Laughter is a Wonderful Thing!

We were on our way up to El Dorado hills for the wedding reception with the Glenns and Carden just starting busting up at Chase. I shouldn't have said a peep because they were just entertaining each other all by themselves. It was so cute!

I'm a MUSCLE Man!

Carden has been doing this the last few days. He seriously is doing a push up or rather a "downward dog" which I do in my p90x workout. Maybe Carden finally got a hang of what Mommy does every day for her workout? Carden is crawling, well scooting himself around. He is so fun. I will throw a toy by his feet and in a matter of seconds he is right there whipped around! His obliques are better than mine! He is a true muscle man!

"Come Listen to a Prophet's Voice and Hear the Word of God"

General Conference is THIS weekend...we're EXCITED.

A new favorite from GC last April that Marin and I just listened to for FHE...
Elder Zwick's talk.

For those who don't live in UT or don't have BYU-TV, click here.
This is a new media player the church is introducing! (Which is exciting because despite extremely high internet speeds and one of the best desktops out there, the church's video clips of GC always took FOREVER to download) I have heard the live video stream has always been pretty good though.

We will be eating crepes at the Glenn's if anyone wants to join! :)

Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato!

So I am pretty sure this is a "Sweeney thing" to love SWEET Potatoes!
I just remember one Christmas everyone loved the sweet potato casserole that Ashley made.
I'm not really a fan of sweet potatoes, but Carden sure ate them up!!
I was able to go with my friend Katy to the Farmers Market and get some yummy fresh fruits and vegetables. We then made baby food in ice trays that you can stash in the freezer for a cheap and quick way of preparing baby food! Carden is a happy and full baby now!

There is HOPE!!!

Ohhh my goodness!! So Carden finally slept from midnight to 7am and I feel SOOO GREAT!!! I can't believe how horrible Carden has been sleeping just the last month. He pretty much has been waking up every hour and it has made me become a Zombie! I don't even know if I have slept or fed him...most of the time I wake up in the rocking chair not remembering what time I came in to feed him??? It has been crazy! Well actually it has been ridiculous. I think there are just many things that have made Carden become an insomniac which are: having random times of putting him to bed, starting new foods, growing, still being in the pack-and-play... list goes on. But the funny thing is that yesterday he didn't take any naps (well maybe two hours and that is it). He would not take a nap at ALL! He didn't even fall asleep when I nursed him. So maybe we just have to give up on naps. I don't know...

Well if anyone has tips on how to make your baby sleep through the night, please, please let me know!! I am going to try to be more on a schedule-well just more consistent with bedtime and feedings. I think it will make all the difference.

Anyways I'm really excited because there is a group of moms getting together every day to work out. We are doing that p90x thing and let me tell you that it is killing me (and today was the first day)! I am so out of shape! It is the saddest thing. I can't believe how fast the body can get out of shape. I pretty much stopped dancing in April when Carden was born and now it is almost October. I guess that is a LONG time to not be working out. I have been walking so I don't feel that bad. I just hope to tone up especially if I try working at a studio again. I do miss dance TREMENDOUSLY. I just miss being with tons of girls, dancing, and having fun with music and our bodies!!! I really hope that I find a studio and even get to teach Asia and Lois!

Almost there!

Well Carden is 5 months and 2weeks old and the next BIG step is crawling!
I can't believe it is already here! I am getting nervous since nothing is baby proof.
He is still working on sitting up, but he prefers just lying on his stomach so he can spin
around and roll around finding fun things to play with. We tried to get a good shot of Carden pulling up into crawling position but of course he gets tired right when we get the camera out!

Walks bring Carden Smiles!

Justin's days consist of studying as my days consist of walking!
Pretty much I walk all day long! I'm just lucky to be in California where the weather is always PERFECT!!
Carden just loves being outside. See how happy he is? He is getting so big and strong!
I will try to put on a clip of him almost crawling!

What a CUTE Smile!

We just love it when Daddy comes home! This is the best time of the day!

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I just love by outfit that Auntie Erin gave me!
I'm finally BIG enough to wear it!
Isn't it cute on me? I wear it when my Mommy and I go walking in the mornings since it is
still cool and breezy!

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Carden Loves His Daddy!

Carden gets soooo excited when Daddy comes home!
He just loves giving him kisses!
He also laughs when Daddy makes funny noises!
Just take a peek!

Are You KIDDING Me?!?!?!?!

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We love the Spray Park!

This is Carden's first Park! He loves the slides, swings, and tapping his feet in the water!
We actually went today with the mother's group. It was a lot of fun! Kierstin actually ended up coming at the same time, which was SO GREAT!! We sure have had a lot of fun at this park!

This makes me laugh! Poop or Horn?

My nephew Cohen is so cute! I just love listening to little children talk. It is so much fun! Justin and I got to babysit these two cute little girls (Elizabeth and Natalie). Natalie is the younger one and she has the cutest little voice. I also love it when I go over to the Glenns and Lois runs up and says "oh Carden... I love him". It is just so cute. This clip of Cohen makes me laugh sooo HARD! The way he says "Poop" is so great! It really is a horn but looks like poop. It is soo FUNNY!

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Happy B-Day Woody!

Today is my best friend Austin's birthday...we've been friends ever since 3rd grade! On our way to church the other day we saw "Woody Ct" and decided to take a picture in honor of the real "Woody".

Happy B-Day Aust...hope you see this!

The Move

Well we are finally in our new apartment in Sacramento. It has been a crazy month with packing and moving. We aren't all the way moved in yet but luckily we are blessed with family close by who have an excess of furniture! We are still looking for a kitchen table and bikes!! Our place is nice, but we live in a JUNGLE!!

Listen to this! I was about to vacuum our place up and I reached down to plug in our vacuum and noticed a LONG scaly looking thing hiding behind the outlet plug in thing. I actually didn't scream but ran to the kitchen and watched to make sure what it was. I thought it was a snake because he was all coiled up, but then he ran and popped his head up to check out what was going on. I called the front desk and they had two big black men come by to catch him. But instead of just grabbing him they took this little stick-like clamp and chopped him into pieces on our family room carpet!! It was sooo gross. The men said " oohhh it's an IGUANA!" I guess we have iguanas here in Sacramento!! Who knew?

Then one day on my way to take Justin to school I saved him from running into the uglyist spider I have ever seen. He was HUUUUGE! He was dangling right in front of Justin and then pulled himself up into his large web in the tree. It was soooooooooooo YUCKY!

I am going to have to get tuff! Just today while I was trying to clean my crock pot I noticed an UGLY black spider in the kitchen sink!!!!! AAHAHHHHHHH. I pretty much dumped a huge jug of water on him with the wash rag on top of him and then waited for Justin to come wash him down. I really hate spiders. I really don't know about me living in an area with TONS of trees b/c that means SPIDERS and IGUANAS!!!! haa haa. It's a jungle out there!

Carden laughing

Carden is growing up! This last month Carden has been doing several new things! He is getting really good at:
- grabbing toys, holding onto them and playing with them
-eating both feet at the same time
-faster rolling front to back and back to front while moving in a full circle
-sitting up
-quicker at responding to sound and watching any kind of movement

He's teething so everything goes straight to the mouth. He is always smiling even when he has a 102 temperature! He just got his first cold at 5mo., but today he is feeling much better.

We're Still Alive...

Just FYI...for those who check our blog and are wondering whether we fell off the face of the earth...we didn't! We are officially in Sacramento, at McGeorge, and WITHOUT internet. It's been a long wait, but we should be connected soon...and many posts are forthcoming!