...........the cORniSh FaMiLy bLOg

Camping 2011

2011-07-15T23:17:00.000-06:00

The annual Cornish Family Camping trip came around again, and it was great fun! The kids were at great ages to run around and get dirty and have fun. It was also nice to be away from all the tv and internet for a change. :-) Here are some of the great pictures of our fun.

Carson's 4th Birthday

2011-05-15T22:53:00.008-06:00

My Baby Boy is Four! I can't believe it. This was the first year that he was very vocal and picky about his birthday. "Mom, I want an Iron Man party with an Iron Man cake and Iron Man toys." So we tried our best to give our little man an Iron Man party. It was so fun to have family and friends over for cupcakes and ice cream. Let's hope the next four years go by a little slower!

Cabin Weekend

2010-12-11T23:57:00.000-07:00

In November, the Cornish side of the family rented a cabin in Island Park for the weekend. It was such a fun time and I came across the pictures the other day and had to share. :-)

Bradley and Uncle Phil playing pool, with Tony looking on. :-)

Carson swimming in the hot tub with Grandma.

Tony playing peek-a-boo!

Uncle Joey and Avery.

Daddy, Papa, and Uncle Kevin watching football.

Carson & Tony playing badminton.

Cousins in the playhouse.

Kenzie . . . yummmm. :-)

Adelyn, Carson, & Kenzie in the tub.

Post-tub towel session.

The Cornish Clan!

Halloween

2010-10-31T23:52:00.002-06:00

This Halloween Clint's sister Courtney and her husband Joey brought their kids down from Montana to join us for Boo at the Zoo! His other sister Krista and her husband Scott, who live here, joined us as well, so the cousins were able to be together and have a great time. Most of them were too little to know what was going on, but loved to look at the animals. Carson and cousin Tony loved it the most, and were dressed as Buzz and Woody without any planning -- too cute! One of the funniest parts of the night was when a boy at the zoo walked up to Carson and said, "You are my favorite movie." Carson just stared back at him totally confused. It was hilarious to say the least. :-) Here are some pictures from our great night of candy, family, and furry fun!

Avery (4 mo.), Adelyn (5 mo.), Kenzie (15 mo.), Tony (2 yrs.), Carson (3 yrs.)

Avery's not sure about this whole thing . . . . :-)

Tony and Carson . . . a.k.a. Woody and Buzz!

Clint and the Toy Story boys!

Daddy's little piggy!

Daddy and the kiddos.

The girls "enjoying" the zoo. :-)

"Where's the candy?"

Shake that tail, baby!

Our cute little piggy. :-)

The whole fam walking through the zoo.

Carson also has a Halloween party at Preschool. Here is a picture of him with his best friend Lincoln. He definitely loved Halloween this year!

Kenzie's First Birthday!

2010-08-01T00:10:00.002-06:00

My baby girl turned one today!! It's so sad that the last time I posted was Carson's birthday, since that was three months ago. We've had a lot I should have and will post, but these cute pics couldn't wait. :-)

A good part of the morning was spend making cupcakes. Her decorations were pink ladybugs, so we had to have treats to match! Aunt Carrie was awesome to help me make these. Without her they would have taken forever, and they still almost did. :-) But I think Kenzie liked them . . .

She was such a sweetheart the whole night, even though she had no idea the whole thing was for her. She looked so dang cute in her little dress, and Aunt Carrie even painted her toenails - her first pedicure!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl! We love you so much, and we are so blessed to have your sweet spirit as a part of our family!!

Seattle Trip

2010-06-29T17:49:00.000-06:00

In June, while Clint went to Europe with a school trip, the kids and I went to Seattle to visit my brother and sister-in-law. We picked up my parents in Montana and made the marathon drive. The kids were great and we had a ton of fun with the family. Our first outing was to the Seattle Zoo. Even though it rained the entire time, we had great fun and saw a lot of great animals.

Next we went to a ferry ride to an island off the coast. Carson loved driving onto a boat! It was a rare sunny day in Seattle and we enjoyed a fun time at a farmer's market and eating great seafood.

Last, but not least, we went to the Seattle Aquarium. The fist were so colorful and Carson loved trying to find Nemo! Kenzie pretty much slept through it. :-)

The best part was spending time with Uncle Jared and Aunt Sara who lived so far away.We are so glad we got the opportunity to visit.

Carson Turns 3!

2010-05-09T18:27:00.000-06:00

On May 2nd Carson turned 3! He is totally in love with cars right now, so we had a race car themed birthday party. We had originally planned for it to be outside at our house, but cruddy weather forced us to changed our plans. Luckily we were able to use the gym at the church, so the kids had a ton of room to play.

The kids racing around our makeshift race track. They had so much fun racing we could barely get them to stop and eat food or cake! It total chaos but really fun.

Some of the party goers. We are so lucky that Carson has such good friends. Ours are pretty great too! :-)

Carson's race track cupcake-cake. It was super fun and easy to make, but I got in trouble because I didn't have Lightning McQueen as one of the cars, so that was corrected before the party.

The kids got these stoplight favor bags full of treats and little toys. It was so fun that Carson is now old enough to do more than cake at a birthday party. Clint had to physically carry Carson over to blow out his candles because he didn't want to stop racing.

Kenzie had fun too, hanging out with Papa.

Carson even took the time to play with Kenzie on his new carpet for his cars. What a good brother.

