Buddies

Here's a first - Carson holding Blake! Okay, so we bribed him with popcorn I think, but it was worth it. Blake looks a little worried. I was trying my hardest to get him to smile!

New Flash

Blake can hardly control his excitment about his dad's new camera flash! I got Blake to smile while Matt tested out his new toy. How can you not smile when you see that cute little face?!

Carson saying "cheese" for the camera.

A few more of our sweet little guy. 11 weeks

Brothers

Carson asks about a million questions when we go to the doctor's office. What's this, what's that, followed by about a million more why questions. He loves to see all the doctor's "tools" and had a fun time testing out his skills on Blake. For the most part Carson keeps his distance from Blake. He gives the occassional pat on the back to help Blake burp or lays on the floor to help demonstrate how Blake should be keeping his head up during tummy time but most often he can be heard telling Blake "it's okay buddy" when he gets sad. I have to crack up when Carson gives his little brother the play by play on whatever he is doing. Have two boys together is bound to be lots of fun!

Sweet Blake

Here are two more pictures that Kapri took last weekend at her house. I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again - I love this little boy. He is such a sweet baby and we all just adore him. Carson asked the other day if "Blakey Bean" could come somewhere with us. I hope Carson and Blake grow up being best friends. I know that might not happen, but a mom can only hope.

Blessing Day

Blake Woolf Evans was blessed on Sunday, December 28, 2008 at Grandma and Grandpa Woolf's house. He was lucky enough to be blessed the same evening as his cousin, Kate Woolf. He wore the same blessing outfit Carson was blessed in which I thought was pretty special. My mom also made Blake his blessing blanket. Lots of hard work and love went into it and I will always cherish it. Matt gave him a wonderful blessing and we were fortunate to have lots of family there for Blake's special day. Days like this make me so grateful for all I have in my life - especially for my husband, two little boys, our families and knowledge of the gospel.

Uncle Adam & Aunt Marci

Uncle Adam & Aunt Marci visited for Christmas from Boston. Carson had a blast with all the family in town. Uncle Adam is now his new best friend. Adam was so patient with Carson's questions, requests, etc. I had to laugh when Adam finally had too much and very firmly asked Carson to stop hitting him with some kitchen utensil I think it was. I'm glad Carson and Blake have so many aunts and uncles to love on them.

Uncle Adam & Carson using the "polo stick" as Carson calls it.

Aunt Marci loving baby Blake

Blake - 2 months

It seems like the newborn phase always goes by so quickly. Blake is now 2 months old. He weighed in at 11 lb 15 oz of pure perfection at his two month appointment this week. He is such a sweet and happy baby. He has started to give us big smiles which we absolutely love. Carson is starting to notice him just a bit more. Carson likes to share his bath tub toys and likes to show off his Batman skills for Blake. We are so happy to have this darling boy as part of our family!

My friend Kapri took these photos of Blake last night at her house. Aren't they great!? Thanks Kapri!! I'm about ready to go out and purchase Matt some higher quality camera gear and Adobe Photoshop Lighthouse. I'm afraid his love of photography has dwindled because he doesn't have the camera set up he really wants and because his Rebel had orange juice spilled on it (thanks Carson) and has never been the same since. He has taken such wonderful photos in the past several years and I don't want Blake and other fun family photo opportunities to get passed by.

Our Boys

Carson - Age 3

• Loves guns & swords
• Loves to pretend he is a pirate
• Loves to pretend he is Batman
• Loves to watch his favorite "shows" - Donald Duck, Wall-E, Secret of Nimh
• Loves to read books and play games
• Loves his blanket - A.K.A. "Buddy"
• Loves playing with his cousins, grandparents & friends
• Loves to make us laugh
• Doesn't love having his picture taken
• Doesn't love to eat
• Doesn't love to use the toilet

Carson is a lot of fun 99% of the time! I guess every three year old is allowed to have a moment of meltdown. He always has us laughing. A few of our favorite words he mispronounces are:

skel-a-skin (skeleton) fridge-a-later (refrigerator) hel-a-doctor (helicopter)

Blake - Age 6 weeks

• Loves to eat
• Loves to sleep (most days)
• Loves to make us smile

The Evans Family

Our first family photo with our newest addition.

