The Millward Family

Happy Birthday Baby Paige

2012-01-25T17:46:00.000-08:00

I cannot figure out how to move pictures around. what is wrong with me? so they are a little mixed up. The first one is on her real birthday, then there are some taken later, and then back to the real birthday. I will figure it out someday.

Paige had a great birthday. She was sick with a nasty cold and ear infection, but she perked right up when the cake came out. She is the sweetest little thing. I just love her to peices. She has 8 teeth, walks like a professional (she started christmas day), loves to play with Carson boy, Peek-a-boo is a favorite, and she says "dad" whenever Danny comes in the room.

We had a photo shot before her party. She was sick and it was freezing, but she did great.

Grandma Millward gave her a baby doll and she LOVED it. We didn't open it until tonight (a week after her birthday) It is so amazing that a little baby can act like such a girl. Carson was born loving trucks and this girl loves babies. Whenever she sees one she gets all excited and tries to get her hand on that poor baby. She gave that baby a big kiss and then tried to drink her bottle :)

This is her real birthday....in OREGON!!!! She was soooooo excited about her big pink cupcake!

She litterally ate every bite of that cupcake by the handful and then licked her tray clean.

Random

2011-12-13T14:09:00.000-08:00

Here we are at Mesa Verde in Septemberish. Devlin came to visit (which was awesome) and we got a sitter and went on some hikes. So fun

Here is Paige as herself. Food and a smile on her face.

Carson, also know as Bob the Builder, was helping his dad work on the bathroom.

Halloween!!! Danny had to work so it was me and the kids. I was a pirate, Carson a spider, and Paige a flower. Carson was so excited. I LOVED IT! We trick or treated for about 3 hours.

Carson's first snow man. The second it snowed he wanted boots on to go outside. I love having a kid that is as excited about stuff as I am!

CrAzY about my family and Merry Christmas!

2011-12-13T12:35:00.000-08:00

Here are some recent pictures we had taken (thank you Mallory). Can those kids get any cuter?....i submit to you nay. I am really really in love with this family of mine. Danny boy is working hard this month. He has a crazy schedule and is on the reservation most days. When he is home he is usually working until 8:30pm. We miss him around here, but someone has to make the money :)

Carson is 2 3/4. i can't believe in Feburary I will have a 3 year old. He is sooooooo busy and hilarious. He loves kung fu panda and thinks that he is po. I love to hear him talking to himself and pretending he is a ninja. He also makes a lot of pretend snow angels, throws "snow balls" at me constantly, and any pile of clothes on the floor is a pile of leaves. He is still obsessed with cars and trucks. He moved into a big boy bed (thanks to his evil cousin teaching him how to crawl out of his crib). At first it was awesome, and then he learned to crawl out. We have had more than one "supernanny" night. Literally hours of him getting out and us putting him back in. Last nigt was a great night...thank heavens.

Paige is just Paige. She is so sweet and happy and great. She loves food, if you couldn't tell. The highlight of her days are meal time and nap time. She stands on her own for hours on end, but refuses to take a step. She is only 10 months old, but I know she can do it! Soon she will be running around with Carson boy. She loves her brother and lights up when anyone pays attention to her. When she is tired she drags her head on the floor while she crawls. She is still wearing her helmet. I don't think it is doing anything anymore. We have an appointment a couple days after christmas so we shall see. She is getting her 7th tooth as we speak. She loves to use her teeth for food and flesh. Bad habit.

I'm just here, unsuccessfully trying to keep the house clean, occassionally cooking dinner, and slowly becoming a real Blanding woman :)

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!

The Glorious Helmet

2011-09-08T10:44:00.000-07:00

Here is my little lady in the lovely helmet. This should help her uneven face. They think she will wear it for about 3 months for greater than 23 hours a day. We really only take it off to wash her hair and the helmet. They both get very sweaty and stinky. She doesn't seem to mind it so far. We have only had it on a week and her head has actually moved a lot. The only bad part about this situation is that we have to go to Salt Lake (5 1/2 hours away) ever 3 weeks to get it adjusted...that stinks. The things we do for beauty :)

My baby has a jacked up head

2011-09-01T12:22:00.000-07:00

-Little baby Paige is now 7 months old
-She weighs about 21 pounds
-She is ssoooo smiley.
-Paigers is getting to be a professional army crawler and sits up like a champ.
-She loves to eat, especcially big kid food like crackers or whatever we are eating. She loves applesauce too. -The last week of 2 she has had a terrible cold and cough. For a few days and nights it was pretty rough. Lots of coughing, not sleeping, and wanting to be held. She seems to be just about over it now.
-She has also decided she is just not that interested in nursing. Danny says it is because sometimes she just wants a refreshing drink, not thick mama milk.

So, she was born with torticollis. A muscle on one side of her neck is too tight so he always looked to the right. We would try to turn it the other way and it would bounce back. As a result of her always looking right, she always laid on that side and flattened it. It kind of shifted her whole head and face. I really don't see it, but many a people have commented. Her torticollis is getting tons better. It approved a lot on it's own and then we do some exercises with her. We took her to SLC to see a specialist and he said she need a helmet. On a scale of 1-10 he gave a 7 or 8....yikes. Then when we went to get the helmet fitted the did a bunch of measurements. I asked him if it was bad and he said she was off by 1 cm. I thought that wasn't much but he said the worst he had ever seen was 2 cm.

They made a cast of her head so they can make the helmet. I will post pictures of the final product soon!

Ode to my father

2011-08-01T12:21:00.000-07:00

Strike a pose!! A little scruffy, but looking good :)

Carson boy on the move...nothing new

The family watching the Rainier Days in the Park parade

This is where Forrest Gump turned around. It is worth the trip to Blanding just to see that

Grandpa holding his 4th grandbaby girl Paige

This is where Carson's love for chickens began.

Little one year old Carson hanging out with Gramps at the beach. This may be where his love for the ocean began

Carson and Grandpa meeting for the first time. I love this picture. I think it is so cute

Thanks for being such a good dad and grandpa. We had so much fun in Oregon. We love you!!!!!

P.S

When we were driving to Vernal this week Carson saw a man walking down the street with a long long white beard. Carson said, "Mommy, look, Grandpa walk."

Oregon Trip...2 weeks of wonderful!

2011-07-17T19:49:00.000-07:00

4th of July!!!! Clastkanie Parade. Uncle Stewie loves Paige.

It was pretty hot and very sunny (unusual for Oregon :) Molly let Paige borrow her hat...what a nice cousin.

Carson loved the cars, trucks, and motorcycles. He wasn't very interested in the candy, which means I had to get my own. After the parade we walked around awhile then headed home for naps. That evening we set off fireworks. Mostly snakes and flowers.

On the 5th we headed to Newport. It was a long drive, but turned out great. We went to the beach right away and Carson LOVED it. It was windy and a little chilly but he jumped right in the water. Molly had fun building sand castles. We rented a beach house and stayed for 3 days! We went to the beach, the aquarium, and just played, played, played.

Gotta have a hat at the beach :)

The aquarium was really cool. At first Carson was nervous about the tank tunnel thing, but soon he loved it.

The 2nd time we went to the beach Carson loved it even more. He, again, went right for the water. He was going crazy. It wasn't warm, but it didn't slow those crazy kids down.

While we were at Grammy and Grandpa's house Paige decided to sit up. She is getting so big. She is 5 1/2 months and way more mobile then Carson was. She rolls front to back and back to front. When she is on her tummy it looks like she is going to get up and crawl. She has her 2 bottom middle teeth, and LOVES people food. She seems fond of everything I give her, but she seems to really like bananas and crackers. Probably shouldn't give those to her yet, but she does great with them.

USA USA USA

The weekend after the 4th was Rainier Days in the Park. It was another gorgeous day and parade. Carson was interested in the candy this time, and of course loved the cars and trucks. We walked around the park and Carson discovered the slide.

It isn't a trip home without seeing Grandma Kinzig. She is well into her 90's but still very sharp. Paige makes her 8th great grand baby. She was excited to see the kids and have us visit.

It was a great trip. Thank you Dad and Mom for everything. WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Some firsts...boring for you to read, but I need to write it somewhere

2011-06-02T12:38:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, Wednesday, June 1st, Carson got his first BEE STING!!! Good job Carson boy :)
We were at the park with one of his favorite friends Poppy. The park has sand and grass so his shoes were off. He found some water...of course...and all of the sudden I heard him crying. I looked over and he was walking towards me walking so that only the heel of his left foot touched the ground. I also noticed some bees flying around close to where he was playing. I ran over to him (with super mom speed) and sure enough there was a stinger poking out of his chubby little foot. I pulled it out and gave him so loves. Within 30 seconds he was ready to go back and play in the water. What a kid!!! I put his shoes on and that was that.

