Rock Chalk Jayhawk

Carson can say "Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Go KU!" I worked with him on that last Saturday, and Cj gets so excited whenever Carson says it. It is really cute. You know Carson wants to say it when he says "walk walk" to you. So, I dressed him in his KU basketball uniform for the Halloween party at Linda's today. Her husband is a BIG OU fan, so we thought it was good that he was at work before we got there.

Jammies and diapers

Carson has figured out how to unzip his jammies and take them off. Great! It is such a pain sometimes to keep his clothes on. The really bad part is that he is starting to figure out how to undo the diaper too. OH, NO!! If he wants to potty in the potty and/or we are changing his diaper, he will start to pull down the back for a baby plumber's crack. It is SO funny! Now, he has started to pull the tabs on the diaper to unfasten it. Not so funny.

Bathtime

It had been a long time since I had taken pics of Carson in the tub, so I took the camera last week and took 20 photos. Yeah, I went a little nuts! No, I won't post all of them, even though they are all really cute. :) Carson LOVES to play in the water as it's running in the tub. Bubbles are a blast. Then, Carson lays on his belly "swimming" from end to end. Cracks me up! He's such a water baby and he loves to play in the tub. Whenever we mention the word "bath", he repeats it and heads for the stairs.
swimming
asking Mommy to turn the water on

yeah water!
playing in the water with his "red cup"
sweet boy
daring me by standing up in the tub
sitting down quickly when I threaten to take him out
laughing about the stand up/sit down game

Baylor tee

Today was "pink" day at school, so Carson needed to wear pink. Needless to say, the boy doesn't own anything pink. So, I put my Baylor shirt on him so he could be manly and sport a little pink. It wasn't as big on him as I thought it would be. Worked out nicely. I was happy to see my little "bear" showing some Baylor pride.
brushing his teeth

running towards me

telling Lily no-no
eating his cookie
eating the frosting out of the cookie


trying to put the lens cap on the camera

Taking a picture is worth 1000 words

I thought Carson looked super cute, not that I think otherwise any other morning, but I love overalls and wanted a picture. He was just standing and playing, then the camera came out. He kept running towards me too quickly for me to snap a photo. When I would back him up and/or tell him to back up, he would start laughing. Then, he would walk backwards and often times fall over in the process. He had us both cracking up.

Baby Ben

Scott and Mary came over with Baby Ben to celebrate my birthday. Carson did really good at pointing and saying "baby" but it was a little to close at times when Carson tried to poke the baby. He hasn't quite mastered the art of being gentle yet. We're working on it!

29 and a day

so, it was a big birthday this year. very memorable, but not necessarily in a good way. one bright shining moment: carson started to call me mommy, not just mama. it's so sweet!! i'm not crazy about rain, so that just made it all the more depressing. the day started with me taking a sick baby to the doctor. he has been having a really bad cough, so we thought it should get checked out. good thing we did!! he has an upper respiratory infection, just shy of pneumonia. poor baby!! he also got the flu shot, which went over like a lead balloon. we left there to get his medicine at the pharmacy. since they weren't ready for us, we rode the "ni" 5 times to pass the time. carson seemed to enjoy it, so i couldn't complain. we went home to play and wait for daddy. when daddy got home, i had lunch ready for carson, but he didn't eat much. i left for work where we had a nice lunch and cake - yummy!! thanks, shelley. :) too bad daddy called to report that carson had fallen and hit his head in the garage. rough day, little guy! i came home to sweet cards from carson and cj. carson and i ran an errand while daddy made me chicken florentine - it was great! too bad i didn't get to eat for 30 mins or so; carson was very upset. i gave him a bath and even jumped in to enjoy the bubbles with him. of course, he had to slip and bump his head on the tub as we were getting out. man oh man, kiddo!! we snuggled up to tigger as we fell asleep.
i was home until 12 on tuesday since i had a late appointment. good thing i was home! i was nauseous all morning and carson wanted his mommy. lily ran away (was sorry to have to find her) - good thing she was at the neighbor's house. carson fell asleep on the way to linda's then wailed when i left. it was horrible! i wanted to grab him and run home. he fell asleep on our walk/run then we played in the bath again. i just love to hear him giggle!!
he's doing much better than he was, and he's doing a great job with his breathing machine. he helps put the fish mask on, then he likes to turn the machine on to start and off when done. good thing he's helping - he has to do it 3 times a day for a week! he likes his medicine. he takes the dropper and sucks the medicine out. makes life a lot easier. hopefully he'll be all better soon. i hate having a sick baby!!
fyi - so far, being 30 sucks, and i'm only 2 days into it!!