Carson was very spoiled and received a ton of fun toys and presents. He was so funny when he was unwrapping them, because he would hold them out like Vanna White to show everyone. When I would tell him to thank someone for the present, he got a little confused and started handing the presents back to the givers. It was hilarious but really cute that he was so willing to give his presents away.

We love our boy and are so lucky to have him in our lives. Here are some of our favorite things about him:
1. He is a great cuddler. He crawles in bed to cuddle when he wakes up in the morning.
2. He is such a sweet brother. He tells Kenzie he loves her and gets her toys. He refers to her as "My Kenzie."
3. He is the weirdest picky eater ever. Not your normal toddler picky..... He won't eat pizza or spaghetti, but he'll eat thai chicken and sauerkraut. Every once in a while he picks one food and that's all he'll eat for a few days. Recently it was raisin bread.
4. He is so skinny. He never went through that chubby baby or toddler phase. He has these knobby knees and chicken legs. His nickname is "Bones" because he is skin and bones.
5. He has cute words that he says. "Moky Mok" is still what he calls milk even though he's been able to articulate the real world for over a year. He also recently has been saying "yestermorning" and "yesternight" and "backways."
6. He loves his friend Lincoln and wants to play with him all the time. Lincoln also turned Carson into a fan of the Black Eyed Peas, and Carson likes to dance all day to "Boom Boom Pow".

We love you Carson, and we are so excited to have you in our lives. :-)

Tow Trucks, Trains, and Kidney Stones!

2010-02-25T11:21:00.001-07:00

Last week was a crazy one for our family! It started with a trip to Utah made us feel like we were contestants on The Amazing Race. We were going down for Carson's doctor's appointment at Primary Children's Hospital, when our car broke down an hour north of Salt Lake. It was 1:30pm and his appointment was at 3:30pm. We hurridly called a tow truck, but thought calling a rental would take too much time. Luckily, our friend Wade agreed to come up from Salt Lake and rescue us. While we waited, Carson had a blast because there was a playground at the gas station (random), and he also loved seeing "Mater" tow away our van.

We felt really cool sitting outside the gas station with all of our stuff. We had to leave the bigger stuff in the van, like the stroller and portable crib, but we still managed to have quite a pile. We got quite a few puzzled looks from the people around us.

Luckily, Wade got there about 15 minutes after the tow truck left and we started speeding toward Salt Lake. We pulled up in front of the hospital at 3:31 and walked into the office at 3:38. Whew! The doctor's appointment went really well, but our next problem was that Wade had to just drop us off so now we were stranded at the hospital. Salt Lake has a public train that runs through town, so we decided to ride it back down to where our hotel was. We hiked down the hill to the train depot and just as we were buying our tickets the train pulled away. Another train came in 15 minutes and we got on. Carson loved riding the train. He plopped down in a single seat and wouldn't even sit by us.

Well after a 1/2 hour on the train we got off and started walking to our hotel. That's when it hit me - I didn't have Bobby. (Bobby is Carson's blanket that he loves more than anything.) I had left Bobby at the train depot by the hospital. I totally lost it at this point; I felt like the world's worst mommy. We got to the hotel and Clint started to explain to Carson that Bobby was gone. We had about 4 minutes in the hotel room before Wade was going to pick us up for dinner, so I asked Clint for the diaper bag so I could change Kenzie. Whoops . . .. . Clint had left the diaper bag at the train depot too! Even though we knew there was no chance, we asked Wade to drive us up to the hospital so we could at least look. Clint ended up talking to a guy who worked in the maitenence shed by the train, and he had Bobby and the bag. Miracle! We could have replaced the bag but Bobby was irreplacable. I was so relieved.

After dinner the boys went down to the pool. Wade and his wife Tania and their son Dallin joined us. The boys had a great time. Carson's trip was a lot different than ours: We had car trouble and train trouble and Bobby trouble . .. . Carson had a playground, a train ride, and a pool!

Needless to say we were all exhausted. The next day we had to hitch a ride with a friend's sister-in-law back to Ogden where our car was getting fixed. Then, on the way home, there was a ton of fog and rain and we were surrounded by semi trucks, and somehow we ended up on 84 West instead of I-15 North. After an hour detour the kids were going crazy in the car.

We finally made it home and took the whole next day to recover. However, the adventure did not end there. At 3:30 in the morning Clint woke up with horrible back pain. By 4:30am it was unbearable and we were packing up the kids and heading to the emergancy room. The doctor decided he had kidney stones, and a CT confirmed it. We spent the next 13 hours in the hospital until they sent him home with a strainer and pain meds. He did end up passing the kidney stone later that night. I flet so bad for him! He was so miserable. Luckily for us my parents were nice enough to drive down from Missoula and take care of the kids because it was so hard having them at the hospital. Here are some great hospital pics:

Somehow we survived. Let's hope the weeks to come are a little less eventful. :-)

Kenzie's 6 Months Old!