On Monday I decided I had enough of this silly getting up at night with a baby business. We put Paige in the pack-n-play, which she should have been moved into weeks ago from her basinet, and went to sleep in the spare room. We would have moved Paige, but it is right next to Carson's room and we figured there would be some crying. I brought a monitor in with us, but at 3ish when she started to cry I turned it right off. I really have no idea how much she was up. Is that wrong? I don't think so. A mom needs to sleep!

On Tuesday we did it again. She was up 2 times at 1 and 3ish, but she didn't fuss long. Although Danny was in charge of the monitor that night and I think he turned it off to :) We really need to leave it on to hear if she is crying a lot or not so that we can move her over.

Well, last night Paige was coughing and snotty and crying a lot. She ate at 4:30 and then just went from crying to sleeping and crying and sleeping (but never restfully). She didn't want to eat and finally fell fast asleep around 8:30. Since it was such drama I didn't want to wake her up to feed her. So we decided to all sleep together so that when she woke up I would feed her. She got up at 2ish and then around 8 to eat.

She is better today so we are back to ignoring her at night. She is 4 months old and 18 pounds I think she can make it :) We wised up and realized we have 2 extra rooms; one next to Carson and then the "office" which is down the hall. Tonight we will put her in there and I can sleep in my big wonderful King size bed again. Wish us luck.

he needs BOY friends

2011-05-31T12:44:00.000-07:00

Carson and Olivia are the best of friends (until one of them takes a toy that the other one didn't feel like sharing at the moment :) It is so fun to have a friend right next door. The only problem is that Olivia ("ivia" as Carson calls her) is a very girly girly girl. I don't think I have seen her in pants, without a skirt or dress over it, this year.

A few weeks ago Carson was playing at her house and Tiawna called and said there was something I should see. I went over and found my little boy dressed as a princess. Tiawna said that Carson and Olivia were downstairs and were all of the sudden quiet. She went down to find Olivia dressing Carson up.

All of Carson's friends and cousins are GIRLS. It is amazing that Carson still turns everything into weapons, loves football and baseball, plays with cars every second, and lives to see "plane skies" and garbage trucks. Danny makes it is personal mission to be a very manly influence in his life :)

Carson vs. Paige

2011-05-26T19:55:00.000-07:00

Carson at 10 days

Paige at 10 days

Paige at 3 1/2 months

Carson at 3 1/2 months

In the cute contest it is a dead tie!!!

I don't know who these kids look like. To me they look so different from each other and not a thing like me or Danny. They have a few things in common....blue eyes, and chubby chubby chubby!

I just love these kids to pieces! They are both so sweet. I have never seen kids that laugh as easy as these ones. That is why I love them the most, they laugh at ALL of my jokes.

LoOk WhAt We FoUnD

2011-05-26T19:27:00.000-07:00

On Saturday May 21st we went for a hike in the wilderness of Blanding with Rod and the Frenchies. We left the kids home so that we could get serious. We ended up hiking for about 4 hours and found some great sites. There were some ruins, caves, grinding stones, corn, and pictographs. It was really fun.

4 months old

2011-05-26T19:09:00.000-07:00

Baby Paige trying her first bite of rice cereal (actually it is mixed grain cereal). She wasn't impressed.

4 month stats:
16 lb 15 oz (over 97%)
25 inches

Check out my kitchen....A work in progress

2011-05-26T13:32:00.000-07:00

It's gonna be good

Here are the granite men working on our kitchen. It was a frustrating day of waiting and waiting and waiting. They finally came and had the counters in and done in less than an hour. We went with Verde Peacock. I love it!

Countertop in....cabinets, lighting, floor, paint, backsplash...........ahhhhhhhhhh tons of stuff to come.

Rod, Marie, and Liddie came last weekend and helped us put in our upper cabinets. Everything was going great until the last cabinet. It is 2 inches too big :( so annoying. I just want it to be done. If we lived in a real town, I would go to Home Depot and get the right size cabinet. Since we live in the middle of nowhere I have to drive 3 hours to the closest Home Depot. We will stop by Grand Junction on our way to Vernal Memorial Day weekend and get the last cabinet.

Once we have that in, we will be doing the lighting, back splash and floor. Oh yeah, I have to get the new black appliances too. It doesn't feel like it, but eventually this will be done!!!

Cute cute cute

2011-05-12T13:01:00.000-07:00

Where did these glasses come from? Does anyone want to claim them?

Yesterday we decided to stop being so white trash and get all of the construction junk out of our front yard and mow. I just got Carson a little play mower from my friend's D.I. pile (thank you Char). He followed Danny the whole time he mowed. It was so cute. When I took over the mowing, he followed me. It took close to an hour and he was right behind us the whole time!

Not to mention that Carson has become obsessed with wearing glasses (he calls them glass). He has to have them on whenever we go outside. Adorable I tell you.

Paige just sat in her chair and sucked on her hand. What a kid.

Working on the Kitchen

2011-05-12T06:39:00.000-07:00

We are remodeling our kitchen. It is coming along slowly but surely. Our wonderful friends so kindly came and helped us put in our base cabinets so that we could get our counter top in. Mostly they wanted there counter top in, and since we live in the middle of nowhere we have to team up with such things so it doesn't cost a fortune. It is coming on Monday the 16th!!! GRANITE!

Paige at 3 months

2011-05-10T12:47:00.000-07:00

There is my little 3 month old lady. Oh boy I love this baby.

Paigey pie is all smiles all the time. She loves to eat, sleep, and smile. She has been sleeping pretty well at night. Usually up once. I guess that is great, but wouldn't 0 times at night be better?

I obviously love these pants. She is growing so fast, I have to put her in my favorites as much as possible. She weighs 17 pounds now!

What a happy girl! She can't contain herself when she sees or hears her Daddy. Both of my kids are crazy about Danny boy. I do all the work and he gets all the glory :)

Happy Easter

2011-05-10T12:36:00.001-07:00

Happy 1st Easter to baby Paige. I love this little dress...so cute!

oh my word, i just don't think you can get any cuter than that :) my fatty fat and cheezer

We had a great Easter. Paige didn't appreciate her basket at all, but Carson loved his. He got a bear pillow pet and a plastic recorder that he is crazy about! The Easter bunny went crazy with candy of course so we all enjoyed a breakfast of Reese's and jelly beans.

Happiest Kids in the World

2011-04-13T13:46:00.000-07:00

These kids love their baths. Carson plays and plays. Paige is a blob...and I love it.

Whose face is that?

Here is my Paige. She is 12 weeks old in this picture. She is so smiley, especially when Danny is around and so so sweet. She is 15 lbs...maybe more. The pants she is wearing are actually a size 2T pair of shorts. They fit her waist perfectly though :)
This little lady loves to eat and sleep. She eats every 3 hours, but if you stick a binky in her mouth she can wait all day. She has been sleeping pretty well at night. If I feed her around 8 or 9 she will usually sleep until 5ish. If I feed her at 10 she wakes up at 2 or 3....it makes no sense. So clearly, I feed her earlier. I am guessing this trend will be changing soon, it always does.

What a great big brother!

Carson loves to hold Paige. My happy Paige doesn't even care that she is horribly uncomfortable
There he is...the happiest kid in the world. This kid laughs at anything. If we keep him fed and let him play you won't find a happier kid.

***just to clarify....these kids can also be very unhappy. If Carson has to come inside, if he is tired, hungry, not able to play with his best friend Olivia, if is trying to tell me something and I don't understand, if we only let him watch Buzz 5 times instead of 6...the list goes on and on...he is not happy.

Paige just needs to eat and then go back to sleep. She also hates when she has an upset stomach.

This kid has style!

2011-04-13T13:17:00.000-07:00

His most favorite item in his wardrobe are his blue Winnie the pooh moon boat (thank you Danny for getting him those boots). He wants to wear them everyday...with shorts, PJs anything. Unfortunately, they STUNK of stinky feet and cow manure. After a road trip to St. George for our anniversary we could not take the smell anymore. They stunk up the whole car. They had to go. Farewell boots we will miss you.
Carson has recently decided he loves hats. I think it is because his daddy (who he worships) wears hats. This hat fit great when he was 10 months old. Now, not so much.
Since the moon boats had to go, it is a good thing he has his cowboy boots. In this picture he is coming out of nursery. He always wants to wear boots, and these are a popular pick. He fits in perfectly in town now!

SO CUTE

Here he is in his boots and another excellent hat. Carson boy lives outside. The only time we come in is to eat and watch either Choo Choo buzz (Toy Story 3) or Truck Buzz (Toy Story 1). On occasion he will ask for Shrek or Mack (Cars). Lately naps and bedtime have been a struggle...he is just so busy playing.

Family Fun

2011-04-05T07:46:00.000-07:00

We had a great conference weekend. Danny boy didn't have to work and we enjoyed every minute of him being home.

On Saturday morning we went to the field and saw the baby cows and pigs. Then Carson rode the horse with Justin for awhile. Carson is such a little cowboy.

Between sessions we went on a hike. It was really fun. These pictures are actually of the hike we did last week, but I forgot our camera this week. It was really fun. Carson loves being outside and Paige is happy to cuddle up in the pack.

