Our visit to Arizona and the Holidays

I haven't put anything up for awhile so this will be a little bit of everything that's been going on with us. On December 18th (Carson's 1 year birthday) me, Carson, my sister Jenna and my mom all left on a plane to go visit my sister Lisa who lives in Phoenix Arizona. It was Carson's first plane ride! I should have had my camera but I didn't so there aren't any pictures until later on when Russ drove out a couple days later. My dad has a timeshare so we got to stay in a resort in Mesa so that we wouldn't all be intruding on Lisa and her family. It was really great and I loved spending so much time with my wonderful family!

Here is a video of Carson playing the drums. For a little guy he keeps a pretty good beat.

Carson has decided that he loves playing the drums. My brother Matt who's on a mission is an amazing musician and would be so proud to see his little nephew acquiring musical skills. He also likes to play the guitar that my parents have. Maybe with a little encouragement he'll become a musical prodigy!

This was Carson's first Thanksgiving so we took a lot of pictures. Some are at the Birdsall's and some are at my parents house. We had dinner with the Birdsall Clan and then went over to my parents house to show off Carson's new walking skills to my grandparents. It was a fun day!

Last week Carson started walking. It was funny how it happened because Russ was in the middle of leaving a voice message for a doctor and then right in the middle of it he just stood up and took 4 steps all by himself. Since then he has become quite the little pro, getting better and better each day. Here is a video that we took of him today.

The Birdsall Clan (which means our little family and the in-laws) went to Nauvoo a couple months ago for a near home vacation. This is my favorite picture of Carson and I. I love it because it just looks so candid. My husband is a good photographer!

I know this is late but here are pictures of Carson as a monkey for Halloween. He was the cutest monkey I've ever seen!