Raising a little Cain

Lots and lots of pictures

2011-10-11T07:19:00.000-07:00

Since it has been so long since I posted, I have a lot to catch up on! Leah is a month old now!! Time is going by so fast and i can't seem to make it slow down. Carson loves his sister! She is the first thing he asks about when he wakes up in the morning. I am so excited to get to watch these two grow up together! I know they are going to be great friends someday :) Here are a ton of pictures from the past few weeks!

*These pictures are going in backwards order, so Leah is getting younger as you go through them.

Here are some pics from a park outing Aaron and I took the kids on...this was Leah's first trip to the park :)

She's got her Daddy's eyes :)

Love this boy!!

Carson decided he NEEDED a jump rope...he has no clue how to use it, but he had fun trying!

These pics are from our many afternoons spent in the back yard...we are loving the cooler weather!

Here is Leah's first fishing experience with her Daddy...first of many I'm sure :)

More pics from the backyard...

I LOVE this picture!

Sweet boy!

Here are some pics of Carson helping Daddy wash his car

Sweet baby sister didn't help too much :)

Sweet babies!

I promise to do better at keeping up with this thing!!

Carson meets his Baby Sister...

2011-10-11T07:12:00.000-07:00

If you cant tell from these pictures, he is in love with her!!

These are from the very first time he saw her :)

This is the day we brought Leah home...Carson hadn't seen her in 6 days.

Introducing...

2011-09-07T05:53:00.000-07:00

Leah Brooklyn Cain

Born Monday, August 29 at 1:11 AM

5lbs 9oz, 17 1/2 inches long

I have a ton of pictures of Leah and her very proud big brother Carson that I will post later :) We are all 3 completely in love with our sweet girl!! She is such a blessing!

Family pictures

2011-08-22T07:04:00.000-07:00

We finally got some long overdue family pictures taken! My friend Jennifer Smith is the owner of Unearthed Photography (check her out!!) and takes amazing pictures! I'm so glad she was able to take pics for us! She did such a great job!!

Loving on his baby sister!

RAIN!!!

2011-08-22T06:51:00.000-07:00

This summer has been soooo hot, and it hasn't really rained since May!! So when we got a little rain a few weeks ago (and by a little I mean, VERY little), Carson just had to go out and play in it! We were outside for close to 2 hours :) He had the best time!

Still in his pj's

This was the only puddle we could find to splash around in, but he made it work!

Collecting leaves that have fallen off of our dead trees...

Carson has already asked it can rain again so he can splash some more :) If only I could make that happen for him!

Fun with Nanny, Grandpa and Evan

2011-08-22T06:34:00.000-07:00

The weekend after my birthday we got to spend some time with Nanny, Grandpa and Evan at the lake! Carson always loves going to the lake, but having Aaron's family there made it extra fun!! Carson is seriously one blessed little boy! He has so many people that love him like crazy and would do anything just to make him happy. I'm so glad we got to spend this time with everyone!! We can't wait to go back with them!

Since my dad wasn't there Aaron got to drive the boat :)

Big helper!

Nanny and Grandpa on the jet ski :)

Carson and Grandpa

He loves these 3 so much!!

Carson being a goof ball :)

Carson and Nanny

Picture catch up

2011-08-22T06:20:00.000-07:00

It has been way too long since I have made an update!! I feel like I have so many pictures to post, I just don't have the time or energy to post them! So here are some picture from my birthday...yes that was over a month ago! Aaron and I decided to take Carson to a little water park next to our house. He had a great time! His favorite thing was definitely the lazy river! He wore his water wings and just took off! He has LOVED swimming this summer! And thank goodness, cause with all the 100+ days we have had there isn't much else to do!

These are the only 2 pictures I got from the water park...I waited way to long to get the camera out. At this point Carson was tired and very ready to go!

