We FINALLY found the sippy cup that Brooke can actually figure out how to drink out of and not just chew on!!! She LOVES it!!! I highly recomend this as a way to train your kids to drink out of a sippy!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Big Eater!!
Brooke has really taken to eating solid foods! She totally skipped the whole baby food deal and went straight to the big girl food. She LOVES Cottage Cheese, Deli Meat, Beats, Olives, Pickles, Carrots, Pineapple, Mandrin Oranges, Green Beans, and on and on... we keep finding new things to love! Here are some pictures of our big eater!
We FINALLY found the sippy cup that Brooke can actually figure out how to drink out of and not just chew on!!! She LOVES it!!! I highly recomend this as a way to train your kids to drink out of a sippy!
We FINALLY found the sippy cup that Brooke can actually figure out how to drink out of and not just chew on!!! She LOVES it!!! I highly recomend this as a way to train your kids to drink out of a sippy!
Bonding!
Just thought this was super cute so I had to capture a few shots of it. Brooke and her cousin Makenna were sitting together enjoying Baby Einstein. It was so cute to see them together, already such good buddies!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Love my girls!!!
Last Saturday evening I got to have a night out with some of my girls! We started off the evening with a trip to the very popular Cafe Rio in Lake Forest!
Traci, Erin, & Heather
Kyra, Amy, Carly, & ME
After we stuffed our belly's full as can be, we headed off to the Orange County Great Park. I did not even know this place existed, but they offer free hot air balloon rides (it is tethered to the ground, but goes 500 feet in the air). The also have free ice skating this month. The perfect cheap date night!
I was pretty positive that I was not going to join in on the hot air balloon ride due to my extreme fear of heights. When we got there I was satisfied to see that it is not the wicker basket looking hot air balloon with the fire and all! It has a metal cage type thing that you are in so YOU CAN NOT FALL OUT, and it has no fire at all, just a thick cable that winds you up into the air and then back down. This made me feel that it was safe enough to ride. What really pushed me over the edge to go on was the fact that Heather was willing to bring her 10 month old onto this ride and risk his life! I was not prepared to let a 10 month old boy show me up, so I went! AND SAT ON THE GROUND THE WHOLE TIME!!! :)IT WAS HIGH!!!!
Here we all are hanging out getting ready to board the balloon. Trying not to get too freaked out!
Erin, Traci, my head at the bottom, Mitch, & Heather
Amy, Kyra, & Carly
So happy to be on solid ground again!
They must have just recently taken down the Christmas Deco and we happened to find it in a tent nearby. So of course we had to get a few shots with our new friends!
I love hanging out with the girls from my ward. I feel so blessed to be in such a fun ward with so many girls that get along and have a blast together. Thanks so much Traci for driving and for coming up with such a fun event!
Traci, Erin, & Heather
Kyra, Amy, Carly, & ME
After we stuffed our belly's full as can be, we headed off to the Orange County Great Park. I did not even know this place existed, but they offer free hot air balloon rides (it is tethered to the ground, but goes 500 feet in the air). The also have free ice skating this month. The perfect cheap date night!
I was pretty positive that I was not going to join in on the hot air balloon ride due to my extreme fear of heights. When we got there I was satisfied to see that it is not the wicker basket looking hot air balloon with the fire and all! It has a metal cage type thing that you are in so YOU CAN NOT FALL OUT, and it has no fire at all, just a thick cable that winds you up into the air and then back down. This made me feel that it was safe enough to ride. What really pushed me over the edge to go on was the fact that Heather was willing to bring her 10 month old onto this ride and risk his life! I was not prepared to let a 10 month old boy show me up, so I went! AND SAT ON THE GROUND THE WHOLE TIME!!! :)IT WAS HIGH!!!!
Here we all are hanging out getting ready to board the balloon. Trying not to get too freaked out!
Erin, Traci, my head at the bottom, Mitch, & Heather
Amy, Kyra, & Carly
So happy to be on solid ground again!
They must have just recently taken down the Christmas Deco and we happened to find it in a tent nearby. So of course we had to get a few shots with our new friends!
I love hanging out with the girls from my ward. I feel so blessed to be in such a fun ward with so many girls that get along and have a blast together. Thanks so much Traci for driving and for coming up with such a fun event!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
The definition of CRAZY!!!
So this is what happens on a typical night at Brooke's dinner time! I laugh myself through dinner almost every single night!
Enjoy the faces and sounds of our crazy child! I could not pick a favorite video, they are all short and funny but each have different faces that I just can't pass up sharing with you guys!
We always knew that mixing Kip and I's blood would create something quite crazy and full of energy, BOY WERE WE RIGHT!!!
Enjoy the faces and sounds of our crazy child! I could not pick a favorite video, they are all short and funny but each have different faces that I just can't pass up sharing with you guys!
