First Tooth

So this is one of five posts that I’ve posted tonight, so make sure you scroll down through them all.

Carson has his first tooth poking through. He’s been a little cranky off and on. It poked through last Sunday or Monday. Of course, he couldn’t be part of the norm…so the tooth he is getting is not his bottom front...it’s not even the top front…it’s a side tooth on the bottom left…maybe a molar?? or a canine?? Kind of hard to tell when it’s just a bump and there are no other teeth for relative location! I’ll keep you posted once we can tell what it actually is!

Random Pictures

            

Carson all “Beet” up

We went to Farmer’s Market on Saturday and bought some good looking beets for Carson to try along with some broccoli. Carson tried beets for the first time this weekend…unfortunately this weekend Carson also learned how to “blow” food out of his mouth. Not the best combo. On top of it, daddy was feeding him and doesn’t have quite as much practice But the good news is, he liked beets and broccoli as well as lentils, eggs, and plain yogurt!! We still haven’t found anything he won’t eat.

            

I think the beets were maybe for lunch on Saturday. Friday night Steve was feeding Carson and I think it was the BIGGEST mess Carson has ever made!!

            

Samantha’s 3rd Birthday Party

Last Saturday we went to Stockton to celebrate Sam’s (our niece) 3rd birthday. They had a bounce house in the back yard for the kids to play in (and some of us brave adults too). We had pizza and cake and Sam got to open her presents. Everyone had a good time. Here are a few pictures from the event.

This is me and Carson in the bounce house…he wasn’t so sure about it!!

I LOVE this picture. Steve and I have both been playing with the picture in Lightroom.  Here are few variations.

                         

Steve was getting fancy with the one below!!

Here’s the birthday girl’s cake. It was yummy!!

Here’s the birthday girl!

                         

Nice Weather

We had some beautiful weather a couple of weeks ago, so Carson hung out on the front lawn while Steve and I got a little yard work done.

                                        

New Artwork

After remodeling our family room, we decided we needed some art above our fireplace. We had looked at a few pieces in our favorite furniture store (which has now closed ) but didn’t find the right color combination. We found out the artist was actually a store employee and she agreed to do a custom piece for us. She just finished it about a week ago…at 38 weeks pregnant!!! They brought it over and we absolutely LOVE it!! It is perfect for the colors and feel of the room. Here it is…what do you think??

What you can’t see in these pictures is our carpet in the room. It has a wavy pattern similar to that in the artwork.

6 Months

Today was Carson’s 6 month appointment. He is doing great! Ears are all clear now which was good news!

He’s in the 50th percentile across the board.

Head: 44 cm

Weight: 17 lb 3 oz

Height: 26.25 in

He’s sitting by himself (and has for a few weeks). He’s getting closer to crawling, but it will probably be a few weeks yet. He’s squawking like crazy. We call him the little pterodactyl.

He LOVES his food. He eats absolutely everything! This was the first week he ate food at daycare and the first two days I didn’t take enough food for him! Since I’m making all his food it’s frozen in ice cube trays. All total he’s eating between 12 and 15 “ice cubes” of food every day…probably about 12-20 oz of food. He’s had beef, chicken, turkey, cauliflower, green beans, peas, sweet potato, butternut squash, carrots, rice, oatmeal, apple, blueberries, banana, peas…I’m sure I’m forgetting some. I’m going to have to mass produce his food on the weekends to keep up with him…so tomorrow we’re off to Costco to buy a Vita Mix. I burned up the motor in our blender last night Can’t wait to see if it’s as good as people claim it is…if it’s not it’ll go back. I’m not going to pay that kind of money for an “okay” product!!

He also LOVES his baths. He splashed all over the places and tries to drink the yucky bath water out of the little cups he has.

He is so much fun these days. Steve and I feel so blessed to have such a happy easy going little guy.