Rolling Over Again

Last Saturday (2/19) Carson started rolling over from his back to his tummy. He is now a pro and is doing it all the time!

Here’s a video of him. You’ll have to excuse my horrible videography skills!

Great Grandma Bird

Saturday we drove up to Red Bluff to see my grandma…Carson’s Great Grandma Bird. It was the first time the two of them met as well as the first time Carson has met his Great Uncle Robert. We decided to surprise Grandma since it is her 89th birthday on Tuesday. She got to spend some time with Carson and we took her out to lunch. It was a long day, but well worth it!! We hope Uncle Robert and Grandma enjoyed it as much as we did!

   

On our way home we stopped at Grandma Prudhel’s house and went to dinner with her. She was happy to see Carson…especially since the last time she saw him he wasn’t feeling so good and was a little cranky!

Some Newer Pictures

Just a few pictures taken over the last few weeks.

     

Hanging out with Coco Bean

         

 

           

He sleeps holding on to both of his ears.

  

We have a whole series of pictures of him smiling and laughing. I think we’re going to put together a print that will show the whole series.

           

           

           

Finding His Toes and His Voice

In the last week or so, Carson has really started to take an interest in his toes. He actually sits up pretty well by himself for short periods of time, but those toes are so interesting that he bends in half and takes a header most of the time trying to get them in his mouth.

In addition to finding his toes, he’s also found his voice. He talks and talks and talks.

Apparently our cat, Sam, understands Carson’s language. Here they are having a conversation.

Mirror mirror on the wall…who the heck is that baby and why won’t he talk at all??

Mirror Mirror

Toes make for great entertainment.

Toes

Rolling Over

This is a long overdue post! I just realized it’s been 3 weeks since I’ve posted anything. Where does the time go?? So this will be the first in a string of posts in an attempt to get up-to-date.

The day before Carson started daycare (1/18) is the first day Carson rolled over from his tummy to his back. Of course we didn’t catch it on video, but we actually did a few days later!

Rolling over

3.5 Months & Daycare

Carson started daycare on Wednesday and so far he has done great! The first day they told me he never cried or fussed and that he is such a good baby! The second day he fussed a little in the morning when he was going down for a nap, but that was it. I think he is loving watching all the other kids.

Carson had his 3 month doctor’s appt today. We’re off from the normal schedule because they were trying to give infants the DTap as soon as possible. So at 3.5 months he’s:

14lb 15oz

25 inches

40.5 cm head

And Steve decided to share his cold with both me and Carson, so the poor little guy has a runny nose, is sneezing like crazy, and coughs occasionally. Hopefully he gets over it soon!

Here’s a picture we took on Tuesday after we went on a walk.

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.