Me and my sweet little man on my birthday

4th of July Weekend

2011-07-24T19:12:00.000-07:00

This year on the 4th we went to my parents lake house. Carson is loving the lake this summer! He loves to swim, ride on the jet skis, ride on the boat, and he even likes riding in the tube. It is so much fun to watch him have fun! I didn't really take many pictures, but here are some of my favorites. I am trying to learn how to really use my camera and have been playing around with the lighting, so these most of these are portrait shots of Carson...my favorite :)

Sweet big brother

Yummy watermelon!

Carson's first sucker! He's a big fan :)

Love this one!

When we got home we took Carson to see fireworks and then let him try out some sparklers (which he calls "sprinklers"). He loved them!!

Father's Day Weekend

2011-06-21T06:16:00.000-07:00

I have a ton of pictures from the past month that I will post soon, but for now I want to post these from Father's Day. This is my new favorite picture of my boys...I LOVE IT!! I can't even imagine a better daddy for my kidos! Aaron loves Carson more than anything and Carson is just so in love with his daddy. He runs as fast as he can to the door every day when he hears Aaron's car pull in! I always knew that little boys looked up to their dads, but lately it has really become more apparent to me how very true that is! Aaron is Carson's hero! He wants to do EVERYTHING Aaron does! And I can't wait till this baby girl gets here...she already has her daddy wrapped around her little finger! I am so thankful that my children have such a great man to look up to and learn from! Happy Father's day Aaron...thanks for being such an amazing daddy!

And Happy Father's day to my wonderful Daddy and Father-in-law! Thanks for being such great fathers to me and Aaron, and I think you both know how much Carson loves you!! I am so blessed to have such great men in my life!

My Big Helper

2011-06-17T11:02:00.000-07:00

We have started to pull a few things together for baby sister's nursery and I thought it would be fun to include big brother Carson in on the fun! I bought a few blank canvases and some paint that matches the bedding, gave him a paint brush and he went to town! He had so much fun making these "pictures for baby sister's room"! He was so proud of himself and couldn't wait to show Daddy what he did! I can't wait to get the room all finished...pictures of that will come when it actually gets done :)

All done!

How is it possible...

2011-06-17T05:09:00.000-07:00

...that my sweet baby boy is already in a big boy bed??? We moved Carson into his new big boy room, complete with his new bed, about a month ago...I can hardly believe he is this big already!! He knows that his "old room" is going to be for his baby sister and he couldn't be happier with the change! Other than a few nights of having to let him cry himself to sleep, he has done amazingly well! I am so proud of him!! So far his favorite thing to do is "get up on [his] big boy bed and be hyper!!" Where does he come up with this stuff???

Checking out his new bed :)

Reading with Daddy on his first night in his new room

This picture cracks me up...right before I took it Carson said "hey Mama, take my picture like this!" I love that little man!

Fun with daddy

2011-05-17T19:33:00.000-07:00

We went outside tonight for another baseball lesson and ended up having a blast doing something else...we found out that Carson absolutely loves to watch Aaron hit the baseball up on to the roof and watch it roll off :) He laughed so hard!! He has the sweetest smile and the best laugh! I could have watched the two of them play all night! I love these pictures of my sweet little man!

Looks pretty good to me :)

Future Baseball Star

2011-05-17T19:23:00.000-07:00

The past few nights Aaron has been helping Carson work on his baseball swing! Carson loves to play ball with his daddy!! I can hardly wait until he can actually play T-Ball on a team :)

Running the bases :)

Getting some help from Daddy

I love this sweet boy!

I love this face!!

2011-05-17T19:21:00.000-07:00

My little helper

2011-05-17T19:11:00.000-07:00

Aaron planted some flowers a few weeks ago, and since then Carson has been loving getting to help me water them! It has actually become one of his favorite things to do! He is so proud of him self when we get all done :) He likes to say "are the flowers gonna say thank you Carson for giving them a drink?" I love it!! He is such a sweet boy! But the best thing happened the other night...he started singing "Deep and wide, deep and wide, there's a fountain flowing deep and wide" while he was watering! I knew that he knew the song, but I had no idea that he would put the hose water and the "fountain" in the song together! He is such a smart little man!! I'm so proud to be his mommy!