Sunday we stayed home and had a little family circus. Carson loves airplane rides.

ApRiL fOoLs

2011-04-05T07:34:00.000-07:00

For dinner we went to Kari and Mark's house. We made sesame chicken...delicious, and for dessert we had "mashed potatoes and peas and carrots" cupcakes. I also filled up some glasses with jello and put a straw in it, then let them set up. It looked like juice but when you went to take a drink it wouldn't come out. Carson didn't get it. He mostly got mad. Non of the girls got it either except their oldest Ashlyn (7 and not in the picture). She thought it was funny.

Carson enjoyed those cupcakes!

We had a fun April Fools this year. Danny had to work and I thought I had the funniest trick to play on him. Danny NEVER does woman health exams...he refuses. So I called the clinic and made an appointment for my neighbor Stephanie. When Danny saw it he laughed, but knew it was a joke right away.....darn it. It turns out Steph's husband didn't really see the humor in my joke either :) Sorry Justin.

OH CARSON

2011-03-26T19:46:00.000-07:00

Carson is a wild man. He is been up to no good (and some cute) the last few weeks. Carson was a beast on Sunday. We have church from 1-4....TERRIBLE. We have been bringing him home after sacrament meeting, which means one of us is missing church every week, and Carson isn't going to nursery. They taught him who Jesus was, ring around the rosie and itsy bitsy spider....how can I make him miss that??? So last Sunday we stayed. When we got home he was CRAZY and so grumpy. We didn't want him to take a nap that late so we turned on Toy Story. He fell asleep on Daddy which has not happened in a very long time. It was pretty adorable.

When Carson woke up from his nap this week he wanted his tiger clock. He never has shown interest in it before but he grabbed it off his dresser and brought it to the living room. I was in in the kitchen and Carson came to get me and he was saying night night. I thought he was talking about Paige but then he brought me in to show me he had put the tiger to bed. It was sooooo cute. He even gave him a kiss :)

Now for the naughty Carson...

On Thursday the 24th we were waiting for Danny to come home from dinner (he was working a 12 here in town so he gets an hour dinner break). Carson was very antsy so I decided we would go for a walk to the neighbors and return some stuff. We went to Trudy and Jim's first and returned a bowl. Carson got out of the stroller and ran down the sidewalk. I had to go get him and I gave him a spank and strapped him in to the stroller. After a bit we went to Stephie's house to return a few things. They have cats that Carson likes to play with so I let him out of the stroller so he could play with a cat in the yard while I took the stuff in. I figured since he has just got busted for wondering off, he would stay put. Steph wasn't home so I just went in for a minute and talked to Jessie (her daughter). When I went back out, Carson was gone. I checked all of his normal spots, the backyard and the neighbors. When I couldn't find him there I got a little nervous but mostly annoyed that the stinking kid can't just stay in one spot. Jessie checked the house and I started walking around looking for him. Another friend (Katherine) drove up and started looking too. I got in her car and drove around looking. I saw another neighbor (Melanie) walking and told her I couldn't find Carson. She got her 3 kids out of bikes looking with her. Jessie walked to our house (on the next block) to look there, but no luck. I was really getting scared now. I brought the car back and Katherine started to drive around. I went to Trudy and Jim's and they each got in a car to look. Quite a bit of time had gone by, probably 10 minutes or so. I went to another neighbors house (Judy) and when I opened the door to ask her to help up look I lost it. The tears finally came. I wasn't really worried about someone taking him, but I was so scared he would get hit by a car. At this point we had 3 cars looking, and about 9 people on foot. I was running all over. -Side note- I was chopping wood earlier in the week and the dump log flipped up and landed right on the knuckle of the big toe. HURT LIKE CRAZY. I think I broke it a little. So it was killing me as a ran from house to house in my Uggs. I am such an awesome mom :) As a was running around yelling for Carson another lady/friend from the ward (Angela) drove by and asked what I was doing. I told her through my tears that I lost Carson. So she started driving around looking for my little toe-head, wearing a red shirt, and his blue moon boots. I heard some kids playing so I went that way to check if he had wondered over to play with them. A minute later Jim pulled up and told me they found him. He was in a field with that dang cat 2 blocks from Steph's house. He crossed at least 2 streets and depending on the route he took, maybe more. I had planned a beating the snot out of him when we found him, but once I saw him, clueless covered in dirt playing with the cat, I just hugged on him instead. It was close to 30 minutes by the time we found him. It was terrible. I am so glad Danny was at work. I think he would have freaked out. I am so glad that Carson is safe and sound. I am sure this isn't the first time I will lose that kid...and soon Paige will walk and I will have 2 kids to lose :)

My little (big) 2 month old

2011-03-26T19:14:00.000-07:00

This is a common morning routine. I feed Paige and sit her up on the couch. Immediately after I sit her down Carson comes and loves on his baby. Yes, he is 2 and still has a binky. He LOVES it. I have tried to break him of it (halfheartedly) but Danny encourages the binky sucking.

Who's face is that? We cannot decide who she looks like. I think her checks are so big, we can't actually see what her face looks like. Right now she is more of an Asian/Navajo mix.

Look at those legs. And her size 3 diaper :)

Paige had her 8 week check up on the 24th. A pediatrician only comes to Blanding once a month from Salt Lake. The rest of the time the family doctors do peds, ENT, OB/GYN....pretty much everything. We like our kids to see the peds when they come (since Danny refuses to see them). She is growing fast. Stats:

Weight: 14 lbs. 12 oz (96th percentile)
Height: 22 1/2 inches (36th percentile)

For anyone who remembers Carson at this age you will recall that he was very large. Paige is 2 inches shorter and 8 ounces heavier than Carson. What a chub!I love this dress! It is a size 6-9 month. It is a little snug already. I didn't get it out until Sunday because who knew she was that size already??

She is as healthy as a horse and sweet as can be. She is a great eater (obviously) and a wonderful sleeper, especially during the day. At night she has been doing pretty well. The other night she slept from 10-5!!! I was excited. If I feed her around 8 sometimes she is just too tired to wake up for me to feed her again before I go to bed. So she will wake up at 1 and 4 or 5. I am not too happy those nights but she is pretty fast.

Danny says I am obsessed with her, but I just realize how fast they grow up. Carson is talking more, and has an opinion about everything. He is not a baby anymore; it is great and sad at the same time.

Oh my cute

2011-03-21T12:00:00.000-07:00

I have never seen a kid who loves his little sister more than Carson does. Every time he sees her I think he loves her more (I kind of feel the same way:) Paige is almost 8 weeks in this picture.
Carson cheesing it up. He is very good at posing for pictures. Paiger-roonie always has the same serious face. She is getting so good at smiling these days though. I keep trying to get a picture of her smiling, but I haven't captured it yet.

Double Trouble...and oh so cute

2011-03-13T20:27:00.000-07:00

I wish the lighting was better, but look at those faces.

Happy One Month

2011-03-13T20:10:00.000-07:00

There is my chubby 1-month-old. She is 22 inches long, and weighs a little over 12 pounds.

Carson loves to give sis cuddles.

This little girl looks sooo much like Carson did at 1-month-old

Happy Birthday Carson. 2 years old and 2 parties

2011-03-13T18:08:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my little Carson is 2!!! That went by so fast. We have had some many fun adventures with our boy in the last 2 years and he just gets more and more fun. Here is a little about my 2 year old Carson...
He loves:
cars, trucks, tractors, planes, pretty much anything with a motor
Shrek (that is his new most favorite movie)
CARS
Paige
Friends...well, any kid that comes close to him. He gets so excited

He finally can say quite a few words. They aren't very clear all the time, but we get by. Some common words and phrases are:
sis
pup
drink
cheese
juice
where'd it go?
there it is
mommy and daddy
truck

He is such a happy-go-lucky kid. He is always laughing, screaming, running, jumping and pretty much going nuts all day. He is so fun. The problem is that everything is a game to him. That is very bad when we are trying to be serious with him. If we say stop he just runs faster...usually right into the road.
We had 2 parties for Carson boy. One was a week early when everyone was here for Paige's blessing and then another one on his real birthday, we the sams and the girls came.

Party #2 on his real birthday. We had a CARS birthday. Here is Lightning McQueen...Made from rice krispies and fondant. It is set on a giant cookie. It looked even better in real life. I am pretty proud of that beauty.

My mom made the number 95...excellent work

This is party #1 on Feb. 12th. Both of our parents were here, and DeAnna, Bryce, and Derek. Same Lightning McQueen this time on a fondant covered cake.

Cool Guitar from Grandma and Grandpa Millward

Carson got a quilt, and some cool bouncy balls from Grammy and Gramps, a CARS blanket, and Buzz from mom and dad, and a guitar, and a tool set from Grandma and Grandpa Millward.

