All Boy

Carson went out into the front yard and all of the things he could of done he went straight for the pile of dirt next door to our house. Figures that he would go play in the dirt.

Peek-a-Boo

Carson decided to play Peek-a-Boo in front of his new drawings that are hanging in the kitchen.

Carson knows how to read

Here is a picture of Carson in Lubbock in October. It actually looks like he is reading.

Carson's new Hairstyle

Carson decided to try to use oatmeal in his hair and here are the results.

Where did he learn this?

Here is a video that we just shot of Carson. He has a very cute response when asked what sound does a kitty cat makes. We're not sure how he knows this since we just have a dog, he must have learned it at Mimi's house.

Happy Anniversary to Us!!!

It was 3 years ago today that we said "I do." I know 3 years isn't really that long but so much has happened in such a short time. We moved to Granbury, both started new jobs, bought a house, and had a baby. I love telling people how we met. I was a Jr. High Youth Director and Kevin was working for a Jr. High Mission Trip called JUMMP. I took my students on the mission trip that was in Beaumont. At first I was not so fond of Kevin, he had given me some REALLY bad directions and got me REALLY lost. On Wednesday we were going out to a lake and he didn't have a ride. My mom made me invite him to ride with us. When we got to the lake he locked my keys in my trunk (another strike!). While we were waiting for the locksmith we started talking and I realized he wasn't that bad afterall. After the trip was over we started dating. We both knew pretty soon after we started dating that we were going to get married.

Kevin is the most wonderful husband ever. He takes care of me when I'm sick, helps around the house, loves me when I'm crazy (and when I'm not), is a FANTASTIC father to Carson, encourages me when I'm down, consoles me when I'm sad, laughs with me (and sometimes at me) and so many other things. I am so lucky to be married to such a wonderful man.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from our wedding (thanks mom for putting them on your facebook):

Mom helping me get ready

After the ceremony

My brother and I dancing like goof balls

On the field at The Ballpark in Arlington (or whatever the name is now)

Husband and Wife!

Sick Baby!

So Carson has been sick before with an ear infection and strep throat but he has never thrown up until yesterday.....

We went up to school to watch the 7th grade football game (Kevin has a bunch of students who play football). Carson was very still which is a VERY rare thing for him. He was just chillin and he wasn't very interested in eating goldfish. We didn't think much of it.

As we were leaving I stopped to talk to some people I know and then it happened. Carson threw up all over me and all over himself. I was so shocked and disgusted I couldn't move! Luckily Kevin was there and he moved us out of the way of everyone. We made it to the car and got him kinda cleaned up and headed home to put him in the bath.

I took the day off today because I thought he was sick but it must have just been something he ate because he was running around and screaming all day today. It was nice to have some time to spend with him during the week.

I guess I feel like an offical mom now that I have been thrown up on!! I'm sure that's not the grossest thing that will ever happen to me!!

Kathy :)

Football

Well, since Tech won last year Carson had to wear clothes supporting Tech for the football game this year. Luckily Texas won this year, so he can look much cuter next year!! Carson has started doing so many new things that are so cute.

Here is what I can remember right now:

-When he wakes up he wants to take Tigger and his blanket out of bed with him

-He loves giving kisses to everyone (the dog is not so fond of this)

-When he is looking for something he bends over at the waist and tilts his head

-At nap time and bed time, when he is getting sleepy we ask him, "Are you ready to go night night?" If he is he will walk back to his room and try to climb in his crib. Most of the time he goes to sleep without a fight!!

-He is starting to actually play with the kids in the neighborhood. He really likes to watch the big kids play

-And the cutest thing...tonight after our prayer he said Aaaaaah men. It was precious.

-He has also picked up quite a few new words: book, up, please, thank you, uh oh

Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks (sorry you have to turn your head sideways to see some of them, I can't figure out how to rotate them:

Sleeping after a hard day of playing

Carson's new rocking chair, he loves to climb up in it with a book

Supporting Daddy's team

Before the football game

Carson's first Walk

Here is a picture from Carson's first walk. It was really cute to see him grasping for my hand. Of course he didn't have to hold my hand but it did help him walk quite a bit faster, which was probably his goal.

Walking beats the Bear Crawl

We think that Carson is about ready to give up the crawling and walk all the time. We finally got a short video of his bear crawl, which everyone thinks is unusual, and also here is a longer video of him walking. He spent most of the day today walking all over the house and all over the church when we went by there. Hopefully we can keep up when he starts running.