2010-02-09T10:16:00.002-07:00

Last week our sweet little Kenzie girl turned six months old. I cannot believe that much time has passed. She is such a blessing to our family and we love her so much. Here are some of our favorite things about Kenzie:
1. She smiles with her whole body. She is the happiest little baby I've ever seen. She spends 90% of her waking moments just smiling at you.
2. She is so chunky! I've always loved chunky babies, and Carson never really got super chunky. Kenzie has these huge thighs and those awesome rolls on her wrists. So adorable. She eats like a little piggy.
3. She's tall??? Apparently she's in the 85% for height, which is hilarious when you look at Clint and me. She's going to be taller than Carson any minute. :-)
4. She LOVES her brother. She saves all of her biggest smiles for him. Everything he does is hilarious to her. And the feeling is mutual. Carson calls her "my Kenzie" and gets upset when she is napping because he wants to play with her. The other night I told Carson it was time for dinner and he ran to Kenzie and hugged her and said, "Save me Kenzie!"

Here are a few of our favorite Kenzie pics from the past 6 months. :-)

Catching Up!

2010-01-06T19:27:00.000-07:00

Since I am a huge slacker and I haven't posted since before Thanksgiving, I have a LOT to catch up with . . . so here goes!

POTTY TRAINING

Two days before Thanksgiving we potty trained Carson. I was really nervous about this, but it went very well. We did the potty-train-in-a-day program and it worked awesome! It was pretty entertaining too. Part of the program is that you throw a "potty party" and decorate the bathroom, so I recycled the decorations from Carson's 2nd birthday party and we had a Zoo party. When he woke up he got a present, which was a stuffed monkey wearing underwear. The whole first half of the day Carson and I potty trained the monkey, complete with accidents, poops (tootsie rolls), pees (water with yellow food coloring), and a sticker chart for the monkey. The night before, as I was molding tootsie rolls into poop-like shapes, I had the thought that parents do the CRAZIEST things for their kids. :-) Then at lunch Carson got another present, which were his own underwear. It took like 10 minutes to talk him into wearing them, but after that the day got easier. He had one accident at first and then did great! Here is a picture of him and the monkey:

MR. MAYOR

At the beginning of December Clint has his school Christmas Party. This year they did a 20s themed murder mystery party. Clint was given one of the major characters, Mayor Biggs. They decorated the school really well and I got to hang out all night with Clint and his "wife" and his "girlfriend." It was hilarious. All the characters had certian things they had to say and do, and it was funny watching his "wife" and "girlfriend" fight over him. I think he liked it too! ha-ha It was a fun night out and a fun excuse to dress up like idiots. Clint looked especially awesome as the Mayor.

CHRISTMAS IN MONTANA

We spend 10 whole days in Montana this Christmas - a definate record. Clint's family rented a cabin on Seeley lake for three nights so that's where we spent Christmas. My big regret is that I didn't get a ton of pictures of Christmas. The cabin was beautiful and snowy. The day after Christmas Clint's dad rended a snowmobile, so they boys had a lot of fun with that.

We had our Christmas part two with my family, and were able to see my brother and his wife for the first time since their wedding in September. It was lots of fun and the kids were super spoiled. Carson now thinks Christmas is a week long and all the presents are for him. :-) Kenzie was oblivious, but adorable!

NEW YEAR'S EVE

On New Year's Eve we had a suprise 60th birthday party for Clint's dad and his twin sister Kathy. We did a 1950s theme since that was the year they were born. All the girls had poodle skirts, which was really fun.

Pictured: Clint's mom Vickie, Clint's aunt Kathy, Clint's sister Krista, me, Clint's sister Carrie, our niece Whitney, soon-to-be sister-in-law Lori, and Clint's sister Courtney.

This is Clint's parents and all the siblings in birth order. :-)

Well that's all the catching up I'm going to attempt this time. I guess one of my New Year's Resolution needs to be to blog better!

More Wedding Pics

2009-11-23T10:13:00.000-07:00

Last month I shared pics of the kids from two family weddings. Well after I posted that we got more photos from my brother's photographer that I have meaning to share. Most are of Carson, who was the cutest ringbearer ever! You'll notice a couple of pictures of him sitting during the aisle during the wedding . . . . and YES, that was during their vows. Clint and I were mortified but everyone else seemed to think it was hilarious. There are also quite a few pics of Carson dancing, since he didn't leave the dance floor for 2 1/2 hours! He was a dancing machine! Anyway, I love these pics and I hope you do too. :-)

Beadazzle Fashion!

2009-11-11T22:52:00.000-07:00

Hello All! Recently my friend Lindsay and I started a jewelry business. We have a website, www.beadazzlefashion.blogspot.com, and we currently have 13 styles of watch bands and bracelets and the plan is to expand to necklaces and earrings in the coming months.

Please help support us by adding our website to your blog list and becoming a fan of Beadazzle Fashion on facebook! Spread the word and help us make our new venture a success!

Boo to You Too!

2009-11-01T10:33:00.004-07:00

We had such a fun Halloween weekend! On Friday Clint had a football game so I took the kids by myself to the Trunk or Treat at the church. Carson did pretty good when we were handing out candy, but once it was time to trick or treat he was NOT a fan. :-) I think we made it to about five or six cars before we quit. Once Carson warms up to someone you can't get him to stop talking (he gets that from Clint), but he can be really quiet at first (he gets that from me - sorry buddy.) When we would go up to trick or treat he refused to talk or even look at anyone. He just looked off into the distance with a cranky look on his face like: "If I don't look at you then you can't see me." We then went inside to the carnival, where he did like the balloon animals but was still pretty clingy.

