Belly Laughing Toe Taster

Below: Carson samples his delicious toes. Mmmmmm!

Here's a vid of Carson belly laughing this morning. He just did this for the first time today!

The camera work is not my best, but you can get the idea!

Snaggle tooth

Late last week, while wondering why Carson was being so fussy, I stuck my finger in his mouth only to find the presence of a TOOTH!!
His right bottom tooth is barging into his mouth like no tomorrow. In just a week, he has gone from "Stinky Fish" to "Snaggle Tooth"!
In other developments, Carson learned (just today) how to grab his feet and inspect his toes.
He also learned how to raspberry his cereal all over the place.

Evidence is below!

Above: Carson loves to play in his Bumbo seat on the kitchen table.... and tries to turn his head 180 degrees to watch the coverage of the OJ Trial on the news (much to my dismay).

Look at those webbed toes! :)

Raspberries are the new black.

Ham and Cheese

These days, Carson is a huge ham with a cheesy smile. We love our Ham and Cheese!

Rice cereal time with Dad. Mmmmm.

Playing on our bed this morning....He was all smiles after a rockin' nap this morning.

Buddies

Carson had some fun play time yesterday with his 11 month old buddy, Parker Davidson. Parker lives in Henderson, so we drove over there in the afternoon to have lunch with him and his mom, my good friend Kellie. It was great to see them...it had been forever! Pictured below is a journey in pictures of Parker swooping in to steal Carson's rattle.

Parker, with his eyes on the prize.

Dude, your rattle is sweet.

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Parker's smooth swoop leaving Carson speechless. :)

We had so much fun. We're already looking forward to seeing them again....and teaching Carson to keep his eye on the ball. :)

Seriously entertained

Carson has taken a serious liking to his Baby Einstein Entertainer.
He wears this extremely serious face while he explores all of his entertainment options.
To those who don't have kids, this piece of excitement can be likened to "Vegas for babies".
Puppets, suns, mirrors, buttons that play classical music.....All we are missing are the Bellagio Fountains!

Did I do that?

Last week, we started Carson on a little bit of rice cereal in the afternoon. I had been itching to give him some "real food". His little baby spoons were burning a hole in my silverware drawer. Last Monday, his doctor said it was OK to go ahead and try it...so we went for it on Tuesday and he LOVES IT. You would think it was the most delicious gourmet meal in the world. He took to eating from the spoon right away and makes this hilarious "Mmmmm! Mmmmm!" sound the whole time he is being fed. Guess he was ready for the next step!

At 4 1/2 months, Carson is very active and vocal. He loves his daily schedule and responds really well to it. The weather is finally cooling down in Vegas (only 99 today!) and is allowing us to take a morning walk every day. This is huge because Carson is obsessed with the outdoors.

I took a video of him eating last week.....I'll try to stick it on the blog!

He's giant!

Updated stats from our doctor's visit the other day....Carson weighs 16 lbs., 12 oz now (75th percentile) and is 26 1/2 inches long (90th percentile). Basically, he's gigantic! I had better keep going to body pump so that I can continue to lift this big boy.