Carson

And then he was two.

April 8, 2011

My boy still won’t acknowledge that he’s two years old, but there are lots of other things that we can talk about with Carson turning two.
Like how much he wants to talk. It’s so much fun and so very exasperating all at the same time.
But before I get into all that, here’s a little “what’s going on” with my baby boy.

When I pick him up at school in the afternoon, I get HUGE grins and hugs and chatter about his day. He always wants to carry his little report card paper out to the car (where it gets crumpled up …

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Carson, video

My Birthday Boy

April 2, 2011

I’ve been in denial for a month or so that my sweet baby boy could be turning two. But it happened today. And I didn’t die. But I was sad.
The funny thing is that I think Carson knew I didn’t want him to turn two because the past couple of days if you ask him how old he’s going to be, he’d point one finger and say “uhn”. We’d tell him no – he was going to be two! and show him two fingers.
Then he’d say NO!!!! and tell us “uhn” with one finger. It was a pretty funny game. …

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Carson, Mallory

Tonight…we bowl.

March 29, 2011

Well, it wasn’t really TONIGHT. And it wasn’t last night, really. It was really the other morning. But I couldn’t resist a little Grease 2 reference…
Whatever.
We took the kids bowling the other day. And if you’ve never seen adorable little size 8 bowling shoes, you are missing out. O.M.G.
Rick & I had gone bowling two days before and my thumb got wrecked (like nerves are missing in it still today – it’s tingly and numb, oh but I DID bowl a 165), so just Rick & the kids bowled on Sunday. We had the gutter bumper things up and the …

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Carson

Forgotten

March 26, 2011

I’d forgotten from when Mallory was around this age, but I am remembering quickly how much fun it is to see Carson try to say new words. He’s been babbling for a  while, but now his babbling has transitioned into “words” that I think he thinks actually make sense.
So as he marches around the house, clad only in a diaper, his sister’s pink backpack, a monkey toy and a box of football guys in his hands, making some sort of noise, I imagine he is saying “Mom – look at me. Aren’t I hilarious?”

Carson

All boy

March 23, 2011

Bedtime last night, Carson didn’t want to give up playing with his cars, so he brought them all upstairs with him. When one falls out of his hands and he struggles to get all five packed in his arms again, I think its funny. Is that mean of me?
Anyway – he’s adorable. I love him.

Carson, Mallory

Babies

March 21, 2011

Watching my kids sleep is one of the saddest parts of my day. I can’t help but think, as I see them snoozing, that tonight is the last night they will be this little.
The way Mallory ends up cuddled in my spot of our king bed, her bears and books spread all over the place, and usually some random piece of kid jewelry on my nightstand.
And the way Carson is usually flat on his back, his puppy blankets not far from his hands, paci on the bed next to his head, and his sweet little lips still puckered up like …

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Carson, Mallory, stb, video

Work Outing

March 20, 2011

My neighbor had this really fun idea that we should do this wacky workout video thing for thirty straight days and while she missed one day so far (something about running a race made her unable to do day 13), I’ve been able to keep up the streak…and today was day 20. Tomorrow starts the last third of the challenge – with level 3 – and the end is in sight. We get to have a fun night out as a reward for completing the challenge.
Amy & I usually meet up before work at 5am to get it over with …

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Carson, cousins, video

The Baby Boys

March 20, 2011

My sister & her husband had stuff going on yesterday so I was supposed to watch Lauren & Cameron for the day. Mallory & Lauren were excited to have a whole day together.
When my mom got here with all four of Emily’s kids (Shane was headed to a friend’s house for the afternoon, and my mom was going to take Liam) – Lauren & Mallory decided they wanted to go shopping with my mom & Liam, which left me with just the two baby boys – Carson and 8-mo old Cameron.
I almost had to call in reinforcements to help hold …

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Carson, Mallory, video

Green Day

March 18, 2011

Be sure you see the videos at the bottom of this post…
I’m a little slow on the “have fun and make everything green” uptake for St Patrick’s Day. Reading about how other families have leprechauns wreaking havoc on their house for St Patty’s Day – I need someone to remind me next March 13-ish that I want to do that, K?
But I had fun with our St Patrick’s Day dinner! I wasn’t sure how green food coloring + orange mac & cheese would turn out, but lucky for me green food coloring is dominant.

Mallory drank her green milk too fast …

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