First Christmas!

We had a wonderful first Christmas as parents. We started on Saturday with the Knox family Christmas in Athens. Kevin and I got our big Christmas present on Monday, we got a new car! It's a bigger car than we had, which is nice and I feel safer with Carson in it! Wednesday night Grammy, Pops, Andy and Misty came to Granbury and we went to the Christmas Eve service. We all went to Arlington after that for dinner at watching old family movies. Then we had a great Christmas just hanging out with family and playing Wii.
Carson is crawling around everywhere. It is amazing how fast he is figuring out how to get around and get into things! He loves crawling after Buttons (our dog) and trying to pet her. Buttons is not so sure about this but seems to be warming up to the idea of a baby chasing her around. Here are some pictures.

On Christmas Eve in front of our tree.
Kevin picked out my jacket for me for Christmas.

Grammy and Carson

Jacee had fun with Carson.

Carson with Santa. He has discovered he has a tongue and can stick it out!

He tipped over the bucket then somehow got his head in it!

Showing off his crawling skills!

Opening a present from Mimi, Uncle Jason and Aunt Steffy.

Pictures!!!!

Carson is really starting to get around! We hung out at Grammy and Pop's house this weekend. If we put his bucket of toys near him, he gets to it and knocks it over to take the toys out! It's pretty amazing that can do all of that. As my mom said, it seems like just a month ago he didn't even know what a toy was! He continues to amaze us with new things everyday!!

Playing after his nap

In his cute reindeer outfit that Aunt Steffy bought him at

Holy Hotdog It's a Holiday Hayride!

I think he's going to be a goofball

(just like daddy!)

A video of him laughing! I think it's the best sound ever!!

It's Christmas Time!

Things have been crazy around here! It seems like Christmas is sneaking up on us this year! I'm home today. Carson is sick, Kevin is sick and part of my tooth fell off!! I feel like we are a country western song :) Internet is working very well so I can't upload pictures. I'll try again later!!

On a much happier note! Carson has started "crawling" He gets up on his knees kinda lurches forward then gets up on his knees again! It's really cute! We can't believe how fast he is growing up!!!!

Hope everyone is having a great day!!!

Thanksgiving Trip to Lubbock

We are having a blast in Lubbock! Here are some cute pictures we have taken.

Carson helped his Mimi and Grandpaul get some work done on Wednesday!

Carson is having fun hanging out with his Great Grandma Cathy

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1st Thanksgiving

Yummy prunes :)


He wasn't so sure about the carrots at first, but then he gobbled them up!

What we are thankful for this year

Here are some things we are thankful for this year! Hope you have a great turkey day!! What are you doing reading this blog, go hang out with your family!!

T-Turkey
H-Having a beautiful, happy baby boy
A-Amazing Family
N-New House
K-Kindness of our friends and family
F-Football (that's from Kevin)
U-U! (that's really you)
L-Lots and Lots of blessings we had this year!

Carson's Baptism

Here are some pictures from Carson's baptism. Mimi, Aunt Steffy, Uncle Jason, Grammy, Pops, Uncle Andy, Aunt Misty, Boyd, Julie, Luke and Curran were all there (well of course mom and dad too!) It was a fun weekend of visiting with family.

Pops and Carson
Carson was so excited to see Mimi
Praying over Carson

Everyone that was there

Carson meeting his new church family!

Carson and Uncle Jason in their Tech shirts

Julie feeding Carson

Time is flying by! We can't believe it is November already and Carson is already 4 months old. We had his check-up this week. He is 25.5 inches long and weighs 13 pounds 4 oz. We are still adjusting to life as parents but loving every minute of it! Nobody informed Carson of daylight savings time, so he woke up at 4:30 this morning ready for the day!!

Here is his 4 month picture (his onesie says "Future President")

I lost a bet, so Carson and I had to wear these hideous shirts today!

Just kidding! Wreck 'em Tech

Here are pictures from Trunk or Treat at church.

Carson is getting cereal in the morning and evenings now. I think more of it ends up on his face then in his mouth!

Last weekend our Sunday School class had a pumpkin carving party! It was a lot of fun. Granbury is really starting to feel like home and we have some wonderful friends here! The pictures of the pumpkins are a little fuzzy, but I wanted to show you these pumpkins. Carson had fun hanging out with his friends. Reagan helped feed him and sat with him for a little bit. It was good practice for her because she is going to be a big sister in December!

Carson and his friend Reagan

This was my pirate pumpkin, AARRRRRRRR!!!!!!

Todd made this one, it's Jonah inside the whale!

Amy made this one, it's Noah's Ark!!

It finally got cold enough this week for Carson to wear this cute outfit from his MiMi.

It's so cute! Thanks!

More Fun!

So, Carson and I were supposed to go visit Amanda and David this weekend in League City while Kevin was in Sacramento for a youth workers convention. But, I chickened out. Carson started crying the second I put him in the car and I decided I was not ready for a 5 hour car ride by myself with a baby. We will go visit them when he gets a little big older. Thank goodness Grammy and Pop's didn't have any plans, because we came to stay with them. Here are some more pictures of Carson.

At the pumpkin patch at Grammy and Pop's church

Playing in his Exersaucer. He loves this thing!

Hanging out with Lydia before their first "date" :)

Mary Kathryn, Lydia, Carson, and Me. It's great to have friends with babies!!

More Pictures

Here are some more pictures of the cutest baby ever! He is getting so big! He started rolling over from his back to his belly this week. Carson loves spending Thursdays with his Grammy. He is so lucky to get to see her every week.

We take a picture of Carson in our recliner every month so we can see how much he is growing! Here are the pictures from his first 3 months!!

1 month old

2 months old

3 months old

Cute Pictures of Carson with Mom and Dad

Here are a couple pictures of Carson with Mom and Dad. Dad and Carson are sleeping in the recliner and Mom and Carson decided they would match on game day. (although Dad doesnt think it was intentional) But hes got a cute smile on his face.

Carson's Room

Here are some pictures of Carson's newly decorated room. Thanks to everyone who helped with it: Mimi and Aunt Stepphy for the curtains and name tiles and painting, Grammy and Pops for the crib, and Uncle Johnny and Aunt Barb for the dresser.

Carson's First Visit to Lubbock

Carson got to go to Lubbock for the first time over the Labor Day Holiday weekend. He got to spend time with Mimi, Aunt Steffy, Uncle Jason, Grandpaul, and his Godparents Boyd and Julie. He really seemed to enjoy being held and passed around all weekend. And he ate a lot.