3 Months

Wow time flies!! So this is a little late. Carson hit the 3 month mark the day I went back to work. I’m sure he’s over 15 lbs now, although I haven’t weighed him and he’s into 3-6 month clothes…some of which are already getting a little tight on his little Buddha belly. He loves to sit up and look around at everything and everything he can get his little hands on goes straight into his mouth. We’ve started putting bibs on him since he’s quite the little slobber monster and completely soaks the front of whatever he is wearing not to mention the sleeves from chewing on his hands and arm. He sits at the table in his high chair when we’re eating dinner now and seems to keep himself occupied. I think he makes new noises everyday and once he figures out he can make a new noise he does it nonstop.

This pictures is a little old, but Coco Bean has recently taken a lot of interest in Carson. Every time he starts crying she comes running to see what’s going on and jumps right up in his face and starts purring up a storm.

 

So the first week back to work has come and gone and I’m on week 2. We all survived the first week. The first day was MUCH harder than I thought it would be, but I have started to get back into the swing of things at work and I we’ve started to find a routine that works for us at home. I think Steve had a new found appreciation for how “busy” a baby can keep you during the day. When I called him to tell him I was on my way home the first day his response was “Good, I’m tired of this kid…I can’t get anything done!!” The rest of the week he had people help him out for an hour or two in the afternoon so he could take a shower and eat lunch and that seemed to make the day a little easier for Steve . So now we are on week 2 and Carson is with our neighbors for the week. Monday was a little hard on both of them. Carson had a mini meltdown in the morning and refused to eat much, but they worked out their system by the afternoon and Tuesday was a MUCH better day! I’m still trying to figure out what my ultimate work schedule is going to be, but for now I’m back full time and have just modified my hours a little so I’m home by 5:30pm which is when I’ll have to pick him up from daycare. Daycare starts next Wednesday and hopefully it goes as well as these first two weeks have.

Steve and I did a mini photo shoot with Carson to get some 3 month pictures. Here are some of my favorites.

                             

         

Grandma Prudhel came over to help on Thursday. She and Carson had lots of fun in his jumper!

         

Friday night Carson was worn out and fell asleep holding on to my arm.

I’ll let you know how the start of daycare goes next week.

Christmas 2010

We started off by celebrating with Steve’s family the week before Christmas. Unfortunately Steve’s mom was very sick and couldn’t make it, but Steve went over to her house before and installed a webcam for her so she can see Carson more often. It’s been great!! This was the first time our nephew Shawn met Carson. Carson really liked him. Shawn was holding him like a pro. It’s all that practice he got with his little sister! In addition to Steve’s sister’s family, her husbands parents…aka Grandma and Grandpa Kavanaugh celebrated with us as well. Here are a few pictures from the occasion.

Carson and Cousin Samantha (2.5 years old)

Carson with Grandma & Grandpa Kavanaugh

         

Carson with Cousin Shawn (12 years old)

Carson with Uncle Jim & Cousin Samantha

         

This is the cute Santa bag (which Santa can use for many years to come) and the stuffed Rudolph from Grandma & Grandpa Kavanaugh.

On Tuesday Carson and I headed out pick up Auntie Susan, Uncle Leevi, and Cousin Adam at the Oakland airport and drive up to Nana & Papa’s house. The weather was actually decent on Wednesday and Thursday and we were able to go to the beach and to Old Town Eureka. This was Carson’s first trip to the beach.

Wednesday night we had dinner with the Brody’s which is always fun!

Carson and Dianne

Steve flew in on Friday. Carson was happy to see his Daddy!!

On Christmas day we took family pictures since we were all together and are not sure when that will happen again!

          

Here are some pictures from Christmas morning.

Carson and Cousin Adam (2.5 years old)

          

Sitting in his bumbo from Auntie Susan and family playing with his toys from Nana and Papa.

          

And here are just a couple of random pictures.

Adam almost fell asleep on the couch watching Cat in the Hat, but no such luck! He looks pretty comfy though!

Susan did a little mini photo shoot with Carson. Here are a few of my favorites.

Now that the year is over, it’s time for me to go back to work. Tomorrow is my first day back. Still not quite sure what my schedule is going to be like, but it’s going to be a lot more difficult to go back to work than I thought it would be!! I’ll let you know how it goes! Steve’s going to be watching Carson this week, so it will be an adventure!

Videos

This is from 11/19. Carson often starts smiling and cracking up while he's sleeping. It's hilarious!

This is from 11/22 (~7 weeks).

11/28 He is so smiley when he wakes up in the morning!

11/30 He loves playing on his mat.

12/2 (8.5 weeks) Sorry...can't figure out how to flip the video.

12/3 He was hanging on to his pacifier making sure it didn't get away from him.

12/4 Such a happy baby!

Catching Up

So it’s been 3 weeks since my last post…time sure does fly!

Carson is now 9 weeks old and almost anything will catch his attention. He is grabbing and holding on to things, is smiling all the time and laughing…although most of his laughing is done in his sleep, loves to jump in his bouncer, holds his head up sooooo well, and loves to “stand up” until his little legs give out. And he’s sleeping 7-8 hours at night!

Here are a few pictures of him. I’ll post a couple of videos soon.

         

 

  

 

 

6 Weeks

Carson is now six weeks old (as of yesterday). He had his 6 week appt this morning. Here are his stats:

Length: 21.75 inches (25%)

Weight: 11lb 2oz (75%)

Head Circumference: 38 cm (25%)

He got 4 vaccine shots and a drink this morning. He loved the drink and screamed when they gave him the shots but was over it in less than a minute. Hopefully he isn’t too grumpy for the rest of the day…so far so good

He smiled a “real” smile for the first time last Monday at 5 weeks and 1 day. And has started to laugh in the last couple of days. Of course he rarely does either for the camera or video camera!

Steve has been feeding him a bottle at bedtime and putting him to bed for the last two weeks or so…some nights go a little smoother than others as far as the bottle goes. We’re still working on it, but it has gone better than expected. He doesn’t seem to care if the bottle is warm or cool…but cold straight out of the fridge didn’t go over so well.

He seems to be transitioning to sleeping closer to 6-6.5 hours at night which has been nice, but won’t always go back to sleep after that. I guess 5:30 am isn’t so bad…could be much worse!

Steve and I did a mini photo shoot with him yesterday. Here are a couple of pictures