Carson is Walking (For Real This Time)

Carson has starting walking on his own and is getting better and better at it everyday. Here are a couple videos of him walking. Well, one is of him walking and the other is of him eating sonic. I tried to get him to walk by bribing him with a tater tot from across the room and he decided it would just be easier to sit down and get his own out of the bag. So who is training who?

Fun Morning!

We had such a fun morning! We went to the park with Mary Kathryn and Lydia, then we went in played in the water at this cute little water park by the beach.

Carson is talking up a storm. He says daddy mommy, ball, and puppy all the time. He is starting to say new words everyday I'll try to let you know what it sounds like, he is saying shoes (shes), lydia (eeeea), more (mo), i know there's more but i can't think of them right now. Also today he started trying to say grammy (ammy) pops (pa) and mimi (mm).

Also, we decided to give Carson his milk this morning in his sippy cup instead of a bottle. At first he threw a FIT!!! He was screaming louder than he had in a while. When he finally took a sip he realized it was his milk and calmed down! Then when I tried to give him water in his sippy cup he looked at me like I was crazy b/c it wasn't milk.

Playing in the water

This is the new look he gives us when he's not sure what's going on.

Lydia was being adventerous and climbed into the tubes.

Playing in the house at the park.

This is how Carson has decided he wants to go down slides.
You have to turn your head sideways to see it.

Carson Outside

Carson loves it outside so here are a few pictures of him sitting outside. I would write more but I know everyone wants to see pictures-so i'll quit writing and post the pictures. We think he looks like he is running the show in the top picture.

Carson's 1st Birthday Party

Here are some pictures from Carson's birthday earlier this week. He was pretty funny when he was opening his presents and when he was eating his birthday cake. If you would like to see all the pictures you can go visit Kevin's facebook page.

Cute Pictures

We are going to post some pics from Carson's birthday party soon, but I wanted to put these pictures up. Carson and I got some pictures taken at Target for Father's Day for Kevin. They turned out super cute and were pretty inexpensive.

Hawaii

I know some of you are thinking, "you're in hawaii what the heck are you doing blogging" but right now it's about 5 am and I am wide awake b/c it's 10am in Texas. Everyone else is still asleep but I have been cursed with the inability to go back to sleep once I wake up. That being said, I thought I would post about our trip so far so I wouldn't forget anything.
Friday
We get up and get ready and get to the airport in plenty of time super excited about our trip. We were supposed to leave at 2:30pm have a layover in LAX and get to Hawaii at 7:30 that evening. Well, American Airlines had different plans for us :) Our flight was delayed, we ended up staying the night in LA b/c we missed our connecting flight and got to Hawaii around 2pm on Saturday. It was a little frustrating at times, but we made friends with some other people that were going to Maui, so that was fun! On the positive side, b/c we had to get another flight we got seats in the exit row that had way more leg room. That was nice on the 5.5 hour flight :)

Saturday
The water here is so BLUE!!! It's the prettiest water I have ever seen. We landed, got our luggage, got our car and headed to the condo. We were greeted by my family and the fun began! We went to a luau that night and it was really cool. They had the roasted pig and everything! We randomly ran into some of our airport delay friends too! We were pooped, so we were in bed by 8:00 that night! (which is 1am in texas.....late night for me :)

Sunday
We woke up and headed out to the Road to Hana. It's this really twisty turny road up the side of a volcano (dormant volcano I might add). It was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful trees, beautiful flowers, beautiful view of the beautiful ocean...you get the picture. We hiked to some waterfalls, went swimming in two black sand beaches, hiked to another swimming hole for lunch, but didn't stay long b/c there were naked hippies swimming there :). The road itself was crazy!!! Very narrow, all the bridges were just one lane so you had to make sure no one else was coming. The locals that drive it everyday drive like maniacs! With no stops, it took 1.5 hours to drive 30ish miles. One side note....I accidentally almost killed me and my sister-in-law. We "parked" at a fruit stand. I was getting out of the car (Misty was in the back seat) and I forgot to put the car in park. As I was getting out the car started moving forward, everyone was freaking out. Luckily God was looking out for us b/c I ended up stopping the car 3 feet from the edge of this very steep cliff. I'm super glad God thought we should live longer!!!!!!! It was pretty stinking scary. The beaches we swam at were so fun. The waves are so much bigger here than Galveston. If you're not paying attention they will crash you to the ground!!!

