Carson

FINALLY…he eats cake

March 28, 2010

Carson & I have some pretty big birthdays coming up. Later this week I’ll celebrate the 19th anniversary of my 21st birthday, and Carson is, obviously, turning one.
You’ve all seen my failed attempts at the cake smash but once we had him strapped in his high chair with no options to crawl away, my sweet baby boy went to TOWN on his birthday cake.
More about the party later – I have to finish editing some pictures from last week, but I’ll tell you that Carson’s cute blue & white & yellow striped button-down is currently in the washer on “super-soak”.

Mallory

A lost picture

March 25, 2010

I took this picture with my iPhone last summer and never shared it here. 

stb

It’s almost here

March 24, 2010

You know something is really close when the date shows up on a milk carton.

Carson, Mallory

What they’re up to…

March 23, 2010

Mallory’s latest “things”:

Mallory. Mallory Mallory Mallory. She continues to be awesome and fun and smart and sassy and bratty and silly and loveable and oh so three.
She’s been able to count forever, but just this week she’s started to count on her fingers. Who’d have thought that flipping up one finger at a time could be so difficult. It’s so funny.
She’s been working on her letters – BIG TIME. She is constantly spelling her name, and Carson’s name and Mom and Dad. She’s started to identify letters on signs as we’re driving, and tonight she got grumpy because she could …

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Carson, Mallory, video

My Mobile Baby Boy!

March 23, 2010

The video speaks for itself…

Carson’s been taking some steps for the past few weeks but just this past weekend he’s really started walking for real. He seems to do it more when we aren’t egging him on – apparently my “Look at him go!!!” cheer scares him. Especially because now Mallory will get him up on his feet to make him walk, and then SHE yells “LOOK AT YOU GO!!!!”
I think crawling is still his preferred mode of transportation but we’re having fun watching him learn his new skill.

Carson

BFF, Take 2

March 22, 2010

Cool, huh? My son who can spot a piece of cake from a mile away (and will then refuse the rest of his dinner), refused to dig into his fancy homemade cupcake cake (please don’t judge me on my cake decorating skills, thanks).

What is WRONG with that boy?

Baby Arlo, Pregnancy, stb

Facebook Updates – almost one year ago

March 20, 2010

Yes, I saved all my Facebook* statuses from the end of March and the end of my pregnancy last year because they were too funny to not save. These updates were to save people from having to call or email me to see if I’d had the baby yet.
Enjoy. :-)
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Samantha is a million weeks pregnant and the bleep-bleep middle of the mall kiosk people think I’m interested in maintaining my natural nails?? BACK OFF!!!! March 24 at 12:17pm
Samantha is not impressed with my trip to the mall. I spent too much money, …

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Mallory

Conversations

March 17, 2010

Watching the Olympics, a commercial with Apolo Anton Ono – skating on a track by himself – came on and Mallory asked “where are his friends?”.
Watching women’s ice skating, she asked “where are the daddies?”.
In Chicago on the metra – she said she didn’t like that train because she only likes pink trains.

Carson, stb

Sad and Happy

March 17, 2010

As we approach my baby boy’s first birthday (OHMYGOD he’ll be ONE in two weeks!), I am slowing weaning myself from the breastpump. I’m still nursing Carson every night and during the day on the weekends and hope to keep that up as long as possible, but I thought I’d do a little list about how I feel about this. Here goes:

I’m happy to regain all the lost time I spend pumping – even thought it is only one-two times a day right now.
I’m happy that I don’t have to worry about ruining my pants with spilled drops of milk …

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Carson, Mallory

We are READY for spring!

March 17, 2010

I’m pretty fired up about the weather breaking (even though it’s going to get yucky again next week). It was so fun to be outside with both kids yesterday!
 Checking his blindspot… 
 
Mallory giving him a fill-up

What a sweetpea
 
Gorgeous…