Happy Birthday Mann Family!

Our friends the Pughs just celebrated their wedding anniversary (Happy anniversary guys) a little before us and they had a great idea that we decided to steal. They not only celebrate their anniversary but also the birthday of their family. We decided to follow suit and celebrate our birthday by taking Carter to the zoo (which is actually what they did so I feel like such a copier, Sorry Liz.) Since we have a zoo pass we don't feel bad just going for a little bit so we went this morning until Carter got sleepy. There were some things we had never done or seen, like ride the train and the carousel, see the prairie dogs and the bison and go in the bird, reptile and small furry animal habitat. It was fun to do those things now that he is walking and more excited to look at the animals. This was the first time he actually wanted to see them. Now we are home and Carter is napping.

Pictures anyone?

Us on the zoo train

The scary carousel...

Riding a bison with Mommy (By the end of the ride he was turned around and hugging me for dear life)

Carter and a germ. It was nice of him to get on his knees... I know how hard that is in those costumes!

Carter saying "Mommy, do you see the pretty birds behind me?"

Trying to put a leaf back on the tree that he had just pulled off.

Running around the bird habitat

How we knew it was time to go.

Buzzed!

Before:

After:

Thanks for the buzz Aania!

Looking like a big boy!

Having a good time leaving costco!

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One from the vault

When I decided I wanted to post wedding pictures I called my parents for this one. I never got the digital file and the print they made for me got ruined by the cats so here it is... the never before released SO US picture from our wedding:

Anniversary Dinner part 2.

I feel like a bad Mom! Carter was so excited to be getting greasy food for once! I never thought I would be such a health conscious Mom but Carter never gets to eat like this. It definitely showed and made for a fun anniversary dinner for all of us out on the patio. I had to start out by feeding it to him but then we just let him go at it and get messy. He ate all the pieces separately and tried to shove the whole (half) hamburger patty in his mouth at once. Luckily, we couldn't take our eyes off him so we were there to supersize, I mean supervise. It was such a funny sight! Rather than post all the pictures I made a scrapbook page. If you click on it you should be able to see it bigger. Enjoy, he certainly did.

It Happened One Night on the big screen!

We made our own version of the drive in on the patio!
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The moon!

It's almost movie time!
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Our idea of a hot date

The baby's in bed and we are playing cribbage on the patio.
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Anniversary dinner

Yes we took Carter along with us for dinner at millie's but that's ok. Happy birthday Mann family!
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4 short years

No, I'm not referring to any president current or past. Tomorrow is the 4th anniversary of our wedding in the Oakland temple. It seems crazy to me. I also can't believe we've been "together" for more than 7 years. I promise this will not turn in to some mushy post that should really only be read by my husband. I just wanted to let everyone know that I made the best choice in the world when I said yes to marrying Dave and I couldn't ask for a better husband. And now some pictures!

Brook update

I've decided since we've been so busy updating everyone about that baby that Dave and I needed to do separate updates for us. So here is my update:

You may have noticed my "ticker" on the top of this blog. I've lost 18.5 lbs as of this morning! I've actually changed my total goal from 35 lbs to 40 lbs. Which makes me almost half way there. I haven't noticed much of a difference but Dave and other people say you can tell that I've lost the weight. I'm on my 3rd day of Clomid and so far I've felt mostly the physical side effects more than the emotional ones. My face is breaking out, I've felt super nauseous and tired and I've had some pretty wicked head aches. Seriously though, I far prefer these physical effects to the roller coaster of emotions last time around. I'm still pretty functional and not crying all the time! Dave and I are constantly discussing if we want to continue with the hormones next month and/or the month after. We just have to take it one day at a time.

I'm pretty much dying to go to the pool and now that Carter is finally feeling better there's a thunder storm. Boo. Hopefully this weekend.

Our 4th anniversary is this Thursday but I will wait to post about our fabulous date until it actually happens!

Sorry this has been so jumbled, but now a days it's hard to just write about myself. I'm sure I forgot tons of stuff, so I may do a follow up. Look forward to Dave's post as soon as I can nag him to do it!

Before:

After:

So happy together!

Carter missed Emery so much while he was sick! We went on a walk with Melissa, Emery, Maria and Austin and this is how the 2 of them walked most of the time. I decided to take the stroller because it's hot and he's getting too heavy to be worn. It was so fun to get outside and see our friends again!
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Sunday morning

We are all a little sleepy this morning but Carter just really wanted to play!
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3 in 1 day! No longer boring!

I took some cute pictures so I wanted to post them:

Texting his girlfriend:

Brusha Brusha Brusha!

We started a journal for Carter when we were trying to conceive so we figured it was time to start one for our next baby. Carter's is the Oh The Places You'll Go and eventual baby #2's is the Cat in The Hat.

A sampling from Carter's book:

Yes, I know his name is not Clark but it was going to be...

Sounds of a "sleeping" baby

Boring is good

I was told recently that my blog has been "boring" the past couple of days (thanks Grandma) so I thought I would give an update. Things are going well. Today has been a good day so far. He's happy and smiling and doesn't have a fever at all. I will try to keep my blog interesting from now on.

Carter playing with cousin "Sprout"

Being silly!

Watching Ellen with Daddy!