I LOVE My New Toy!

It's hard to believe Carson is 14 months old today. I think about how different a year ago was and how we were excited for him to just smile. Now he's into everything, trying to read books, coloring and babbling away, his favorite word is bubble. His latest thing has been lights. He loves to turn them off and on and has to point to every light he sees.



Yesterday he got a new pull toy from Angela, Keith ("The Godfather") Haley and Julia. He absolutely loves it! He pulls it around everywhere and likes to inspect every part.

How does this thing work?


Let's GO!

He has discovered walking backwards and does it everywhere.

If only he would turn around to see what was behind him.

Happy Valentine's Day

Carson had a great Valentine's Day. He got a mickey mouse balloon from Gee & Papa (Papa insisited that he have it), he played with it all afternoon. Grandma also came to visit and got him a big stuffed frog and a card that plays "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". He thought it was the neatest thing that every time he opened it, it would play music.

Showing his balloon to Grandma

Handsome Little Devil

I made cookies for him to enjoy on Valentine's. He wasn't quite sure what to do with it. He thought the icing was really fun and then he put it in his mouth.....

YUM! YUM!

Having fun in the kitchen

We finally put up the rest of our cabinet locks and Carson isn't very happy. He loves opening the doors and pulling everything out. (Once in a while he'll actually try to put it back)

He loves sweeping the floor. We have to hide the broom from him all the time.

This time he found it.

As some of you may know Carson has been battling bronchitis for the last week and a half. We went back to the doctor on Thursday for a check up and she was not very satisfied with his progress so she put him back on breathing treatments every 4 hours. If you have ever tried giving a one year old a breathing treatment it simply doesn't work. This past week was a huge joint effort between Ryan and I and both mom's. We are so blessed to have so much help. Either my mom and/or Ryan's mom would be here by 8 every morning to help give a breathing treatment while we were at work. We wouldn't have made it through without them. But I'm happy to report today that he is MUCH better. It's so nice to see him in such a great mood and smiling all the time.

Peek-A-Boo

Carson has found a new hiding spot.

Reading with Daddy

Carson loves to read books. He would rather sit down and look at a book than play with one of his many toys. At school his teacher tells me all the time how he always pulls the books off the shelves. (As a teacher this makes me so happy)

One of his favorite books is "Feely Bugs". This was the first book I bought when we decided we wanted to start a family, 5 years ago. He loves to share his book especially with daddy. He actually sat still for more than a minute so Ryan could read it to him.

"Please read it to me Daddy"

So Sweet!

I love these moments!

I love my puppy....

Carson got this wagon for Christmas from my mom, aunt and Grandmother. It's been too cold outside so we do laps around the dining room, I guess it's a good thing we haven't gotten furniture yet. This morning we decided to also let Elmo go for a ride. Carson was so excited to have his puppy ride with him he gave him a great big hug.

Carson's First Birthday

We celebrated Carson's birthday today. He had a great time!

We celebrated with friends and family.

Opening presents. He was more into playing with the other kids.

Singing Happy Birthday!

He wasn't sure what to do with the cake.

He kept looking at Ryan and I like "are you sure I can play with this"

Starting to like it...

Sharing with Daddy

Celebrating with friends