On Saturday we went to Boo at the Zoo. It was so much fun and much better for our chicken of a son. He loved seeing the animals and watching the costume contest. He still wouldn't really trick or treat at the exhibits, but he did play a few games. I guess the good thing is since he wouldn't trick or treat we have less candy around the house. :-) Here are a few fun pics from our spooky and fun day.

Our cute Kenzie girl. She is getting so big! Carson wore this same outfit his first Halloween but he was three months older. He was (and is) such a runt.

Clint showing off Kenzie and her Halloween costume - she was a Love Bug. I was very impressed when Clint came home from the store with her costume. What a good daddy. :-)

Clint and Carson when we first got to the zoo. I found Carson's Redskins uniform on eBay, and needless to say Daddy really liked it.

Checking out the otter exhibit. Every other time we've been there they would be hiding in their logs, but that night they were out and swimming everywhere. Carson loved it.

I was surprised at how many of the animals were still out since it was getting chilly. Carson was able to see the lions, tigers, bears, zebras, and a lot of birds and monkeys.

Kenzie "snug as a bug" in her stroller while we were at the zoo.

Mommy and Carson after a long fun night.

Kenzie's Blessing

2009-10-25T18:23:00.004-06:00

I've decided I'm just permanently going to be 2 weeks behind in posting. :-) Anyway, Kenzie was blessed on October 11th. She looked so dang cute in her blessing dress that I wish she could wear it very day. Here are some pictures the Papa Cornish took:

Kenzie with Grandma Cornish.

Kenzie with Grandma Hartley. Our family!

Wedding Maddness!

2009-10-13T13:47:00.009-06:00

So I've been a complete blog slacker lately, which is a sign of the craziness that has been the past two months. Clint has been busy with school and football. They're team is doing really great this year and I'm really proud of all the work he does with them. I've been learning to juggle Carson, Kenzie, coaching cheerleading, and my new online teaching job - some days I'm a better juggler than others. :-) Anyway, this post is an attempt to catch everyone up with the happenings in our lives.

Over the past two monts we have had two family weddings. The first one was my brother Jared and his new wife Sara. They got married over Labor Day weekend up on Bridger Bowl in Montana. It was so beautiful and they are such a cute couple. I wish I had more pictures to share but the photographer copyright protected them so I can't copy them from the website - how rude! ha-ha I'll have to add them later when I get legal copies. Anyway, here are a few from what we have in snapshots.

There was a playground outside the building where the rehearsal dinner was held, so needless to say Carson never even set foot inside the rehearsal dinner.

Our family rented a condo in Bozeman to stay during the "wedding week" and Carson had a lot of fun playing there with his Uncle Jared.

My dad - Grandpa Jack - helped me out a lot during the week since Clint couldn't come up until the day of the wedding. He kept joking that he was my nanny. His nickname is "Old Man", so I've since started calling him my "Old Manny."

Kenzie cuddling with Aunt Sara the morning of the wedding. Two beautiful girls!

Clint and Kenzie at the wedding. Yes, her flower was bigger than her head. :-)

Carson was the ring bearer - so handsome!

Carson standing by me during the wedding. This was right before he started army crawling his way across the aisle in front of Jared and Sara during the vows. Hopefully we will have video to share soon because it was hilarious. :-)

The happy couple!

The second wedding was Clint's niece Whitney and her new husband Adam. The wedding was the end of September back in Florence, Montana.

Here is Uncle Kevin holding Kenzie for the first time!

Aunt Krista helping Carson out with his shoe. Can you see the family resemblance?

Carson playing after the ceremony.

Carson was the ring bearer for this wedding too. He didn't army crawl this time, but his cousin Bradley did have to carry him down the aisle.

Uncle Kevin and his fiance Lori holding Kenzie. This will be our next family wedding, but luckily we have a small break - it's not until August. :-)

"Clean Bobby!"

2009-09-14T08:23:00.003-06:00

Is it wrong to think your child is adorable while sick? So last night Carson has his first official pukey sickness. I think we're pretty lucky that he has gone 2 1/2 years before having to deal with this, but that fact didn't really make it enjoyable. Carson got up from his nap yesterday and was really cuddley (should have been red flag #1) . . . . then he said his tummy hurt (red flag #2) . . . . then he kept just laying down on the floor in random places (red flag #3.) I took him into our bedroom and set up the portable DVD with Peter Pan and tucked him in. Clint came in was laying down with him, and from the next room I heard Carson say, "I have the hiccups." The next thing you know Clint is yelling for me and I rush in to see Carson puking over and over all over himself and our bed. The poor kid was so scared because he had no idea what was happening. In between tears, he finally says, "Clean Bobby!"

For those of you who may not know, Bobby is Carson's blanket (pictured above). Of the three hundred blankets Carson had as a baby, this is the one he got attached to. And yes, he named him Bobby all by himself - we have no idea where that came from. As sad as it was looking at my puke covered little boy, it was still hilarious that his first thought was that he wanted me to clean Bobby.

Well, we did clean Bobby . . . .and the sheets, and the comfortor, and the pillow, and two pairs of Carson's pajamas before I finally gave up and had him in his diaper on a towel. (He threw up a few more times.) The cutest was that he was sitting in his diaper and towel and he looked up at me and said, "I hiccuped in there. I spilled."

So far today we are puke free. Carson even said when he woke up, "Hiccups all gone! Hiccups far away." As sad as it was to see my baby boy sick, he sure did a good job of staying cute!

