Nice to my momma!!

Carden is a Mommy's boy. He's pretty attached to me. Most of the time it's fun~~ I love how much he loves me. He is everything I wanted when I wished for a little boy. At night, when all the girls are in bed, it's his time with just Ray and I. We read books, sing songs, and sometimes wrestle. ( I know, we're supposed to be settling down, but it's so funny!) Ray and I have always liked to play fight~ We pinch, poke, bite, twist, you get the picture. Just a little playful banter. Well, a few nights ago, we were bantering and Carden freaked out. "Nice!!" he says to Ray. (Even though I am as much to blame.) Then he goes on to speak his first full on sentence.."Nice to my momma!" He then proceeds to come to me and hug and kiss me, making Ray gag. "Whatever. That's pathetic" he says. He's just jealous. Last night Ray got home from work and we were again doing our thing (yes, it happens often) and Carden again, freaks out. This is what he looks like when he's yelling at Ray...That's my boy!!!

Breaking Dawn

Last night I was able to attend a reception for Edward Cullen and Bella Swan--AKA, the characters in the Twilight series, which happen to be some of my favorite books! At 5:00 Jamie and her sis. in law (and my friend) Angel, came to pick me up. We drove to West Jordan for a potluck dinner at a "twilight mom's" house. For those of you who don't understand--many women are obsessed-more than obsessed with these books and their characters. There are so many groups to belong to and this is one of them. (I just joined this morning!) Angel had a friend that she knew who was helping with this production--For the release of Stephanie Meyers 4th book in the twilight series~~Breaking Dawn~~ and we got to help volunteer. The actual "party" was at Barnes and Noble at Jordan Landing. It was the craziest thing I have ever been to. Millions of women, teenagers, and even little girls gathered for the event. Being in the store made you feel claustrophobic. There wasn't room to move, but there was an excitement in the air that was hard to miss! People were sporting all kinds of t-shirts and twilight paraphernalia. Young girls pranced around in prom dresses. Girls and guys were dressed up as vampires with blood red eyes. I was lucky enough to be the volunteer with the nice camera, so I got to follow Edward and Bella around and take pictures of them. Lucky Me!!! What an excellent opportunity to practice my photography skills. At 11:00, Barnes and Noble closed their doors to the public, allowing the volunteers to get ready and brace themselves for the mob of fans that we were going to have to detain wanting to get in to get their copy of the book. I was in charge of handing out stickers at the front door, which unfortunately I left mine there in our hurry to get home. We had such a good time, had a lot of laughs, and best of all--we didn't have to wait in line for our copy!!! Yeah!