3D ultrasound this morning. Here is a preview of our little man. I have compared 3D photos of this little guy and Carson and they look a lot alike. I'll be interested to see how much they resemble each other once he's actually here in November. Isn't technology amazing!

The Hulk

Carson spends much of his time these days with my mother-in-law, sister and sister-in-law while Matt and I both work. They have all been very kind and generous to help us the past few months. I will be happy to be a stay at home mom once again come November 1st!! Carson loves playing with his cousins. He is over at Liza's house this morning and she forwarded me this picture with a message that said, "Already having fun!" Knowing that he is enjoying himself makes leaving him so much easier on me. So, here is Carson A.K.A. "The Hulk" having a grand 'ol time at Aunt Liza's house.

7 Months

This is to document how much my belly has actually grown in the last few months since the picture in the previous post was taken. Matt took this one this morning. I will be 7 months on Thursday. Hooray! This kid has how much more weight to gain? I don't know where he's gonna fit! Hope everyone had a nice holiday. We spent the morning at my parent's house where we had a yummy breakfast. The little cousins enjoyed running around together. My dad got some pictures so I'll have to get those and post those next.

Randomness....

So I'm getting close to the "I haven't blogged for a month" mark. Sorry. For my three faithful viewers...here are some random pictures taken in the last couple months. I am so tempted to purchase a new camera for Matt so he'll get back into swing with his photography hobby! I'll purchase that nice camera with all that extra money I've been stashing away. Ha!This belly shot was taken June 21st, so that made me...5ish months. Picture this doubled and that's me today. Notice cute little Carson in the corner. I think he's getting more excited for his brother to arrive. He pats my belly and talks to his brother. Yesterday he told him to come out and play.
Two of my very best friends in the whole world. I'm sure they will both shoot me for posting this picture but I had to because in this picture we are all pregnant. Kapri had a darling little girl in July, I'm due in November and Nicole is having another girl in January. I absolutely love these girls and wish we lived a tad closer to each other and that my life wasn't so crazy busy so I could see them more often! Awhile back we painted Carson's big boy room and the nursery to the tan color behind Carson. Matt got out the ladder and of course Carson had to be right in there working with his dad. I love his tongue hanging out. So serious about his work! Oh and don't worry the saw is plastic!
Carson rockin' out with Rock Band or Guitar Hero. I don't know the difference. This picture was taken recently, but I feel like he looks so much more grown up even today.
Last but not least...my two favorite guys. I bought this chess set for Matt as an anniversary gift. He has been reading books and working on his strategy. Carson LOVES to play with Matt and can often be heard saying "I got your bishop!" "I take your queen!" or "Oh no, not again." He gets more hilarious everyday. His current obsessions are wearing his big boy "underwears" as he calls them over his diaper (we are slowly working on the potty training thing) and playing pirates. I can't even keep track of how many swords and guns this kid owns. He loves to sleep with them and knows when one is missing. Gotta love little boys!

08.08.08

Five years ago I met and married this guy! Five years later I just love him more and more if that's possible. He's my best friend and more than I could have asked for in a husband. Matt fishing in San Diego a couple weeks before we got engaged.
A fun trip to the mountains shortly after we were engaged.
The Pointe at South Mountain Resort with his family one month before we got married.
Our wedding day! This is the only picture I have on my computer from our wedding. These are our good friend, Steve & Becky Giobbi.
Spending out first anniversary in Hawaii visiting one of my best friends April and her husband Nick.

Happy 5th Anniversary Matt! Thanks for being the best husband a girl could ask for! I love you double infinity!!

August 22 Scentsy Order!!

I am putting in my last group order for the Spring/Summer 2008 Catalog on August 22nd! Free shipping!

The NEW Fall/Winter Catalog comes out September 1st and I'll be having a Fall/Winter event...I'll keep you posted on an official date! You will love all the new warmers, scents, packages and products!!

Here is a link to the Discontinued Items from the Spring/Summer Catalog. Check it out and stock up on any item you love through August while supplies last. I have no idea if they will bring any of these scents back next year.

https://www.scentsy.com/images/photo/Discontinued_08.pdf

More goggles!

Here's another picture of Carson in his goggles. I'm reading him a story before he goes to bed and of course he still has them on! This picture also makes me laugh because Carson is shirtless which is pretty typical. He asks for "Pants, not my shirt on." Yesterday he surprised us both when I asked him to go get some jammies and he can back out with his pajama shorts ON. He had done it all by himself! Granted they were on backwards, but hey he did it himself!!
Now if we could just get him potty trained we'd be set!

Goggle Boy

Carson's new love...goggles. He wore these on the 4th of July all day while he swam and we could not get them off him. He slept with them or carried them around for the next several days. He has been taking swimming lessons and his instructor asked that we try to get him not to wear them. He was more interested in looking around under water and wouldn't swim to the side. I hid them for church on Sunday and told him they were broken the next time we went swimming and he didn't even throw a fit! He is such a fish. He is doing really well with his swimming lessons. He's actually getting some place when he kicks! He monkey crawls along the wall, can pull himself out of the pool, holds his breath great and can swim a few feet by himself.

My two favorite guys! Matt has been so wonderful since I've been working. I'm sure it's not easy dealing with an emotional pregnant woman. He is so great with Carson and beyond helpful at home.

Showing off his swimming skills.
Matt and Carson doing what they do best....laughing and playing.
I love my boys! I can't believe I'll have another one in November.

1/2 way there!!

Although I'm not very fond of photos of myself...I thought it was important to document my 1/2 way there baby bump. Yes, today marks the 1/2 way point. Very exciting. Our lives continue to be very busy, but we are happy to get life more situated before this little boy arrives. Carson pats my belly on a daily basis. We pulled the swing, bouncer, etc. down from the attic and he asks me everyday if they are for the baby.