Thursday, February 24, 2011

Learning as we go!

Time is marching foward.
Carson turns three in two months and Sam is almost 16 months.
Where the time has gone, I am not sure!
But one thing is for sure.....we are having a blast this month.
The kids got sick shortly after my last post, hence my lack of blogging.
We had coughs and colds for a couple of weeks but now we are all well and ready to take on the world again.


Carson is busy loving school, playing, and hitting tee balls.
He loves to hit the tee ball in our backyard. He is really good and hits home-run style fly balls off the tee almost every single time. I am excited if he's interested in baseball because it's a nice, warm weather, "safe" sport.
He's doing really good in school and the teachers have good things to say about him pretty consistently. He is still the only boy in his class of six kids but he is holding his own with the ladies. I have stopped bothering him about the potty - he is getting there slowly but surely. I am trying not to pressure him, knowing that the more mom wants him to do something, the less likely he is to do it. I figure one of these days things will click and we will be 100%.

Samantha is talking my ear off.
We took the kids to the Shark Reef last weekend, and she ran through the place, saying "SHARK! Right there!! Shark! Right there!" until she saw another big fish and said "WHALE!!!!"
She says "thank you" whenever she's given something and when she falls she says "Sorry!"
We are enjoying watching her personality emerge day by day.
She is definitely a bruiser, which is good since most of her friends are boys.
She is rough and tumble, a major climber, not afraid of much, and a big reader.
She loves Dora and SuperWhy. When you say "cuatro" she says "cinco".
She is silly and always a step ahead of mom and dad.
We love our two babies that are growing so fast and teaching us about life.
Cheers to another great month of being parents to Carson and Sam!

Friday, February 11, 2011

Miss Big Girl

Our not-so-little Samantha had her 15 month appointment yesterday.
She is 33 inches (98 percentile for height) and 24 lbs. 14 oz (83 percentile for weight).
She is 10th percentile for hair. (kidding, but I think she really is).
She is the exact same height that Carson was at this age.
In other Samantha news, she is learning new words at lightening speed.
She also...drum roll please...
went pee pee on the potty tonight!
At least my potty training efforts for the last nine months are being absorbed by someone.
My methods seem to be a failure for the intended target (Carson) as he still isn't fully trained after nine months of practice. But it seems that Samantha having spent half of her life in a bathroom with Carson and I has paid off. I brought Carson's Elmo potty upstairs tonight and sat her on it before her bath, and she proceeded to pee perfectly and then say "Yay pee pee!!"
Imagine that.
Girlfriend, you got it!

Mr. Big Boy

It's official.
Carson is a big boy in a big boy bed, as of tonight!
He had been consistently jumping out at naptime and it was becoming a hazard.
So I politely asked Jason to get one for us tonight after work.
And he did! We converted his crib, got him a full mattress, he put it all together,
and now......we wait....to see how long it will be before he is out.
Cross your fingers!!




Friday, February 4, 2011

Entertainment

Here Carson plays the piano at Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show Mall.
There isn't entertainment like that anywhere else on the Strip!!

Our loves


Our little boy and baby girl love each other so much.
These pictures will make you smile, no matter what!