ReactiveImages

2009-09-08T10:54:00.005-06:00

You never really know how talented your friends are! A friend of Clint's from back home recently posted a link to his photography on facebook, and I was very impressed. I liked the pictures so much I decided to share a couple of my favorites and a link to his photos on Etsy.com. His name is Tono Lippy and his photography business is called ReactiveImages. I hope you all enjoy them as much as I did!

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6461636

Kenzie's Room

2009-08-19T19:03:00.003-06:00

When planning for Kenzie's room, Clint's kept saying: "Everything is so pink!" Well, lucky for him I ended up going with a completely non-pink room. I was a little nervous about it at first, but it ended up still looking girly. The bedding was chocolate brown and teal, and we painted the walls tan with one teal accent wall. Clint's sister Krista, who is an art teacher, came and helped us paint flowers on the wall that matched the bedding. I love the flowers - she did such a great job. Here are some pictures - complete with Carson since I couldn't get him to get out of the picture - such a ham!

Cuddle Bugs

2009-08-13T17:59:00.002-06:00

What a weird moment. . . . The other morning I found myself suddenly cuddling with two kids in bed instead of just one. What cuties. :-)

Baby Kenzie

2009-08-02T16:22:00.005-06:00

Here she is! Kenzie Brienne Cornish was born on July 31st at 1:13pm. She was 7 lbs 3 oz and 19.5 inches long. Carson isn't sure what to think about the strange baby yet, but he does like to tickle her toes. :-)

Splash!

2009-07-23T16:15:00.005-06:00

We recently visited Downata Hot Springs with our friends the Baczuks. Clint and Carson had a super fun time in the pool and in my extremely pregnant state I stayed clear of the water and was the designated photographer. We had such a fun time and I'm so glad that Carson has gotten over his fear of swimming and has turned into such a fish!

The boys having fun!

Carson must have jumped in a million times!

Clint & Carson with Gregg and Ben.

Carson is the big splash at the bottom of the slide. :-)

Carson & Jonny

Carson running through the splash park.

A tired and angry Carson when it was time to go home.

Out for the count.

Montana Camping Trip

2009-07-06T16:06:00.004-06:00

Every year the Clint's family spends the week of the Fourth of July camping up in Montana. We went up and camped for a few days and had a great time. This is Carson's third camping trip, but this year he was much more adventerous, which was great fun but a lot more work keeping up with him.

One of the camping traditions is singing campfire songs. This is a picture of Carson singing away. He loved watching everyone sing, and everyone loved watching him too.

Grandma Vickie at the campfire.

Aunt Courtney

Uncle Kevin & Aunt Lori

Aunt Krista and Pugsy

Our friends Natalie and Dave camp up with us. They're native Iowans who successfully survived their first Montana camping experience.

Aunt Carrie and Carson's favorite cousin Bradley. Carson followed Bradley eveywhere!

Our niece Whitney and her boyfriend Adam.

This camping trip included the 2nd annual Paintball War. Clint was set and ready to go!

Dave, Adam, Uncle Joey, Papa John, and Uncle Kevin. (If you are having trouble seeing Papa John it's because he's decked out from head to toe in camo - ha-ha.)

Carson really wanted to be one of the Big Boys, and found a piece of pipe that he was pretending was a gun. It was so cute!

We had a great time and were so glad to have the opportunity for a little rest and relaxation. Thanks Cornish Clan!

Jared's Graduation

2009-06-19T16:44:00.003-06:00

Last month my brother Jared graduated from Physical Therapy school, and his fiance Sara was nice enough to send us pictures. However, our computer was such a piece of $#@! that I haven't been able to open them until we got the new computer. So . . . . a month late . . . . here they are. There are a couple of funny ones of Carson. One of my favorites is where he is practicing his growling - you'll be able to pick that one out. Another was when he was chasing after a little girl at the graduation party with a hammer. (He really needs to work on his game.) There are also great pics of Jared and Sara, and Jared with our parents and a disgruntled Carson. We're so proud of Jared and we were excited to be able to be there!

No Swimming

2009-06-11T14:51:00.003-06:00

I was so excited to get Carson a pool this year, knowing he would have so much fun. Well . . . . shows how much I know! I filled the pool up in the morning and let it warm up. That afternoon I got him in all suited up and lathered with sunscreen and he even wanted to wear his sunglasses. However, when it came time to get in the pool it turned into screaming fits. I even got into the pool and picked him up into it and he kicked and screamed. I couldn't believe it! This kid could spend hours in the bathtub! When I finally accepted that no swimming would be happening, I gave up and proceeded to watch Carson use the water to wash his car. . . . When I told Clint the story later he responded, "That's my boy!" because he was so proud he wanted to wash the car. We haven't had the chance to try again since it's been cool and rainy, but I'm determined to turn him into a fish.

Bed? Who needs a bed?

2009-06-05T09:30:00.003-06:00

For some reason Carson decided he no longer wanted to sleep in his bed. Each day at nap time he would end up on the floor. At bedtime each night he would fall asleep right in front of his door, and we would have to push his little body out of the way with the door just to get inside and put him back in bed. The best has been when he sleeps in the closet. Once at nap time I couldn't find him, only to hear little snoring coming from the closet. I opened the doors and there he was all cuddled up. Another day, he took threw every toy he could on the floor, found a pajama top that he pulled part-way over his head, and conked out in the closet. Here's the pictures:

What a weird kid! Anyway, I'm hoping we're finally out of this stage because for the past couple weeks he's been staying in bed. It's far less entertaining but probably more comfortable.

