3rd Haircut

Carson sat perfectly for his third ever haircut today. What a stud!

IOWA

Some pics from our fabulous trip to Iowa this week...

Playtime with cousin Jakobe!

Today we had a fun visit with the Reckers...Carson's girlfriend Avery Recker is so sweet and gorgeous. We love these friends of ours so much!

We met baby Dylan Everitt (1 week old) and Carson got to check him out. He is a very handsome little newborn and we loved meeting him.

Playtime with Auntie Jenny...

More fun family time at Great Grammy's house...here's Carson with his Aunt Trudy, doing his favorite thing ever...watching Baby Einstein!

Carson is enjoying his visits with his Great Grammy and Great Grampy...

Driving at the park down the street....

Jason and I buzzed over to Iowa City yesterday and had a blast walking around the old stomping grounds. It's been a fun week so far....One more day and then we head back to Vegas on Saturday. It's been a quick few weeks...It will be fun to be back home, although we will miss everybody once we are gone. The next time we're here, probably in the spring sometime, we will have a little lady with us!

Midwest Fun!

In the last few weeks, we've managed to have quite a bit of fun with Mr. Carson. Here is what we have been up to......

New toys!

Thanksgiving in July at my Dad's house with Auntie's Annon and Felecia!

More Thanksgiving fun with Papa Dennis...

Fun in the dirt with Uncle Mike...

All dirty and wet....his favorite!

At the Children's Farm with my mom's family....

He loved the animals so much that he was mad that he couldn't get closer....like, close enough to eat their poop and hay!

Not sure about this ducky...

Inspecting picnic tables at the Orland Park Farmer's Market

All over everywhere in the baby pool...

Now we are in Iowa with more fun ahead of us!

The latest....

I have been terrible about blogging lately! Carson and I are in Chicago and I am lacking the computer cord for my camera. We are having a very enjoyable trip. The purpose of our trip is to visit my father as much as possible, as he is very ill from cancer. Dad is enjoying our time together very much, so every day is a blessing. Carson is enjoying his time in Chicago, though he misses his daddy terribly. Jason is joining us here in 6 days - not that we're counting! Carson has picked up several new skills in the last week and a half since we've been here. He's learned to walk backwards....has amped up his throwing skills enough such that he was able to launch my wallet into the baby pool that we were swimming in yesterday..... and he gets super silly and runs around the room laughing when he is in the mood....Carson also has new words pouring out of him....Words like "No no" ,"man", and "Dee" (for Dora) are among the latest. Also, our last ultrasound appointment for our baby girl was an A+. She is growing perfectly and is really rockin' in there. She bumps around inside of my belly at all hours, and loves to kick Carson in the back while I am rocking him to sleep. I'm sure that is just the beginning of what he will be hearing from her! The plan is in place for my c-section at 39 weeks as long as all continues to be well...that will be November 3rd. It will be here before we know it!

14 Months

Our Moose A. Moose is 14 months and we took some pictures with his monkey yesterday.

You can see his enthusiasm for the picture-taking by the last picture....He's like "I'm just going to lay here and watch my show while my Mama and Nana goof around with this monkey!"

Book worm

Carson is a complete and total book worm. It is so cute.

This morning I didn't hear from him for a few minutes, so I looked and found him wedged in the corner all by himself, just paging through his books over and over.

He also did an eight piece wooden puzzle this morning, all by himself. I'm sure other kids his age do the exact same things...but there is something about seeing your baby achieve an intellectual milestone that makes it all so exciting and special.

Carson is 14 months old today! His busy-ness has reached a whole new level. He is also learning new words daily....this week he tried to say "movie", "bowl", and "pool".

We love to watch our litttle boy develop before our eyes. What a guy!