Rachel's Birthday

Rachel had quite an eventful birthday with the much anticipated arrival of our little boy, Andrew Graham Carson! That post will come shortly, for now we will talk about how we celebrated Rachel's birthday.

Rachel really wanted to eat cake so we made that on Friday July 27th. The cake we made was an angel food cake with two layers of strawberry jello and strawberries, covered with cool whip frosting. It was something her Grandma Judd made years ago and she wanted to have it again!

Rachel's (not so) puffy-cheek-blowing-out-the-candles picture

Tyler's unit had a big training exercise the week before, so he had Monday July 29th off to make up for the long hours they worked. It was perfect because we got to open presents and spend all day together! I was excited for her to open her presents because I got her so many things that she would like!

Rachel would sometimes get nauseous in the shower, and with her big belly it was difficult to shave her legs too so I found the perfect gift for her. She felt a little silly getting a shower seat since its usually something old people need, but look! It specifically says "Perfect For: Expectant mothers"

Rachel LOVES waffles so we got a waffle maker for her. We had waffles for her birthday dinner!

Other gifts we received were a hand made purse and BYU baby blanket from Mom Carson, a cute Willow Tree figure of a pregnant couple from Lissa and Jason, cute tie stickers with months on them for taking pictures of baby as he grows up from Adri, an iPad cover and memory foam mats from her hubby, and lots of wonderful cards from the rest of the family!

We know you are all anxiously awaiting more pictures and the birth story of our little Andy, we'll be sure to get that up very very soon!