Karl and I worked on our little side yard the other Saturday. Carson loves being outside! So we are going to get some little outside toys and let him play as much as he wants. Carson loved helping us get the yard ready. Karl and I are pretty bad at the whole keeping plants alive thing. We never remember to water and every drip system we have bought has broken (3). So we have a water hose system thingy now, hopefully it lasts. We have two vines that have survived our care taking skills. We planted a rosemary bush this weekend. We have no clue what we are doing. Oh well - we'll learn through trial and error.
We have a few Carson developments. He is definitely starting to try and talk more. It still comes out as mostly gibberish but you can see how hard he is trying to communicate. I can only imagine how frustrating it is to know what you want and not know how to tell someone. Here are just a few cute pictures. He loves putting on every ones shoes. The second one was at night and I went in to check on him. He looked so funny with his legs crossed and out the crib I had to take a picture. It flashed and then I ran for it.
Here are some cute tub pics. He loves these sunglasses. Also, I was pretty brain dead - you'll notice I didn't remember to take everything off him. I laughed pretty hard when half way through his bath I saw his foot.
Here are some cute tub pics. He loves these sunglasses. Also, I was pretty brain dead - you'll notice I didn't remember to take everything off him. I laughed pretty hard when half way through his bath I saw his foot.
We have also entered the land of full blown tantrums! I am so excited for this milestone (sarcasm). He already is getting better but when he first discovered them he was pulling it 3 times a day. We are talking all out screaming, writhing on the floor spasms, kicking, and flailing for ten minutes (he doesn't give up easily). Trying to comfort him is impossible. He'll just run from you and freak out even harder. The first few times Karl and I were trying so hard to figure out what was wrong - we were handing him blankies and sippy cups and nothing was working. Then we realized it was a tantrum and we switched to ignoring him. The other night he wanted dinner but didn't want to sit in his high chair. He started a lovely tantrum! Karl and I just ignored him and ate dinner, carrying on small talk like everything was dandy. All the while Carson is in the living room sounding like he is dying. After a few minutes Carson composed himself and came over saying "sit, sit" (which is what he says when he needs help getting into a chair.) We lifted him into his chair and he ate dinner with us happy as can be. I felt like we were the best parents for five minutes. It was so great to see him respond positively.
Other Carson happenings, we've given up binkies. I think it might have been harder on me. It was sad to me to end another baby thing. He doesn't have very many baby things left. He is growing up too fast. Every time I look at him I am amazed at how big he is. Every time he does something new I just realize he's more and more toddler and less and less baby. He did really well giving up binkies though. The only annoying part was that Karl and I used it as a silencer (which was heaven for us) but then we had to deal with quite a bit of whining while he figured out other ways to comfort himself besides sucking. He since has become pretty attached to his blankies. Just like we used to have to hide the pacifiers, we now have to keep the blankies out of sight. If he sees them, nothing else matters and he will die unless he gets one (his words, not mine).
Well - that's our lives for now. Hope everyone is doing well!
