Hum Drum Life

Well - our life seems pretty boring when I try to put it on paper (screen, you know what I mean). I just got back from Erica's wedding in Salt Lake. She was a college friend, we met at the dorms freshman year. It was beautiful and she looked so happy. It was a lot of fun to get together with some girlfriends. Marguerite and Julia both came too and we stayed up way too late each night talking. It was as if we had been hanging out everyday, we didn't miss a beat. I brought Carson with me so Karl had a week to himself. He always enjoys it the first few days (freedom) but then he gets lonely. It's nice to know I'm missed. Oh...and he terribly missed Carson. I think Carson missed him too. After the wedding I went
down to Provo/Orem and stayed with my sister Jackie for a few days. It was fun to hang out and put our babies together. Jessie came over and hung out too. The trip seemed too short but I was also really missing Karl by the end. Carson was a good little traveler. He slept the plane ride there and was awake but happy and entertaining everyone on the plane ride home. I did notice that he seemed to get quiet and just observant with all the action going on. It's amazing how sensitive they are to their surroundings. The minute we were back home I could see him more relaxed and vocal than he had been the whole week.

Carson updates: He found his toes last week. Now they are his favorite thing in the world. He grabs at them constantly. While in Utah I had socks on his feet and he would grab them and stretch them to his mouth. So the ends of his socks were constantly wet. He still isn't rolling back over from stomach to back but he is getting close. He's also a lot more aware. When I put a toy in front of him he doesn't just stare at it anymore. He reaches for it. These are such small things but it is fun to watch the development and they seem huge to me. He is still a little chunker. He has his 4 month appointment on Thursday so I'll update on his stats when I know.

Other than that, Karl's worked has slowed down with the slump (or crash) in the housing market here. There's been some layoffs at his work. Karl feels pretty safe since he's not entry level anymore - but he's still been sending out resumes just in case. (Hope his boss doesn't stumble across this). He has some great connections in the business so were pretty optimistic something will turn up. His work has been really good though and it will be a little sad if he has to leave. Hopefully the next place will even better. But this is all hypothetical - right now he's got a job and there isn't anything scary in the near future. Karl's school is going well, he only has a few more semesters and then we will be out of Arizona!! Who knows where to though. Karl wants to live in Australia - I gave him a 5 year time limit on that expedition. It would be fun but also hard to be away from family.

I'm doing good. I've been reading some really good books lately. I get so sucked in that I stay up way to late. I started and finished a 500 page book yesterday (it was large print). I was up till...well...I'm embarrassed to say. Let's just say Carson woke up two hours later and he sleeps through the night. So needless to say, I'm dragging. I've been taking a nap with him each time he sleeps. I've got to start reading boring books so I can get some rest. My classes are going well (that's another thing...shouldn't I be studying). I just took my 2nd adv. tax test and I'm feeling pretty good. I only have two more classes to take and then I'm done and can focus on the CPA exam and getting my work experience.

Karl and I are on the activities committee now. I'm looking forward to the Halloween party. I'll post some pictures later.

Well Carson is telling me my blog time is up.

Kasey

Major Development

Well - Carson rolled over last week. I was at Vickie's (my sister who also has a place here in Phoenix). We were swimming and Carson was laying on a towel in the shade. I was taking my things inside and when I came back out he had rolled over. I wanted to take a picture to document - but he had rolled off the towel and was laying face down on cement. I decided I didn't want to document bad parenting. Although, now I've blogged it so all will know...perfect. But he does it constantly now. Everytime I lay him down it's the first thing he does. He's starting to work on getting back over but that is still a ways away.

Karl and I lead pretty boring lives...not much new. I'm flying to Utah in a week for Erica's wedding (friend from college). Then I'll stay at my sister Jackie's house in Orem for a few days. The baby cousins can bond.

Well - I'll talk to you next week hopefully.

Kasey

Hello again!

Well - I think I'll shoot for once a week, but the baby thinks it's awake time so I might as well do something. We were at Karl's parents' house and Carson slept on the way home (10:30 pm). He thought that it was just a nap - not night time. So now he is up and smiling in his little swing.

So - most importantly...the Office Season 4 premiere. I give it a good ol' way to go. I enjoyed Meredith getting run over. I'm very happy about Jim and Pam (in my fantasy land their characters are real people and they are the happily ever after). I laughed at Dwight killing Angela's cat - Sprinkles. Oh - and I loved Andy's bloody nipples. So funny. So, all in all, the best show ever (not necessarily that episode just in general). Best Office ever....hmmm...that's a real tough one. I'll get back to you on that one.

Well - not much else exciting. I'll talk to you soon.

Love Kase

First Time For Everything

Hello All -

I've been inspired to start a blog. This way I can keep everybody up on our oh so exciting lives. I'm sitting with the computer on my lap and Carson passed out on my arm. He doesn't even mind that his head jostles as I type.

What have we been up to...Well, Karl is working away on his master's in Planning. At this point a lot of his classes are just readings/projects and then meeting with a professor. So he's the only student in the class in a way. They meet and design the course themselves. Pretty cool I think. I'm taking two classes right now - working toward my CPA and will probably start taking the CPA exam come January/February. Karl's work has slowed a bit with the housing market slump - but we're hoping it will pick up again soon.

Carson is amazing, of course. He's a little over 3 months now and already walking. Just kidding. But he is talking (not real words) making all sorts of sounds. He does a real cute ooo sound where he puckers out his lips and furrows his brow. It's my favorite. He is almost rolling over. He tries so hard until he exhausts himself. That darn arm is just always in the way. He's growing like crazy. Everytime I buy him a new outfit he out grows it in a week. He is already bigger than babies in the ward that are a month or two older. He is also real chunky! I love the Michelin Man legs! He is real sweet and easy going. Here he is with his dad - we went camping in Flagstaff.

Oh - the camping trip. I played paintball for the first time. Karl has recently gotten into it so he made sure I got a gun too and we played with some family in the forest. I got shot in the helmut first and didn't even realize. The next time I got hit was in the side of my thigh and it killed. I had a huge welt and bruise that lasted for days. But the third and final time, I got shot in the front of the thigh and it wasn't so bad. I also shot a few people so that was fun.

It is finally starting to cool down - and by that I mean a high of 98. It actually gets enjoyable around 8 pm though. I'm not being sarcastic either. It's just nice to be able to go outside at least at some point in the day. I can see the 80's coming around the corner. It will be nice when it cools down a bit so that I can play with Carson outside.

Well - I think I'll end it there for now. We'll see how this goes. Thanks for reading.

Love Kasey (and Karl)