Wow... what a past few months it has been! I have failed in epic size with this blogging thing, but our lives have proven to be more hectic then anyone could have imagined!
We celebrated Thanksgiving with the whole Beer family... 16 of us in one house! It was so wonderful to be surrounded with family! It was Carson's 2nd car trip and the first time he actually made it quite clear that he is not a fan! His first trip was at 8 weeks, so he spent most of it sleeping. Doug's sister Emily was a gracious and in my opinion somewhat insane host, opening her home to all of us for the weekend! Because I'm me, I was also excited to do a little "day after Thanksgiving" shopping in the Denver area. What a crazy crowd! Emily's community also has a great rec center that has a huge pool, climbing wall. and tons of other activities! Brenden had tons of fun and proved to still be a quick little monkey, scaling almost every level of the wall with ease and determination! Thank you Emily for such a great Thanksgiving!
Shortly after returning from Denver, Carson celebrated his 1st birthday! It still blows my mind that a year has passed so quickly! The weather was horrible that day but all of his family braved the snow and wind to come over and celebrate. Grandpa and Grandma Beer came all the way from Chicago for his milestone! Everyone ate pizza, cake and ice cream and enjoyed Carson's entertaining personality! Even with the weather it proved to be a great day!
Less than 2 weeks later it was Christmas!! I somehow managed to get the tree up and decorated but I will admit that I took the easy way out and put up only the small simple tree. Doug still has hopes of 2 trees.. I guess some people have a lot of hopes! Christmas was fun. Carson really got into the idea of unwrapping everything, including presents that weren't his! Christmas Eve, my mom, Gene, and my grandma came over for snacks and one on one time with the kids. It's really nice to have a quiet before the storm! Christmas morning Brenden was up early excited to see what Santa had brought him. Carson was up early as well, but thats pretty normal for him! We opened gifts and then headed to my mom and Gene's for the annual Watchorn family dinner! Stuffing yourself is truly the best part of Christmas!
Just when you think it's been busy enough in our lives (and when I am in zombie mode), theres always one more thing. In our cases.. it was a HUGE thing and a very unexpected one too!
Sometime after Christmas and before New Years, we learned that we are expecting baby #3!!! !
Life is about to get a whole lot busier! Baby Beer is due sometime in late August. We will let you know when we find out if we need to shop for pink or blue!
