After 18 months I though that monthly blog posts about Carson were silly, things slow down a little at that time, coming up with new things each month were getting a little hard. But I feel like I've missed so much stuff here on the ol'blog. Some things that can't be forgotten: -Carson has been calling his blankets "Mmmmmmmes" Jason figured out that when we snuggle we say mmmmmmmm. So he just adds a little s at the end. -He is VERY independent lately. Everything has to be done by him and it has to be his idea. Like he must climb into his carseat, and he has to ask for "Bunny Milk" (His name for his No Sugar Added Chocolate milk mix in,yup I'm that parent) I can't give to him. -He loves his Elmo Daddy and Elmo Abby. Don't judge. We use movies to put him to bed. Its what took over for Nursing at 19 months, when Mommy had, had enough! -He amazes me with what he knows. His colors for sure. He can point out Orange, anytime and anywhere. He loves Orange. Orange Choo-Choos were talked about for days after we saw them! He also knows Blue,Red and Purple most of the time. -He went potty in the potty and has taken interest in potty training! I won't push it until summer for sure. -He still loves trains and blocks. I could probably take away all the other toys and he won't care. He does loves his golf clubs and balls too. Daddy is happy about that one! -He can identify places and where were going often. Everytime we go past McDonald's he says Dada's Work. He knows Hay Hay's School and Mama's work too. He wants a kiss everytime we go past the high school! -He is a funny little guy. He knows what can make us laugh. One thing he does is rapidly looks around with his head and says "huh, huh, huh, huh" pretty cute! -One of my favorite things he does lately when playing with puzzles and blocks he'll say "This One............Noooooo". He also likes to take turns and always declares who's turn it is. "Mama's Turn" "Hay Hay's Turn" "Carson's Turn" This week both boys were sick and past on their lovely cold/virus to Nana, Papa, and Smith. Some how Jason and I avoided it, so far. But Hayden actually missed a day of school, which is crazy that boy is never sick. They had fevers for a few days, runny noses, lots and lots of coughing, sore ears, goopy eyes and scratchy throats. And they were CRABBY! Carson is a bear, Hayden actually did pretty good and probably should have stayed home more days but he was the leader and duty called. There was no talking him into staying home, the kid loves school. Hayden amazes me with reading lately. He can pick up a book and read many of the words and has a set of books he can read all the way through. He has all of his sight words down pat. He is also Mr. Social Butterfly. Next Saturday he has 2 birthday parties, and soccer. Today he had another party. All the kids always come running up to him to say Hi. He can light up a room, I tell you! I am looking forward to the summer when we can spend lots of time together. Summer is quickly approaching thank goodness!

16 Months!! Wow!
You are a crazy boy, who loves to make us smile! Your silly and serious, loving and a bit of a bully. We are amazed at the things you do! This month you've decided you can talk. With any length car ride resulting in at least 20 "All Done. All Done? All Done!" You can Thank you very politely too. We ate out on Sunday and the waiter even was impressed with your manners. You say "Mama" a lot pretty much in general or when looking for me, still not direct at me. You will try to say most things we ask. Emma, Brandon and Vacuum have came out of your mouth when asked. You know lots of animal sounds too. Moo(actually you say Boooo), woof, woof, and then you pant with your tongue. You love Brown Bear, Brown Bear and we read it all the time and you can do most of the sound from the book.
We went to Craguns in the end of Aug and you remembered it when we pulled up to the building and got so excited and wanted to go to the beach. You love walks in the stroller still and being outside. You are getting better at sleeping, usually sleeping through the night one or two times a week, we'll take it! You love to play blocks and cars lately. Mommy loves the little motor sounds you make!! You are not shy and will blow kisses to everyone. You love to visit Mum Moe at the nursing home and always go right up to her and tell her stories and give her love. She loves to watch you sign too. Which you've been doing more and more. Signing More, Please, Water and we're working on some more.
Mommy has no idea what you weigh or your height! You've seem to get taller this last month so maybe 32" You are wearing 18m and some 12m. Shoe size is 6(they are a little big) and Size 4 diaper!

This is Carson signing more! Finally...after months and months of trying to get him to say the word while I signed. I guess the sign stuck more than the whole talking thing!

Also Carson got his top 2 molars....no problems too! No screaming, ear infections etc! Score for us!

Carson is obsessed with Brown Bear, Brown Bear, we read it about 8 times a day. He also sits down and reads it to himself. So sweet that he loves books.

And in case you didn't know a cow says "BOOOOO" well according to Carson that is!

