Temp checks

Our little helper was working hard on Christmas doing temp checks with daddy! He did loose his balance and face planted in the produce section... No crying and just hopped up to keep going! So tough!

Cereal monster

Carson opened the cabinet, pulled the bag out of the box, sat down and got to work! As you can see he was pretty pleased with himself!

Tiger cage baby!

Carson had tubes put in last week. What an amazing baby! So tough! The results of his ABR were better than the hearing specialist had hoped (testing took almost 2 hours so we were getting nervous!) and the results have been great. Carson has started repeating things and is following directions! Awesome news for our family!

My giggling skeleton!!!!

Scary right!

You can navigate that but can't walk??

I pushed all of carson's toys into the corner so I could evaluate what would be put up and opened so we can rotate toys... After the birthday we are at that point! Carson maneuvered all of these toys and chase said, "you can navigate that but can't walk yet?!" I laughed as we watched him climbing toys like stairs to reach other objects! Then I realized he could get lost in the toys... Where's Carson? It's like a real life version of where's Waldo!

Size Perfect

Carson had his 1 year well baby today. First I'd like to say that every time he gets shots I am amazed by how strong and calm he is! He of course got a little upset but when it was over he calmed right down! He really REALLY didn't like getting his blood drawn but of course handled that like a champ too! Amazing is the best word I can use to describe my little toddler Carson! Simply amazing... Oh and perfect!

Born 8-27-10
6 lbs 6 ounces
18 1/4 inches

Now 8-30-11
18 lbs 9 ounces
27 3/4 inches

Growing! 5th in both height and weight but his head is 50th percentile!! Animated, chatty, smiley, friendly, even tempered but strong willed and knows what he wants! Perfect!

Happy Birthday Baby!!!

1 year ago at 9:39am my amazing son Carson was born. He has been an amazing blessing to my life and I have smiled at least once every day since he's been in my life. Carson your smile is contagious. You have the best little personality, laugh a lot and my heart melts when you make your game face. I love watching you grow and develop everyday. I love you!

1st Haircut!!

> My little man did awesome! He got his first haircut on Tuesday, August 23. Mostly I just wanted to clip his wings clipped because they stood out like an old man after a nap! Think grandpa munster but way cuter!
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Loungin

Sometimes you just need to put your feet up!

Growing up too fast!!!

So much has happened over the past week I can't even keep up!! Wednesday morning Chase called me at work to tell me Carson had pulled up on his leg. That night he was sitting in his crib and he pulled to his knees for me! He has also begun the transition from sitting to crawling position!

Sleepless in Temple

So this time change sure does have carson's schedule all messed up... He simply didn't want to go to bed last night! He didn't want to cuddle or lay down. Any time heard one of our voices he just wanted to look around and find us! It was finally 10 or 1030 when he finally crashed. The positive side of this is that he slept until I woke him up this morning. I hate waking him up! Then I force him to eat and he doesn't eat as much as normal then the whole day is off! The down side was that I was extra nervous last night so I woke up 2-3 times to check on him!

Catching up

So... I just found out how I can update from my phone. So I will get better! Carson is 6 months old now! He is growing like crazy and learns new tricks all the time. He is quite the sitter and reaches down to grab things and comes back to sitting with no hands. He loves the bath and thinks kicking his feet to splash is great! I think the pool will be fun this year! He loves laughing too! It's so contagious when little ones laugh! Even on my worst day coming to see him at lunch makes everything better and my attitude turns around!

Blue Baby

I plan to be much better at updating my blog now that I figured out how to do it from my phone! I think he liked his blueberries and yogurt! I'm so glad I asked Hopie to take his shirt off!!! Blueberries are very blue!

Rolling Baby!!!

So the adventure into making babyfood continues. We made applesauce Sunday and had our first lunchtime feeding today. Carson did great! He has also started rolling over more When I was in the kitchen he was in one place and when I walked back around the corner he was on his belly. This happened twice on Sunday and then Sunday night I heard him at about 330 or so and he was on his belly again! Before I know it he'll be on the move!

Saturday night we had our friend Ashley over for dinner and Wii action. Carson clearly LOVES Ashley as he was smiling and flirting with her above... new favorite picture of 2011!

4 Months old!

Last week Carson turned 4 month's old! I can't believe how quickly it has gone and how many major changes we have had in the first week of his 4th month and the first week of the year! We had his 4 month check up. 13 lbs 4 ounces and 23 1/4 inches long. He has grown 5 inches exactly since birth! He has moved from the 5th to 25th percentile on weight! Lets not talk about his height chart though! Lets just put it this way... I don't think he is going to play in the NBA but who knows a lot can change in the next couple of years!!

We also started solid foods this week. We started last week with cereal and today we tried avocado. Of course the biggest part of eating at this point is working on learning to move food to the back of the mouth. He did great with it and today we ate avocado! At first he wasn't too sure about it because it is thicker than the cereal but he ended up LOVING it. We are still on very small portions but by the 4th or 5th bite he was looking for the spoon! He would have eaten more if I would have let him!

My friends little girls were Thing 1 and Thing 2 for Halloween this year! Hopie came across the wig that Emily wore and put it on Carson. Definitely my favorite picture of 2011 so far!

We have more changes each week with new veggies and fruits we will be trying! I decided I am going to make Carson's baby food and last night I made my first batch! Peas! My guinea pig fell asleep before we could try them and I had a fresh avocado tonight so I decided to go with that and in a few days we will try the peas!

Looking forward to 2011!