Let Him Eat Cake!

Carson was so funny with his birthday cake - I had to have a blog just for that!

Once again, he is enjoying the attention. He is cheering - yea - with everyone looking on. Here comes the cake! (It does say - Happy b-day Carson on top of the cake, you just can't see that)

He was so excited tohave Mikel let him go so he could go after his cake. We did take his shirt off to make the mess a little easier to clean up!
He went after the chocolate chip eyes first. He was picking them out and eating them one at a time - loves the chocolate. (A kid after his mom's heart.) He did get a little bit of frosting.
He sort of fell over and hit the cake - and lo and behold - more chocolate. He really went after it then! Love that chocolate.
What a happy boy he is now!
Let him eat cake!!!

Carson's 1st Birthday Party

Happy Birthday to you Carson! Today we had Carson's family birthday dinner and party. It was a lot of fun. Jeremy, Jo and EmmaLee came over, also Kris (Mikel's boyfriend) and his daughter, Kirstin, and our good friends and neighbors, the Gardner's. Carson really enjoyed all the attention. Here he is enjoying his birthday dinner - umm, love those garlic mashed potatoes!

Getting ready to open his presents. He loved hearing everyone sing just to him!
His main gift - a wagon, and it even has seatbelts for 2 and cupholders. Things have sure changed since I bought a wagon for the older kids!
Here he is enjoying a ride in the wagon with EmmaLee - and playing with her toes! Her side has the side down to sit flat - his side is up to use the seatbelts.
Enjoying the birthday haul of toys! Let's see - Mikel gave him the little lawnmower, Kendall and Jason got him the little baseball toy, Jeremy and family the Xylaphone, Matt got him the drum, Dani the sand toys, and Kristi the little hammer. From Mom and Dad - the wagon and two hats (he needs something to keep from getting his head sunburned!) See - when you are so much younger than your brothers and sisters you get a lot of nice presents (cuz they have money)!
He loved his birthday, as you can tell.

I forgot one thing on my last post about his Dr's visit.

Carson now weights 19 lbs 8 0z. He is in the 10% in weight. His 6 mo. visit he was in the 50%. I think being so active took off the little body fat he did have.

Shots and baths

Wednesday morning Carson and I were getting ready to go to the doctor's for his 1 year appt. He was such a happy little boy - playing peek-a-boo - and getting into his regular mischief!

However, being at the doctor's wasn't a fun experience - he had 4 shots - 2 in each arm. He was worn out when it was time to go home! (I wanted to take pictures of him at the Dr's office - but he was too busy and I was trying to keep him out of stuff!)
Here he is in all his glory getting his toys out for his bath - with his bright bandaids on from his shots
He loves playing in the bath with all his toys. I just have to remove all dangerous objects from the tub area because of older kids (like the shaver in the background)

I've been tagged!

So, Cheryl tagged me again! The last time I didn't do it - so I guess I better do it this time. Here goes:

10 Years ago today:
I was a busy mom of 6 kids - ages 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, & 2. I was on the Little League Board, the elementary school advisory board, and wondering how I was doing it all! Doug was in the bishopric - so I really felt I was doing it all!

5 things on my to-do list today:
1. Finish up my visiting teaching (what a slacker I am).
2. Input info on the computer for our taxes
3. Babysit EmmaLee
4. Organize more of the RS stuff
5. Fix dinner
(I have more on my list - just won't go in to ALL of it!)

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Chocolate (Pretty much - any kind except dark)
2. Popcorn
3. Saltine Crackers
4. Chips and Salsa
(hmm- can you tell I am a junk food junkie?)
5. Melons - watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, pretty much any kind

What I would do if suddenly made a billionaire:
What anyone would do - ENJOY IT!

5 Places I have lived:
1. St. George
2. Provo
3. St. George (again)
4. Cedar City
5. Mesa

5 jobs I have had:
1. Gift wrapper (Pickett Lumber Co. - I was real young - 12/13)
2. Cashier (Elmer's - isn't it nice to have a dad to work for)
3. Secretary/receptionist - St. George Arts Center
4. Checker - Snow's Market
5. Checker - Lin's Market (Cedar City)

5 Things You don't know about me:(but my mom and husband do)
1. I have had more surgeries than children - and I have had 8 children!
2. I was on the speech team at Dixie College for 1 year (wouldn't do the debate them though)
3. I lost my first tooth eating a buffalo burger at Philmont Scout Ranch
4. I performed in the Nutcracker Suite as a Russian Dancer
5. I bite my nails (unless I have them professionally done, then they are too hard to bite)

I guess I am suppose to tag someone now - but I don't know many people who look at my blog so I only have a couple to tag (who haven't already been tagged). Hey - if you look at my blog - let me know, then next time I might have someone else to tag.

I tag Jo and Molly.

happy birthday, carson!

the big #1!!

He's One!!

Here he is - our little caboose: Carson Scott Alldredge. He turned one on Tuesday, Feb. 26th. He is such a happy, go-lucky little boy. He is always smiling and so content. He loves to get into mischief, and when you get after him, he just gives you this cute little smile. Don't you love it - how can you get mad at this face!

Still as bald as can be! Carson is as active as can be - he goes, goes, goes from the time he wakes up until he crashes for his nap or bedtime. He hates to be held for anything. He is walking - almost running - and is into EVERYTHING! It was quite a shock one day when I was babysitting EmmaLee that he wanted to get in his swing. He hasn't wanted to be in it for a few months. Think he was a little jealous of his little niece - for she had been in it for awhile?
This is a cute picture that his Aunt Jana took when we were up in St. George last November.
Here he is - one year ago. Cute then - and cute now!
We all love Carson! In fact - he is loved by all the neighbor kids. They all want to play with him. He is a special little boy - and we are blessed to have had him come to our family - surprise and all!

Glance in the past - Dani's November b-day

I had meant to post these pictures for a while. Dani had a very special birthday in November. She turned 8 years old. She was so excited. Dani is such a loving, happy girl. She has so many friends and people are really drawn to her. She is very bubbly and outgoing. We are so blessed to have her join our family. We love you Dani!

This is from her family party. Dani was very excited to get this "Littlest Pet Shop" game to play on the TV!
Here she is at her friend party. She had a hard time on deciding who to invite - she couldn't invite everyone she wanted too! She had a dinner and movie birthday party. Everyone got to make their own personal pan pizza and decorate a cookie. They then got their own bag of popcorn and treats to eat while they watched Disney's "Ratatouille". They all seemed to have a fun time.
Here she is with some of the toys she got. She told everyone she loved the Littlest Pet Shop toys - and she sure got them!