We always knew that mixing Kip and I's blood would create something quite crazy and full of energy, BOY WERE WE RIGHT!!!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
For all my friends.....
...that are struggling with getting pregnant, have had a hard time in the past with getting pregnant, have experienced a miscarriage, who know someone who is struggling with conception, and for all of you mothers out there who did not struggle to conceive at all. I want you to watch this video.
My friend Diana is celebrating the short life of her daughter Emma who she lost in her second trimester of pregnancy. I saw this video on her blog and decided to copy it and put it on my blog. Diana had 5 miscarriages and lost the twin of her oldest daughter who they named Gracie. Gracie is now an older sister to Sienna who is just a few months older than my little Brooke. I am so glad that Diana was able to figure out what was happening in her body and has been able to give birth to 2 beautiful little girls.
I know that many friends and loved ones of mine are right now struggling with getting pregnant. I have friends in each stage of the "trying" cycle and my heart goes out to each of you! I love you all SO MUCH and can never even try to imagine what in the world you are going through. I appreciate each one of your strengths and the positive outlooks you have on life despite your challenges. I know that it is SO hard for each of you to hear even the word abortion, to see a teenager pregnant, to hear women complain about pregnancy, and to see and hear women and men complain about the challenges of being a parent. I respect and love you for what you go through daily and want you to know that.
As for all of you parents out there, as well as myself, I want to take this opportunity to really appreciate the gifts we have been given and to realize what a miracle and a blessing it is to be a parent. I never want to take this for granted! I always want my children to know how lucky I feel to have them in my life! And I really want to do my best to appreciate every single day, every single moment, and to do my best to not complain about this little spirit, EVEN ON THE HARD DAYS!!! I hope that this video touches each of you in your own way. I know that it made me bawl my eyes out!
My friend Diana is celebrating the short life of her daughter Emma who she lost in her second trimester of pregnancy. I saw this video on her blog and decided to copy it and put it on my blog. Diana had 5 miscarriages and lost the twin of her oldest daughter who they named Gracie. Gracie is now an older sister to Sienna who is just a few months older than my little Brooke. I am so glad that Diana was able to figure out what was happening in her body and has been able to give birth to 2 beautiful little girls.
I know that many friends and loved ones of mine are right now struggling with getting pregnant. I have friends in each stage of the "trying" cycle and my heart goes out to each of you! I love you all SO MUCH and can never even try to imagine what in the world you are going through. I appreciate each one of your strengths and the positive outlooks you have on life despite your challenges. I know that it is SO hard for each of you to hear even the word abortion, to see a teenager pregnant, to hear women complain about pregnancy, and to see and hear women and men complain about the challenges of being a parent. I respect and love you for what you go through daily and want you to know that.
As for all of you parents out there, as well as myself, I want to take this opportunity to really appreciate the gifts we have been given and to realize what a miracle and a blessing it is to be a parent. I never want to take this for granted! I always want my children to know how lucky I feel to have them in my life! And I really want to do my best to appreciate every single day, every single moment, and to do my best to not complain about this little spirit, EVEN ON THE HARD DAYS!!! I hope that this video touches each of you in your own way. I know that it made me bawl my eyes out!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Carlson Family
Right after Christmas and before my little brother David headed up to school we wanted to get some family photo's done. I traded KC Knoop of Halocline Photography for a photo session for my parents!
It has been a little while since our last family shoot, more kids have been born and David is all grown and graduated and off to school! This was a super fun shoot as you will see from the pictures! Thank you KC for the TOTALLY Carlson photo shoot. I really feel like you caught the feel of the Carlson Family! FUN, FUN, FUN!!! I love these!
P.S. My mom's hair is a little crazy, but typical of Tammy to die her hair the morning of pictures :), at least we caught reality!
P.S. My mom's hair is a little crazy, but typical of Tammy to die her hair the morning of pictures :), at least we caught reality!
Robinson Family
Right after Christmas the whole Robinson clan got together for a family photo shoot in a totally sweet random field.
It is SO hard to choose just a few photo's from this shoot! Lyndzee Ellsworth of EPlove.net did such a great job!
Get ready for a ton of photo's because I really had a hard time choosing favorites, I am photo happy when it comes to good pictures so I am just going to post all my favorites of the family, which are a lot :)
I think I actually MIGHT even get a frame soon and hang one or two of these up on my wall, which for any of you that know me and my house, this will be HUGE!!! (I know I need to decorate soon)
Enjoy!!!
It is SO hard to choose just a few photo's from this shoot! Lyndzee Ellsworth of EPlove.net did such a great job!
Get ready for a ton of photo's because I really had a hard time choosing favorites, I am photo happy when it comes to good pictures so I am just going to post all my favorites of the family, which are a lot :)
I think I actually MIGHT even get a frame soon and hang one or two of these up on my wall, which for any of you that know me and my house, this will be HUGE!!! (I know I need to decorate soon)
Enjoy!!!
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