I lucked out when I married this guy! I don't think it's possible for me to love him more. He's perfect for me in every way.

We love our sweet baby Blake.

Evans Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken while Marci and Adam were here from Boston. Here is just one shot. I am excited to see the rest of them!

The updating continues...

I hope you laugh out loud when you look at this picture of Carson. Matt and I both crack up every time we look at it. Simply put...this was Carson's face when I told him he had to wait in line to see Santa. He immediately plopped down and busted out this facial expression. He did wait in line for an hour and a half to see the jolly old man and it was definitely worth every minute.

My sister and I bought our boys matching jammies for Christmas Eve. Talk about cute! I hope these two boys get to see lots of each other growing up.
Natalie, Gavin, Blake & Me

We didn't get out much after I first had Blake and I started feeling bad for Carson. I decided it would be fun to decorate a gingerbread house or as Carson would say a "gingerhouse bread man". My friend Sara and her little girl Payten joined in on the fun and decorated gingerbread men which is where I think Carson got jumbled up with his wording. It was hard to get Carson to decorate rather than eating all the candy. Here you can see the top of the house. I tried to get Carson to pose for a picture with Blake, but he wasn't having it. He's not fond of picture taking and especially if Blake is involved.
Our most favorite Christmas gift this year - little Blake. I know I'm his mom, but this kid is adorable! All the aunts loved taking turns holding him on Christmas day. This is Aunt Rachelle holding Blake.

Finally...an update!

The moment you've all been waiting for is here! I finally have a few pictures. I am way behind and still have many more pictures to add, but here is a start.

Carson was checking out one of Matt's maps in the back seat. When asked what he was looking for he quickly responded, "I'm trying to find the bears."

Blake & Papa

We spend quite a bit of time with Matt's family. We are lucky to have both of our families live so close. Dave and Gail are always up for watching their two favorite grandsons.

Blake showing off his skills - sitting up. Okay, so Matt's helping him just a little.

Shortly after this picture was taken Blake went to sleep for the evening. He didn't get up until 8:20 a.m. the next morning. 7 weeks 5 days and sleeping through the night! Now if only I could get him to enjoy napping during the day I'll be set! Every night since then I put him to sleep and wonder if it was all a fluke but we are going on night six of him sleeping all night. I love this baby!
Blake and his Dad at KS. Carson I'm sure is running laps around the building while this picture was taken.
Blake - 1 month

Taking a nap while the boys watch TV.

Two of my favorite boys.

One of my other favorite guys - Batman A.K.A Carson
He comes up to me with this mask on and say, "Mom, you ever seen Carson?" He then quickly pulls up his mask and says, "Here I am!" Some days I'm about ready to put this kid in eternal timeout but then he does something cute like this and I'm reminded once again how darling this boy can be!

Catching up!

Carson & Payten enjoying a ride at Babies R Us. Please note that Carson would not allow Payten to sit with him so she opted for Dumbo's foot. She seemed happy enough. Sara and I thought it was pretty darn cute. I love these two!

I had to bribe Carson to sit by Blake for a picture. Don't you love the massive peppermint in his mouth. I got all new decorations for the tree last year at 50% off and a new tree this year! I put up the tree on November 14th all by myself and went into labor only hours later! Blake obviously knew having my tree up was a priority before he arrived.

Blake - 2 weeks

I love little feet pictures.

Blake - 1 month

Capturing 2009!

Here's a look at my most recent purchase. I have no excuses now for not updating my blog with pictures! In November we bought a new camera and Matt has been using that for appraisal work. I inherited our other camera which in the past month has mysteriously disappeared. I don't know if Carson hid it somewhere, if it fell out of my purse, etc. Here's to a new year and to my new camera so I can capture the best of 2009!