He loves to drink from the hose!!

First Swim of the year!

2011-05-17T18:58:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday was the first day this year that it was really hot outside...it got up to 90 so we thought it was the perfect day to get the swimming pool out! I wasn't sure how Carson would do at first (he is completely my child...it takes him a LONG time to decide to do something!) but he actually jumped right in! He had so much fun splashing around! One of his favorite things to do was to get one of his little toys, watch it fall off of the edge of the pool into the water and yell "Belly Flop!" I laughed so hard watching him play!! I am so excited to get to watch him swim even more this summer!

"It's Easter Time"

2011-04-28T19:49:00.000-07:00

"It's Easter Time" was Carson's favorite thing to say this past weekend :) He had such a fun Easter this year! We started off the weekend by spending some time with my family and some good friends at the lake. Carson got to hunt Easter eggs and even got to dye eggs for the first time. After Church on Sunday Aaron and I took Carson to the park to play and to hunt eggs again (there is no such thing as too many Easter egg hunts when you are 2 years old!)

But my favorite part of the whole weekend was getting to listen to Carson tell the story of Easter. I read him an Easter book that we have and he followed along and was able to look at the pictures and tell the whole story back to me. Hearing Carson say "Jesus died on the cross because he loves me" just melts my heart! I love that sweet little man so much! I am so glad Aaron and I are able to teach him what Easter is really all about. Sure, the Easter bunny and candy are great, but the death and resurrection of our Savior is the only thing that is worth celebrating!

Carson's first egg hunt of the weekend

He shook every egg before he put it in his basket...I guess he wanted to make sure he wasn't getting ripped off :)

We discovered Carson has a love for jelly beans!

He had fun dying eggs!

Here are Carson's 4 eggs :) He was so proud of himself!

After Church on Easter Sunday

Carson had a blast at the park!

When did he get big enough for the big boy swings??

Notice that Daddy got out of his Church clothes...and he is wearing Nanny's favorite t-shirt...

Another Easter egg hunt!

I love this one!

We hope everyone had a great Easter!!

Train Rides and Duck Ponds

2011-04-21T19:38:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday Aaron and I decided to take Carson over to Ft Worth to ride a little train through a park there. He was so excited to get to ride on a real train! As much as he liked the train ride, his favorite thing was the popcorn we got for the ride back to the car :)

Carson and Daddy waiting for the train to come

I just love this sweet face!

So excited to board the train!

This was the moment Carson discovered his love for popcorn :)

After the train ride we headed over to a duck pond to feed the ducks and explore a little!

We had such a great family day!! I love getting to watch my little man have so much fun!

Bluebonnets

2011-04-21T19:27:00.000-07:00

I took Carson out to see the bluebonnets again this year. He really enjoyed it! I didn't take too many pictures because it was super windy that day!! But here are some of my favorites!

Finger Painting Fun

2011-04-21T19:17:00.000-07:00

Anyone who knows Carson knows that he isn't the biggest fan of being dirty. Now, he's not like crazy germ-a-phobe or anything, he just likes his hands to be clean. So when I decided he should experience finger painting, it took a lot of convincing! We started out with just one finger and then move on to the hands. Once he got warmed up it was like he completely forgot about the face that he was covered in paint! He had it everywhere!! He had a so much fun and I'm glad we got to try something new! Needless to say, we headed right for the bathtub when he was all finished :)

Starting off slow.

Showing me his dirty hands!

All done! Now it's bath time!

2011-04-21T19:02:00.000-07:00

A few weeks back we went to Plains for a visit. Carson got to ride in the GTO for the first time and he was sooooo excited!! I think he could have ridden in that car all day! He had a blast, and I know Grandpa, Daddy and Evan were all pretty proud too :) We all had a great time!

