Cindy Crawford!

Our pancakes were a little messy this morning!
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Adventures in Scarlett sitting

We watched Scarlett today while her mommy was at work and her daddy is out of town. Here are some pictures from our busy busy day!

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long hair...

We went to the park to tucker them out and so they wouldn't get stir crazy at home.

Scarlett was so sleepy but she was a good sport. I am sad I don't have a girl's hair to do so I took advantage of Scarlett's hair and played with one of my bows.

My best try of them together...

After a 2 and 1/2 hour nap (yes both of them at the same time) we went swimming for Mom's group. Dave came down and when one started shivering we would trade so they each got a few turns in the pool.

Carter and Emery were enjoying their "love boat" and Melissa will probably hate me for posting a pic of her in her swim suit but I think she looks cute!

"Hey Sailor, can I have a lift?"

Scarlett's turn!

Carter again!

After the pool we wanted to clean the kids up and get the chlorine off so we gave them a bath (with Stacey's permission of course.) Dave actually asked "How do you wash a girl's hair?"

It was a busy busy day but lots of fun. Carter loves seeing his friends and getting out of the house. Thanks Scarlett for playing with us today!

Carter and Papa

Swing gal

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Headed to the park!

We're scarlett sitting and in an attempt to keep them happy we are taking them to play at the park!
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Grateful for good eating!

This is my child's dinner. Grilled lemon chicken, cherry tomatoes, baby bell cheese and avocado. I'm so grateful he's not a picky eater!
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My daily fix

Today my picture came from Rachelle. It makes me happy!
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If you have a weak stomach look away.

Post accident pictures. Beware there are photos of Richard's stitches below so if that sort of thing bothers you don't look.

A crazy couple days.

It's been a busy couple of days. Here are some pictures and explanations of what we've been up to.

We drove to Idaho for Baby Brooklyn's blessing. Here she is with her parents George and Urasia looking all cute in white.

Carter AKA Captain Destructo with their leap frog letter magnets. Now I know what to get him for Christmas!

Carter didn't cry when I held Brooklyn this time so that's a good sign.

This is Carter ready for church on Sunday. Dave thinks he looks like a poker player in Monte Carlo.

A dress I NEVER thought would fit me again!

I had to put this on here. This is Carter's new thing. It doesn't matter where we are or whether or not the missionaries are at the door, he's decided that what ever I'm hiding down my shirt should be shown to everyone around. Luckily in this picture he was being greedy and just wanted to look for himself. It's not like he's still nursing or anything. I don't get it...

When we got home from Church on Sunday we called Dave's parents to see how their drive home was going and found out they were in a car accident and were in the Elko hospital. Luckily or unluckily, Richard needed to be checked by a neurosurgeon for a possible hematoma on his brain and the closest one was in Salt Lake so they were flown out here. We are very grateful they are ok and that they are here where we can see them.

As a result of the accident Richard had to get a lot of stitches on the top of his head which required a nice new hair cut. He was a little worried about this haircut so Dave, Carter and I decided his early father's day present would be a nice hat that he could wear to work and church. We ended up buying him one just like Carter's so of course Carter had to wear his today. I am excited to take pictures of them in them together!

Because we were out doing errands today and making sure Richard and Joy had everything they would need we had to get Carter lunch at the mall. It looks like he's enjoying it more than he actually did. Who knew I would end up with the kid that would prefer a home cooked meal to a slice of "New York" pizza!

Carter needed to be entertained so we let him watch his 1-2-3's movie. Here he is sitting in his big boy chair and watching the Triops.

Mommy wasn't feeling good so we cuddled for some of the movie.

Can you believe how crazy this month has been? I'm ready for things to go back to normal! No more trips to the hospital!

Thanks Pierces!

For all you Gilmore Girls fans:

Hanging with baby Brooklyn

Right now she is sleeping in my arms.
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Captain Destructo

GNO!

Last night was a much needed girl's night out! We went to Mamma Mia in the park.

Turns out me, Liz and Melissa are the only ones crazy enough to stay through the thunder, lightening and rain. The 3 moms of toddlers don't want to cut their girl's night short for anything. Go figure...

