Holidays

Our good friend Mike is Commander of the Lightning Troop... The shirt is supposed to read after Mommy but I thought this was funny. We are very proud of Mike and are very sad he left right before Carson as born so he couldn't meet him. We are very glad Mike and Camille are a part of his life and look forward to introducing him to Mike when he is State Side.

Last weekend I made Chase drag all of the decorations out of the attic. For the first time that I can remember I am excited about Christmas and couldn't wait to put our tree up for Carson's first Christmas. My mom came down for the weekend and helped me get the decorations up and ornaments on the tree! I'm very glad because it probably would have been another week or two before I would have it done!

Carson loves looking at the pretty lights! I'm so glad that Chase and I decided to get a tree with colorful lights when we bought our tree!

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving this Thursday. We have so much to be thankful for as we are very blessed. We aren't going to go home this year instead it will just be the 3 of us. We are going to have a good meal, put Christmas lights up outside and make a gingerbread house!

Smily Baby

This week our sweet baby has begun smiling a lot more! Chase and I have had the best weekend with Smiling at him and getting him to react! Carson also started following me around the room and responding to our voices. I tried to upload a video and will try again later to get it to work but it is beyond sweet!

He is continuing to grow everyday and I am amazed how quickly he is picking up new things! He is gaining great control over his head and getting pretty close to rolling over!

Fall Time!

As always we have been super busy. This past weekend we went to Dallas to hang out with some friends and Carson got to spend some time with his Grandparents. I think they enjoyed having him around (though he'll be a lot more fun when he does more tricks!)

Two weeks ago Carson caught a cold and quickly passed it to me. We both recovered (or so we thought) then I caught strep last week! Our adjustment to me going back to work has been kinda crazy with trying to get into a routine while managing sickness. Keeping up with things around the house has been a big challenge but Chase has stepped up and helped us a lot! We are very lucky to have all his help!

Last week Chase turned 27! Of course his birthday dinner was ruined by my being in bed sick but luckily an amazing friend went out to dinner with him and I was able to take him out this weekend once I was feeling better! Carson and I made him this card and he said it was his favorite card he had ever gotten! I think it's probably because Carson helped make it!

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween from our cute little Lion!

2 Months Old!

This week our baby turned 2 months old and had his 2 month check up this afternoon shots and all!! He is currently 10 pounds 2 ounces and 21 inches long. That's up 3 1/2 pounds and 3 inches from birth. He was the 5th percentile in both before but now he is up to the 10th percentile on weight! Good Job Baby Carson! He is finally moving into 0-3 month clothes! He handled all 3 of his shots like a champ and only cried for a few minutes! Mommy got a shot too and I'm sure daddy will be thrilled to find out that I am sending him yet again for another shot when he goes back to see his doctor!

The dogs are adapting well to having Carson around. As you can see Raegan likes to watch Carson. Luke watches him very closely when he cries but only comes to check on him once he stops crying. Other than that they don't seem to mind him being in their house. I'm sure they will feel differently once he is Mobile!

I went back to work this week and survived! I didn't cry which surprised EVERYONE including me! It helps that I know he is in great hands with Hopie and Rylie! Rylie (age 14 months) is very helpful! She loves to hug on Carson and help feed him his bottle. We are working on her being more gentle but she is doing great! She has gotten into his aquaphor once (and got it all over Hopies coffee table) and went ahead and finished off one of his bottles too! Holly was pretty grossed out that Rylie got it but she was happy she knew me as well as she did! We have all laughed pretty hard about it!

Things are going great and we love having our little man around. We are continuously reminded of how lucky we are to have him in our life and how blessed we truly are.

I can't believe it has already been 7 weeks since Baby Carson Arrived! Time has gone by so quickly and I can't believe I have to go back to work in a week! Carson is growing so fast its crazy! He weighs 9 lbs 7.5 ounces as of about 10 minutes ago! Thats up 11 ounces from last Sunday! CHUNK! I think now is the time that I stop stressing about if he is getting enough to eat!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Carson and I!

We went to Tulsa to introduce Carson to our family a few weeks ago. We got pictures of almost everyone holding him but this one is one of my favorites for sure. This is our niece Britain holding Carson. She is growing so quickly and gets more and more beautiful every time we make it home to see her!

This was carson at 1 month! Dana send us monthly stickers! It didn't quite fit on his onsie for month 1 but I can't wait to keep track of how big he is getting each month!! This bench was made for us by a few of Chase's Partners. It's so perfect and was one of our favorite gifts. It really shows how much Chase means to all of his partners.

We already plan to tell him that he can't go to UT because it would look really silly in his dorm room!!

Today we went to the Pumpkin Patch to take pictures and pick out a few pumpkins! Yes we are well aware that this was more for us than for Carson! He has NO idea he was there especially since he slept the whole time. Chase and I had fun and are both so excited to take him when he gets a little older! They had a petting zoo, horse ride for little ones, hay ride, kiddie hay ride and a place to paint pumpkins too!

We love and appreciate everyday with him and know how lucky we are to have him in our lives. He is perfect and more than we could have ever asked for!

Uncle Rich!!

This week Uncle Rich came to visit from Atlanta. I think Rich had a great time hanging out with Carson. I asked him what shocked him the most and he said it was how small he was. I guess the pictures don't really show his size. I think they had a great time with each other but I know Rich is anxious for him to grow up so he can play a little more. We had a great time hanging out and I definitely enjoyed the company and having an extra set of hands around while Chase was at work.

Thank you for coming to visit Uncle Rich! We hope you come back to visit soon!