Easter

Well, I was contemplating trying to “catch up”, but realized that is a lost cause!

So I’m just going to start again with this past weekend.

We had some gorgeous weather this past weekend. It was in the low 70’s so we spent a lot of time outside!

We got this great sand/water table at Costco a few weeks ago that we finally got put together. Carson had a great time with it…although kept catching him drinking the water…YUCK!

Saturday we dyed eggs with Carson. We were prepared for a huge mess, but he actually didn’t make much of a mess at all. He liked watching the little bubbles that formed on the eggs. When we took the eggs out, he thought her really need to “smash” them into the hole we were setting them to dry. I thought we were going to have instant egg salad a couple of times!

                    

On Sunday, Carson got his Easter basket from the Easter Bunny and then did a little egg hunt in our living room. He actually did pretty good finding the eggs. We had to point him in the general direction a couple of times, but he did end up finding them all. Every time he found one he handed it to Dada to put in the “choo choo”.

              

                   

Sunday he also helped me plant some seeds in the garden and we all went on a bike ride so he could wear his “helmee”.

It was a great weekend!

He also turned 18 months last Tuesday. He had his 18 month Dr. appt last Friday. He was 25lb 15oz and 32.5 inches tall and doing everything he should be at this age. He definitely keeps us entertained! He loves imitating everything we do, wants to “help” me cook all the time, helps daddy take out the garbage, and has new words every day. He’s starting to know his colors. He’s fixated on “lellow” and “boo” these days. He LOVES cars and especially the car that’s attached to the shopping cart at the grocery store. Everytime we get in the car to go somewhere we get “ca” like a broken record regardless of how many times we explain that we aren’t going to the grocery store. And he loves the train Papa and Nana got him for Christmas. He pushes it all over the house.

                    

Last weekend Nana and Pap came to visit. Papa and and Dada went to Whiskies of the World in San Francisco on Saturday night. They had a great time and are already planning their trip next year. Nana, Carson, and I got to hang out while they were gone. Nana spotted a battery powered F1 Ferrari car at Tuesday Morning while we were doing a little shopping. Steve and I went back the next day and got it for him. It’s still a little big so, it’s being stored until he grows a few inches so he can reach the pedals…but he is going to love it!! then we had sushi for dinner…one of Carson’s favorite things!! He LOVES salmon and tuna nigiri. It was a great weekend!

Fall 2011

This has been such a great fall! In fact I think this weekend is really the first “cold” weather we’ve had.

Mid October we went to Apple Hill with Steve’s mom. Apple Hill is just east of Placerville. It was a gorgeous day…actually quite warm! Carson went on his first pony ride.. which he loved!! His pony’s name was Blackie. He walked around in the pumpkins (and blended in) and ran around in the field a bit. We also got some delicious apples and apple-y baked goods…apple fritters, apple doughnuts, and apple strudel. We made some apple sauce that weekend too.

                      

 

    

Carson picked out a little pumpkin and the night before Halloween we carved it. We kept it simple since the attention span was quite short. He wanted to play with the lid and bang the spoon around inside.

                           

And finally on Halloween we went trick or treating with his little friend Sofia and her parents. The kids had a good time. They wanted to walk into everyone’s house. It was pretty cute!

                                 

Carson is 1!!

So actually he turned one 8 days ago on October 3rd…but as usual, I’m behind!

I can’t believe a year is already gone. It seems like we blinked and it was over. It is amazing to think of everything he has accomplished in a single year!

• He is now a master walker (most of the time moving at a speed closer to a run!!)
• He has a small arsenal of words…hi, mama, dada, daddy, nom nom (this is our word for his pacifier), bye bye, nigh nigh
• He loves to read books!
• He loves his kitties…especially Coco Bean since she doesn’t generally run from him. He’s actually pretty gentle with her too!
• He loves to be outside although he’s still not so sure about grass.
• He loves swings!
• He has the sweetest little giggle and is always smiling.
• He has 6 teeth…the 6th one popped through a few days after his birthday.
• He always has to have something in at least one hand if not both.
• He likes to “sing” and/or “dance” to music.
• He does NOT like bubbles (or bubble baths)
• He loves to go for bike rides…although we haven’t managed to go in a while.
• He generally sleeps from 8pm to 6:15am.
• He loves his little buddy Sofia from daycare (which is good because we switching from daycare to a nanny share with Sofia’s family).

He’s generally a happy, easy going little boy who is absolutely everything to me and Steve!

Since I’ve been awful at posting, here are a few pictures

       

Carson ate the entire carrot cake cupcake after eating a huge lunch! He methodically ate all the frosting off the cupcake first then ate the cupcake.

      

Sofia got Carson a cell phone for his birthday. They were both walking around during the party with the phones to their ears saying “hi”

When we did Carson’s 1 year pictures, the photographer let Steve use their lenses and their Canon 1D Mark 3 to take pictures at the same time. She also gave him some pointers for taking pictures of him in the future. We haven’t gotten the pictures back from the photographer yet, but here are some pictures that Steve took. I haven’t had a chance to do any color correction or editing yet.

                                                                                          

The last picture is Carson in all his biking gear!! He loves riding on the back of the bike!