Chocolate Festival

One of my best friends from High School just happens to go to the same school as Rob... that worked out nice :).... and we have been having a lot of fun living in the same city once again! She is always so good about taking time out of her busy schedule to hang out with Carson and I! Elyse found out that Downtown Glendale was having a Chocolate Festival today and we decided that we had to check it out! There was A LOT of chocolate and a lot of people! They dipped everything in chocolate...even bacon..gross! We walked around and looked at all of our choices and decided to play it safe and go for the chocolate covered strawberries! They were VERY yummy! Thanks for hanging out with us Elyse!

They looked much pettier when first got them, but of course since it was blazing hot today they melted a bit on the ride home! Don't worry, they still tasted fantastic!

Activity Table

Car Car is getting really good at crawling and now is working on pulling himself up on things. He still is pretty shaky getting up and staying up and has had a few crash landings, but he never gives up! One of his favorite things to pull up to is his activity table that he got from Santa!

hahaha he is watching Barney!

Cheerios

Around 6 1/2 months, we gave Carson some Cheerios and puffs, but he didn't want anything to do with them. For the first couple of days we would put them in his mouth and he would stick out his tongue with the Cheerio on it and just cry until we took it off. Silly boy! After a few days of this, he finally realized that we were actually giving him something good! He LOVES his finger foods now and is getting really good at getting the food in his mouth. But he still misses every once and a while. Tonight Rob watched him miss and stick his Cheerio on his face! Daddy was on top of things and took a quick picture!

Fun at the Park

Every Tuesday Rob has a big teat at school, so he is pretty busy studying all week and weekend and doesn't have much time to play. Since Tuesdays are the end of one cycle and the beginning of another, Rob usually takes some time off those nights and spends extra time playing with us! We love Tuesday evenings. Tonight we went to a park that is near our house! Carson absolutely loves to swing. His face lights up the moment we put him in one! He has such a fun time and laughs and laughs and laughs! We also took Roxy and ran around the park with her until it started getting darker and it was time for dinner! We are so excited the weather is getting so nice and we can play at the park more often.

He stole my heart!

Today Baby C went shopping with me. He didn't like his stroller too much, so at the second store I decided to just carry him. As I was looking through the racks, I kept catching him calmly (unusual for him) looking at me and examining my face while so sweetly smiling. I would look at him, with his smooth cheeks with his gummy smile, and his eyes would glow with excitement and happiness. Even though he can't talk...he didn't need to...I could tell how much he loved me.  It was such a sweet moment and he is such a sweet little boy! Words can't say how much I love and adore him. It's moments like that, that I want to catch in a jar and save for those days when I know his Mama isn't going to be his favorite!

I love you Pumpkin!

Tickle Tickle Tickle

Carson has one of the most contagious laughs ever! We love it and cannot get enough of it! Sorry for the blurry video.

Me at 6 Months

6 months

Some of the fun things Baby C learned/loved/experienced/and started doing between his 6th-7th month! (Dec 18th-Jan 17th)

- Turned 6 months on Dec 18th--we sang you "Happy Half-Brithday"

-Trying Lots and lots of different foods—still hates green food

-Introduced to sippy cup

-Sitting up well

-At the beginning of 6 months you were still on Antibiotics for your ear infection and the meds caused you to get your first diaper rash! (It was a BAD one!) Poor little bum!

-Up on all fours rocking back and forth-can go backwards—flops/scoots/hops forward. He is SOOOOO close to crawling! So close. He can get where he wants to go though.  

-Babbles to himself—“Dadadadada”

-Sits well in the front of the cart while Mama goes shopping

-Got Croup 

-Rode on his first Carousal at Amazing Jakes

-First Christmas

-Love shows that have singing (like Barney)

-Loved Christmas lights

-2^nd trip to the Zoo

-17lbs 10 ounces 26.5inches head in the 93 percentile

-Smashes face on you for a kiss

-Smile smile smile

-Hesitant towards doctor—but LOVES the attention when they are not close

-No more bouncing you to sleep when you fuss… you had to learn to do it all by yourself now that you are feeling better. You have done a great job.

-You are sleeping through the night (mostly 7pm-5am, feed, back to bed till 8am. However today you didn't wake up to eat. Hope that means your 12hour nights are back!)
-You sometimes fuss with eyes closed around 10pm-12am wanting your binki back in… I have love-hate feeling towards the bink. 
-You are doing much better at really taking naps too!

-Eating Cheerios and loves them

-Did not like your nurse very much after she poked you with your 6 month shots…you got the flu shot at your 6 month appointment too

-Loves Books

-You are SOOO good at playing with toys. I have never seen a baby play with toys so well and not get bored. You love when we play with you on the floor with your toys. Your favorite toys though are Mommy and Daddy’s i-pods, cell phones, computers, remotes, or anything else that has lights and is off limits!

-You can sit up in the bath, but always push back because you want to lay down and SPLASH SPLASH SPLASH! –you enjoy playing with bath toys

-Still drool like crazy-no teeth yet

-Such a ham—cute personality and contagious laugh! Truly a happy boy… but a dramatic one at that

-Size 3 shoe

-Spitting up has slowed down A LOT… still happens daily, but not every time you eat! YAY!

-Loves when we pop out from behind things or sneak up on him and tickle him 
-On Friday, January 13 you decided to start full on crawling! You so badly wanted to get Mama's cellphone and the baby monitor, so you went for it--and you did it!!! (now Mama's life is going to get interesting!)

When Baby C was born he had a little dot on the bottom of his foot. After 6 months it has not gone away. I think it is safe to say it's a little birthmark. I will never lose you now!

Love your Naptime Bed Head hair.. your cute little ramp hairdo feel over!

Stink Bug