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!!!