Carson Turns Two!

2009-05-13T16:07:00.010-06:00

Well, I'm a little behind in my blogging, because Carson turned two on May 2nd! We had such a fun time. The weekend before his birthday his Grandma & Grandpa Hartley came down to visit. We spent the day feeding the ducks at the greenbelt and then they had ordered a truck cake for him. It was really fun!

Feeding the ducks and geese with Daddy.

Walking hand-in-hand with Grandma.

Opening presents.

The day of his birthday was Zoo-themed. In the morning we went to the zoo with Grandma Cornish, Aunt Courtney, Uncle Joey, and cousin Tony. Carson loves animals and seemed to especially like the monkeys and the lions - he's very good at roaring.

Carson with Aunt Courtney.

Checking out the monkeys with Daddy.

Daddy giving Carson a ride.

Carson with Grandma.

That night we had friends and family over for cupcakes and ice cream. I tried to make cupcakes that looked like monkeys and lions, and let's just say they only did to a two-year-old's mind. Clint and I were laughing so hard at these when I made them the night before that I was crying. - Poor cupcakes; they never had a chance.

Carson didn't seem to mind though. As soon as we turned down the lights and Clint started to light the candle he knew what was going on - and started singing before anyone else could! "Happy Day to You, Happy Day to You"! It was so adorable. We joined in and sang to him, and after he blew out the candle he looked up and clapped. What a ham.

We had so much fun with our friends and family, and Carson was truly spoiled when it came to presents. Here are some pics of the fun that followed:

The Talented Twins

2009-04-23T11:47:00.008-06:00

For those of you who don't know, Clint's dad is a twin. He has a sister, Kathy, and recently they both generously gave of their talents to make our home better!

Clint's dad, John retired after 35 years of taeching, and decided he was going to take up the hobby of building furniture. He offered to have his first project be an entertainment center for our basement. Well, the finished project was AMAZING! We were so impressed, especially since it was his first project. The best part is that it will now be an heirloom piece - the piece that Papa John built! Here are some pics:

Well while John was working away on that, his twin sister Kathy was equally as busy. Kathy was kind enough to make Carson a quilt for his big-boy bed. Carson's room is sports themed (surprise, surprise) and I spent a lot of time looking for a quilt I liked in stores and online. Well, none of them even compared to what Kathy created! Here are some pics:

These are the bunk beds that Grandma and Grandpa Hartley gave Carson for an early birthday present. Kathy also made a little throw quilt that is on the top bunk.

Both Clint and his dad are coaches and so the Coach Cornish panel also has their names stitched into it - the detail is amazing!

One of my favorite details is the sneakers, because she sewed real laces onto the quilt that flop around and give it a 3D effect.

I think the stitching details are the best part. All throughout the quilt are shapes of balls and bats and sayings like "home run" and "touchdown." There are also family names in the stitching like "Uncle Kevin" next to the football helmet and sayings like "Grandma Kathe's little slugger" and "Grandma Vickie's champ." I only wish that detail showed on the pictures!

#42 was Clint's jersey number.

Well as you can see the quilt is GREAT! We are so blessed to have such talented and generous people in our family. Thanks so much to both John and Kathy - The Talented Twins!

(Look how cute they are and were . . . )

Future Track Star

2009-04-05T10:21:00.003-06:00

Recently Carson spent some time over at our friends Natalie & Dave's house. Clint had the great idea to have Carson try out the treadmill . . . . here's what happened . . .

(The picture isn't great because it was taken with Clint's cell phone.)

This went on for about fifteen minutes. Every time we would try to turn it off he would look up at Dave and say, "Dave, please?" Poor Dave couldn't say no and on the treadmill went again. He ended up getting pretty good at it - he got up to 3 miles an hour at one point! He also got a lot better at getting off the treadmill by just riding it back and landing on his feet, but each time he jumped right back on again! Needless to say we were all quite entertained and laughing hysterically the whole time.

It's a Girl!

2009-03-25T09:45:00.006-06:00

Well there she is! We had our ultrasound on Monday and got the news. Clint had said it would be a girl and was right again. How does that happen? Shouldn't the moms have some kind of guessing advantage? It's so exciting just to know and be able to say "she" instead of "it" or "the baby." I'm a little thrown because for some reason I've always thought I would have all boys, so this surprised me big time. Now I have to figure out how to do little girl hair! I can barely do my own! Clint keeps telling Carson that everyone is going to forget he exists, but his daddy will always love him even if he's the only one. Nice, huh?

While the ultrasound itself went great, we almost didn't make it! We had gone to Montana for the weekend so Clint could attend a coaching clinic at the University of Montana, and were driving home Sunday night when we hit a huge snowstorm. We were just outside of Dillon when it hit and were soon driving 20 miles an hour behind huge trucks in one-lane traffic. We were still not to Monida Pass, and weren't sure what to expect. It was already 8:30pm so we decided to stop and spend the night in beautiful Dillon, Montana. Although neither of us were too excited about spending the money, it was nice to wait and drive in the light of the morning. When we woke up Monday morning this is what our car looked like:

When we got back on the highway at 8:00am, the roads were still pretty bad. All the way to the Idaho/Montana border we only went about 40 miles an hour. I was really worried we would miss our ultrasound, which was scheduled for 11:30am. But as soon as we got over into Idaho, it was a whole different world! The picture on the top is Montana and the bottom is Idaho. (Seriously a 10 mile difference!)

