His little voice

This picture was posted on our blog late 2007 or early 2008. I love looking back at photos although it makes me realize how quickly life goes by and my little boy isn't so little anymore. I've had a message on our machine for at least a year or more and I never deleted it because Carson's little voice was my absolute favorite. He called with the help of Grandma Gail. He repeated whatever she told him to say and it went like this...

Hi Mom.

Me. Carson.

A papa's.

Love you. Bye.

Translation: Hi Mom. This is Carson. I'm at Grandma and Papa's. Love you. Bye.

I walked into our room last night and our message machine had a "0" displayed. No message. No saved messages. Carson's little voice was gone. I cried. Matt felt terrible. I know, a silly thing to be cying over. I'm teary eyed thinking about it. It was just a little piece of him from when he was "little" and he's not so little anymore. Years from now we will sit around with our kids, their spouses and their own kids reminiscing and Carson's darling little voice is something I will always remember.

Copy. Paste. I think not.

People tell us all the time that our boys are carbon copies of each other. I think you can definitely tell they are brothers but have their own look. You decide. Here is a picture of Carson at 6 months (is the octopus outfit) and Blake at 5 months (in the patchwork outfit).

Happy 29th Birthday M. Jack!

Today Matt turns the big 29! He is working late, so we'll take dinner, dessert and gifts to his office.

Opening one of his gifts on Saturday night. Matt and I cannot wait until any actual holiday or event to give each other presents. I caved on Saturday and let him open this leather messanger bag. It's for church so it was only fitting that he open it a day early and give it some use right!?
I love you Matt!

Just Hangin' Out

When I ask Carson, "What's Blake doing?" his usual response is "he's just hangin' out." I guess that's what five month olds do. He has been enjoying his exersaucer the past few days.

He must really be concentrating. Look at that tongue.

Good Morning

It has become the morning routine to have the boys snuggle in bed with us around 7 a.m. which is fun. I generally feed Blake his morning bottle while he lays between me and Matt. Carson wanders in and wants to lay with us too of course. Looking at these pictures makes me realize how content I am being the only girl in our little family. I love my boys and am so thankful for each of them!

Blake turned 5 months this week! Where has the time gone?

Playing?

Is that playing I see between my two boys!? Seriously!? This morning marked a very special day. Carson was actually laughing, talking and playing with Blake. Granted Blake still doesn't do much, but Carson was laughing while Blake tried to hold his hand. This is the most interaction I've ever seen between the two of them. These are the first pictures of them together where Carson has not been bribed to sit closer to his brother.

Happy Birthday!

My friend Jen and I tried to put together a fun BBQ for our husband's birthdays. It ended up that only the birthday boys could attend. :) Lindsay, Tatum and Carson were enjoying their ice cream cones and looked so darling all together. Don't you love Carson's Batman shirt. He knows he's not allowed to wear it out of our house. He puts it on the second we get back from anywhere!

Binky or No Binky?

That is the question! I was semi traumatized by Blake's love of his binky when he first came into the world. I know it's really not a big deal, but for some reason I had such mixed emotions about it. Carson never took a binky and managed fine. He could calm himself down without me having to locate a binky for his mouth. Then Blake comes along. He loved his binky but couldn't manage to keep it in his mouth! I would go in several times at night to put the "plug" back in only to be back in his room a few minutes later to do the same thing. Naps were no different. I was going nuts. About a month of two ago he stop taking his binky at naps and I found that he loved sucking on his pointer finger. Blake is by no means a fussy baby, but when he does cry you simply have to put his hand to his mouth and he finds his favorite finger to suck on. I know, I know....people say at least I can get rid of a binky and not a finger, but this is less traumatizing to me for now.

Blake's 1st Easter!

Blake is obviously not quite old enough to hunt for eggs, but he sure looked cute in his new Easter outfit! He got a bunny from each Grandma.

Blake's right foot is skinnier apparently because that shoe ALWAYS falls off! At least I can put shoes on his feet! That is something I couldn't do with Carson. He had "Flinstone feet" as I called them - chubby little blocks that no shoe would fit.

