We're back!!

I am finally back and up and running.  Our computer crashed for the second time right before Thanksgiving.  We finally decided it was probably time for a new one so my brother, Mike, built it for us.  It is really nice!!!!!

I have so much to say!  We had a great Thanksgiving spent with Brian's family.  Tyson hadn't seen Grandma and Grandpa Carlsen for a while so he really enjoyed it!  We had a wonderful dinner.  As always we went shopping on "Black Friday".  We never really go for anything big but had fun with Jenny and Carlos and then went to breakfast!  Here are some pictures from that weekend:

Ty eating his mashed potatoes.  He had juice mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes for dinner : )

 

Sittin' down for dinner!

Sleeping with Grandpa Carlsen

Look at my fun holiday hat Grandpa got me!!!  Don't I look cute?!

Now we will jump to December...

Tyson has learned how to officially crawl and pull himself up to standing or kneeling with the help of items around the house.   Here are just a few:

The entertainment center...(his personal favorite)

Good Morning!  His crib...

The laundry basket...I was folding the laundry and Tyson came over and stood up on the outside, then fell into the basket while reaching for the clothes and then stood up on the inside!  It was so funny! : )  He made laundry fun that day.

More posts to follow soon!!!!

Usborne Book Party Update!

Because of the Thanksgiving Holiday my e-show for the Usborne Books will close on Friday Dec. 5th at midnight. If you still want to order or wish you had ordered visit my post on November 28th and you can see the link to order online. Once again we, all of my family just love these books. Our computer still frozen so we are working on getting a new one but for now I can only get limited time for email so I may not get back to you as soon as I have in the past.

This week with NO computer!!!

Hey everyone. Our computer froze and we haven't been able to turn it on for about a week. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We sure did! On Wednesday I got my bangs trimmed. They are still sweepy but can be regular bangs too I suppose. In december I will pay to get the full bangs. I am excited. I saw Twilight on Saturday and I loved it. A few different parts from the book but that is okay. The characters also really grew on me. Tyson is offically really crawling everywhere and likes to try to pull himself up to stand. Sorry my thoughts are just jumbled but we're at my inlaws house and I wanted to do a post to explain where I have been this last week! Just so you all know the Usborne Book Party that I had on Saturday is still open. That means you can order online. The party will be closing soon so don't miss your chance. I have emailed a lot of you but I still wanted to reach others that I haven't. Tyson really likes the Touchy Feely books (and let's face it, I like to touch them too!) The link is below. What could be a greater gift then buying your kiddos educational and fun books for Chritmas?! Happy Ordering!

You are invited to an Usborne Books eShow to explore the world of Usborne Books. A child's interest in reading and learning is stimulated by the lavish illustrations and informative content. There are over 1300 bright, colorful and fun titles covering activities, puzzles and a wide range of subjects for children of all ages.
Usborne Books - the books kids love to read!
Hosted by: Ashley Carlsen
Place: www.ubah.com/HOS132378
When: Today thru 11/29/2008 11:59:00 PM (Hopefully we wil be able to extend this a few days!)
Everyone is welcome, so invite a friend.
It's a rewarding experience when a child opens a book and discovers the magic of reading.

Thanks everyone! Happy Holidays!
-Ash

Bangs

I need everyone to be COMPLETLY honest when they leave their comments.  I am seriously thinking about getting bangs.  Not just the sweepy bangs that I currently have but REAL bangs.  Ya know, the ones that go to the eyebrows and are tapered and such.  I just feel like everyone has the sweepy bangs.  Even 10 year old girls in ballet class have 'em.  I totally love them but I don't want to be just like everyone else.  Plus hair just started growing in by the part we had to make for the sweepy bangs and it looks hideous.  The small hairs stick straight up and I can't fix em!!  So there are my reasons.  However, I think you have to have a certain face and stuff to pull it off.  So, I ask you my friends and family, Can I pull it off???

--Ashley

Tyson Eating

This was Tyson eating a few weeks ago. Watch his wrists. We get a kick out of it every time!!! Enjoy

What my day consists of...by Ty

I thought it would be fun to share some pictures of how my day typically goes.  Here it is...

I wake up and after I eat I roll around on the floor in my jammies with my favorite toy, Hippie the Hippo.

I then read a good book.  Well, I actually eat them but to me it is the same.  Thanks Grandma for these delicious books!

Next, I take a good long nap.  It usually is about 2 hours long...zzzzzz

I wake up, eat and usually practice my crawling skills.  I then watch mommy sing and dance around the house.  She is so silly.  I then take another nap in the afternoon.

My day gets really great when daddy comes home.  He plays with me on the floor.

He then feeds me my bottle and baby food while mommy is out teaching dance.  On this particular day I was feed prunes and I DID NOT like it.  Mom and Dad better not feed that to me again.

 

Then I get my nails clipped some nights by daddy.

I usually get my bath, bottle and then it is bedtime!  I love my life!

-Tyson

Happy Halloween!

I was so excited to dress Tyson up and take cute pictures of him in is tiger costume.  However, he wanted nothing to do with it.  I'm still not sure why he protested so much.  Any time I set him down next to the pumpkins he cried.  At first I thought that he was hungry, then perhaps he didn't like the costume.  Anyway, some of the pictures are cute but if he isn't crying in the picture then I snapped the shot during one of his breaks to breathe.

The costume had a tail and everything!

 

He calmed down if Daddy was holding him. 

Instead of going trick-or-treating (because Tyson can't and wouldn't know what was going on anyway) we went to a party.  Our friends Joe and Heather did a great job with planning, decorationing and providing a yummy dinner.  We also did a murder mystery party and turns out I murdered Tommy Gun!  I didn't know I had it in me.  : )  Ty was up way past his bed time but he had fun with all the attention he got.  Here is a family picture of us at the party. 

In case you can't see Brian was Hugh Hefner and I was well, a (modest) bunny.  I sprayed Bri's hair with grey dye and he wore a robe and silk pajama pants.  We all had a good laugh.  Hope everyone had a fun Halloween!