The evolution of Carson

The evolution of Carson...by Daddy.
These two have so much fun together at night! Its adorable.

Crawling (plus lots of grunting)...


Sitting Up (his new favorite past time)...


And somehow, already trying to stand...

First "Real" Food

Last night was the very first time Carson got to have baby food. I am going to make all of his food so I made and froze sweet potatoes, bananas and avocados. It was actually really easy.

Carson got sweet potatoes to start with. We were all laughing the entire time because you could tell he did not know what was going on. I now know that he needs it to be MUCH thinner.

He started out okay...



And then the gagging started...


Followed by a full throw-up.



And a bath. He was COVERED in milk and chunky sweet potato.

6-Month Dr. Appt

He was at 15 pounds, 15 ounces and 27 1/2 inches.

That means he is in the 90th percentile for his height and 25th for his weight. He is surprisingly really long and skinny. This also means we only have another inch and a half before we have to get a new car seat! I can't believe he is already almost out of the infant carrier.

The doctor said he is doing awesome and didn't have any concerns at all. Our little guy is getting so big!

Six Month Pictures

HAPPY 1/2 BIRTHDAY, CARSON!!!

I have to say, I honestly cannot believe how fast the last six months have gone by. We have a totally new baby every few weeks and he is sooooooo different than even a month or two ago. This was by far the most difficult photo shoot to date. He will do anything he can to get his hands on paper and I couldn't get him to hold still!

Oh well. This is the kind of thing that makes for the memories.







By this point I just gave up. I was laughing so hard and he was having more fun chewing on it!



I got him distracted for one last picture...

Just for fun

Teeth Close-up

This was totally unintentional, but with Carson having a little melt-down I got a good picture of his new teeth. Anytime you try to look at them by pulling his lip down he just sticks out his tongue so you can't see a thing.
If you click on the picture you can see it much larger.

Who is that?

Carson obviously doesn't yet know that he is looking at himself in the mirror. However, he does LOVE to look in the mirror. I wonder what he is thinking?! We have so much fun on the changing table, especially in the mornings.
(And yes, those are little fingerprints all over the mirror. I don't fight it anymore. :) )

What I get to wake up to in the morning...

Melts.my.heart.

Random Carson

To start, Carson started saying ma-ma-ma-ma-ma this week! I WON!!!!!

Here is a sequence of Carson's new favorite past time: Kitty Hunting.
Now that he can get where ever he wants, he has trapped Lily on the stairs, in the corner behind the swing, on Carl...




She's nice, I promise!!! She lets him do it.


Once she is gone he will play with anything, apparently including my feet.

And yes, he is STILL fascinated with the camera.


Carson is also absolutely obsessed with putting any kind of cup Carl has in his mouth. Last night he screamed until Carl gave it to him. This was at our BBQ on Sunday. You may also notice a water bottle in many of the pictures here. He'll take that over anything too. He is perfectly content as long as he can chew on something he really shouldn't have. Go figure.



Here's one for Dad and Grandpa -
I found him double-fisting his football and baseball yesterday morning. :)
He is kind of like a dog now in that he spreads his toys out all over the floor and then rounds them back up.


You can see how much hair he has gotten lately in these pictures. It sticks straight up on top most days...

BIG developments this week

1. On Sunday Carson decided to start crawling forward! It is so cute and fun to watch him get so excited. All of a sudden he just figured out on his own how to put everything together and off he went!
Here is a video from last night. Turn on your sound and you can here him grunting with excitement!



2. Carson has 2 teeth! It seems like he has been "teething" for weeks now. He drools all over the place, chews on anything he can find and has been so cranky.
I thought I could feel something yesterday. Sure enough, there were his two front teeth on the bottom poking up on the surface. Hopefully once they break all the way through we will have a little relief in the sleep department... sigh.

Bengals Boys

We had so much fun on Sunday. We went to Old Chicago to watch the Bengals and Cowboys game since it wasn't on TV. This was a perfect opportunity to dress Carson up in his Bengals outfit for the first time. I bought the outfit last Christmas and got a 6-9 month size so it would fit during this football season. His little shoes are so cute! They look like baby cleats, have the Bengals logo on the side and look like a football on the back. We had to take pictures of the guys together!

"Nap time" in the crib

Yep, this face has us wrapped around his tiny little finger. And it.is.awesome.

Good luck Grandma Susan!

Grandma Susan is at the hospital today having full reconstructive breast surgery. She is beyond excited to get this done (finally) and she will look awesome very soon! She had implants put in over 20 years ago and found out in February that one of them had ruptured. It isn't doing any harm, but it was great motivation to have this all taken care of.

Anyway, I just wanted to post some juju for her. (And some for me since I'll be helping to take care of her for the next week! :)) Hopefully I can post some pictures in the weeks to come.