Carson's Easter

We had lots of Easter festivities on Saturday - Woolf, Snedigar & Evans! Whew. It made for one busy day, but we did have lots of fun with family. It was hard to get a picture of Carson because he was always on the move. He is taking a very brief break to show me the loot from his first Easter egg hunt of the day. He had a total of four. The poor kid is not lacking in the candy department.

Thanks buddy. He even thought he'd show me the candy he was eating during the hunt.

Grandma and Woolf cousins making sure everyone got some eggs.

Lots of cousins + lots of candy = wild!

We love being near family and wouldn't have it any other way. Carson always looks forward to seeing cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents!

Loving Bath Time!

This little guy loves the tub. He kicks, splashes and squeals with delight. Carson is usually nearby to help which means throwing water on Blake's face and handing him toys.

Tummy Time

Blake doing his tummy "exercises" as we like to call them. Carson and I have the job of keeping him happy and laughing. He has been rolling over (from his back to stomach) the past two days. He has done it before but more out of accident I think. I can make Blake laugh by saying, "Ah boo!" and making funny noises with my mouth. It gets him everytime and I love hearing his laugh and squeal.

This is his, "Mom have I done my exercises long enough?" face.
We love our Blake! A.K.A. Blakey-Bean, Beany-Boy, Beanster, Little Bean, Beany-Buns. If it's got the word bean in it I tend to use it. Carson even calls him Blakey-Bean on occassion which makes me laugh. I've always called Blake "Bean" and Carson "Noodle". Random, I know!

Not a Phone Talker

Carson is NOT a phone talker. He must get that from his dad. Ha. Our family who lives far away knows it is always tricky getting Carson to talk on the phone. Grandma and Papa were in Utah this past weekend. They called and Carson was so excited to talk to them. He was going through withdrawls apparently. They talked about all sorts of stuff...being sick, snow, snow monsters, snowballs, etc. You can tell is was snowing in Utah at the time.

He's getting so big! Where has the time gone?

Stomach Bug

Carson had some sort of stomach bug on Saturday. The poor kid was tossing his cookies all day. No fun for any of us! He told me he had a "stomach cake" and I didn't think he was serious. Now he knows he gets Sprite when his tummy is not feeling good, so he is trying to work that to his benefit every day. Keep trying buddy. On Saturday afternoon he was looking sick, sad and worried. He said, "Mom, I think I need to go to the hostible (hospital)."

FHE in Bulldog Canyon

I think Carson had a good time at FHE last night. He crashed in the car before we even got back to civilization. He had so much fun playing with his cousins and loved hearing Grandma and Grandpa Woolf tell stories. His mouth is stained with Hershey's chocolate from too many smores and to be honest that's perfectly fine with me. He had fun and we are making memories!

FHE in Bulldog Canyon

My parents had the wonderful idea of going out to the desert for Family Home Evening. As we got closer to the edge of civilization and closer to the desert Carson started getting really excited. Carson looked out his window and saw nothing but cactus, bushes and a mountain and yelled, "Mom, is this where the desert lives?" He talked about snakes, guns and climbing mountains. It was lots of fun just to drive out there with him! Once we got to the trail all the kids hopped in the back of Grandpa's truck. I think that was the best part for the kids. My mom sat with them and told stories. Here's a picture of a few of the cousins having a great time. Noah, Cade, Carson, Hunter, Kassie and Ashley

Cade, Carson and Hunter
The cute babies. Kate and Blake.

Blake hiding from the chilly Arizona desert. Okay, I think it was in the 60's. Ha.

Carson & Grandpa Woolf

Grandpa Woolf and Carson roasting marshmallows. Carson didn't like the smoke in his eyes, so he had my dad do most of the work.

As you can see he is getting further away from the fire.

He found a nice rock behind Grandpa Woolf to sit on while he waited for the finished product.

Justin, Lauren, Noah and Liza roasting marshmallows

Kassie and Ashley

Nate and Dallin

Allison and Kate

Karyn and Ashley

Lauren

Listening to stories (Justin, Liza, Lauren, Cade and Noah)

Dallin

Allison, Dallin and Nate