Little sneeze/smile

So I was sitting with Carson on my lap the other day and he started to sneeze. Usually he would sneeze a couple of times and then let out a mellow " Ohhhhhh". However, we had been smiling at each other, he has been smiling a lot lately, when the sneeze started. He was right in the middle of the sneeze, with the serious look on his face, when he cracked a smile and the sneeze went away. Then the cooing started. It was so funny to watch and my description does not do it justice. So many of these moments I wish I could get on camera but he is already camera shy...like his dad.

K here they are

See if you can spot when I dress him and when Bren dressed him.....

This is how pumped he gets to go running.

He was talking about how he blends with the seat here....

He is so excited about his new shoes.

Here is that smile, usually seen after he has peed on you....

3 Months Already

So as you have noticed that all of the previous posts have been by Bren. I am now trying my hand at this blogging thing....closely supervised of course. Carson is now 3 months old and he just a hoot. He has been talking our ears off about anything that comes to his mind. It's funny that he went from not really enjoying his daily diaper changes to having a great time on the changing table. He gets on there and starts running and running and running. We should post a video of it.....someday. You can tell that we are great at keeping this thing updated. Another thing that he loves to do on the changing table is be naked...and pee on the closest person. He has great timing. Just when you think that you have waited long enough or you're done playing....he strikes. He waits to the last minute while you're rolling the edges of the diaper and BAM! urine all over your hand...then he smiles. It's as if he is playing tag but he didn't bother to tell you until you're it.

One of his favorite things now is to stand in our laps. He is getting quite good and his muscles are getting stronger every day. Don't think that I would trust him to hold a cup of tea but he is getting there. We got one of those Baby Einstein videos for him and he really likes it. He sits in his chair and yells at the tv.....a future sports fan I think. Its been great to watch him as we enter and leave the room. He used to just sit there in a pile but now we know he is watching for us. Also from what I have ready he can pick out our voices (note: I was just corrected on that last sentence :) love you wife). I meant that he hears us and then actually looks for us.

I went to work one night and passed him off to mom.....he was not happy that I was leaving. It was a good feeling, I can say that cause I didn't stick around for the screaming, to know that I am missed and not just a guy that he pees on from time to time. We have been trying to keep up with taking pitures because he is growing by the minute. Not sure where he is getting his height from....not mom, but he seems so long. Lets just say that he is not going to starve to death.....linebacker. So here are a few of our recent pictures. On a last note; I went fishing....wait....hiking with my dad last weekend and talked to Bren after we had hiked to the top of the world. She mention that he was not sleeping well that day and I passed the news to dad. His first comment was that the apple does not fall far from the tree. I scoffed at the notion that he was talking about me because I was an angel....of course I do know that every parent hopes that there kids have kids just like they were when they were kids. Ok there kids' kids....yeah I think I got that rigtht. Anyway, the pictures.

2 months old!

Carson is now 2 months and we just can't believe it. He's gotten so big! He had his 2 month checkup last Thursday and he is one healthy boy. He's in the 75% for height and weight! We're not sure where the height is coming from... we'll see how long that lasts. He also got 3 shots that day too.... he wasn't so happy with those but he did calm down quickly after he realized he was done getting poked. Poor little guy, that was hard watching him cry because he was in pain and we couldn't do anything about it but we sure cuddled him right after!

He is 'talking' so much now, it's like you can have tiny conversations with him, well I like to think so. I know there's so much more to come as the months go on but this is sure a fun start :) He is also smiling a lot and man is that adorable! Big gummy grins are so cute!

From Mommy, to Mom, to Mother

Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.
Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.
Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.
Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of carpets.
Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.
Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' and get their answer when a little voice says, 'Because I love you best.'
Real Mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grade... It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother...

The Images of Mother
4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mommy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.
14 YEARS OF AGE - Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either.
16 YEARS OF AGE - Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it!
35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows! Please send this to 5 Moms today. If you don't, nothing bad will happen, but if you do, something good will: You will boost a Mother's spirits.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Doesn't this happen to every parent? Or no?

So yesterday we went to my friend Eroica's home so she could take some photos of Carson for a new marketing project she's doing. (She takes beautiful photos by the way: www.preciousportraits.org) We were out in her studio trying to get some photos and Carson was being a bit fussy so I fed him and he was still a little squirmy....The diaper bag was out by the family room so we went out there to change him. Oh, Suzy and her 3 boys were there too, I'll just throw that in there now. So there we are with a cleaned up, happy baby just laying on the floor and then Eroica mentions that maybe we should get some cute little naked shots of Carson since he's happy. That seemed like a good idea to me so I pick him up and off we went down the hall towards the studio. Well we never made it back to the studio...clean that is. I began to feel a wet warm sensation on my stomach..."Ah man he just peed on me" I said....and then he decided to pass a little gas...still ok I guess...AND THEN the explosion of POO came out and all over me it went!! On my arm, all over my shirt, oh and of course on the diaper that I was so casually holding in my other hand, ya know I was taking it back to the studio so I could put it on him once we were done with naked shots, well that didn't work out so well. Suzy and Eroica were both there to witness this all too I might add and oh man did they get a kick out of it! I did too I must say. Oh I forgot to add that as I was walking back to clean him and myself up from this mess, I turn around only to see that there's also poo all over Eroica's carpet! I felt SO bad. She was such a sweetheart though and said not to worry it's only carpet and she got here steam cleaner out right away and got it cleaned up but oh my gosh what a mess. I'm thinking I just must be extra special or something because Suzy has never had that happen to here and she's had 3 boys! So that was my lovely experience with getting poo'd on by my little boy :)
And just to add we never did get to finish the photo shoot.... Carson had only slept for 30min prior to going over there which isn't much of a nap so he just wasn't wanting to be posed. We tried...it didn't work.

But I hope you enjoyed wonderful my story and got a good chuckle! Oh the joys of parenthood! :-)

Carson is exploring his world

Carson has been loving to "talk" to us more and more all the time. His little voice is so precious and it's fun talking back to him. Often when he sneezes, and they come in mulitples (so cute), he then coo's afterwards, like it's a relief or something. It makes us laugh every time.
On May 1st he gave us his first real smile, it was so exciting that he was actually doing it while he was awake! He's been doing the smiling thing in his sleep since the beginning, which is still so cute, but to know he did it because he was looking at us and happy made a couple very excited parents! He's done a few more times since then and I can't wait to see it more and more.
He is such an observant little boy, always looking around at different colors or shapes... or sometimes it's just at the wall and I wonder what in the world he's looking at... Nevertheless he's seeing all sorts of new things and loves to look around. He follows us a lot, just watching, studying his mom and dad. It's the most amazing feeling to know that to this tiny little person you are, as parents, all he wants. You are their comfort, their security, their love, their provider, you are their everything.