The weather was beautiful so we went down to the park to play...Carson love the marry-go-round!

Having fun with Grandpa and Nanny

I love my sweet boy!

Fun at the Park

2011-04-21T18:57:00.000-07:00

I took these pictures back in March when Carson was playing at the park. He loves to go to the park, but the weird thing is, he doesn't play very much. He could swing all day, but he isn't a fan of going down the slide and doesn't even really like to climb on things. Lately he is getting better and branching out a little bit, but he still refuses to go down any slides...

But he is still awful cute!!

Carson's 2nd birthday Party

2011-04-21T18:48:00.000-07:00

I didn't get a whole lot of pictures from Carson's birthday party this year, but here are some of my favorites...

We decided to do a train themed party. Carson is really into trains right now so we thought it would be perfect! Carson had a great time at his party playing with all of his friends! And it was so great that all of our family could be here to help us celebrate :)

He loved it when we all sang to him!

Yum!

After his party Carson got to go on his first bike ride with Daddy! He had so much fun!

Sorry there aren't many pics, but I was too frazzled to worry about taking pictures :/

I am a horrible blogger!

2011-04-21T18:39:00.000-07:00

First of all, I want to apologize to all of the grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends etc. who depend on this blog for updated pictures of our sweet little Carson. To say that I have fallen behind is a HUGE understatement!! I am well aware that I have been doing a horrible job lately at keeping up with posting, but I guess I have a pretty good reason, right?

For those of you who don't already know (which I don't think is anyone), Carson is going to be a big brother! We will be welcoming a precious baby GIRL into our family in September!!! We are beyond excited! The first few months were very tiring for me...keeping up with a busy 2 year old proved to be very exhausting! But now that I am well into the 2nd trimester I am feeling much better and have tons more energy! So I am going to start now with trying to catch up posting pics from the past few months. I promise not to fall behind like this again :) So get ready for a lot of posts and tons of pictures of our big guy!

Snow Day, for real this time :)

2011-02-04T19:11:00.000-08:00

After a week of nothing but ice, we woke up to actual snow this morning! After breakfast we got all bundled up and headed out to play! Carson had a great time! His favorite thing was watching Aaron throw snow balls against the fence :) The snow started melting a little this evening but I am hoping we get to play a little more tomorrow!

Oh, and I will definitely be doing a birthday post for my big 2 year old!! I hope to have it done sometime this weekend.

Cute boys!

Last day as a 1 year old...

2011-02-02T10:20:00.000-08:00

I can harldy believe that Carson turns 2 years old tomorrow! I wanted to make sure and take a few pictures of him today...his last day to be a 1 year old. 2 seems so old to me- its like today is his last day to be a baby. It breaks my heart, but I know that he has to grow up, and he will ALWAYS be my baby!!

Although we have been stuck inside the past few days due to the sheet of ice that pretty much covers the entire metroplex right now, we are doing our best to have fun (but I think both of us have a pretty bad case of cabin fever!) I am praying that some of the ice melts so that I can take him out tomorrow for his birthday! More pictures to come of the special birthday boy!

PS: In case you hadn't noticed, Carson still LOVES to wear his hat, which isn't a bad thing today since it is 11 degrees outside right now!!

For your listening enjoyment :)

2011-01-20T20:56:00.000-08:00

I just love his sweet little voice!

Bath Time

2011-01-20T05:53:00.000-08:00

Bath time is always full of laughter :)

Snow Day (sort of...)

2011-01-20T05:44:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we got just a little bit of snow! Not enough to even count, but Carson loved watching it fall through the window. We really got nothing to speak of though...about 30 minutes north actually got snow that stuck, but we missed out :( Hopefully we will have another snow day this year, and actually get to play in it!