My little Paige is blessed

2011-03-13T07:57:00.000-07:00

Paige was blessed on February 13th (my favorite number). We wanted to do it at home, but they like it done in the church buildings apparently so we blessed her in sacrament meeting. Danny did a wonderful job. I took notes of the blessing. A few days later I was cleaning out my diaper bag and saw this scrap paper with random notes on it. So trying to be clean and organized I throw it away. I was so mad when I realized they were the notes from her blessing :( I remember the main points.
The dress she is wearing is my blessing dress. My grandma Kinzig (mom's mom) made it for me.

Three generations of goodness. Shirley Jean, Bethany Lynn, and Paige Elizabeth

We love Grammy and Gramps!

We also love Grandma, Grandpa, DeAnna, and Derek...thanks for coming everyone.

Our little family. Carson is my little wild child with basset-hound eyes and vampire teeth, and Paige is my mellow sweet thing with big chubby cheeks. I just love those kids

My poor ugly baby...

2011-02-12T18:38:00.000-08:00

Here she is now....so so cute. But she didn't start out that way. Prepare yourself, she is alive

Yikes. She got beat up on the way out

This is Paige about 10 hours after she was born. Looking better-ish

When she was first born I was kind of shaky so I didn't hold her. They cleaned her up and brought her back to me and all I saw was a purple face. She wasn't crying and I really didn't think she was breathing. I told Danny to give her back to the nurse. He said she was breathing but I didn't believe him. He handed her back to the nurse and she got her crying again. She was a frightening site. But we love her.

More Pictures

2011-02-08T20:06:00.000-08:00

Paige had her 2 week appointment today. She weighs 10.5 pounds. what a chunk.

Carson was sharing his toys with his sister.

Please ignore the mess...focus on the 2 kiddos getting their diapers changed. Two kids in 23 months=a ton of diapers. I have to potty train Carson, but the kid can't even talk yet, it just seems like if you can't talk you should still be wearing a diaper

Paige's first bottle (of pumped milk). Can you see how dark that stuff is? Seriously, it was the color of cheddar cheese and just about as think. Poor kid has to chew her milk.

bath...and stuff

2011-02-08T19:45:00.000-08:00

Carson wanted to be a big helper and of course that means jumping in the tub with little sister and dumping water on her.

what cute kids

There is the sleepy head.

We decided to go to Natural Bridges on Saturday. Paige at 16 days old, I would say it is time for an outing. Turns out it was windy and freezing cold. Me, Danny and Carson went exploring while Grammy and Paige kept warm in the truck.

Bringing Paige home

2011-02-08T19:24:00.001-08:00

Here is my little lady ready to come home in her cozy fleece outfit. She is still a little swollen, but A MILLION times better than right after birth.

Getting ready to head inside....so scary. I don't know about having 2 kids. I hope I can handle it.

Carson seeing Paige for the first time at home. He was very interested in her eyes and nose. He was so excited to have her home. It made me ever so happy.

After a couple hours at home I was beat. With 2 grandmas, a grandpa, and an uncle at our house why not take a nap? I love when babies cuddle up and go to sleep. I can't even get Carson to sit next to me for more than 30 seconds let alone go to sleep.

Paige Elizabeth Millward is born!

2011-02-06T20:35:00.000-08:00

Ready to have the baby in my fancy gown. Just have to wait for the Dr. to come and break my water

After a very fast labor and delivery, there she is...my VERY purple girl. When Danny handed her to me I really didn't think she was breathing, it was frightening. She was turned sideways and they said she came out so fast and having to turn her just bruised her entire face. We have some really hideous pictures of her purple face, but I don't know if we should share those. I will post the cute ones first so you fall in love with her, then post the bad ones.Here is Carson meeting his little sister. He loved her! The first thing he did was gasp and then point out her eyes and nose.

handsome

2010-11-08T11:43:00.001-08:00

My two handsome boys after church. Carson finally fits into his velvet sports jacket and it was cool enough to finally wear long sleeves.

what a big BOY!

2010-11-06T06:41:00.000-07:00

Carson loves to sit on the counter when I am working in the kitchen. He is a great helper!

The Real Halloween

2010-11-06T06:26:00.000-07:00

The Surfing family....It was so windy. My surf board kept hitting me in the face. I ended up taking in off and I just had a rash guard and swim trunks on. Since we live in Utah and Halloween was on Sunday, we did our trick-or-treating (with the rest of Blanding) on Saturday

We went to a dinner party on Friday night so our little shark was left at home

Carson was sooooooooooo excited when we left to go trick-or-treating. He is my kid...he was running from door to door, laughing and knocking on every door. He can't so much talk, but he tried to say trick-or-treat. He is good at saying "thank you" so we got him to say that. He liked to hold onto his candy so they would give him a piece that he would hold onto and then when we got to the next house we would put the old candy in his bag and he would get a new one.

We started around 5 and went until 8, then Danny made us come home and put Carson to bed. I wasn't satisfied with the amount of candy I had gotten (kids slow you down) so I went back out and found the neighbor kids...I love the IVINS...and we cleaned up the town until 9:15ish.

Happy Halloween at my House

2010-11-04T18:50:00.001-07:00

We had a halloween party at my house this year. There ended up being like 20 little kids here. We decorated cookies, pinned the spider on the web, did a spooky craft, and ran around in our costumes. I didn't get any good pictures...what a loser. I dressed up like a cat just for the party, not the real halloween. So here I am a 28 week pregnant cat!

There is my little shark boy, eating his cookie he decorated.

That kid has the cutest face if I say so myself.

MUD VOLLEYBALL!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-08-22T10:12:00.000-07:00

Here is the team right before the championship game. One of the guys was warming up in the truck...wimp :)
There we are in action. I fell a billion times, it was so slippery.

Carson was a trooper, we were there from 6ish to about 10:30.

Carson + mud = Happiest kid alive

The San Juan County Fair was the week of August 1oth-ish. There was a mud volleyball tournament on Wednesday night. Danny was suppose to play but he had to work late so I ended up playing on a team of cowboys. It was me, Justin (our cowboy neighbor) Trevor, Chase, Zack, and a chick named Till. They were not joking, there was a lot of mud. Everyone on the team was so fun. Guys are meant to play mud volleyball, they were all over the place. The tournament was so fun. We played several games and never lost. We went all the way to the champion and took it!! We won a tee shirt, case of pop, and a bag of candy. It was so fun!!!!!!!!!

A wonderful trip to the beach!

2010-08-22T09:54:00.000-07:00

Here is the house that Danny rented in Oregon for a wonderful week at the beach for me and him. We just had the top part, which was more than enough room. We were in Oregon for some weddings and a baptism and Danny boy took me off for a late mother's day trip to Cannon Beach.

We were there Monday-Thursday alone and we decided to invite the family up for the last night. Sam, Molly, Lilly, and Carson stayed the night. It was so fun to have Carson at the beach with us.

Carson boy loved the sand, and running from the waves. He is almost 18 months old...so big

Here we are...the love birds. I am 15 weeks pregnant and showing. It really was sooooo fun to go away with Danny for a few days. Turns out we still like each other :)

We did so much while we were at the beach. We had a day at the spa and it was AMAZING. I got a facial, body scrub, foot massage, and we had an hour long couples massage.

The next day we went on a horse back ride . Danny had a dream of riding horses, nice and slow, on the beach. They gave poor Danny the fattest horse I have ever seen. He was struggling to sit on that thing. It was so fun, but it turns out those horses don't go slow. As soon as they got in the hard sand those stinking horses took off. This was the 2nd time in Danny's life he had been on a horse, and I am pregnant (although I certified on the paper work that I wasn't) so we were hurting. It was so funny, but we loved it.

We also went to the Tillamook cheese factory, a light house, we watched candy being made, and we ate at a lot of resturants (our favorite was Pig n' Pancake)

THANK YOU SO MUCH DANNY....I LOVED OUR TRIP!!!

18 Month Check-up

2010-08-21T17:04:00.000-07:00

That is Carson's very special smile :)

Carson is 18-months-old....I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! He had his 18 month check up and it was a little sad.

STATS:

Height: 2 ft. 7 in.----15%

He is a shrimp. We thought he would be tall, but it looks like we have a Millward on our hands. He might be our "Stewie" and our other boys will be huge

Weight: 25 lbs.----40%

He doesn't look chubby to us, but he is obviously heavier than he is tall. He has weighed 25 lbs. since he was 6 months old :)

He is healthy as a horse though.

Carson-

-Has all of his teeth except his 6 year molars

-He says, "Mom, Dad, Go, thank you, please" (mom and dad are the only words that any one can understand)
-HE LOVES "Cars" starting this week he watchs it between 2-6 times a day. He will sit for a while and watch, and then run around for a bit. He just likes to have it on at all times. I didn't really want him to like any movies, but I do love my new found morning showers while he watches.