Happy 14th Month Carson!

You've started talking more and more!(finally!!) You say "here" pronounced "ere' when you hand stuff to me. You shake your head "No" rather frequently, you sure the heck know what you don't want! You say "what's this" at any animal or something that really sparks your interest like water and buses. You say "Mamamamama" when you whine especially when you are tired. You say "Wheeeeeeeeeeee" when you are swinging or riding on your rocket too!

You still love to be outside, we spend most of our long summer days outside in the yard or at the park. You love to go down the slide and climb the stairs and do it like such a big boy. You love to play in the sand...mostly dumping it on yourself but occasionally getting it into the bucket. You love, love the water just like Hayden. We stayed at Craguns in June and you were such a little fish, swimming in the kiddie pool and always trying to get into the lake, even in your clothes.

You are such a boy and have discovered your love for basketball and golf. Anything that even slightly resembles a golf club is used to hit one of the 1,000,000 balls we have lying around the house. You love when Daddy holds you up to the big basketball hoop and you make a basket, you even clap for yourself. You love to play with your Little People Farm and your Retro Rocket making little car sounds on it.

You are sometimes a little stinker! You are strong willed and determined, those aren't bad qualities to have if you use them usefully, please, please remember that!

Weight was exactly 24 pounds and length was 31.75(i think!) You are wearing size 4 shoes(you just got super cute leather Sandals from Nana, you love them bringing them to me to put on when you find them) Clothes are 12 months and 12-18m. Diapers are a 4!

We love you Little Monkey!

Taking care of a sick baby is a lot of work. Poor Carson caught yet another illness! He had a barky cough, running nose/eyes and a low grade fever over the 4th weekend. And since this Mama is not a fan of Urgent Care we waited until Monday to go in...yup Dr was closed on Monday for the holiday! Grrrrr. So Tuesday morning bright and early we made our way to favorite doctors the Kundels(love them! =) ) Carson has some "lung infection" Dr Ray didn't go into details just gave Carson some strong 5 day antibiotics and called us good! Carson finally came back to life last night, Thursday a whole week after it started. I have been tired, not sleeping and cranky too! Jason has one of his FOR's coming up and working long, longer, longest hours every! So I am so burned out! Thank goodness for getting better!

13 Months! Carson weighed in at 23 pounds 6 oz and was 31.5 inches! Both were at the 60th %. Dr. Kundel said he is perfectly healthy little boy! Carson has started blowing kisses with a little mwah sound at the end....so cute! He has 8 teeth now, 4 on top and 4 on bottom. He still loves his buffy and blankets(we have 4 in rotation) His favorite food lately is Strawberries and anything with peanut butter, things he didn't really have before he turned 1. He would eat strawberries all day long if I'd let him. He also loves pizza, oh soo much, he'll eat 2 pieces, sometimes more than his brother. Animal crackers are to a new favorite. He loves, loves being outside playing in the sandbox, playing on the jungle gym or even just walking. I had him at home alone one day and the stroller was in the living room and he went up to the stroller and tugged on it and than turned to me and yelled at me, he wanted to go on a walk! So we did. He may not really talk but we sure know how to communicate! We test him to see if he knows what the heck we are talking about, and always does the command or get what we tell him, pretty sure he just chooses not to talk. He does babble, and babble and babble. Its quite entertaining trying to figure out what he is saying! He says "WhatsThis" as one word a lot especially when he sees a dog or something outside. He also has fallen in love. With Elmo. He even hears the music and he literally runs from where ever he is and stands at the bottom of the tv and than says "yeahh" He loves that fuzzy red guy! Its funny how much a like Jason and Carson's personalities are alike sometimes. Both love to lay in bed in the mornings, they just can't pop up and go. Carson loves to watch people's reactions to him, loves being the funny guy!

Carson is in size 3 diapers, 12 month clothes(Some 18m shirts for cuteness factor!), 12 or size 4 shoes.

Carson is 11 Months Old!

Oh Carson where has this year gone. It seems that you grew up too fast, but it also seems that you are still just a baby, you are. You are a sensitive soul, easily upset at little things, like Mommy leaving the room or checking you mouth for something you aren't suppose to eat. You like to be close to me basically at all times. You dislike me going on my computer lately. You will stand next to me and whine! You do like to dig in the drawers of my computer desk and find treasures. You sense of humor is great. You are funny little guy, you love to make people laugh and seem to know how already.

