The Story of Easter by Haidyn Carter

Camden Barry Carter

Camden Barry Carter

November 9, 2012

12:32 am

8 lbs 12 oz and 21 in long

Camden is finally here!  He was a few days overdue and once he decided he was ready to come, he still took his time and I ended up in labor for 27 1/2 hours.  It was all worth it though.  He is so perfect in every way.

Cute Pic Friday

These are a few of her favorite things...

These are a few of 2 1/2 year old Haidyn's favorite things...

Favorite Shows- "Do Do Dora" and "gabba gabba"

Favorite Movie- "I watch Tangled mama?"

Favorite Drink- "Chokat Milk" or if not that "how bout regular milk?" with a smile.

Favorite Food- "Snoot Snacks" aka Fruit Snacks.

Favorite Story- "Llama, Llama misses Mama"

Favorite Lines- "I told that!" when we're telling a story about her, "I don't want to (fill in the blank)" Example "I don't want to Rumor Has It" "I don't want to Chokat Milk" when she's in a bad mood, "That was a fun day" after a day of fun activities, "I so excite" when we are doing something new, "What does that sound make?" when she hears a strange noise.

Favorite Clothing Items- "sin suit" aka Swim Suit, "slippers" aka Flip Flops, and "Do Do Dora Glasses"

Favorite Songs to Sing to- We Found Love by Rihanna, Tonight Tonight by Hot Chelle Rae, Rumor Has It by Adele, Glad You Came by The Wanted.. anything she can sing to in the car that repeats itself.

Favorite Past-Time- Dress up in "sin suit", "slippers", "Dora glasses", throw on some sweet necklaces, bracelets, earrings, turn up some tunes on the television and dance it out for a good half hour.

Favorite Toys- Fishies and Net and Small Fuzzy Balls 

Sleeps With- Cow Blanket, Cow Pillow Pet, Mr. Bear

Sleep Routine- Bath, Brush with Dora toothbrush, Read story, Sing song, Pray, Crawl in bed, "don't forget to cover my toes momma", only one blanket cause "don't wanna get too hot momma", tuck in Mr. Bear at her feet, give kisses and say Good Night.

Best Friends- Kaitlyn and Scarlett

Some Firsts-

Slept in big girl bed starting at 2 and 3 months.

Started potty training at 2 1/2 years and she's doing great!!

Love you Haidyn!!

Springtime in Review

Haidyn and Scarlett petting baby goats.

Haidyn loved petting the baby cows.

BABY ANIMAL DAYS-
The Friday before Easter, we went up to Logan to meet up with our friends the Blacks for Baby Animal Days.  It wasn't very busy because it was a cloudy, cold day so it was perfect.  Haidyn and her friend Scarlett had a blast petting all the animals and riding the horses....

We make cute farm animals don't we?

Riding the "Hosez".

Best Friends!

EASTER-
Easter weekend was full of fun!  Haidyn participated in 3 Easter Egg
Hunts, one at Lee Olsen Park in Plain City, another at
Grandma and Grandpa Carter's, and another with the Slater
Family in Slaterville.  We dyed eggs with my mom and sisters.
The Easter Bunny also visited our house.  He brought Haidyn
a new "sisuit", "Slippers" (flip-flops), Easter Dress,
baby stroller, and camp chair.

Haidyn collecting the candy and eggs at Lee Olsen Park.

Finding more eggs at Grandma Carter's.

First egg dying experience with Grandma Mindy.

The Fam at the Slater Easter Party.

Haidyn's 3rd Hunt= Success

Haidyn modeling her Easter Bunny present.

VOLLEYBALL-
I played on a Spring Volleyball league with some good friends!
We Dominated even with 2 of us being prego! :)

LAGOON-

Chase's co-worker gave us some passes for a super good deal that we couldn't pass up.  Since it was so cheap, we decided we would bring Haidyn so she would be able to ride all the kiddy rides. We invited Haido's cousin's Macy and Coleman and had a blast.  Haidyn rode every ride at least once.  The boat ride and merry-go-round were her faves.  She loved riding them with "Macycoleman".  She thinks of them as one person I think. 

Riding the Ferris Wheel.  Haidyn was not afraid at all.  I think I was more nervous than anyone.

LIBRARY-  Haidyn and I have started going to Discovery Time at the library every Thursday morning.  She loves it!  They sing songs, read stories, act out animals and make crafts.  Here is Haidyn modeling her pirate hat while saying "aargh".

1ST ICE CREAM CONE EXPERIENCE- Ya I guess I thought they would be too messy before now.  Well she surprised me and ate it so dainty, there was hardly a mess to clean up.  But she definitely wanted more!

Expecting! Assume the position!

We have some exciting news! Chase and I are expecting our 2nd little one on November 7, 2012.  I am 12 weeks along today so I decided it was time to start documenting the pregnancy of baby #2.  This is a long post and is mostly for my benefit so I can remember these little things of pregnancy but feel free to read if you'd like.