-He is still blonde as can be

-He is an excellent dancer

-He sleeps from about 7pm-7am and takes a 2-3 hour nap....that is my favorite thing

-He loves nursery, we snuck him in early (around 16 months)

He is so much fun. He has his stinky moments, but usually he is very sweet. He loves being around other kids. He starts getting all bugged out if he is home too much in the day....where does he get that? He is a daddy's boy and is always his big helper. I can't help but love this boy.

He was 18 months this wed. and I was 17 weeks pregnant

A few more random pictures

2010-05-10T18:59:00.000-07:00

My pastey boy needs some sunscreen.

Carson and Dad on a walk through the desert

The creepy little green man came and filled our shoes with candy on St. Patrick's Day.

Happy Birthday Danny...May 1st

2010-05-10T18:50:00.001-07:00

Here is the birthday boy getting ready to blow out his candles

Make a wish............

The second Danny blew those things out, Carson lost it.
Poor kid was scared to death.

Danny boy turned 28 this year. He gets better with age :) Another wonderful year gone by, we will see what this year holds.

Snowmobiling- is that how you spell it?

2010-05-10T18:44:00.001-07:00

While my family was here visiting we went up to our favorite neighbor's cabin. It is only about 20 minutes away, but there was a lot more snow. They have this great cabin and 3 snow mobiles. It was really fun.

First Snow machine ride for the Carson boy

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!!!!!!!

2010-05-10T18:36:00.000-07:00

We just got done with all that millions of papers we had to sign. It was more painless than I thought.

Going under contract!

We have been renting a house here in Blanding and we thought we would take advantage of the Tax credit and buy the thing. Our mortgage is about the same as rent, and we don't have to move again!!!!!!! It needs some work, but we got a pretty good deal and Danny is a handyman. I will make sure to post before and after pictures!

A trip to Natural Bridges with the family

2010-05-10T18:25:00.000-07:00

Stewie, Randy, Sam and the girls came to visit for a week. It was so fun!!! We played rock band until our eyes hurt, explored Blanding, went to Natural Bridges, and Mesa Verde. It was great. The only bad thing is that Danny had to work everyday so he missed out on the fun :(

Molly pants

Branding Cows in Blanding

2010-05-10T18:16:00.001-07:00

My Little Cowboy

Yes...That is Carson sitting on a cow's head

I can brand cows with the best of them. There is no sweeter smell than burning cow flesh!

Going on Carson's first Horseback ride. He loved it. He laughed every time the horse moved. He might like them cowboy thing.

A COUPLE PRECIOUS MOMENTS

2010-04-14T18:54:00.000-07:00

The wise Yoda

My sleepy boys. Carson never falls asleep on my shoulder anymore.

I walked into my bedroom and found my little boy like this......Every boy has to be an underwear head at least once :)

A Couple Cute Pictures

2010-03-04T18:01:00.001-08:00

A Day at the Beach

2010-03-04T17:50:00.001-08:00

Splish Splash

We went to the good old Oregon coast for a day. Carson crawled all over and LOVED it. He didn't eat any sand though. He was just happy being free. It was pretty cold and windy, but he didn't mind at all.
Every time we have taken him to the beach he has been scared of the water. This time, the water was freezing, and he loved it. I think he would have gone all the way in if I would have let him.

THE MASTERPEICE CAKE!!!!

2010-03-04T13:04:00.000-08:00

Here is the family...I hope there will be enough cake :)

This was my first attempt at fondant. There are a few things that I learned and would do different next time. Live and Learn. Next year he will get a 5 tier.

HaPpY bIrThDaY boY

2010-03-04T09:45:00.000-08:00

CARSONTITO'S NEW TOY

What a sleepy face

A Happy Birthday Banana

First thing in the morning....Happy Birthday Boy

The little guy is ONE!!! He had a very busy day. We woke up early and Carson opened a present from Grandma and Grandpa Millward. He loved it. Then we loaded up and drove to Provo. It is about 4 1/2 hour drive. Carson did good on the ride. We went to Dustan and Jenessa's house. Dustan had a "Banana Cake" waiting for our boy. We spent the afternoon with them and then got on a plane in SLC and flew home to Oregon. We got there at almost the same time as Randy, fresh off the mission in Puerto Rico! It was the first time he and Carson met. It was a great day.

Happy Valentine's Day

2010-03-04T09:36:00.000-08:00

It was Carson's first Valentine and I couldn't help but give him a little Valentine. Danny boy got me the most beautiful roses and I made a dinner of Heart shaped meatloaf, pink mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus, and chocolate mint cupcakes for dessert. It was great.

More Carson Faces...New and Improved

2010-01-31T19:25:00.000-08:00

I don't like this

I am cute

Crazy hair fat face

One eyed Bart

2010-01-31T19:10:00.000-08:00

Danny and neighbor Chad decided shoveling the roof would take forever...so why not just put the snow blower up there???

Catch that thing Danny

We are almost there...a little further

I can do this myself, says Chad

OK, Danny I could use a little help

So Danny and Chad got a great idea to put the snow blower on our roof. We literally had about 4 feet of snow up there. Several roofs in town had collapsed from the snow so Danny wanted to get it off our roof. Even with the snow blower going and Danny shoveling at the same time it took them about 4 hours.

Our roof looks great now though!!

2010-01-31T19:00:00.000-08:00

Beth and Carson decided to have some fun in the snow

Yes, Danny is touching the roof of our house

Snow, Snow, and more snow

Our little home

2010-01-27T13:31:00.001-08:00

Here is the family room. We don't have any furniture for this huge room except the glider. It is a work in progress...let the rest of the house.
Here is our amazing bedroom. It is not a great angle. Yes the carpet, walls, toilet and both sinks in the bath are blue, but we ignore that. We have a fireplace in our room which is awesome. we have a big walk-in closet and a huge bathroom (but no tub, just shower)

The living room, including our new TV and couches. Thank you Blanding Family Practice for providing those items (and our bed, mattress, dresser, and mirror).

The rest of the house was not clean enough to take pictures of. There are 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a living room, and family room. The kitchen is big but a little outdated. I will try to get some more pictures.

COME VISIT!!! THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM.

Snow Day, or Child Abuse?

2010-01-21T18:02:00.000-08:00

It is January 21st and it has been snowing like crazy here in Blanding! We have like 4 feet on the ground. It snowed the entire day today. We shoveled the sidewalk 3 different times and within hours it was completely covered again. I thought it would be fun to take Carson to play in the snow. We don't have any snow clothes for him but our kind neighbor with a 2 year-old daughter let me borrow some of theirs.

I was looking for Carson's gloves, but he is so impatient he stuck his hands in the snow.Approximately 3 minutes after the first picture, this was Carson. Apparently he doesn't like the snow.

Cute boy

2010-01-21T17:57:00.000-08:00

Some Christmas pictures of my boy

Beth turns 25 years old!!

2010-01-21T13:34:00.000-08:00

Well, I am old. That is all there is to it. I am OK with it I suppose. We moved to Blanding on the 2nd and so we were here for my big 25th birthday. In the morning we went to the Edge of the Cedar Museum with the local archeology group. It was fun. Then in the afternoon we drove to our "local" Walmart 80 miles away and picked up a few things that we were in need of. Then we enjoyed a lovely dinner at Denny's. If it is your birthday you get a grand slam for free!!

Danny made me a delicious ice cream cake, chocolate with peppermint candy ice cream. Then we opened presents.

It was a great day!

Leading up to Christmas

2010-01-21T12:26:00.000-08:00

My boys being elves at the festival of lights

Annual cookie decorating contest. Carson participated this year.

Christmas Caroling in the trailer, all ablaze with Christmas lights.

Baby's 1st Christmas 2009

2010-01-21T12:08:00.001-08:00

Christmas at the Millwards was great! Everyone was there. Danny and I woke up at 3am but had to wait until 6 for Derek to get up. The anticipation was killing me! Christmas morning started around 7am and we were opening presents until like noon. They TAKE THEIR TIME!! Carson had fun opening presents. He mostly wanted to play with David's remote control car the whole time.

Christmas Eve....

What is new???

2010-01-21T06:53:00.000-08:00

I have done a horrible job on keeping all of you interested readers updated :) Danny took all of the pictures off the computer and we have been moving so the external hard drive was packed, and now it is unpacked, but it is all the way in the other room. You can see my dilemma.

I feel like I can't post without pictures, but here I go. So what is new with us? Lets start in November....

-We went to Vernal and had Thanksgiving with my sister's family. My parents, Jodie, and Joey came also. It was a big party

-We stayed in the Millward's basement for a couple months while Danny was getting a job. It is always fun at their house. They were so helpful with Carson-tito. I always say I want my own place, but it is sad to leave.

-Danny and I went to several interviews. It was a little stressful but also really fun. It was nice to see some of the country and stay in a few nice hotels. When we went to Washington we left Carson at home with Grandma. It was so sad leaving him, but he was in good hands.

-We had a wonderful Christmas with the ENTIRE Millward family. Me and the sisters made up a great dance, I will have to post the video. We got a lot of great presents and Carson had a wonderful 1st Christmas! I will post pictures.