You have a mouthfull of teeth that have popped all over. 4 on top 3 on bottom...you love to use them to crunch and bit off your morning banana. You refuse to say the "mmmm" sound so you wouldn't say more, we've worked out a system though you like a lip smacking sound which we now know what it means!

You are walking more and more! We don't call you lazy as much anymore. Grocery shopping the other day you would walk all over at bright colored packages and cried when I would pick you up. You wanted to be free!

You went on your first Spring Break! We drove to Sanibel Island, FL. You were SO GOOD! We were a little worried you'd be a stinker, but nope you are a great traveller too! You loved the beach and being outside. You played at your first park, went into the ocean(Kind of, Gulf of Mexico), ate seashells, watch a few baseball games(you clapped for the Twins when they announced the starting line up, everyone around us thought it was SOOOO cute!), had your first taste of yummy Florida orange juice and so much more. We were so proud of you for being so good! You did however get sick, but Dr. Maria sent us a prescription to you and made you all better so you could enjoy our trip. You spent a lot of time in the Baby Bjorn and Sling just snuggling and being close while you weren't feeling the best.

You still are a good eater. In the morning you nurse, have a banana and toast/cereal/pancakes. Lunch is veggies and yogurt/cottage cheese/rice cereal and a fruit. Dinner is sometimes whatever we are eating or a meat, veggies and something else.

You still say Hay a lot! You also say Hi. You call me something that sounds like Dada, but its not!

You love your pacifier(buffy) and blankets you are always loving on them.

You seem to love dogs. Always getting excited when you see one outside or on tv.

You love to be outside. Its been so nice this spring. You really like playing in the sandbox.

You love water and your sippy cups. You have to have one pretty much at all times.

You fall asleep every time we go walking/running with the jogging stroller...you are suppose to be keeping me company Monkey!

You still wear 9 month or 12 month clothing. You don't fit well into Hayden's old clothes at this age. Hayden must of stretched them or something! You are still in size 3 diapers, size 6-12 month shoes. I don't know how much you weigh because you wiggle too much to go on the scale!

Stay tuned for 1st Birthday Party details! Get ready to Monkey around!

We Love you Carson!

Oh Carson how you've changed so much this month! I forgot to do your post on the 8th so I'm doing it on the 10th but for a good reason! Yesterday you walked across the living room! I was so proud! I was lucky enough to have worked goofy hours that day and was home in the afternoon to see! I am pretty sure you did it on the 9th just spite your dad who has always said you'd walk when you were 9 months old.

You now wave on command, do so big and clap. You sign more sometimes but it looks an awful lot like So Big and not more...but as long as we know what it means I guess we are okay! You also give kisses on command!

You love your brother so much and always say "Hay Hay Hay" you zoom into his room in the morning and bounce next to his bed in excitement. Your brother also has more interest in you these days! He will pick you up(Mommy doesn't really this!) and drag you around, more or less to get you out of this things.

You love to play ball with us, you just learned to throw the ball back to us and do very well! I am thinking you are almost going to be a sport nut like you brother! But unlike your brother you really seem to like Cars and Trucks. You spend 20 minutes looking at all the cars in our car bin. Just picking one up and looking at it and then putting it down. You still love to play with your toys...you are a very good player. Please, please continue this!

You still love food and eat anything and everything. You love to drink water out of your sippy cups, especially at meal time. You love, love your bananas too! And carbohydrates.

You are a very beautiful boy and you amaze us everyday!

Clothes 9-12 months.

Diapers size 3.

Weight I think about 21.5(just a guess though!)

Please, Please be a good boy next week! Reason to follow!!!

The duration of my pregnancy was long. It wasn't hard. I enjoyed being pregnant and never complained. But the wait to meet my little baby was so incredibly loooong. But now 18 months after I found out, Carson is 9 months old. I can't believe how fast this 9 months went. Its crazy. We went to the Dr Maria today and found out Carson has a ear infection(he doesn't complain or seem to notice!) he weighs 20 pounds 6 oz and is 28 3/4 inches long. Wow.(75% and 50%)

Carson can clap, do so big(just started this yesterday!), play peek a boo and says "Hay". He doesn't really sign more but has made the MA sound a few times lately while eating. On the subject of eating Carson does a lot of it! He pretty much eats everything. And loves it! He is crawling crazily, pulling himself up and walking on furniture. He walks behind is Ergo Walker and anything else that will move(laundry baskets, chairs, his leapfrog table).

