Precious!

Our friend Wendie Sanders was kind enough to take some 6 month pictures of Carson recently. She is so incredibly talented at photography and we are so lucky that we have her near us to photograph Carson as he grows up. She recently started her photography business and she is a sure success with her amazing eye for those precious little moments.
Check them out!

Da Bears

Carson's love affair with the bears on his changing table has ended.

Here is Carson, at eight weeks, gazing at his bears with adoration.

Carson, at six months, broke up with his bears by tearing them down from their post.

He makes his feeling clear....no breaking up with a text or a post-it note....this boy is over them!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

If you are anywhere near Las Vegas and you happen to hear the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's "Messiah" swelling from the southwest part of the valley.....make no mistake my friends....it is not because of the upcoming Christmas holiday.....it is coming from our house...because Carson

SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT!

The last two nights, Carson has slept straight through the night, from about 6:45 PM to 6 or 6:30 AM. I was beginning to contemplate that this day may never come. But it has!
Coincidentally, the special first night of sleeping through came on the night we put up our Christmas tree. It's a Festivus Miracle!

Carson is getting funnier by the day. He is a busy, busy boy. We had our first "forward movement" where Carson pushed off my leg with his feet and grabbed a toy while on his belly. He sits up well enough that he can play by himself for awhile while seated and I don't worry about him toppling over. Papa Dave baby proofed our cabinets the other day and I am thinking it won't be long before we're glad we have that done!

Here are some recent pics of our little guy.......

The fam at Town Square

Carson and his two-weeks-older neighbor buddy, Chase.

Our tree....

Little Dickens, up to no good....

Here is a hair shot from this morning....Carson's hair has made big gains in the last couple of weeks....enough such that hair gel was purchased and is now used daily to give Carson a "spike". He's so hip and happenin'!

You don't say??

Fun with the GPs!

Grandpa Dennis returns from Mandalay Bay long enough to feed Carson his dinner!

Playing with Papa Dave

By the Town Square Christmas Tree with GB

Still in the pool in November...

Kind of look like this guy....Uh oh!!

Hugs!

Carson is having a great time with three of his grandparents in town!

We haven't taken any pics with Grandpa Dennis yet, as he has been at Mandalay Bay all day long, browsing the nickel slots. But if and when we see him again, he will be absorbed in wonderment with Mr. Carson. The Hurricane Dennis and the Smiths are loving grandparenthood more than ever now that Carson is the biggest ham on planet Earth.

Carson has a few new tricks these days. He gives hugs! If he's sitting on the ground and you say "Hugs!", he holds out his arms and leans in towards you and gives you this big juicy baby hug. It is the sweetest thing ever. He is also moving quite a bit more on his belly, rotating in almost a full circle by kicking his legs and waving his arms. I am thinking that crawling isn't too far behind.

Uh oh! Here are some pics from the last couple of days.

Carson and Papa Dave

Below: Carson with his rattle from Great Grammy - thanks to her for this awesome toy.

He loves it!

And finally........Hugs!!

Cuter than average

Just some pics from our playtime today. Carson looks particularly cute today. He just woke up today and is somehow cuter than yesterday. I don't know how!

Carson is obsessed with the remote. Yes, it has begun. I don't have a chance of watching Gossip Girl once I have to try to steal the remote from both Jason AND Carson!

Does this make my butt look big?

As of yesterday, Carson is the proud owner of a cloth diaper.

Yes, I said it. A cloth diaper!

I ordered one for him.....notice I said ONE....just to see how it would work. One of the moms in my mom's group recommended the "Bum Genius" type to me and said that she really likes using it. Now, I never pictured myself to be the cloth diapering, homemade baby food making, breastfeeding until after 6 months type of mother. But alas, here I am, doing all three.

The funniest thing about Carson's cloth diaper is that it makes his butt look massive (see above).

Let it also be known that Jason thinks I am utterly crazy for even ordering a cloth diaper.

There is a very good chance that I am.

On a side note....you can see Carson's mullet in the picture above. Carson was born with all of this crazy brown baby hair all over his head. Over the last 6 months, it has receded into this perfectly shaped, 80's style baby mullet that refuses to go away. I can't bring myself to cut it. It is Carson's style....the way he was intended! There is a good chance that in Carson's lifetime, the mullet will resurface as high fashion. But for now....we have a baby with a stylin' mullet that wants to stay the course. We will be sure to show it to his future prom dates.

The weather is perfect here right now. Above is Carson pictured in his stroller....our favorite thing to do right now is to get out and walk in the mid-70's and sunny weather! We have some visitors coming to see us this weekend - Grandma Barbie and Grandpa Dave arrive on Friday night and the Hurricane himself, Grandpa Dennis, blows into town on Sunday. Should be a fun week before Thanksgiving!!

Giggle Monster

While Carson and Jason were playing today, I think we determined Carson is TICKLISH! Here he is giggling with his daddy!

Jump around!

Carson inherited his godbrother Isaiah Oliver's much heralded jumperoo this weekend. We retrieved it yesterday from the Oliver house and Carson has been enjoying it ever since. It's been a great weekend thus far. The weather here is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT and we have been taking tons of walks. Carson is more and more the explorer these days....he will get into anything he can get his little chubby bubby hands on.

At Springs Preserve with Mom, Kellie, and Parker. Below...corn in Nevada?!?!?!

Some pics with Mommy....we are never pictured together because I am always taking pics of him! Mamarazzi alert!

Carson rocks some serious peach fuzz on his dome these days.

Loving his jumperoo....Who says that white babies can't jump?!?! :)

Loving dinner with Dad.

We voted!

Carson at the polls for the very first time!

Sorry Jas

Pictured is Mr. Carson, getting ready to go and Barack the vote with Mommy today.

We always have a good time in the Smith house every four years when politics dominates the headlines. Jason leans right and I lean left, so we have fun teasing each other throughout campaign season. It's all in good fun! We will have to see what Carson chooses to be when he is older. But for now, the Obama onesie it is! In all fairness, no one bought him a McCain onesie....although even if he had one....he has a Democrat dressing him. :)

Mr. Gigglesworth

A few pics from our Halloween adventure at Town Square....Plus a video of Carson giggling!

It's so funny to be 6 months old!