-WE CHOSE A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-On January 2nd, we moved to Blanding Utah. It is a small town in the middle of nowhere. It is in the Southeast corner of Utah, surrounded by Indian Reservations. There are 3000 people in town, 8 wards, and 2 stakes.

-I had my 25th birthday on January 9th. We drove to our closest Walmart (80 miles away) and had dinner at Denny's to celebrate.

-Carson pulls himself up to standing, crawls on his hands and knees, says mama and dada, eats everything, usually sleeps from 7pm-7am (usually), feeds himself with his hands and a spoon, and has recently become a MAJOR daddy's boy.

That is a very wordy update, even if you don't read it, at least I have written it down.

I MISS YOU ALL!!!!!!!

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Mt. Rushmore...another bucket list item

2009-11-12T20:34:00.000-08:00

Family Christmas card picture
Starting in Kindergarten you hear about Mt. Rushmore. I have always wanted to see it, but kind of expected to be dissappointed...I WASN'T!! It was so cool.

A couple days in Nauvoo

2009-11-12T20:21:00.000-08:00

On day 2 of our road trip we drove from Columbus, OH to Nauvoo, IL. It was wonderful there. We stayed in this beautiful cabin the first night and a hotel the 2nd. It was pretty and all of the senior missionaries were great.

We learned to make rope

There were old cabins everywhere. It was cool to hear about the people who lived there.

One morning we went on a buggy ride. The driver told us about the land and the people. It was pretty cold there, but I think I would rather go in the fall than the hot humid summer. It was kind of fun because there weren't a lot of people in town.

A Trip to Mt. Vernon

2009-11-12T20:10:00.000-08:00

Our future home

In front of Washinton's Grave...Old Grave...

These post are so out of order. When Jodie was out in Philly visiting we went to Washington D.C and Mt. Vernon the first part of October. It was actually pretty great. Mt. Vernon was beautiful...no wonder old Washington lived there.

HaPpY hAlLoWeEn

2009-11-12T19:53:00.000-08:00

We went trick-or-treating the day before Halloween and the night of...so fun.

VERY SPOOKY

Batman, Catwoman, and our little Bat!

Carson liked eating his pumpkin more than decorating it

We spent halloween at my sister's house in Vernal...PARTY. We carved pumpkin for F.H.E (Carson drew on his), we went trick-or-treating at the library on Friday, and then the real thing around the neighborhood on Saturday.

The many faces of Carson

2009-11-12T19:42:00.000-08:00

Danny, Derek, and I were outside shooting a target with a paint ball gun and Carson was making all sorts of faces.

What are you doing?

Gerber baby!

In AWWW

Startled by a paint ball gun

Let's Play Catch-up

2009-11-11T06:22:00.000-08:00

There she is....the moving truck. We load it, they drive it. The only way to go.

We are no longer in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. It is exciting and very sad. There are some things we will miss....

Our friends (that is what we will miss most)
The cheesesteak
Being close to NYC, DC, Virginia, the beach....sorry, the SHORE
The Jarrettown Ward
The leaves
Being students
And of course a lot more stuff too

We won't miss...

No AC in the summer time
Ambulances, sirens blarring, driving past our house
Angry East coasters

Danny boy graduated and we are off on a new adventure. We are headed to St. George, UT to hang with the parental units until Danny gets a job.

Call the denist...This kid has TEETH

2009-11-11T05:11:00.000-08:00

Well, little Carson boy is 8 months old and he almost has a tooth for every month. He has 4 teeth on top, (They all came in at the same time. And of course it was the week we drove across the country this month) 3 on the bottom, and at least 2 more that look like they are about to break the skin.

He started doing this weird face about 2 weeks ago. It cracks us up. We can't quite figure out why he does it, but it shows his teeth nicely.

Check it off my bucket list

2009-10-04T07:05:00.000-07:00

Well, I did my 1/2 marathon yesterday (October 3rd, 2009). It was both fun and terrible at the same time. Me and my Jenn have been training for about 2 1/2 months for this. I am not a runner by nature. For most of my life I have hated running. Thus the reason I like volleyball and swimming. But I felt the need to accomplish something so why not run 13.1 miles?

Jenn and I have been running together almost every run since we started. Our goals has always been to run 10 minute miles. I felt good about that.

We got up at 5 am yesterday and Carson, Jodie, and I headed to Lancaster, PA.- about 1 1/2 hours away- for the big run. Everything was good except my knee decided to swell up like crazy the night before.

My amazing and supportive husband had an interview in Arizona so he was out of town from Wednesday- Saturday. He took a red eye out of Las Vegas Friday night so that he could get to my run on Saturday!! What a guy! His plane got in at 6am and he drove straight to my run almost 2 hours away. He got there around 8am.

So we get all ready to run and Jenn tells me we have to run 9 minute miles the whole race to make it in 2 hours, which was our goal. WHAT!???! ! 9 MINUTES! I thought, sure I can do this. Then the race started...

It was good for the first 6 miles. We were staying under 9 minutes, then there was this horrible hill. Running up hill was hard, but running down hill was horrible. My knee has never hurt so bad in my life.

It wasn't great after that. Every mile felt like 3. We decided that the mileage was off. A bunch of runners were asking if they marked it wrong. Maybe we were all just tired. At mile 12 Jenn said we had to run hard, my brain said go legs go, but they would not have any part of it. I told Jenn to run ahead. She ran ahead for awhile and then I saw her run back towards me. I thought she had finished, but she said she couldn't finish without me. What an awesome friend. I felt so bad, she totally could have finished faster. We ran through the finish line together.

2 hours 3 minutes and 58 seconds.

So close, but so far away. I was exhausted. It was a very hilly course and I felt like I was about to have baby number 2. I go between being proud of myself and really disappointed. I really felt like I ran as hard as I could, but I think I could cut 4 minutes off right???

Right after we finished I said I wouldn't run another one, but then this morning I found myself looking for one to sign up for.

All in all it was a good time, the weather was beautiful, my family was there to support me, and I realized that over the past couple months Jenn and I have become pretty great friends.

The Carson Boy

2009-10-04T06:46:00.000-07:00

I just think this picture is cute. My little man is 7 1/2 months old. That went so fast. I pretended that Carson could sit up at 5 and 6 months old, but it has really been his 7th month that he can actually sit up by himself without falling over after 5 seconds.

He doesn't crawl or scoot yet but he wants to . He lays on his stomach and gets frustrated or just rolls to what he wants.

I have recently repented of my new 1st time mom ways and I have started being more consistent with feeding him solids. I started on solids (very irregularly) at 4 months. I have still been nursing him every 3-4 hours and only feeding him real food like once a week. For the last 4 days I have nursed him more like every 4-6 hours and he eats all kinds of yummy food. I am still trying to figure it all out. I liked when he would nurse every 3 hours because it was predictable. Now I am not sure when he wants to eat. Is he hungry? Tired? I am working on it. It doesn't help that he is teething and has a cold, we are both all messed up. I am trying.

He now has 2 1/2 teeth. Two on bottom and one coming in one top, it looks like it is almost all the way in. I wish they would all just come at once. Then you could just have 1 long horrible week and it would be done.

He loves to babble, scream, and laugh...a lot of laughing. I love it. His favorite noise is mmmm. He says mamamama and mom all the time. I don't think he actually is saying my name, but I love to hear it anyways.

He wears a size 4 diaper comfortably, but we like to cram him in size 3 to save a buck :)

OH YEAH...He has curls. His hair was looking wavy about a month ago but we were not sure. Now when we get it wet it has some curls in the back. I am still not sure if it is a blessing or a curse for him.

I think those are all the updates I have.

PHILLIES..our first game

2009-10-04T06:39:00.000-07:00

Is that a forced smile?

I don't know if I was just excited to be at the game, but that was seriously the best hot dog I have ever had!

On September 29th we finally made it to a Phillies Game. It has taken us 2 years, but we went and I LOVED IT!!! The Joachims (I hope that is how you spell it) watched Carson which was so nice (thank you guys) so Danny and I went to the 7:05 game. We sat as far back as the seats get, ate hot dogs, enjoyed a night out, and the best part...Phillies won!

My little boy is sick

2009-10-02T05:26:00.000-07:00

My little guy does not like to sleep in people's arms, but when you don't feel good rocking with Grandma is the chair is the good life.

Carson is officially sick for the first time in his 7 month life. There is some debate if this is all from his 3rd tooth coming in, but regaurdless he doesn't look, feel, or sound good at all.

It started when Danny's family was here for graduation. He was a little fussy and had a cold. This morning he woke up coughing like crazy, it sounds painful to breath, and he is just not himself.

Now is my chance to put my new super mom powers into action, I will see how it goes.

Worst Mom of the Year

2009-10-01T18:30:00.000-07:00

What is this crazy picture you ask???

