How do ya do ol' blue?

Last night at a ward activity I gave Carter a blue ice cream cone. No ice cream-just the cone. He went to town!


His face and hands were a mess. He looked like a clown, but so cute!


I threw him in the tub and he cleaned up great.

Well. Carter just pooped. His poop may or may not have been blue. His cute little bum might also be stained blue. Nice.

I'm in the running for mother of the year award.

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8am

I've been at work for an hour. I'm really not in the mood to be here. Totally ready for the weekend. Hopefully I survive the next 5 hours. Wish me luck!

I hope your weekend is full of fun and sunshine!!

"when it's cold outside, i got the month of may"

May 21st is the best day of the year.
(and not because it is my birthday)

Do you remember last Saturday? Sunshine, glorious sunshine! It rained for days, and then folks, my birthday pulled out the one-two-punch and it was pure bliss.

Historically, my birthday has the best weather. I'm telling you, like I told Shawn. May 21st is the best day of the year.

Oh-and I don't know who seriously thought the world would end on the 21st. Not happening. It's my birthday. They should have known better.

I had a great day. Shawn and I got to go out on a "real" date (aka no baby). It was so nice! We went to the Gateway and walked around and then went to dinner at The Naked Fish. The weather was beautiful, the food was delicious, and the company? Well I'm spending eternity with the guy, so it couldn't get better! It was wonderful to be reminded what life is/was/can be like when it's just me and Shawn.

Oh and I might be 26 now. I'm not one to fuss over my age, but 26 sounds a heck of a lot older than 25. It sounds like I should be an actual grown up or something. Good thing I'm not. ;)

Well, until next year!

Mother's Day 2.0.1.1.

This year was my first mother's day.

I've officially decided mother's day is no different than any other day, you just get a card.

The day doesn't really live up to the hype...because at the end of the day, you are still the mom and you still get to do all of those "mom" tasks, but I have to admit, it is nice to feel appreciated.

I'm just grateful for these two handsome guys in my life...its all I could ask for anyway.

Oh, and I have a new level of gratitude for my own mom, and mother-in-law. Wow. Hats off to those ladies. I had no idea how much a mom really does--and I only have a 10 month old! I imagine its only going to get more extreme...

Happy Mother's Day!

May May Graduation Day Day

May 6, 2011.
May 6th was a very big day at our house. Shawn Graduated!!!

I'm so proud of him. It's been 6 long years in the making. Shawn worked so hard. He worked full time the whole time he was in school. He would work all day and then go to 3 hours of night school. Our whole marriage he has been in class at least two nights a week. I keep joking we're going to get sick of each other in the evenings because we're used to being apart, but I am so relieved to have him done and home with me!

University of Utah Graduating Class of 2011, Shawn Paul Brock, Bachelor of Science, Finance.

That Ladies and Gentlemen, is MY man.

Random

We had a wonderful Easter. Carter was a doll picking up eggs and putting them in his basket and then taking them back out again. I'd post pictures but I've officially decided I'm "Mac-illiterate". Maybe I should get Blogpress? But then I'd have to learn how to do that...

Lately I have been on a family history/genealogy kick. I might be obsessed. Any spare minute I have I'm searching for this one woman and her family. I cannot get her our of my head. I finally found her AND her husband together on a census record. They had a daughter I didn't know about. The road kind of deadends there. Next step: searching Parish records which unfortunately cannot be done from my iPhone. We are going old school. Wish me luck!

Carter is 9.5 months old. He has officially been "out" longer than he was "in". Time flies. Shawn's sister had to be induced tonight. I wish her the best, and a quick uneventful labor. That whole child-birth thing is intense. We are excited to meet the new little one!

Shawn flying right now and his flight was diverted to Memphis because Atlanta is having tornado warnings. It's going to be a long night.

Spring Break New York Style

Last weekend for Spring Break we went to New York. With Carter. Whew. I don't think I need to say any more than that! It was an adventure. It was hard. Carter was fussy. And teething. And on a weird schedule. I still had a good time. Mark and Liz were so gracious to allow us stay in their apartment and take over their living space. We loved visiting with them. We flew out Thursday, April 7th and flew home Sunday, April 10th. Here is a quick recap...

Thursday:
Carter would not nap on the plane. He wanted to put everything in his mouth. Yikes. We had Shake Shack for dinner. Love that place. Carter had fries for the first time.

Friday:
We slept in and let Carter nap. Awesome pizza for lunch. Apple Store. FAO Schwarz. Central Park. The Met. Nursed Carter on a street corner in Harlem waiting for dinner. Dino BBQ was incredible. Live jazz. Carter may have thrown up in the restaurant. Awesome. Mark and Liz are super helpers.

Saturday:
We hung out at the apartment and tried to let Carter recoop. Mark and Liz worked from home. It was a l-a-z-y day. We went down to the Highline Trail. Then make our way through Chelsea Market. Walked around downtown. Took a short jaunt through Times Square. Tried to eat dinner at a Thai Restaurant. Carter cried/screamed the whole time. We got our food to go and ate back at the apartment.

Sunday:
We really just packed up and got ready to go. We were hard pressed to be out of the apartment by 1:30 so we could catch our flight.

New York is such a cool interesting place. If you bring a baby, beware: New Yorkers STARE. It's like they've never seen a baby before. I seriously got stopped on the street by a guy who just wanted to say "Hi" to my baby. We didn't do a whole lot. It might have been disappointing. Except we didn't have any plans or expectations for the trip. We just went. We had a great time spending time with Mark and Liz. Visiting them made me wish we lived closer. They are high quality people. Carter might have a crush on Liz.

Overall, it was fun and I'd say we learned a lot. I'm glad we had the opportunity to go. Ironically, I'm super grateful for where I live and that Carter isn't like that all the time. Going away always makes me realize that I love my home.