Happy Birthday to KARSTON!

So okay I know that this is VERY late post, but better late than never right?! Obviously with the title of this blog my little monkey man Karston turned 1! The week of his birthday I was suprislingly having a little bit of a hard time. I can NOT believe how incredibly fast this year has gone. Karston truly has been the GREATEST blessing that has come into this home. He is so happy, and loving, and sooo super sweet. He may look like his momma, but he DEFINATELY acts like his daddy! He is my little thinker. He will keep looking at something until he figures out how he can make it work. Because, of this wonderful little trait he now has figured out how to open the DVD player, the computer CD thingy, the doors, and also he has figured out how a back scratcher works. He loves to sleep and play hard. He is our little social eater. He is our little comforter. Whenever we are having a bad day or anyone for that matter whether he knows you or not he will just snuggle right in and give you lots and lots of loves. He loves spending time with his grandpa's and grandma's, and unlike when he was born HE has found a new love for being NAKED! He takes good care of his momma by rubbing her ears, head, and back. He also puts his little arm under her neck when they are taking a nap and falls asleep with his head ontop of mine! He loves his daddy so much. Every morning we get " HI DADDY" with lots of snuggles and kisses in the mix. He loves kittys and swinging in the swingset daddy built him. If you have ever heard that song "Watching You" by Rodney Atkins that is exactly the relationship he and his daddy have! We love you our little Buckaroo!

KARSTON 1 YR OLD STATS:
Weight: 18 lbs 5%
Height: 28 inc. 20%
Head cir: 40 cm 40% (? can't remember this 1 measurement sure will check and if different will fix later!!!)

Our little Buckaroo!

We had a great Easter! The Easter bunny found Karston! He got him a cute little horsey that he can push around, ride around on that sings and nehhs at him. Karston thinks it is great. He starts to gallup by kindof doing little jumps up and down to the beat of the music. I really need to post the video because it is hillarious but I don't know how to do that so we will have to wait for dad to do it. Anywho so we got out his little cowboy hat and snapped this little shot! I LOVE IT! What a cute little Buckaroo!


GIDDY UP HORSEY! Let's ride!


YEEHAW! The horse ride is getting serious now grabbing the hat like it is going to start bucking!

What church does to Karston, and trying to be just like daddy!

So Sunday we went to church like good people and then when we came home we gave Karston his bottle. He laid down and the next thing we heard was little snore sounds coming from behind the couch. This is what we found: Poor little guy!


I am so tired I can't even finish my drink!

Karston and Doug are very much alike! Granted Karston is a little bit more vocal than his daddy I guess he gets that from me :) Anyway if you have ever been around him when he sees you do something new or he sees something new that something he has played with forever DO something new he (like his daddy) will sit there, study it VERY intensely, until they figure out how it works. Well Karston has now figured out that there is something attached to the doorway which makes his jumper go up and down. So he now lays his head back and begins jumping up and down while examining the spring. Well I guess he thought it was just too much work because when I came out from making my bed this is what I found: Tooo much work so tired!


Fell asleep trying to figure out how this thing works. Being a genius like my daddy is REALLY A LOT OF HARD WORK!


Of course we have to get a close up shot of that cute wittle face! We love you bud!

Our Park Adventure!

Well Karston and I got bored so we went to the park! If any of you know Karston I am sure you will be able to guess what his favorite playground toy was.......




THE SWING! HE LOVED LOVED LOVED THE SWING! It was so cute he was very proud of himself! We had a really great time and it was great spending some mommy son time out in the SUN!!!

My Indian Baby!!!

Like I have said before there is NEVER a dull moment as long as Karston is around. The other night I was getting ready to give him his tubby. Well I thought I had successfully taken his clothes off but I was wrong. I left to go get his towel out of his room and on my way back I look in the kitchen only to find this little Cherub going on a little adventure. He didn't like the feel of his bare belly on the kitchen floor so he has trying to walk on his hands and feet, but he kept falling so eventually he just went back to the ol army crawl and made it successfully to his destination. I love you my little Cherub! Your such a cute little Indian!

1st official haircut, Tooo Tired, Handsome church boy!

Oh what can I say. Karston keeps me on my toes that is for sure. He is my little angel baby and melts my heart with everything he does and with every day! I took him to Walmart to get his CRAZY hair somewhat evened out. He was SOOOOO good the entire time. Than I found him 2 little suits (originally $40.00 on sale for $12.00). It is so cute it comes with shirt, pants, vest, and a cute little tie. He looked so very handsome if I do say so myself. My favorite though is when he falls asleep in his highchair. For some reason this is his new favorite spot to fall asleep (besides his swing). I tell Doug he is DEFINITELY your son because he can sleep anywhere, and anytime. I just LOVE my little family!

ISLAND PARK ADVENTURE!

This was our Island Park Adventure! We had a lot of fun sledding, snowmobiling, playing games, and eating great food! We drove the sleds to Warm river (I think) and we saw lots of BIG fish, Ducks, and 4 little muskrats. They were sooooo cute! We had a great little vacation! Oh and the very VERY BEST part. My baby sister Tawnya found a nice little creek with her rented snowmobile. Needless to say Doug and I were VERY VERY tired by the time he got her out. It was a great team effort though. My niece Talia was on the look out for grandma and grandpa not that we would know what we would have done if they would have come over. Doug had the most strength and all the really AWESOME driving skills, Tawnya, Talia, and I had amazing "pushing snow into the creek" to give Doug something to drive on skills. It was fun and it only took us about 45 minutes to get her out. We were all soaking wet by the time we were done so WE drove really fast home. Doug and Tawnya took a little detour to wash off the mud and all other evidence of CREEK! However, when they took the sled back the man asked if we found a creek. We might have missed that little detail when we were telling everyone of our great adventure!!!