Carson has 3 teeth joining his lonely 2 bottom teeth, he bites hard. Little stinker has bite me twice now while nursing, it hurts! He loves, loves to play with his toys. He will play for an hour without slowing down or needing his mama! He does however find anything and everything he isn't suppose to and eat it! We had an incident with a little magnet that resulted in many manhunts being thrown away! He really likes cars and trucks. And his balls...lots of different toys with balls. I found him standing on top of Hayden's train bin this week too.

He is now out of his infant carrier(because Mom's back was hurting!) and likes his new rear facing seats. He talks and talks to us in the car. He will repeat noises I make at him too.

He is growing leaps and bounds! We love you Carson!

Happy 8 Months to you Carson! This month has been so exciting! You crawled(Dec 18th), you pull yourself up(Dec 27th), you walk on furniture, you had your first Christmas, a taste of your first cookie and other amazing things! You wear mostly 9 month clothing now, size 3 diapers and guess you weigh right around 20 pounds! You still love food, anything will do! But carbohydrates seem to be a favorite. You still gobble up your rice cereal too. You have started babbling more and more saying dadadada, spitting and growling! You fake cough for attention and love when people praise you. You strongly dislike being laid on your back because you forgot how to roll, you HATE public changing tables. You still like the sling and buffy. Your blankies are becoming more attached to you too. You love to play with toys, you sit for a very long time and crawl from toy to toy in the living room. You particularly like your basketball hoop, your tree with balls and your leapfrog table. You are such an easy and happy baby. Now only if you slept at night and in your own bed....

Yeah! Carson finally did it! He is officially crawling as of Friday. He now is a trouble maker, pulling himself up on things and pushing buttons on the DVD player. He isn't very fast on our hardwood floors yet...thank goodness!

He also has a few times growled at me, when I tell him no! 7 months and already back talking...I think I am in trouble!

Hayden's excitement for Christmas and his birthday are bursting at the seams. I can't wait to spend this week with him. I have a few things in store for him.

I am officially on Christmas Vacation, oh wait Winter Break. I couldn't be happier...I was getting snippy with those sassy teenagers.

My friend Sarah lost her dear father in law on Wednesday. Please keep her and their family in your prayers. Its so nice to have her home for the next couple weeks. I miss her terribly.

We've celebrated 3 out of our 5 christmas(es). We had so much fun at all of them. Hayden has so much fun playing with his cousins. Jessica on Jason's side and all the crew on mine(Jacob, Ben, Hudsen, Toby etc!) Its fun to see him play so nicely with everyone...we were always a little worried about his socializing.

Carson was Baby Jesus at the Routh family Christmas(Hayden was the wisest wise man!!Well in my opinion!) He was super cute sitting on stage in his swaddling. Hayden was very proud of him too. Hayden also loved his blue shiny dress and crown. We've talked about the birth of Jesus and he knows the role of the wise men, and thought it was cool he was bringing his brother a gift.

We've been to Bentleyville twice. I highly recommend going. It was well worth the 90 minute wait to see Hayden and Jessica's faces when they meet Santa and received their hats(Hayden picked Green, of course!)

I turn 26 tomorrow. Yikes!

Here is a mini slideshow of some of my favorite pictures I've taken recently...

Oh Carson! This month has flown by. I can't believe you aren't crawling yet! You try SO hard! But you get around pretty good by wiggling, squirming and scooting. You still love food and will eat anything! You are such a happy baby, except at night. You don't sleep! You are working on it though! You met Santa this month and was very pensive in his arms. You have started pouting your lip...just like me! Use it, its powerful! You love your brother and give him the biggest happiest smiles every morning!

You are now into size 3 diapers.

Clothing size 6, 6/9 and 9 month.

0-6 shoes still!

Eating fruits, veggies, cereal, puffs and crackers. Mommy is even making most of your baby food. Yummy things like squash, which seems to be your favorite.

We can't wait to celebrate christmas with you for the very first time!

We traveled with Nana, Papa and Brandon to the cities after Thanksgiving! You saw 3 parades! We went to Bentleyville and you LOVED the lights, you were so excited and were literally jumping in your sling for joy. You saw a play "Hansel and Gretel". You months are sure packed with lots of fun! We love you!

Nana took the picture! On the Santa Trolley in Excelisor.

