Our Special Sunday

On June 15th Ashton was baptised. As you can see in the pictures, he is wearing a gown (or as Paul likes to call it...a dress). But the baptismal gown that he is wearing is about 90 years old. It was my grandpa's and numerous people in my family have worn it, including my dad, me and Carson. So, it has special meaning! Ashton was good through the baptism. He slept for the first half and didn't even cry when he got the water poured on his head. I was surprised because he's not fond of bath's. Both of our parents were able to be there, as well as Paul's brother, sister-in-law, nephew and my brother. My brother is one of Ashton's godparents, but my best friend, Anne, and her husband, Jason, are also godparents. They weren't able to make it because they live in SD, but I know they were there in spirit. After the baptism, we just came back to our house for a BBQ.

It was also a special day because it was also Father's Day. So, we also got to spend time with both of our dads. I know we have both learned a lot from them. Paul has also been a wonderful dad to Carson and Ashton. He has been very helpful and very hands-on. I hope Ashton and Carson both grow up to have Paul's desire for hard work, his outgoing personality and his love of sports.

Family Week

I know it's been a couple of weeks since I've last updated everyone. This last week has been family week. It all started last Saturday when my parents came to visit for the week. When they got here, we walked over to Father Hennepin Days here in Champlin. It's pretty much like a mini-fair. Carson got to ride a pony, feed some animals and ride on the rides. It was his first time! He went on a choo-choo train, cars and then on a dragon roller coaster (I had to go with on that one). He had a great time. Then on Sunday, Paul's family came to town for Ashton's baptism. Then we had everyone over for a BBQ. My parents left on Monday to go to Iowa to visit my grandparents and then came back here on Thursday afternoon. On Friday we went to Como Zoo and Carson got to ride even more rides and see all of the animals and then Saturday I went shopping at the Albertville outlets and then my parents left from there to go back to Minot. So, we have been very busy, but it was a great time and went by way too fast. These pictures are of Carson at Father Hennepin Days. I will post more pictures later in the week.

3 Months

Ashton turned 3 months on June 8th. I can't believe that he's that old already. He is getting baptized this Sunday, so we will be busy this weekend with family. He doesn't go back to the doctor until next month, so I'll have updated stats on his growth then. He is pretty much sleeping through the night, from about 8:00-9:00pm to 4:00am-6:00am. It's nice not to have to get up every 3 hours! He is now working on trying to turn over! He can definitely move in circles!