Well, today is Monday. We are spending the day playing at the beach. Carson is having so much fun in Lubbock!!! He has been swimming a couple times and is getting to see a bunch of people he doesn't get to see very often. We miss him terribly, but it's a lot easier knowing he's having fun with his Mimi and Aunt Steffy!!!! I'll try to post some pictures later, I'm sure I'll be up super early tomorrow too!!

Happy Birthday Carson!!!!

Today my baby turns 1 year old! I can not believe it has already been a year. At times it seemed like it was going by so slow, but looking back on it, the year has flown by.
A little bit about Carson these days:
-he loves climbing, i really think he is part monkey
-he is laughing A LOT!! he cracks up at the most random things
-he's not walking yet, but he can get around really fast crawling
-he is talking more and more everyday
-when he talks he looks at you like "don't you understand what i'm saying"
-he loves playing in the water
-he definetley has a "stong will" - must be from his dad :)
-we are the luckiest parents ever to have such a wonderful boy!

On another note, Carson now shares his birthday with Zachary Scott Keelen who was born this morning. My best friend since high school had her baby boy this morning! We are so excited for them!!!

Carson at the Lake

We took Carson to the lake on memorial day weekend and he really enjoyed getting in the water and seemed to like the wind blowing in his face while the boat was moving. Here are some pictures.

PS-Sorry it took so long for us to update the blog-we have been busy. In fact I am updating this while on a youth trip. But I'm not in charge of the trip, I'm the bus driver so I have some down time.

Carson is Walking (sort of)

Kathy got Carson a new truck that he can push while he walks behind and he really seems to enjoy it. About five seconds after Kathy said he didn't seem too interested in it-he got behind it and starting doing this.... a lot.

Carson's First Step

Just thought everyone would like to know Carson took his first step today. Here is a video.

Carson vs. Buttons

Carson thinks it is really funny to taunt Buttons with her frisbee. Actually I think he just likes waving it around and watching Buttons freak out about it. I think she would like for him to throw it-but he hasn't quite mastered that yet. Here's a video.

Easter

Happy Easter Everyone!!!!! We hope everyone is having a wonderful, family filled day! We have had a fun weekend full of family :) Carson had his first Easter Egg "Hunt". I put it in quotes because he really just went to one egg and then stopped. It's hard to believe that next year he will be running to get the eggs!! Here are some pics.

Posing for pictures

This is when he realized there was nothing in the eggs!
Taking a bath after a hard day of playing

Reading with Mimi before bedtime

Sping Break

Spring Break is finally here! A whole week of no work and just hanging out with Carson. It has been great so far. Kevin is skiing with the youth at Copper Mountain (he has a tough job but somebody has to do it!!) and me and Carson are hanging out with Grammy and Pops. Carson is having fun exploring and figuring things out. He has really been cracking up at things lately. Last night it was Pops and today it was the dogs. He just laughs and laughs and laughs. We are going to Lubbock Thursday morning to see the Anderson's. We haven't been since Thanksgiving so it will be fun to see everyone.

Having fun in the tub!

Changes All the Time

I never knew that a baby could change every day! It seems like each day brings a new discovery for Carson. He is standing up all the time (this morning when we went to get him he was standing up in his crib!), saying different sounds, figuring out new toys. He also loves giving kisses! He's finally starting to like eating. He gets a little impatient if you don't feed him fast enough (that must come from his dad, not me :) ). He still loves being outside, we are excited about playing outisde with him more when the weather gets nicer.

You lookin at me!

He's really trying to figure out Penny

More Pictures!

Carson is already 7 months old! It is so hard to believe. We went to the ENT on Monday and he is getting tubes on the 23rd. Hopefully this will help him have less ear infections. He has started liking his food more, he actually opens his mouth for it now, so you don't have to pry his mouth open to get it in there!!

Playing in the bathtub! He loves crawling around in the tub!!

Crawling after Buttons!

Time to Slow Down!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is the perfect day for a snow day! We have been going, going, going, and it's nice to have an unexpected day off!! Time to relax and hang out! Carson's ear infection seems to be bothering him more than the others have. We have an appointment with an ENT on Monday, so we'll see what he has to say about his ear infections. We think that tubes might be in his near future. He is crawling pretty fast now and has started saying the "p" sound.

Playing in his crib after his nap

Outside

Carson loves being outside! He has loved being outside since he was born. He would be screaming and as soon as we walked outside he would calm down. Here are some pictures of us outside during the break.

First ride down the slide with dad

Swinging outside with mom.

I love playing outside!