Happy 6th months Carson!!! This half of year has flown by in record time. I wish I could make time stand still and be able to hug you and see your smile forever, just the way you are right now.
Carson can now sit up alone for very long periods of time.( 5months2weeks) He has his two bottom toothers(Oct 27th the first one came through the second on the 29th). He loves, loves, loves food. Favorite is Sweet Potatoes, not too sure about fruit yet though. He can demolish a cracker in no time. He weights 16 pounds 6 oz, a whole 3 pounds more than at 4 months, crazy! Rice cereal must stick to your bones. You wear 3-6 and 6 months clothing and size 2 diapers. You still love your baths and now showers too. Your favorite toy seems to be the star stacker's(green star!). Brother can always make you smile and you love to snuggle with mommy. You are still a great nurser, Mommy never thought we'd nurse this long, and we'll keep going until you want to stop.

You've been to Madeline Island and rode a ferry boat, went to Madison and saw the capital. We travelled to Lutsen and rode a tram. We've been able to enjoy the fall weather, with you eating leaves and sticks.

You are closer to crawling probably another couple weeks. You can scoot backwards and turn yourself around.

We are amazed at you everyday and we eagerly await to see what this month will bring you!

Happy 4 months Baby Carson! You amaze us everyday. You are such a great baby, talking and singing to us. You weigh 13 lbs 6 oz and are 25" long. You had a cold today(your first!) so you only got 1 shot and 1 oral vaccination. Dr. Maria said you are getting too skinny and should start cereal, so you had your first taste tonight...we weren't sure what you thought. You made your happy noise but then wouldn't eat anymore after a couple of minutes, thats fine you can just eat watermelon and bananas! Mommy gave you a little taste of those this month, you loved them! You are such a strong boy almost sitting by yourself and standing so well on your legs. You have a good hold on your head and don't bobble all around. You start playing in your exasaucer this month and like to have stare downs with my monkey. You just found your feet and now are always holding on to those toes! You even had a toy in between your toes the other day and another in your hands, talented. When Mommy picks you up after work you nuzzle into my neck, mommy loves this. You are still a good breast eater and eat every 3 hours. You also still are in size 1 diapers and 0-3 month clothes, although some 3-6 month are fitting you finally. You love to watch your brother play and keep your eyes glued on him.

This month you went to Craguns, again! The MN state fair, Paul Bunyan land(you rode on your own horse on the merrygoround), the Barnum Fair(you rode on a tractor), a train ride and I am sure lots of other places. We enjoyed the last month of the summer as best as we could. You went into your first lake(Minnesuing) and loved that just as much as your warm baths that relax you so much.

We love you little monkey, or Car-Car! Have Sept 8th to you!

Happy Birthday Carson you are 3 months old!

You are getting to be a big boy! You still are wearing 0-3 month clothes and a couple smaller 3-6 size. You still are working on the 1-2 size diapers too. You are SO strong. You like to be sitting up seeing whats going on. If you are laying down you will done little baby crunches to try and sit your self up- not quite yet though. You have total control of your head and probably be sitting up by yourself soon.

You've found your hands! Your right hand is more dominant than your left already and can get what you want now it just takes a little time. You've grabbed mommy's necklaces more than once and on purpose!

You laughed at Mommy for the first time on Aug 1st! She was sticking her tongue out at you and you being a little sleep deprived giggled and giggled, it was the sweetest sound ever. You still smile all the time and give us great big 4 dimplers!

Your Mommy greatly appreciates the fact you've been sleeping through the night here and there. Your brother didn't do this until he was over a year. You like to eat in the morning and then go back to sleep until 9 or so. Just like your daddy!

You love to snuggle. You nuzzle your head into Mommy and show her how much you love her. You have to snuggle a blanket when you are sleeping and it needs to touch your face still.

You seem to love music and when we sing to you. You even sing with us! Lately you seem to like songs with actions and Twinkle Twinkle the best! You really like to look at the baby in the mirror, you! You light up when you seen yourself just as we do.

You went in the Jumperoo for the first time too this month. You really like the sun that spins. You may be a little young for it yet but it gives you time to suck on your fist and drool, which you do a lot, you are a faucet sometimes!

Our family loves you so much and can't believe you've only been with us for 3 months! Happy Birthday Baby Carson! AKA Little Monkey and CarCar!