Well.... we ran out of diapers. Most moms would realize that they are getting low, but I hate buying diapers so I avoid it at all cost. So we were out and of course Carson had a blow out. Every time he goes it is a blowout. So I change him and realize I have ZERO diaper to put back on! I looked in all of my bags, the car, everywhere. I use cloth diapers for burp rags so I thought I would try that. My mom used them right? I could not figure out how to keep it on, and it got worse from there.

I first put on a cloth diaper, followed by a Walmart bag tied around his waist and thighs. It obviously did not hold well. When I couldn't get the bag to stay tight I grabbed a pair of my underwear. Turns out they were too big. We then loaded him into the car and took him to my dear friend's Carrie; who is a good mother and had an extra diaper.

Poor kid, doesn't even have a chance :)

MARTHA STEWART

2009-10-01T18:15:00.000-07:00

There is Joey. He was the guy that told us when to clap and got us all pumped up. He was great!
After the show we went to Magnolia Bakery. Martha has recommended this bakery in the past. No offense Martha (and the bakery) but it was not good. We got a banana cupcake, with a caramel center and caramel buttercream frosting, coconut cake, and a brown sugar cookie. I was soooo disapointed. I wanted to get back so Jen, Mindy, and Kristin could bake for me.

This is the huge and delicious peice of chicken cesar salad pizza I got for $4 before the show.

Kristin, Mindy, Me, Jenessa, and Jen posing with Martha.

WE WENT TO THE MARTHA STEWART SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY!!!!!!!

It was so much fun. Dustan, Jenessa, and some girly friends from the ward made a trip (my 2nd one of the week) to be part of the audience. It was great. The show itself was a little weird. It was Micheal Moore and a financial advisor. No giveaways, not really any great food or crafts, but I LOVED IT!!!

Out of the 6 of us that went 3 (not me) were choosen to ask Micheal a question. Only one- Mindy, the red head- ended up asking. The biggest disappointment was I was never on TV, but I did sit in the 2nd row with Kristin- the asian- it was great.

After the show we went bakery hopping. Magnolia was not great, but Ferraros in Little Italy was pretty fancy and yummy.

I want to get all the girls together and go to another show and spend the day in New York.

New York Trip with the fam

2009-10-01T18:07:00.000-07:00

Elmo charged us a buck for that picture. Now we will share it with you

Getting read for my run in Central Park

Grandma and the boy. They are both cute.Headed home after a long day in the city.

We all went to New York City on Monday the 21st so that Danny's family could see the sites. Danny, Carson, hung out in China town and Central Park most of the day while everyone else was checking out the Statue of Liberty.

I fulfilled on of my dreams while we were there...RUNNING IN CENTRAL PARK. It was great, the best 3 miles of my life :)

It was a lot of fun and Carson did great!

2009-10-01T18:04:00.001-07:00

Let's start with the most important update in the Millward life...Danny Graduated, he is now a Physician Assistant (technically, he does have to pass his board, but I already know he will do great!) He graduated on September 19th at 1pm at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. It was all very exciting. Mom, Dad, Dustan, and Jenessa all came out to witness Danny Boy's accomplishment. Thanks again for coming.

After graduation we walked around Philly and then went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse...Danny's choice. He loves their chicken strips. Who goes to a rib place and gets chicken strips??? He enjoyed every bite.

It was a lot of fun, and so exciting. I don't feel any different now that I am a Physician Assistant's wife. I thought I would all of the sudden have a better wardrobe, our vocabulary; not yet, but I am proud of my hubby.

Wicked on BROADWAY

2009-09-12T17:46:00.000-07:00

I can't believe we are here!!!

It is almost show time...

Right before we go into the show. There was some cool scenery behind us, but the lady we asked must not of understood that is what we are wanting a picture of.

Getting on the ferry to head home. The show was amazing, and the pizza afterward was great too. We missed our little boy. This was the longest we have ever left him.

Wednesday, September 9th was another great day for the Millwards. We dropped Carson off at our dear friend Crystal's at 9am and headed to Staten Island, New York to catch the ferry into Manhattan. Danny and I have both been wanting to see Wicked for a long time and we were finally going. We got tickets on Ebay and headed to the 2pm show.

We were definatly not disappointed!! We sat 6 seats from the stage and loved every minute of it.

I am excited to go back West (because it is best afterall) but it is so cool living 1 1/2 hours from New York City. I am so glad we came out here and got to do all of this fun stuff. I am even happier that my hubby is so great and will go on these adventures with me.

Little Carson D.

2009-09-10T18:01:00.000-07:00

Danny was working on the bathroom so we had to give Carson a bath in the sink. Most people do this when their children are newborns. We wait until they are 6 months and 20 pounds.

Our little man, all grown up and sitting in the cart (free advertisement for Rite Aid)

My 6 month old boy

2009-09-06T11:52:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Carson Daniel Millward. February 18th, 2009. 8 lb. 2 oz. Born at 9:44 am
This was taken about 10 minutes after you were born.

1 month old and oh so cute. He had his blood drawn that day for the 3rd time...so sad
22 1/2 inches long
11lb. 3 oz
15 1/2 inch head

2 months old at Uncle Dustan and Aunt Jenessa's wedding in Boise, ID. What a chubby kid.
24 1/4 inches long
15 lb. 5 1/2 oz
18 1/8 inch head

My 3 month old. First time in a swing.

4 months old. At the airport headed to Devlin and Stephanie's wedding in California. This is his 3rd plane ride, and he has driven across the country from Philly to St. George.

26 inches long
16 1/2 lbs
17 inch head

5 months old. Eating his rice cereal.

6 months old. He has betrayed his father (who is a HUGE Giants fan) wearing his Eagles gear.

We finally had Carson's 6 month check up. He is healthy as a horse and close to the same size as one too.

Weight: 20 pounds 5 oz
Height: 27 3/4 inches
Head: 17 5/8 inches

He had 4 shots which is always so sad, but he survived. Good thing his Dad was there to help him through it.

We sure love this little kid. He is so much fun. He has such a sweet personality. Defiantly mellow, but has a stubborn streak. He loves when we tickle him, sing him songs, and let him chew on paper. When he is tired he does not want to be held, just give up and put him in bed.

Some of his talents include:

-rolling
-sitting up
-sleeping through the night
-lots of babbling, smiling, and laughing
-at church he likes to stand up all by himself on the pew while holding onto the back
-drinking from a cup (while we hold it of course)
-fluent in 6 languages
-holds a bottle by himself
-eats solid foods (favorites include, bananas and pears)
-and many many more...

Smith's Playhouse

2009-09-06T11:22:00.000-07:00

I finally went to Smith's Playhouse. I have been wanting to go since we first moved here but without a kid it is kind of weird to go. Even having just an infant is a stretch. It was really fun. I went with some of my favorite people out here in Philly.

Smith's Playhouse is this huge mansion that they filled with toys and put an amazing playground out back. It is really cool and it is
free!!

We just can't get enough

2009-09-06T11:17:00.001-07:00

Another evening at the beach. I don't know why when didn't come here all summer. Carson still hates the water. He loves swimming pools, but is terrified of the ocean. One of these days Danny is going to throw him on a surf board and tell him to start paddling. He better get used to the water now.

I FINISHED IT!!!!!!

2009-08-30T18:14:00.001-07:00

I can't believe I finished Carson's quilt! He is 6 months old, but better late than never. I was suppose to bring Carson home from the hospital wrapped in it, but what do you do?

My dear friend Mindy helped me with the sashing for the quilt top, and my lovely friend Megan taught me how to hand quilt. With our powers combined I made my boy a quilt.

I really want Carson to love his blankie, but I don't want him getting it dirty. I don't even like to lay him on in on the floor. I have to make a duplicate :) I can't wait until I have another kid and I will let him or her take the blanket in the mud I am sure.

The picture isn't great, but here it is.

Aquarium

2009-08-30T18:07:00.000-07:00

Me and the boy enjoying the fish.

We went to the New Jersey aquarium this week with our friends Patience and Ester. It was loads of fun! It was a little frightening me and Carson driving in the city, but we made it out alive.

Beach Days Take 2

2009-08-30T18:02:00.000-07:00

That's a cute boy

My beach dwellers

Here are some pictures from last weeks evening beach trip.

Beach Days

2009-08-26T06:55:00.000-07:00

We have gone to the beach, or the "shore" as they say out here, two times in the last week. Danny boy is half dolphin and has serious withdrawals if I keep him away from the water too long. We went last week with some friends from the ward and spent a great day on the white sand and in the warm water. Then we went again yesterday. This side of the country is sick. It cost $8.00 PER PERSON to go on the beach. It is un-American if you ask me. But it is free after 4pm. So we got there around 5 and stayed until 8. It was great. Danny swam the whole time while me, Carson, Jen and Jenny (plus the 2 little ones hung out on the beach). Thanks to the girl I got to spend some time in the water too.

Thanks for taking care of the boy.

