"Bye Bye"

Carden loves to open the front door and walk out saying bye bye, which
his Daddy always does each morning while Carden is usually eating his breakfast.

Carden is becoming quite the little talker. He is getting pretty quick at walking and there is no
going back to crawling! He is just a good little boy. He is getting so good at putting himself to sleep at 7ish and then waking up either around 6-7:30am. So my days of sleeping in are over, which has actually been okay because I am always SO HUNGRY right at the time Carden wakes up. I don't remember ever being SO HUNGRY when I was pregnant with Carden. It is really weird but I really don't remember ANY changes at all in my body when I was pregnant with Carden besides just getting LARGE! I actually LOVED being pregnant because I didn't get a SINGLE HEAD Ache during my WHOLE pregnancy with Carden.

This pregnancy seems to be a little different. Lately I have just been tired, HUNGRY, and craving BURGERS and FRIES and POP! But desserts never sound good. But overall it has been going well. I am 8 weeks along and I'm pretty sure the baby is due around December 2nd. But I guess we will see for sure once I get to the Doctor!

April Almost Gone

Well the month of April was quite busy. We had so much fun this month. But now we approach the dreaded month of MAY which means FINALS!! Justin has been studying like CRAZY! He's going to ACE his FINALS b/c he is SO SMART! He is truly an amazing HUSBAND!! He has been so good at balancing everything with family, church, friends, basketball, studying, etc. I really can't even believe that we will be done with our FIRST YEAR in Law school!! It really is going to go by so fast. We love being at UOP and absolutely love being in CALIFORNIA! Justin has really enjoyed Law school. He is going to make a great lawyer. I mean come on he is always SO HAPPY, so HANDSOME, so SMART, so KIND, so LOVING, so HONEST, so COURAGEOUS, and the list really does go on, so what else could you want in a lawyer?!

We are still unsure what summer holds for us, but we are pretty sure that we will just be hanging out here in CA. I don't finish teaching dance until July 12th and then I can also teach some summer workshops, so I am pretty much booked. I'm getting really excited about our Dance Performance! It is going to be so cute. My little Irish dancers as well as my bigger Irish dancers are coming along quickly with technique. We have had so much fun and now we are working mainly on choreography. I have a piece of choreography that will be shown to the public on May 12th, which I hope goes well. The piece still isn't clean as I would like, but I am hoping the girls will pick it up!

As for Carden, well he is getting another tooth (the upper top tooth). It is so much fun having a ONE YEAR old. He loves to walk around and jabber here and there. Carden is really all about doing things the RIGHT WAY or not at all. For instance, this walking thing he just took off. He really didn't do all this standing and few steps here and there. He just decided that he is going to walk and that is just what he did! He loves to open doors and close them. He loves getting into the garbage as well as all the kitchen drawers. His new thing is going to the bathroom opening the door and getting some tissue and then blowing his nose! It is really cute. We have all had this nasty cold, which is why Carden is so obsessed with getting tissue and wiping his nose. Carden also loves FOOD. He really does eat so well. We feed him a whole bowl of OATMEAL every morning with either a whole banana or strawberries in it. He usually eats whatever I make for lunch and dinner. He used to love Cranberry chicken and rice, as well as Rosemary pork chops, and BBQ chicken and a baked potato, but now he is moving into other foods like spaghetti, Peanut Butter and Jelly, Pizza, etc. He started to dislike broccoli and carrots, which is probably why he dropped into the 50% for height instead of the 80%!!! He is in the 20% for weight, and then the 80% for HEAD!!! Carden does have a HUGE head, but it is a cute head, a smart head! Carden also loves to point and things. He also loves to read books. Today I gave him a bowl of oranges and then after he was done he stood up from eating them on the kitchen floor and handed me the bowl and then said (well at least i think he is trying to say) "dant to" (thank you).

As for the beginning of this month we had quite a little SUPRISE. Well, actually we weren't too surprised, but we were just so EXCITED that we just can't keep it a secret. So April Fools day we wanted to play a joke, but instead of it being a FOOL, we wanted to be sneaky! So we sent out an email to our families saying "HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!" not "APRIL FOOLS!" b/c it wasn't a fool but instead it was a HAPPY APRIL FOOLS day b/c we found out that we were PREGNANT!!!! yeeaaahhhh! We are just so excited. We fooled everyone! :)

More Visalia

Getting ready to eat some REALLY good BBQ Chicken! Check out the really small chairs. Makes it easy to scoop the food straight into the mouth!

Just some of the cousins. Chase was taking a nap and the babies were nursing.
We have SAM, Carden, Cohen, Luke, Lois, and Asia.

Cohen and Carden

Carden walking around on the deck.

The new three cousins!

Visalia

We had a great little family reunion last weekend, well it was actually more like a FAREWELL to the Mosley family! Carden and I drove up on Saturday to see Brynley, SAM, Cosette, and Lydia as well as Grandpa and Grandma. Then on Monday everyone was there! We were all MISSING our husbands that had work, school, and projects, but hopefully the next reunion we can all be there!
I actually jumped into the pool which was quite cold but REFRESHING!! Carden was crying as I was doing flips off the diving board. He was so sad. I then went to pick him up and he was looking at me like, "Are you all right Mom??" He was so concerned, it was really cute. Carden actually took TWO dives into the pool. He fell right off the step and went under. He cried a little but then ended up wanting to play in the water. So I am pretty excited for this summer since Carden doesn't seem to be scared of water! Carden also got his FIRST Bee sting. It was so sad. Our pool was swarming with bee's and he happened to step on one. It didn't swell up too much. He is a tuff boy. He only cried for a little while and then ended up walking on it all night when we went miniature golfing.
The three little PRINCESSES!! Cosette, Jade, and Little Lydia! It was so much fun holding these cute little girls! We just ate, held babies, and swam all weekend! So exciting!
Here are the HANDSOME boys (Carden, Chase, and Cohen)! Luke, Asia, and Lois are in the back but couldn't get them in the picture. We were on our way to play some miniature golf!
Here we are playing some golf! Carden walked around the WHOLE park (all 18 holes!) He is quite the walker! Just got to find some shoes that actually fit him!