P.S. Matt is working on editing pictures! I should have new pictures up within a day or two.

Happy New Year!

I've got lots of blog updating to do! This pictures sums up our last couple weeks...very tiring! We had a wonderful Christmas with lots of family in town. Now we will try to get back into the normal swing of things and hopefully I'll be able to upload some photos and get this blog going again. Tonight we had dinner with Matt's parents and then headed to my parent's house to visit and make sure they were recouperating after having the masses here for all the Christmas festivities. My mom noted how well Carson plays by himself. I guess a kid gets to be that way when he's an only child for three years. He finally crawled into Blake's carseat asked my dad to cover him with a blanket and to rock it back and forth. When my dad would stop rocking, Carson would put his arm out the side and motion for him to continue. When we finally got ready to go we uncovered a very sweaty boy fast asleep.

I also need to mention that today was Carson's first day as a Sunbeam. It was touch and go when we first arrived for Sharing Time, but he was beaming when I picked him up after class and he showed me his sun sticker. He has even sung Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam a few times since then. Love my boy.

Santa Claus

If only you could have seen the excitement on Carson's face when he saw Santa! It was definitely worth the LONG wait in line. Carson hopped right up on his lap and started asking questions of course. "Santa, where are your reindeer? Santa, do you have a Christmas tree? Do you have ornaments?" It was fun to go and do something with just the two of us and I think Carson enjoyed that too.

Carson said the funniest thing the other night and I have to jot it down so I remember! We went caroling with all the Evans family. I overheard Carson talking with Grandma Gail about a nativity in someone's yard...

Carson: Grandma, what are those?

Grandma: Those are the wisemen.

Carson: Do they have swords?

Ha. So very Carson!

Christmas Boutique!

Tis the Season!

I was invited by a friend to bring Scentsy to another Christmas Boutique! This one is on Tuesday, December 9th from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. in Chandler. You can get the address on the invite above or call me if you have any questions. I will have my stock available for purchase at the event and will place my last group order (qualifies for free shipping) of the holiday season on DECEMBER 10th following this event! If you need anything stop by the boutique or call!

I'm a mother of two!

Hard to believe this cute little guy is two weeks old already. I laugh every time I say "boys" and can't believe we have two of them. I'd say the transition to two is going well. I have my moments and feel overwhelmed, but I'm trying to enjoy every minute of it. I know these two little boys of ours will grow up in no time and I'll wonder where the time went.

Adjusting

Excuse Carson's hair in both these pictures. I promise I do get him ready everyday. After his nap his hair is pretty much out of control. Oh well. Carson is doing pretty well adjusting to having Blake in our house. He woke up from his nap yesterday and said, "Can I sit with you guys?" while I was feeding Blake. He just wants to be part of the action. We were at the doctors office yesterday and Carson said, "He's a cute little fella." I laughed. I'm glad he is warming up to the idea of being a big brother. Carson was watching a movie at Grandma & Grandma Woolf's house on Sunday night. I came in to check on him and he asked if Blake could sit with him. He even made him a little spot next to him.

We were driving to my parent's house last Sunday and Blake started crying. This was Carson's first experience in the car with a crying baby other than himself. He said, "Mom, I can't hear. Mom, what's wrong with him? Mom, I think he's hungry." I looked back to see this...Carson with his hands over his ears. Get used to it buddy.

Blake & Dad

Matt & Blake taking a little nap.

One of Blake's little smiles while he is sleeping. I always get a kick out of it. Check out that double chin!

Great Grandmas

Blake has gotten to meet two of his great grandmothers so far!

Mother & Blake
Grandma Dana & Blake

Splish Splash....Blake hates the bath!

We wanted Carson to be a part of Blake's first bathing experience. We pulled up a chair for him and he was more interested in the faces he could make in the mirror. Carson and I have been able to spend quite a bit of time just the two of us still because Blake sleeps so much.

Blake didn't love his first bath. I sure loved how he smelled afterwards though!