It was SO fun and we made it through the whole movie!!! We are planning on doing this more often. I needed a little stress relief and this was it! Thanks girls!

Finally!

Thank goodness!
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Trying everything to stay entertained!

Someone just needs a nap!
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Idaho or bust!

We are headed to Idaho and someone needed mommy to sit in the back with him. That's ok though, it's more fun that way!
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I'm sorry Carter.

After work today I felt like I just got so frustrated with Carter and I feel so bad. I hardly ever do that but it has been a long week with little to no sleep and it was definitely a rough day at work. I just needed a minute to myself to regroup and eat a little something but instead my little inquisitive toddler was running around getting into everything. I know that nobody's perfect but I feel awful for snapping at him. He knows that I love him and I know that being a working mom is a very difficult thing sometimes, but that doesn't mean I should take out my stress on the little Mann. It's not like I yelled at him or anything but more the way I was feeling and talking to him. I am going to work on leaving my stress at work and being a better mommy. I'm sorry Carter and even on days like today I am so grateful to have you in my life.
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TOM!

I had planned to take cookies to the 2 paramedics from Carter's incident but when we called to see if they were working the lady was super rude and told Dave we needed last names which we did not have. I was SO bummed.
Since then every time I see a fire truck I check to see if it is from Unifired Fire and it never is. I took half days on Monday and Tuesday because Dave's parents are in town and Wednesday morning I made the decision to take another half day. When I got home Joy and I went grocery shopping at sunflower market and Smith's. We were taking our time and when we got to the checkout at Smith's the line was super long. We were both getting pretty annoyed that they weren't calling up another checker until I spotted a familar looking man in a unified fire shirt!!! He was there that day! I'm not normally the type to chase after firemen (ladies you know who you are...) but with little explanation to Joy I took off running! I caught up with him and as I started to explain why I was so enthusiastly following him Tom walked by! Let me back up a second, all we knew about "our" paramedics were that there names were Tom and Ed and they worked on west temple at unified fire. So of course I took off running again! I caught up to him and all I could think to say was " my son had 2 seizures " ya... Not the best opening line for a paramedic! I explained the situation and then he recognised me and gave me their last names and station #!!! After catching up with him a bit I went back to Joy who was STILL in line and was gitty for the rest of the day! Now we can properly thank them! Hooray for long lines!
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Made it to the gallery! TWICE!

I get so excited when my pages make it to the How Fast They Grow gallery! Especially 2 at once! Check it out!

Can you put a price tag on a memory?

You sure can! Every Christmas the 1 story I tell Dave is about the time my Dad took us to see the Christmas lights in Campbell and there was a weeping willow that looked like every branch was covered with a string of white Christmas lights. In fact, I tell him this story probably at least 6 times a year. I have never seen anything so beautiful. That being said... today Joy, Rachelle and I went to Gardener Village since neither of them had ever been and I KNEW they would love it. We went into the Christmas Shoppe and when we were about done Rachelle spotted this tree thing with stars in it. It instantly reminded me of this weeping willow so I told her the story. Just then she stumbled upon the same tree thing but with white on the branches. I got so excited and decided I HAD to get it. I know it's not the prettiest Christmas decoration, but it's one of my favorite memories with my Dad and even with Christmas. Now I will have this tree to tell my kids about that amazing tree I saw when I was a little girl. And for only $12.50. The best part... Dave wasn't mad and he said I wouldn't have even had to explain it to him for him to know why I bought it. He could tell it was my weeping willow.
Here it is:

I get by with a little help from my friends

I've been trying to let Carter walk whenever possible but the one place I was the most worried about was the duck pond. Mostly because I was worried about him stepping in or picking up and eating duck poop. I figured there is no better time than the present to try it out since he did so well at the zoo. Luckily we had Emery there to help out and hold his hand and he did great! He even got doggy kisses and laughed! It was great. I think for my exercise walks i'm still going to use the stroller though.
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Frolicking with Emery

Too bad 3 seconds later she pushed him down. She apologized though and they made up.
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Chasing the ducks away!

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Walking to the car!

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