Christmas

We were in Thatcher/Safford for 10 days for Christmas break. Sienna had so much fun playing with her Grandmas, Grandpas, cousins, aunts, and uncles. We went to a Christmas Eve party at the Sparks' house. Sienna had fun playing with Jaxon.

Playing cards at Grandma Moore's house.

The stuff Santa brought after Sienna's stocking got emptied out. She got her jump rope and she got a drum. Sienna left cookies and chocolate milk and a note for Santa. Santa ate the cookies and drank the milk and wrote her back a note that said thank you and Rudolph loved the sprinkles from the cookies. She was pretty happy about that.

From her Grandma and Grandpa Moore she got a Leap Pad, roller skates, clothes, a train set, a suitcase. Carter got a basketball hoop, a chair, a book, cars, a suitcase. From Grandma and Grandpa Sparks they got a CD player and CDs and clothes.

He had fun with the wrapping and the toys.

Trying to get a good picture of them before church was not easy.

We went to church with my family then went to eat at my Grandma's house in Pima. That night we went to the Sparks' house for a while then went back to my mom's house where we were staying. Sienna was so exhausted. She was asleep when we got there but ended up getting up to play some more. We had a really good Christmas.

7 Months Old

We were down in Thatcher when Carter turned 7 months old. He's such a good boy. He has some crazy hair. It's grown way faster than Sienna's did when she was a baby and it sticks straight up. The above picture is him in the morning before he got his hair cut. Marlene trimmed his hair up for me and it looks much better.

After his hair cut. He still doesn't have any teeth. He's started taking really good naps but he wakes up a couple times at night still. We're working on that but it doesn't bother me much right now as long as he just eats and then goes right back to sleep. He's happy most of the time unless he's tired or hungry.

Temple Lights

We had fun looking at the temple lights. It was me and my kids first time actually walking around looking at them.

Our gingerbread train

Thanksgiving 2011

We went to Safford for Thanksgiving. Me and the kids ended up staying almost a week. We all had fun. Garrett could only come down for Thanksgiving day because he had school and work. I didn't take many pictures but here's Sienna and Dooney. She loves that dog. She bosses him around and feeds him all kinds of stuff.

Carter was really interested in my mom's necklace. He stayed like that for about 10 minutes playing with it. He wasn't even putting it in his mouth. Carter is 6 months and 19.5 lbs.

We took the kids to Merry Main Street the day after Thanksgiving to see Santa. Sienna was super excited to go but as we got closer in line she started to get nervous. She was scared by the time we got to Santa and she wouldn't look at him or talk to him. She says she wants a jump rope for Christmas but we can't get her to tell Santa. She wants us to tell him for her.

Sick Carter

Poor Carter has had croup. On November 15 I took him to the e.r. at 11:00 at night because it just came on really bad and he was having a hard time breathing. They gave him some steroids and breathing treatments but he still had to be admitted. He slept a lot in the hospital and we got to go home the 16th around 3:00. It was a long day. Luckily my dad came down to watch Sienna while Garrett went to school. Sienna was sick also with a cold and ear infection. The dr. said Carter probably got sick from Sienna. He started feeling better then we went down to Safford for almost a week during Thanksgiving. When we got home he started coughing again. On December 1st we had to take him back to the e.r. for more steroids and a breathing treatment. He wasn't as bad this time so he got to come home that night. He's doing better but he's still has a cough and runny nose. I just hope he gets over it and is not sick for a long time. I feel bad for my sweet baby.

Carter's 6 Months Old

His first time trying rice cereal. He didn't like it too much.

Sienna got a turn feeding him.

This was his first time trying real food. He had squash. He thought it was really weird. I made him squash and sweet potatoes so far. The foods he's tried so far are squash, sweet potatoes, avocado, and apples. He's liked the avocado the best.

He sits by himself really good. He likes to sit and play with his toys.

He plays in this toy that was Sienna's when she was a baby. He usually only plays in it for a few minutes before...

he gets mad. This is his mad face that he does.

He's such a sweet boy.