Happy Thanksgiving

With Carson sick and the roads a mess, we decided to have a nice quiet Thanksgiving to ourselves. I still made a meal big enough to feed an army, but Jason and I don't have any problem eating so it won't go to waste.

Our Gigantic Turkey! You see, I am a couponer. Yep, one of those. Although you may laugh at me, I got this 21 pound (yes, that is 1.5 times the weight of my son) for a little over 6 dollars. Even though Jason and I only ate a tiny bit of that beast of a bird, we will have Turkey noodle soup and many other dishes creatively using Turkey for many meals to come.

Our Thanksgiving table - set and ready to eat!

It can't be Thanksgiving without Grandma's homemade Cheesecake....yummy!

And of course, the best part of the day.....this little face!

Some of the things that I am thankful for:

My sweet baby and amazing husband. They are my everything. Love them.

My Savior. He is my constant, my strength, my guide. It is through Him that all my blessing come.

Temples. I am so glad that Jason and I were sealed so that our family can be together forever.

Extended family. We have great families - wonderful parents and siblings who are always there for us.

Jobs, food, home, clothes, cars, etc. We don't ever realize how luck we are.

Good Friends!

Happy late Thankgiving! Love you all!

Poor Sick Little Baby....

Our sweet little Carson has been so sick! After work on Monday we took him to the doctor because he was having a hard time breathing....defiantly not a normal cold. After looking him over, we were told he had pneumonia, given 3 different types of medication, and had they had someone bring us a nebulizer machine so that we could give him breathing treatments at our house. The poor little guy did not feel good at all. They told us to keep the humidifier on constantly and give him the breathing treatments every 4-6 hours and to watch him closely. He slept in our room that night and I don't think I slept at all! I was so afraid that he would stop breathing, and a couple of times he almost did.
Thank goodness for the nebulizer machine! During all of this, Eastern Idaho (the tundra that we live in) was in the middle of a blizzard. The roads were horrible, it was freezing cold, and a 10 minute drive turned into a 45 minute drive. We decided to call off our trip to Colorado for Thanksgiving and stay home. Wednesday morning, at about 3am, Carson was barely breathing even after a breathing treatment. So, we warmed up the car and braved the roads to take our little bundle of love into urgent care.

The darn little boy was so excited to see new faces that all he could do was smile and kick his feet while he was lying on the table. They took an x-ray of his chest, gave him some new medicine, and sent us home with the promise of a call first thing in the morning once someone could read the x-ray.

Turns out our sweet baby has asthma! Jason has asthma too, so it defiantly came from his daddy's side. They told us to keep doing what we were doing and he would be fine. We have had a few scares since then, but have found out that humidifiers are HORRIBLE for babies with asthma, Carson is happy even when he is sick, and Jason can wake up to Carson crying if mommy is out shopping for Black Friday.
Carson is on the up-and-up and we are grateful for priesthood blessings and the guidance of the Spirit.

10 Things I LOVE about Carson

10. He loves to eat his hands!

9. The way he smells. Nothing beats the smell of a baby.

8. How much he loves bath time! He loves to kick and splash in the water.

7. Carson loves his cousins! The second he sees Kenzlee or Brock he lights up.

6. He babbles in the car like he is telling me about his day. So cute.

5. He has my blue eyes and my white skin. :)

4. From the first day he was born he would smile and laugh in his sleep. I loved to watch him sleep to catch those cute little laughs.

3. He is my little cuddle bug. He likes to cuddle with me and fall asleep in my arms. Sometimes I will bring him to bed with me when he wakes up early in the morning and we fall back asleep together.

2. His smile. He loves to smile and every time I see it I can't help but smile back.

1. He is mine, forever and ever.

Jason's Birthday

Tuesday was Jason's 27th birthday! He had class that night after work, so we didn't get to have a party, but he opened presents when he got home. He got a lot of great stuff! My parents bought him some very nice dress shirts, my sister and her family got him a gift card to best buy, his parents got him a video about the Joseph Smith papers, and Carson got him "How to train your dragon", "Iron Man 2", a fireproof safe, 2 pictures for our theater room, his favorite drink, and some new garments. We love you, Daddy! Hope you had a great day!! XOXO!