Carson's appointment went great today, he was so great. He got to be naked and have heated blankets all over him...he couldn't ask for better! His hips look fine, just uneven rolls apparently oh well this kid has kept us on our toes is whole existence with the Spinda Bifida scare and this! I am sure there will be more to come too!
He is such a great baby! I know i say that constantly but its so true. He is such a talked and his 4 dimpled smile can melt any one's heart!
Hayden has been a hoot lately as usual. He has made up his own language and will point things out to us in the car and make up a name for it. Like koochakingalala. He knows how to make us laugh just like his daddy!
Jason was in a wedding this weekend. I have come to the conclusion that being the spouse of a bridal party person sucks. I'll just leave it at that!
Jason also is working a ton lately...but the good news is, his store is doing the best its ever done! I know the owner is liking that too! All his numbers are coming up great.
I don't miss working-at all. Last summer I was itching to get back and missed it so much. Totally not having that problem this summer!
I will try to update tomorrow or Thursday with our hopeful lineup of more summer adventures!

Happy Birthday Carson! You are 2 months old!

We are so blessed to have you in our lives. You are the sweetest, happiest baby. You have really found your voice and talk to us all the time. You can make all sorts of sounds that almost imitate the sounds we are making. You smile all the time and we love to see those 4 dimples of yours. You have travelled a bunch this month staying 8 nights in hotels. You actually slept better in the hotels then you do at home! You usually go 5 hours the first stretch of the night... Mommy will take it! You eat and go right back to sleep, usually in Mommy's arms.

Your brother loves you more and more each day and loves to make you smile. He also reports back to Mommy with each noise you make. He does not like when you cry and puts his hands on his ears and says "make it stop" We try!

You like one particular Buffy, the one the hospital gave us, you still like to be swaddled and you like a blanket touching your head when you fall asleep-just like mommy. You fall asleep and stay asleep each time you ride in your car seat. You love to be outside, just like Daddy and Hayden. You are a great nurser still and eat just about every 3 hours on the dot. You like your butterflies on your playgym and smile and talk to them you also are starting to like rattles and you fall them with your eyes.

Mum Moe told us your eyes are the colors of Blueberries...which is right on the dot for the color. We've since been calling you Baby Blueberry or Blueberry Eyes, among lots of other nicknames we have for you.

You weight exactly 11 pounds and our 22.5 inches long. You are perfectly average as Dr. Maria said. You need to go get your hips ultrasound(ed) on the 20th because they don't line up right. You had shots today and screamed harder than you did at birth, Mommy was very sad for you.

We love you lots! Lets see what Month 3 will bring us!

Mondays when Hayden is with Papa Smith, it seems Mommy needs something to do....so she takes pictures of one of her favorite things. Carson!

Summer vacation has offically started! Now only if the weather gets that memo we will be doing good. Carson was baptized on Sunday with Angie and Greg as his Godparents and Deacon Phil performing the sacrament. It was a great moment and Carson was great. Sighing when the water was poured over his head and joining in on raising his right hand in a blessing(of him self!) We had a small gathering afterwards with yummy breakfast that my mom and I cooked(she did most of it!) Hayden went out to "his cabin" afterwards with Smith and Papa going fishing and golfing. He loves it out there! Jason, Carson and I enjoyed a quiet afternoon walking around Fitgers and enjoying the view from the courtyard along with some ice cream from Bridgemanns. Carson is getting stronger and more alert all the time. He is starting to take clear naps and not just sleep all the time. He is still a great baby! Hayden is being the little boy he is. Outside golfing, playing in the sand, going to the park and just loving the outside. I am so looking forward to our little getaway this weekend with my parents, I haven't been anywhere since March and for me, that's along time. I am also getting very anxious to go to Cragun's. I keep thinking about the warmth, the beach and the pool. I can't wait! Make sure and check out the picture posts below and my albums if you want more pictures!

Happy 1 Month Carson!

This month has gone by way too fast! But at the same time it seems like you've been with us forever. We all adore you and love you so much. Your big brother is very protective of you. He make sures you get fed, each time you cry and watches over you on our car rides. He tried to put your buffy in when it falls out and doesn't like it when you cry, loudly. You love to snuggle, especially before falling asleep right on Mommy's chest. We think you like to listen to her heartbeat. You like to be swaddled nice and tight, and you sleep best when you are. You like your swing, looking outside and your buffy. Mommy has accidentally put you to sleep multiple times with the hair dryer, you must like noise! You cuddle with Daddy every night on the couch as he watches your brother play. You love your bath and the warm water, just like Hayden did! You still wear Newborn sized clothes because you are so skinny! You are long and thin and can't fill out any 0-3 month clothes! Already this month, your first month of life, you've been to: Hayward, Barnes, St Paul, and the Zoo. You rode on a Carousel(Daddy sat on the bench while holding you).

You weighed 8 pounds 10 oz at your 2 week check up and I'll bet you weigh at least 9 pounds 6 oz now!

Happy Birthday!