Finding Out and Telling the Hubby
I took a pregnancy test on Friday, February 24 right before bed and I was shocked to see a positive sign because technically I would only be a little over 3 weeks along so I figured it would be too early to tell.  I decided to wait until the morning to take another one to double check.  Chase was going to go work on our car at his dad's in the morning so I waited for him to leave before I took another test.  Sure enough it was positive again!  I was very excited!  I had decided previously that the next time I was pregnant, I would wait a while to tell Chase and then even longer to tell our family and friends. But, I'm really bad at keeping in good news so I grabbed Haidyn and went into town to get a "Big Sister" shirt.  They had a whole section at Carter's which was convenient so we grabbed it and I threw it on her in the car.  I was expecting Chase to be home when we got there.  Instead, I got a call from him that the car was taking longer than he thought and that he was going to go out to lunch with his dad.  Well I was annoyed because I am very impatient.  Haha. I told him that he needed to hurry home because I had to be somewhere.  He finally got home and I was very smooth because I wanted to film his reaction.  I buttoned up Haidyn's Levi jacket and turned up some music.  Haidyn can't help but dance whenever music comes on so I pretended like I was filming her dance moves while Chase came up the stairs.  I then asked Chase to take off her jacket because it looked like she was getting hot.  He took it off and saw the shirt.  It only took him 3 seconds to realize what it meant and he was way excited.  Haidyn didn't understand what it meant exactly but she was excited because we were.

Telling the Families
Our original plan was to wait until Easter to tell our families and I would have been 10 weeks along at the time.  But like I said above, I am not very good at holding in good news and neither is Chase. :)  It was also very hard to hide because I was definitely showing and running to the restroom to throw up every half hour wasn't helping either.  So we decided to tell them at 8 weeks along.  We went over to Chase's parents on a Sunday and had Haidyn wear the shirt with the jacket buttoned up again.  I video taped it and I really want to get it to work on here because after we asked Chase's parents to take the jacket off, it took them about 5 minutes and some more hinting before they got it.  It was hilarious!  They were excited though after they figured it out! :)  We went to my families house next and my youngest sister Kaitlyn decided to take her jacked off because it was really hot.  She said "oh cute shirt" but didn't get it.  We were having a party for my sister Amber's birthday so my grandma's were all there.  Everyone looked over at the shirt when she said that and was like "no way!"  My sisters started jumping around excited and poor Kaitlyn had no idea what was going on.  We finally explained what the shirt meant and she started jumping around too.  It was a lot of fun.  I'm really going to try and get those videos to load because it was hilarious.

The Weirdness of Pregnancy and Eating
I don't know if it is just me but my body weirds out each time I'm pregnant in a different way! Everything seems to have switched when it comes to eating...  Foods that I ate all the time before now make me want to puke, and foods that I would never eat before sound really good to me now.  For example:  Chicken- Oh my goodness... I don't think I've ever realized how much food is made with chicken until I can not even think of the word without getting nauseous.  EVERYTHING has chicken...tacos, enchiladas, chik-fil-a (which was my favorite go-to fast food), hawaiian haystacks (which was my favorite go-to for a quick dinner fix), maddox drive-up, its like a never ending world of chicken... why oh why does it make me so sick to even look at now, let alone taste?? I do not know.. but it is very inconvenient to say the least!

Another opposite example: Milk and Fruit Smoothies-  I grew up in a household where we had cold cereal with milk pretty much every morning for breakfast and I still do.  That was pretty much the most milk I would like to have throughout the day.  Since this pregnancy though, I can poor glassfuls of milk, drink them, and still want more!  It is so satisfying.  I never enjoyed the taste very much before but I LOVE it now.  As for the fruit smoothies, ya I would like them once in a while but if I had the choice, I was definitely going for something chocolate.  Well not now.. fruit smoothies and fruit ice cream just sounds better to me.  Chocolate not so much.  I'm fine with the milk and fruit weirdness but I really hope I can go back to eating chicken soon because there is only so much I can make with beef and pork.

Sickness and Dr. Haidyn
I really envy those women that do not get sick during their pregnancy at all!  Why can't we all be equal in that sense?  Well I'm one of the majority, I believe, of women that unfortunately gets really sick for the first part of pregnancy.  I am grateful that it doesn't last throughout the entire thing.  Haidyn has been a really good Dr. to me though.  She has found this new liking for Dr.'s and she has this little Dr. kit.  So when I'm laying on the couch resting for a minute, she will come up to me and ask "Is baby belly sick today?" I will say "yes, baby belly is sick"  she will then say "I kiss it better" and will kiss my stomach.  Then she takes her Dr. stuff and listens to my heart, looks in my ears, etc.  After she has completed the exam, she says "baby belly all better".  Haha.  I wish it was that easy! She is so fun though :)  Chase has also been THE BEST husband these past few months.  I am so grateful for him.  He has helped me with the house and watching Haidyn and he is so supportive.  I am very blessed to have my little family to support me.

Craft Time!

Some friends and I recently started a monthly craft group. We have done it for 4 months now and it is so much fun! Here are the crafts we've done so far...(these are not the best pics)

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