Crazy! Needless to say our car was covered with a few inches of frozen snow, so all the northbound traffic was looking at us like we were some kind of cautionary sign as to what was to come. Despite all the excitement we obviously made our appointment, but JUST in time. And as exciting as it is to be expecting this little girl, no one will ever forget about our Bubba! How cute is he?

Great Timing . . .

2009-03-04T14:55:00.003-07:00

Okay . . . So I've been waiting for the perfect time to take the front off of Carson's crib, and today was the scheduled day. I let him get good and tired, and put him down. Problem #1: The front of the crib was still in the room from when I had removed it, and he started trying to pull it over and reattach it. I had to put it in my room to stop him from grasping at it and crying. Then I laid him down and got him all nice and cozied in and left the room. Problem #2: Carson decided today was a GREAT day to learn how to open a door. What?! Is that not the worst timing ever? Apparently I had finally given him the appropriate motivation. He kept peeking down the hall at me. So after about 10 trips back and forth to the bedroom to put him back in bed . . . Problem #3: There are toys in his room. Luckily for me he decided to play with the noisy ones so I at least knew he was playing. Then came about 6 more trips putting him back in bed. Then came the eerie quiet. Had he fallen asleep or just decided to play with quieter toys? I decided to check it out and here's what I found:

SUCCESS! Doesn't he look like such a big boy? For those of you who have not yet had to experience this wonderful event - I envy you. Now I just get to look forward to two months from now when he turns two and gets a big boy bed. I'm so excited.

Twinkle Twinkle

2009-02-11T09:51:00.004-07:00

Singing, counting, drumming . . . . quite the talented kid. :-)

#2

2009-02-08T19:29:00.002-07:00

Well . . . for those of you who haven't heard already . . . we are expecting baby #2! We're due August 6th, so it should be a long hot summer - at least for me! Carson turns two May 2nd so they will be two years and 3 months apart. I'm not sure how I feel about having a Terrible Two and a newborn, but I guess I'll find out.

Carson doesn't have a clue. We keep asking him if the baby is a boy or a girl and we get answers like: "I want a hat!" I have no clue as to boy or girl. Clint is a little fearful of it being a girl, understandably - he teaches junior high and sees girls at their worst.

No matter what we are very excited to welcome this new addition to our family. Carson has been such a fun and amazing blessing, and we can't imagine what adventures #2 will bring!

Yes . . . Those are Pantyhose

2009-01-15T17:57:00.003-07:00

Carson's love of hats has led to this disturbing

yet hilarious moment . . .

Winter Fun!

2009-01-09T14:30:00.005-07:00

We have had such a fun few week with family and friends! The holidays were great and Carson loved having Daddy home from school for two whole weeks. Here are some of our great memories:

Grandpa Jack always teases Carson because his pants won't stay up . . . . So for Christmas he got him the perfect present - Santa suspenders!

We attempted to take Carson sledding with his girlfriend Aubrey, and this is what happened - he slept in the car the entire time! We were sledding for two hours and he was unwakable! So much for that first date!

I'm having "Christmas Story" flashbacks - "Ralphie, Ralphie I can't move my arms!"

When he was concious, Clint pulled him around in the sled by hand and then behind the 4-wheeler. Carson loved it.

Carson rockin' out at Grandma Vickie and Papa John's house.

Christmas Wishes

2008-12-19T20:21:00.002-07:00

The craziness of the holiday season is at it's height, and I for one feel like I am tackling an insurmountable pile of tasks. Each time I cross something off my "to do" list I end up adding five more. 'Tis the Season! However, I wanted to take this time to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. We are so grateful to have each of you in our lives, and despite the chaos of the season we are blessed to be able to spend time with our friends and family.

For those of you far away, we are thinking of you and missing you. The next few days may be filled with presents and gluttony, but you are the true gifts in our lives.

Be safe, eat tons, and know we are thinking of you.

Merry Christmas,

The Cornishs

Cabin Fever

2008-12-02T12:15:00.013-07:00

Wow - it has officially been one month since I posted, I'm such a slacker. It must be that time of year because we are busy, busy busy. Clint finished up football and has started basketball already.

At the beginning of November we went with the Cornish side of the family up to a cabin in Montana for the weekend to celebrate Clint's 30th birthday (which isn't really until December 13th but it's too hard to get together that close to the Holidays). I was great fun and Carson loved playing with the cousins and going swimming in the hot springs. Here are the pictures from our family fun.

Cute Kid

2008-11-02T12:01:00.004-07:00

I have nothing interesting to say other than I thought these pictures were cute and thought I'd share them. He loves putting on his daddy's hats - and they look great with pajamas. :-)

Itsy Bitsy Spider

2008-11-02T11:40:00.003-07:00

Halloween was tons of fun this year since Carson could appreciate it a little more. Even though he is still too little for trick-or-treating, we went to a Halloween carnival at our church and he helped hand candy out to the kids who came by - including our friends the Baczucks who he took the picture with.

