Happy Birthday Baby Paige

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

 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!

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

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

-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

 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!

 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!!!!