Smart

One word can describe Carson at this time.

"Smart".

He is so smart, it blows me away on a daily basis.

Yesterday he identified the colors on his xylophone in spanish.

He knew them all except for purple!

Today I was whistling songs from his favorite show "Little Einsteins".

He could identify the episode that the song was in by listening to the melody.

Yesterday during dinner, his spoon flipped out of his yogurt cup and he said
"Phew! That was close!"

Of course this also means that he is smarter than me. Or he thinks he is.

We have some behavioral battles but it is very developmentally appropriate.

He is two, after all!

But he has such an amazing memory.

Who knows what he will be doing by the time he hits preschool.

Maybe he will be teaching the class?

Carson and Isaiah

Carson and Isaiah were monkeying around the house all morning together.

If you blinked, you would miss them.

Their favorite game is "Chase me!"

They can't get enough.

We had a small pause when "Yo Gabba Gabba" came on.

Phew!

Our loves

Carson and Sam took in a little "Diego" this morning on our bed.

I managed to snap a few pics of our beautiful babies in the meantime...

Smith kids in June

It's HOT in Vegas this week.

We hit the 100's and there is no turning back.

Summer is here! Bring it on.

This week we had our friends Deana and Jason Bickler in town.

We were lucky enough to spend much of the week playing with them.

Carson now asks every morning "Go to Auntie Dee's house? See Jackson and Alex?"

Here is a little snapshot of our week...

We wore tutus in the yard...

Why not?

Swam in the pool at the Bickler's house on Memorial Day.

We overstayed our welcome but they didn't seem to mind!

We had so much fun.

Carson and Sam are interacting more and more and it is so cute.

She grabs him at every chance she gets.

It is only the beginning! Get used to it Carson!

Scotty came over to play with us for a whole day while our friends Brian and Kim moved into a new house. It was a great day - Scotty is such a good boy!

Nice job, Brian and Kim!


Sam hung out nudie in Carson's red chair.

Love Sam's face as Carson gets ready to hammer her toy.

She's like "What are you DOING??"

Sam is into her sippy cup and finger food now.

It's all very exciting!

Another good summer week at the Smith house.

We love summertime!

Monkey lady

Here are some more 7 Month monkey shots! :)

7 Months

Our sweet Sam is 7 Months now.

Here are her latest happenings!

She is trying finger foods - most recently peach, avocado, and her new fave, puffs!

She is obsessed with her sippy cup.

She is quiet some days and very vocal on other days - depends on her mood!

Speaking of mood, she is even steven. We can pretty much bet our life savings every day that Sam is going to be happy.

She enjoys grabbing hair and noses.

She loves to roll and push up - no thought of crawling yet, thank heavens!

Her favorite books are "hello Bee, hello me!" and "Woof Woof Peek A Boo"...

(Two fascinating works of literature.)

She has the biggest open mouth smile that melts your heart and lights up the room.

Her M.O. is this - in the words of Papa Dennis...She will make flowers of your hours!

Handstands

I was practicing my handstands tonight in the living room.

Apparently I need to brush up on my form because Sam thought my handstand was HILARIOUS!