Walking!

It is ALL or NOTHING!

Happy Easter

Well we had quite the weekend! First Carden and I joined the Glenn family for an Easter Egg hunt with their ward on Saturday morning. Carden loved playing with all the kids on the playground! He found some eggs and loved giving them a shake! He even managed to find some sweet tarts on the ground and enjoyed eating them until Mommy found out and took them. (so mean :( )

We then headed down to Fresno to spend time with the van Beevers, Grandma and Grandpa, and the Mosley's (well actually not the WHOLE Mosley Family, we missed you Paul. Thanks for letting us steal Brynley and your beautiful babies for a few weeks! We also missed the Glenn family.) It was a lot of fun though. We enjoyed listening to the sweet blessing of Jade. Thanks for letting us be a part of that special event. We then ate some REALLY good food! Honey glazed ham, broccoli salad, green beans and almonds sauteed to perfection, and funeral potatoes with Hayley's famous rolls! Oh it was just so tasty! We also had another fun EGG hunt, which I got to hide the eggs and Luke and Cohen and Sam found ALL of the eggs! We have been so blessed to see so much family these last few weeks! It has been so much fun seeing everyone and being able to bond! Thanks everyone! Can't wait to do it all again!

They just grow up so FAST!

I was going through some video of Carden and found this really cute one.
I just can't believe he is already ONE! I love watching his little face and then his hands start to
go as he tries to communicate with me. Carden likes to say "Dada" and he used to say "Nana" and "Mama" and "Buba", but lately he has just been into pointing his little finger at things and just grunting and doing his own kind of language. I guess words will come when needed! He has also been taking steps. It was so funny because about three days ago I was getting him dressed and set him down and then he just acted like "okay Mom I will walk to you". He took four steps like it was nothing! Then tonight he walks around the whole family room and dinning room and then walks to Daddy with 7 or so steps!!! He did it like he had been walking the whole time!!! He is so silly though b/c then when we try to get him to do it he will arch his back and then fall to the ground and hide his face like he is SHY or something!! I guess he will just do things when HE wants to do them... hmmmmm WHO does that sound like??? hee heee... :)
What can I say...
Carden is just like his DADDY!!!

Here is Carden on his new toy that he got from Grandma and Grandpa!

Cupcake Eating!

More Birthday Celebration

Carden trying to be held after attempting to eat his cupcake even though he wasn't feeling well!
His poor eyes were goopy and he was running a high fever :( Poor thing.

Carden's Aunt made these yummy cupcakes for his Birthday!

Lois was pretty excited, just like the rest of us!!

Carden eating his CREPE!

In the Kitchen waiting for a YUMMY CREPE!

We had a great conference weekend with the Glenns. We ate yummy crepes, watched General Conference, ate some more yummy dinner, and CELEBRATED Carden's Birthday! Poor thing though, Carden was so sick on his Birthday but he did manage to eat a little of his YUMMY chocolate chip cupcake! (Thanks Kierstin for making those, they were sooo GOOD!). Here are some more pictures!

More AZ

This is me, Carden with my COOL Aunt and Uncle!
We did some really fun things in AZ, just see for yourself!

Yummy Argentine food, cooked by chef Justine!

I love being the "doorman" all day long!
Letting Rosie in and out of the house was my favorite part!
She quickly came in and the anxiously waited until I opened the door for her to go back out!
She only scared me a couple of times when she jumped right into my face while I was trying to open the door for her to go back outside!

My pretty Aunt took me to the park and we went on the slide and the swings!
It was so much fun!

Well do I look like a SWEENEY?! :)

AZ Continued

Amy and Carden
Isn't Amy so BEAUTIFUL!!!

Everyone helping Carden unwrap his presents!

"Are we SURE these are the RIGHT instructions?!"

Uncle James holding Luke and Carden (only four months apart!)

Uncle Jaren holding Carden after one of his Basketball games!
(Carden want to be just like his COOL Uncle Jaren!)

We had a great spring break. I was lucky to get dance off and we took a nice week long vacation in AZ with Justin's family. We were so excited to find out that Ashley came all the WAY to AZ while the Sweeney's were driving home from their Spring break! (Thanks Ashley for making that long drive to see us, especially being pregnant and being a working woman!) It was also fun seeing the Owens, the Rheads, Amy, Eliza, and Sarah!! Eliza is taking dance and she didn't want to show me her COOL moves; however, she did show me her splits! I was quite impressed!! Carden just loved meeting everyone! He loved playing with everyone. Here are some more pictures. I am just too lazy to figure out how to do a slide show, so sorry there are so many!!

Arizona

Splashing around!

Celebrating 1 YEARS old!

Eating YuMmY cupcakes!

COOL truck!

SOON to be the NEXT Steve Nash!

Well we had a great time down in Arizona! The week flew by. We were so lucky that Carden was so good on the 12 hour drive there and back. We left at 1pm on the way down and he slept from 1-4pm then played in his car seat reading books and playing with his toys until we got at IN-N-OUT at 6pm. Then we ate dinner and headed the rest of the way with Carden falling asleep peacefully at 8pm-1am! It was awesome. He pretty much did the same thing on the way home from AZ! We were so glad that we finally got to see everyone! It was so much fun! Here are just a few pictures!