WELCOME TO CAMP PURCELL! WHERE WE BUILD ETERNAL FAMILIES!

So this Monday we had an AWESOME family home evening! We did something I have ALWAYS wanted to do and it was tons and TONS of fun!!! Doug came home from work and found the first note on the back of the door. He never would have guess what he was walking into after that! Needless to say he was REALLY surprised when he walked into the living only to find our camping tent set up! We played games and read scriptures and just had a great time being with each other. The only down side was that Doug was really sick, but he did his best to be upbeat and to let loose and just have fun with his family! Karston LOVED playing in the tent rolling everywhere. It was a great night and I think we are going to make it an annual tradition! I think I can only handle turning my house into a campground once a year!!! It was a great family memory!

Darn Carwash!!!

So yesterday I decided that since it was a nice day I would take my car in and have it washed and vacuumed. Yeah that was a VERY VERY bad decision on my part. I am pretty sure that I have traumatized my kid forever. The car wash was so loud Karston didn't stop screaming for a few hours after the event and then last night he probably dreamed about it and remembered what a bad experience it was because again he woke up at 3:00 and he cried for a few hours. POOR baby. I tell ya life is so very tough when your 17 pounds and 28 inches! :)

Sing Us A Song Your The Piano Man...

Doug came home for lunch and decided to play the piano with Karston. It is so cute Karston sat alone and danced when he played the piano or when Doug played. After Doug left I let him stay there and play for a little bit and he sang me a very beautiful song! It was SOOOOO cute!

Happy Engagement Day!!!

So Doug and I don't celebrate the 14 instead we celebrate the 13 because that is the day that Doug proposed to me. This year it we just stayed home and Doug made me a lovely dinner and brought me 13 roses. 12 Orange roses and 1 red rose. Karston made his first valentine cookies with his cousins Raegan and Kiler. As you can see from the pics he really enjoyed the frosting!

Thanks grandma and grandpa Cox

Since Karston hasn't felt the greatest grandma and grandpa Cox bought him two fun little toys. The first one was a little duck which giggles if you touch his toes, and the second toy is a music box. It has all different kinds of instruments on it and when you push it that instrument plays a little song for you. Karston loved it. He loves music but his very favorite of the two is the little duck. He does his little cheesy grin and moves his mouth up and down but won't make any noise. It is so funny to watch. With the music box he tries to be like Grandpa Purcell and lead the music. It is so funny. So from Karston to grandma and grandpa Cox thankyou for the visit and for the toys. I really love them! Love Karston!!!

Sick baby

So I had originally planned to stay up at Island Park until Wednesday so that I could get caught up on some homework. Sadly the weekend was cut short because my poor little man was spiking fevers up to 105.4. So being the nervous first time momma that I am we decided to pack things up and come home. He had a lot of luke warm baths which he hated and lots of cool cloths on the head. In fact when we got home Doug put him in his favorite swing (provided by Aunt Jodi) and he hugged it and layed down and went to sleep in it. It was tender. It breaks my heart when he is sick he just looks so miserable and I hate it when I can't fix him. Luckily we think that he is on the mend now. Doctor's think it is just a virus and should go away really soon. We love you baby and are VERY happy that you are starting to feel better! Thanks Jodi and Blaine for letting us bug you with all of our questions. You guys are both AWESOME and we love you very much!!!

ISLAND PARK!!!

Friday we left to go to Island Park for the weekend. Doug and I went snowmobiling with our friends Luke and Nancy. We had a great time. I crashed a lot and got lots of bruises but all in all had a fun time and would so go again! I have never riden a sled by myself so it was fun learning how. As anyone would know with learning you crash a lot SO here is a little peak of my crashing experiences. I crashed 3 times more but 3 really good ones! The first one was when I was going WAY to fast and didn't see one of those man made ditches OWIE! I was so surprised I didn't fly off. I julted forward smaked my noggin on the windshield part and hit my knees really hard. Didn't feel great but still didn't stop me. The second crash was when Doug was teaching me how to turn on my side well I didn't get hurt but I sure burried the sled. I was tired after getting that out but it still didn't stop me. The LAST crash however was the best. I figure if your going to crash do it well so the last one (as embarrasing as it is) was when we were parking the sleds. I guess I came around a little too fast because I hit some ice. The sled did a circle then fell over I smacked my head really hard on the ice (talk about an immediate headache) and somehow hurt the old butt bone. I hurried got up Luke flipped the sled over and I went right inside. That one stopped me!!! I was incredibly sore the next day but all in all had a great time. I am very glad for the helmet what a wonderful invention they are!!! These pics are of Doug he had a really great time. He crashed to just not as bad as I did. All in all we had a very VERY fun Saturday!

Karston's new buddy!

So last week Doug, Karston, and I had so much fun. We stayed with the Baird boys while their parents were out of town. They were all so much fun and Karston was in HEAVEN!!! He absolutely LOVES the oldest Britton. He will make such a great daddy one day. He fed Karston and tried to put him to sleep and played with him lots. Karston was always happy whenever he saw Britton or any of the boys for that matter. Maybe he gets tired of just having momma around so it was probably nice for him to have some man time. Thanks Baird family for a great time. Hopefully we will do it again soon! Your family is AWESOME!!!