We also stopped by to see Daddy at school since he would miss Halloween because of a football game.

However, just because he didn't trick-or-treat doesn't mean he didn't eat! That kid put away so many tootsie rolls and candy corns! But I think he deserved it becasue he was such a good boy and kept his costume on the whole time - miracle!

What does a bear say?

2008-10-24T10:04:00.003-06:00

We recently took a trip to Yellowstone Bear World. Basically you pay to drive around and see wildlife from the safety of your car. We went with our friends the Baczuk's and the kids had a ton of fun. We saw elk - including an albino elk, bison, grizzly bears, black bears, a moose, and the kids even got to pet a deer. Carson thought it was great, especially since he just learned what sound a bear makes: GRRRRRR!

Dare Devil

2008-10-19T20:06:00.004-06:00

A couple weeks ago I took Carson to a local park. It was his first time on a huge jungle gym like that, and he loved it! The great thing is that the ground is actually this really thick foam padding so when he came barrelling off the slide at one-hundred miles an hour he didn't kill himself. It was crazy trying to keep up with him because he was such a dare-devil. He was climbing up the steps and throwing himself down the huge twirly slide head first with no fear. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. There would be better pictures but I was so busy trying to make sure he wasn't about to skydive off the top of everything that these were all I got.

Water Boy

2008-10-02T10:21:00.004-06:00

Who doesn't love pictures of babies in the tub? Carson's favorite thing is to play in the tub. If we just say the word "tub" he goes running toward the bathroom. Lately he has started "swimming" and we're trying to get him to blow bubbles. He also LOVES brushing his teeth and will stand outside the bathroom, pound on the door, and whine "Teef! Teef!"

Go Griz!

2008-10-01T13:10:00.003-06:00

Carson had a great time at Clint's football game. He loved all the noise and the band and we taught him to yell "Go!" and "Ball!" I think his favorite part was playing with his friend Lincoln and with his Aunt Krista's phone.

Carson at Gymnastics

2008-09-30T14:41:00.001-06:00

Cousin Tony

2008-09-30T14:24:00.004-06:00

A couple weeks ago (yes I'm behind in my blogging) Carson went to Montana to meet his cousin Tony. He is so cute and has so much hair. Carson loved saying "hi" to him and giving him kisses. It was really cute. He also liked pointing out when Tony was "night-night." Here is also a cute pic of Tony getting his hair washed.

Our Growing Family

2008-09-09T10:50:00.004-06:00

Clint's sister Courtney and her husband Joey just welcomed their first child into the world. His name is Anthony Samuel and he was 7 lbs. 5 oz. and 19 and a half inches long. We can't wait to meet him. Look at all that hair!

Also, Kass's brother Jared recently got engaged to a wonderful girl named Sara. We are so excited to welcome her into our family.

A Trip to the Zoo

2008-09-09T10:21:00.010-06:00

We decided to take Carson and the Baczuk kids to the zoo, and it was a lot of fun. Carson loved looking at all of the animals. Unfortunately there were all far enough away we couldn't get a good picture of him with them, but he saw lions and a tiger and zebras and kangaroos and all kinds of fun stuff.

Emma, Jonny, and Amy riding a tiger. Carson had so much fun with them.

There was a little play area with this big cracked egg that Carson loved! I think he thought that all of the wood chips came out of the egg because he spent the next ten minutes trying to fill it back up!

The one animal Carson was able to get up close and personal with was the goats in the petting zoo. He liked to pet them, but he did not like it when they turned around to look at him - I guess the front end is a little more intimidating. :-)

What a Big Boy!

2008-08-22T14:36:00.010-06:00

We've finally had some down time after our crazy summer, and it has been nice just to bum around a little. Carson is showing us more and more what a big boy he is - he has started to tell us it's "night-night" and go in and point to his crib (I love it.)Among his "big boy" adventures, he has been helping Daddy mow the lawn. He will scream at the top of his lungs if you try to put him in a swing, but he'll ride on the lawnmower, the four-wheeler, or in a tube behind a boat. Odd child.

Carson has also gotten a lot better at eating with a fork - especially if he's eating Daddy's blueberry pancakes. Yum!!

Summer Fun

2008-07-20T22:55:00.009-06:00

Ok - so I know we're not off to a very good start since it has been over a month since our last post, but this summer has been CRAZY. We have been to Glacier, camping, West Yellowstone, and what feels like a million trips between Idaho and Montana. We have had a lot of fun but are totally exhausted. However, we know we will look back and appreciate it more this winter when we are trapped in Idaho Falls and are missing our family and friends in Montana.

Carson has been having tons of fun in the water and even took a ride on a tube! He is getting so big and saying so many new words. He won't walk anywhere - he just runs. He has loved being able to spend time with his grandmas and grandpas and having his daddy home during the days.

Here are a few of our favorite pictures from the past month - for even more fun pictures click the following link! Summer Photos 2008

Carson's Surgery

2008-06-12T11:57:00.006-06:00

Carson had surgery on June 4th to repair a problem with his urethra. He was very brave, but it's been a rough week. He still has a cathader in, but that will be taken out tomorrow and then it's back to normal. We took some pictures of him before and after surgery - Can you believe they make hospital gowns that small?

2008-06-11T22:38:00.002-06:00

Need a laugh? We recently were out to dinner when Carson started dancing to the music being palyed in the restaurant. Give it a watch!