Little boys have to follow you everywhere :)

So...today I went to the bathroom and this is what happened with the little boy....we thought it was quite entertaining :)

The joys of Toilet Paper

Carson discovered the toilet paper roll yesterday. I first told him "No touch" but then decided it was so cute that I had to get a few pictures so I let him keep playing :)

I'm just glad it wasn't the kitty box in front of him that he was getting into!!

About time for an update!

Lets see, I do believe my last post was last October...far too long ago! I do apalogize for the large gap in postings. I will try to keep up on this :)

How to recap the past 4 months...Well a general overview is we had a fabulous holiday season filled with lots of traveling and wonderful time spent with family and friends. Busy of course but well worth it. Carson made out like a bandit, toys and clothes galore! It was such a joy to watch him open the presents, well tear the paper anyways :)

Another of his favorite toys, which allows us to exit the room without worrying about him pulling dvd's out the rack or something of that sort. Nice to have him stay put....like he used to before he was so mobile!:)

A family photo in front of our fireplace.

The most recent events of the Arthur household is that Carson is now walking all over the place! He took his first steps 8 days before he turned 10 months. Ben was holding onto his hands and he let go and he took about 4 or 5 steps towards the tv. It was so exciting for us to see our little boy walking! This video was taken the next day.

Every day since then he has tried to venture out a little farther and has succeeded. Sure he falls on his bottom but he'll just crawl to the closest thing, pull himself up and take off. He is now 10 1/2 months and there's no stop'n him. He will walk from room to room, not quite running yet but getting there. :) So cute to see him walk by a toy, bend down and just pick it up and continue walking.

Some new pics!

He's not always a fan of 'tummy time' but this time he was having fun :)

Football fan in training.

He's getting so big!

His tongue is sooooo long!

Big beautiful blue eyes

An update.... :-)

These last few days have been a bit wearing on mommy. A little boy that doesn't want to take his naps is not so fun. Well at least won't go to sleep without holding him. My hope is that it's a little phase and it will end soon. Tomorrow is a new day right? :) Even when sometimes I feel so tired because he is just crying and won't sleep, I pick him up and he lays his precious little head on my shoulder and falls asleep, and all my frustration just goes away. It is the most heart warming feeling to have my precious baby sleeping on me, I absolutely love it. God knows exactly what we mothers need when we're tired too.....a little boy sleeping on me or a big smile just melts my heart! :)

Anyhow, Carson has began sitting! He'll sit there and often hold his little feet (as he does often anyway) and just look around. So adorable. He's so proud of himself too, he'll look at you and get the biggest grin on his face, we love it. He has not yet mastered this new position, but he's gotten a lot better over the last 2 weeks. Once he gets his balance, he'll sit for a while, look around, play, watch us, and then.....topple over. It's quite entertaining for us. Of course on the hard floor we catch him but on our bed, he just falls and it's kind of funny...he doesn't seem to mind at all.

He's just a little chunk-a-monk isn't he?! :)

So cute!

Ben loves this one....ride'n cowboy!

Always such a smiley boy!

He is very alert and watches everything. And oh boy, if you have anything in you hand, he WILL reach for it and of course it goes straight to the mouth. Some things it's funny to see the look on his face once it actually gets into his mouth and he realizes, yuk this does not taste good.

Playing Peek-a-boo w/daddy

Laughing!

Some good belly laughs :)