A little Carson video for your viewing pleasure.
You’ll hear his “OH!” late in the video…
Category: Carson
Carson update – 21 months
Some of you may remember when I wrote about Carson’s 18-month appointment, our doctor was semi-concerned about Carson’s (lack of) speech. He didn’t really have any words or sounds that sounded like anything, other than “GOOOOOOOOooooo”, which was usually aimed at a football field.
But before I get to that followup appointment, we had another appointment with the same doctor the day before the speech appointment. Carson had been working on a cough the whole time we were in Florida and it got way worse last Monday night. Like so bad that if Rick had been home (and not at the …
Hot frocolate
I had a freezing cold outdoor photo session yesterday and came up with the idea of having big mugs of hot chocolate for the kids after we took pictures outside.
My kids got to enjoy their hot frocolate tonight. Once Mallory saw the brand new big huge red mugs, she bugged me all day about having some. But between the all the Valentine candy they had from our earlier photo session I didn’t need them having more sugar.
But then I remembered the hot chocolate in our cupboard is sugar-free.
So, I whipped them up a huge mug, complete with whipped cream and …
The Messmakers
Our house isn’t spotless, much to my mother’s constant dismay. It isn’t dirty, like with food tucked under couches and stacks of junk everywhere but we have the mess that comes along with being busy. Folded laundry on the couch that stays a few days longer than it should. Clean pans on the stove that were left out to dry that are still there three days later. The island in our kitchen – while I would LOOOOVE for it to be spotless every day – isn’t ever spotless. Right now it is covered in mail, silly bandz, Carson’s report cards …
Behind the Scenes
I got the backdrop out to take some Valentine pictures of the kids today and Mallory grabbed her camera (our seven-year old Canon Rebel).
Here are some behind the scenes pictures of Mallory having a photo session with her brother.
How stinking funny is she?
Here are the pictures she took (yes, I still have my pajamas on).
I’ll share pictures from my camera another day.
Magical
Our last day in Florida found us at Disney World. I was excited that my Underground Tourist iPhone app predicted that Friday was a good day to hit the Magic Kingdom, crowd-wise.
I was more excited when we got there and found that there was a meet & greet with Ariel at the Magic Kingdom. I mean, Ariel is Mallory and Rick’s FAVORITE PRINCESS, so it could not have been more perfect!
After a quick picture with Pluto right when we walked in the park, and then a minor attitude adjustment for both kids (I was about to turn us around …
Umbabersatal Studios
My conference was only half day on Wednesday so we took the kids to Universal (“Umbabersatal” or “Umbabersal” in Mallorian) Studios in the afternoon – actually Islands of Adventure. We picked Islands instead of Universal because Islands of Adventure has Seussville and we thought that would be better for the children. I was bummed they wouldn’t get to see the Shrek attraction at Universal, but that was the only thing I thought we’d miss.
I have to say that going to other theme parks really make you appreciate the magic of Disney. This park had chipped paint, dead leaves in the …
Help
Carson was trying to get up on a chair in the lobby of the hotel this morning.
Instead of signing “help” to us, he looked at me and put a hand on his bottom to show he wanted me to push him up on the chair.
RB & I were LAUGHING.
2010 Christmas Card
Remember these two posts from November (© Mallory Photography and Happy Thanksgiving) – with outtakes from Christmas card photo sessions? Well, here is our actual Christmas card, with some more outtakes below…
the front:
the back:
And here are some more that didn’t make the cut but were still super cute!
What’s up, Webcam
What happens when you leave your computer unattended, and your 4-yr old quickly learned how to snap pictures with the webcam (and change her hats with the webcam utility thing)?
And one of her brother, for good measure.