TODAY SHOW

2009-08-26T06:35:00.000-07:00

I have a Fan Pass!!!
Danny and Carson in Time Square...around 4:45am

Danny has been home all week and we have had tons of fun. We have gone to the beach, New York, Farmer's Market, just here and there. Now I have to play catch up. Most important event first...THE TODAY SHOW!!

We got tickets to the Natasha Beddingfield Today Show performance. I was so excited! To be honest we aren't crazy fans, but we do like her songs and it is a dream of mine to be on the Today Show. So Friday we woke up at 2am and drove to Staten Island. We caught the 4am ferry to Manhattan, and took the 4:30 ferry to Rockefeller plaza. Carson was such a trooper. He slept to the ferry, I fed him, and he just decided to stay awake for the rest of the day. He was great though. You should have seen him in Time Square. He was wide eyed. He loved the huge M&M TV screen.

When we got in line to get in the show, the lady checking tickets thought Carson was so cute. She told the camera man to make sure and get some good footage of him. We walked into the blocked off concert area and a security guard called me over. He said it was too hot in the middle where all of the people stand to watch the concert so he took us to a gated area to the side of the stage. Instead of 300 people in one area, there was maybe 30 of us. It was so cool.The music was pretty loud so the very friendly Today Show staff gave him ear plugs to wear.

The highlight of the day was Al Rooker talking to us. He asked Carson's name and age. WE WERE TOTALLY ON TV!!!!!!!! We called our family in Utah imediatly and had them record it. Living the dream. Natasha was great and we got to see Al, Ann, and Matt up close and personal. I have a good life.This is Lenny. He goes to the Today Show every morning. He was pretty cool.

Longwood Gardens

2009-08-06T08:01:00.000-07:00

Thank you Robertson Family for our wonderful trip to Longwood Gardens. We went there last Saturday. The weather was great, the flowers were beautiful, and it was just fun to go spend a day with our little family.
Carson loves to drink from water bottles. Anytime he sees us take a drink he tries to grab it.
All that nature made all of us tired. Carson was the only one that could zonk out while we pushed him around. I miss being a baby.

HE ROLLS

2009-08-06T07:55:00.001-07:00

He has been about to roll from his back to him tummy for about 3 weeks now. But he could not quite get from his tummy to his back. I just happen to be video taping when he made his big move.

Some new pictures of the boy

2009-08-06T07:46:00.000-07:00

Here are some picture of my boy. That kid loves the water. He can stay in the bath all night. We are taking Mommy and Me swim lessons at the YMCA once a week. It is so fun. He loves it. Carson likes to put his face in the water and sucks in then of course he chokes. He will learn one of these days.

Now that he has 2 little teethers on the bottom I thought he needed a tooth brush. Does that sound like a first time mom or what? He loves to suck on it. It has become a favorite toy. You can tell it is bed time in that picture. It looks like he hasn't slept in a week. He probably had been awake for about 2 hours. It is hard being 5 months old.

ChUcK E. ChEeSe'S

2009-07-23T06:18:00.000-07:00

I realize I have been doing like 10 posts a day. I was a month behind and I had to catch up. Plus Carson is getting 2 bottom teeth in at the moment. I think this experience is more painful for me than for him. The kid doesn't sleep all day or at night, and he cries unless being fed of held. AHHH! I am not a good enough mom to put up with this. Plus he is normally so wonderful and mellow that it is really killing me. I adore him, and I love being a mom, but this has inspired me to double up on my birth control:) So as he cries in his bed, because he hasn't sleep in 8 hours, I huddle in the corner with the computer and play catch up. Does that make me a bad person?Anyways...

Before Carson went crazy, we went to Chuck E. Cheese's...where a kid and be a kid. Thank you Troy Wilde for the most exciting day of my life. 24 years old and I finally went to Chuck E Cheese's for the first time!!!! It was awesome. We went last Saturday, which happened to be Carson's 5 month birthday. Danny, Carson, Troy, Landon, and myself went and played all the games for the morning. We will defiantly be regulars and some day we might be able to get the ski ball bonus tickets.

Four Generations of Millward Men

2009-07-23T06:10:00.001-07:00

Here they are...Four generations of of the Millward men. They are a good enough looking bunch I suppose:) Carson is lucky to have such great genes. Those genes aren't getting him any height (that is where my side comes in) but they certainly make for great brothers, husbands, and fathers. I probably should have had a white shirt on Carson, but it was just a last minute thought before Grandma and Grandpa went home. We were actually headed home to Philly the morning after this was taken. The Millwards really are a wonderful family. I can't wait for Carson to get a little bigger and get to know his grandpa and his great grandpa better. We love you guys!!!

I think he is big enough now

2009-07-22T09:27:00.000-07:00

The day before we left St. George to come back to Philly we took the 4 wheelers out for a spin. They are so fun. Carson was nearly 5 months old, plenty old to go for a ride.

Swimming days in St. George

2009-07-22T09:19:00.000-07:00

Danny and Carson, my twin boys. They make rash guards and safari tour guide hats look good!

Grandma Millward and Carson basking in the sun. Thank you Mama Millward for Carson's cute hat. He is all ready to live in St. George.

Build-A-Bear

2009-07-22T09:01:00.001-07:00

My mom and I got my niece Molly a Build-A-Bear for her 7th birthday while I was in Oregon. While I was waiting for Molly to chose which animal she wanted, Carson and I played dress up.

He really should wear glasses!

Family Reunion- Astoria Oregon

2009-07-21T15:46:00.000-07:00

A few of us went to Pig n' Pancake for breakfast and then walked around Seaside

Carson and I went to family reunion over the 4th of July weekend. Danny couldn't get time off work. My family is starting to think he doesn't really exist. Maybe next year he will make it... It was really fun. We stayed in Oregon a total of 10 days. We enjoyed 4 warm sunny days on the beach for reunion!!!! I don't think the Oregon coast has ever been nice that many days in a row. It was so fun to see all of our family. We watch fire works on the beach and had a bon fire.

My niece Molly and I built an award winning sand castle at the Powell Family Sand Castle Building Contest. We won the prize for "Best Protected Castle." Molly was so excited and surprised that we won something. It was awfully cute.

Devlin and Stephanie's Wedding

2009-07-20T07:59:00.000-07:00

While we were gallivanting on the west side we went to an amazing wedding. Danny's best friend Devlin got married and Danny got to be the best man. It was four days of food, friends, and fun. We went to some really great restaurants, hung out on the beach, stayed in Devlin's beautiful house with the entire wedding party (about 17 people), and enjoyed their gorgeous wedding day. It was so fun for Danny to hang out with his best buddy back in California. Here is the wedding party. It was such a pretty wedding. It was outside surrounded by redwood trees.

The beach was great. The weather was perfect. It was Carson's first trip to the beach. He loved it, except for the water. He is is father's child, he doesn't like anything cold.

The rehearsal dinner was delicious.

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This is in the Las Vegas airport getting ready to fly to San Jose, California.

Rice Cereal

2009-07-20T07:53:00.000-07:00

At 4 month, 1 week, and almost 17 pounds, we thought it was time for Carson to try some rice cereal. We fed it to him for the first time in St. George. He struggled, but he looked awfully cute. After several attempts we discovered he liked it best with the mama's milk.

Oh the places we've been

2009-07-20T07:39:00.000-07:00

The Millward Family just completed a month of wonderful madness. Johnny Cash comes to mind..."I've been everywhere man".

It started in June when we decided to drive from Willow Grove Pennsylvania to St. George Utah. We drove to Pittsburgh the first night and stayed at a great hotel that I bid for on Priceline. Des Moines IA, was the next stop. Then to Denver CO on day three where we spent Father's Day with Mike and Lindsay. They made some delicious steak. We left Friday evening and got to St. George on Monday afternoon. Carson did great. He is the best baby in the world. Danny and I took turns sitting in the back playing with him when he was awake. Thanks to Jen A. I have a pump that can connect to the lighter in the car. We didn't have to stop or take him out of his carseat to feed him. I would just pump and give him a bottle. The poor kid probably got bed sores from sitting in his carseat for so many hours at a time. In one month Carson drove across the country, and went to Utah, California, and Oregon. Our flight home made 6 flights for Carson before he was 5 months old. It was so great seeing friends and family. We can't wait to move back to west.

What a big boy

2009-06-17T08:13:00.000-07:00

I seriously can't believe how much this kid changes everyday. Within the last few weeks, he has gotten better at lying on his tummy (he used to freak out every time), he is sitting in the exersaucer, the bumbo, and all by himself on his bottom for a few seconds. He grabs his toys, put everything in his mouth and says please and thank you...oh wait.

For about a month my goal has been to put him on his tummy everyday. I think I have done it maybe 4 times. I blame myself for his lack of rolling over. But I don't really want him to move. I love putting him down and knowing that he will be in the exact same spot when I get back. He is 4 months tomorrow so this time I am serious. I am going to start putting him on his tummy EVERYDAY (unless he does not want to :). What kid wouldn't want to lay on a surf board tummy mat?