Christmas Memories

Christmas Vacation

Our Christmas vacation didn't start out very good. Last Thursday (18th), Ashton woke up about 9:30pm with the stomach flu. So, Ashton and I slept downstairs together. He was fine when we woke up the next morning. On Saturday (20th and Paul's birthday), Carson and I both got the stomach flu! So, Paul spent his 32nd birthday taking care of all of us. We had to cancel our dinner plans, also. We are going to celebrate Paul's birthday next weekend instead. On Sunday (21st), we were supposed to pack-up and leave for our trip back to Minot. However, later that morning, Paul started not to feel well. He stayed in bed most of the day until about 3:30, when he informed me he was feeling better and wanted to leave and drive to Fargo. So, we packed-up the car and by 5:00pm we were on our way to Fargo. We stayed with our friends Ross and Allison. Monday we woke-up, got ready and headed to Minot.

It was freezing in Minot! So, we didn't have much to do, besides relax and hang out with our friends and families. Carson was pretty bored and kept saying he wanted to go back home. He did make it outside once, for about 5 minutes to help Papa feed the birds. We celebrated Christmas Eve with my parents and Christmas Day with Paul's. It was a very good time. We packed-up the car on Friday (26th) and drove the entire way back to MN. It wasn't a very fun drive because Ashton wouldn't sleep and screamed a lot of the way! I think we will be staying home for awhile. We hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Christmas Play

Last night our day care had the kids put on a little Christmas play and sing some Christmas songs. It was cute! They did the story of baby Jesus being born. Carson didn't really do much, but did sit in the stable like he was supposed to. He didn't want to sing any songs, though. I guess theater isn't going to be his future career path. We are very blessed to have a great day care provider, that really cares about all of our kids. Thanks Heidi!







We will be heading back to Minot on Sunday, weather permitting, to spend Christmas with both of our parents. We haven't been back to Minot for 2 years, so I guess it's time to go back. We are planning on staying until Friday. Hopefully it will be a relaxing vacation. We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

9 Months

Today Ashton had his 9 month check-up. He weighed in at 17 pounds 14 ounces, he was 28 1/2 inches long and his head is now 17.5 inches. He only gained a pound and a half in the last 3 months, but his head grew an inch and he also is two inches taller. Plus, now that he can crawl, he never sits still. He is also starting to pull himself up now. We only did flu shots today for both Ashton and Carson. So, it wasn't too bad.

The same...But different

Here are some pictures of Carson and Ashton either wearing the same outfits or in the same poses. At the time, we didn't think Carson was so tiny, but Ashton is in the clothes now that Carson was wearing when he was one. I guess they both can't be the same and they definitely have different personalities. I'm just glad I had two boys so they can share clothes and toys!

Carson 15 months

Ashton 8 months

Carson 1 year

Ashton 7 months

Carson 6 months

Ashton 6 months

Carson 3 months

Ashton 6 months

Carson 1 month

Ashton 5 months