Carson's look back on 2010

2011-01-04T08:55:00.000-08:00

January: I took my very first ski trip! I didn't do much skiing, but I had fun in the snow!

February: I celebrated my very 1st birthday! And I also learned to walk...my mommy didn't know what she had coming :)

March: I discovered my love for being outside! Thank goodness I live in Texas and it is hot 10 months out of the year!

April: I got really sick for the first time :( The stomach bug is no fun at all! Mommy said I was feeling so bad one day that I fell asleep in the middle of the floor...something I had never done before.

But once I got to feeling better I loved playing outside in my new sand box!

May: I went swimming for the fist time this year! I wasn't a big fan of the cold water though, so I mostly played next to the pool instead of in it.

June: I went to my first Major League Baseball game and I loved it! I really liked the hot dog my daddy bought for me!

I also got my first haircut, which wasn't too bad because I got to ride in a yellow car, watch Toy Story and my mama gave me M&Ms to keep me happy :)

July: I got to go to the beach! I had so much fun and can't wait to go back again!

August: I went to Ruidoso and rode on a pony for the fist time! I loved it so much we went back the next day and I got to ride again :)

September: I went on many walks with my mommy and daddy at a park by our house. Going on walks is one of my favorite things to do!

October: I spent a lot of time at the new lake house! I really like to go fishing, which makes my daddy very happy!

November: The weather was still very warm, so I got to play outside a lot! Some of my favorite things to do outside are draw with chalk and sweep off the back porch!

December: Santa came to visit me! He gave me a Mickey Mouse tricycle and I love it! I'm getting pretty good at it!

What a great year I had! I grew a lot and learned so much! I hope you had a good year too!

Christmas Time

2011-01-03T06:21:00.000-08:00

We had such a great Christmas this year! We got to spend time with both my side of the family and Aaron's which made everything perfect!! There are a ton of pictures here, so bare with me :)

Christmas with my mom's side of the family...

Jack, Lilah, Sam, Will and Carson

He loves his new train set from Memaw :)

Christmas Eve was spent at our house, just the 3 of us. I loved it! We didn't go to our Church's candelight service this year...there isn't any child care provided and we have learned from a previous experience that Carson isn't quite to the point where he can sit still for long periods of time. Maybe next year! But we had so much fun at the house!

Carson really wanted some "Happy Birthday Jesus" cake :) This is such a fun tradition that I am looking forward to doing each year with our kids!

After dinner Carson got to try on his new Christmas pjs :)

Checking out the presents

Reading "The Night Before Christmas"...this is something my family always did growing up and we have carried this tradition over to our little family :)

Telling us all about baby Jesus! He has loved learning the true meaning of Christmas, and we have loved telling him all about the birth of his Savior!

Then we read the story of Jesus' birth from Luke. Carson actually listened to most of it!

Santa Came! All Carson wanted was this Mickey Mouse Tricycle...I couldn't wait to see his face when he saw it!

Christmas Morning!!!

Very sleepy the next morning, but LOVING his tricycle!

Checking out what Santa left in his stocking

After we spent the morning at our house we headed to my parents house to open presents.

One of Carson's favorite gifts was this guitar from his Papa :)

We headed to Lubbock the next morning to see Aaron's family!

All the cousins

Cousins with spouses added

Riley

Hannah trying out Carson's tricycle

Riley gave it a spin too :)

Love them!

Carson just LOVES Hannah!

Hannah had so much fun jumping off the rocks...each time she jumped she would run over to me to look at the picture :)

So sweet!

All of the great-grandkids

Then we headed to Plains to open presents with Aaron's parents and Evan

The weather was nice so Carson got in some good practice!

He was really getting the hang of it!

What a great Christmas we had! We are truly blessed to have such amazing family to share it with!!

A visit with Santa

2010-12-23T20:01:00.000-08:00

Carson didn't really care for Santa this year :( He will talk about Santa all day long, and he was even excited when we were in line to see him, but when it was his turn to go sit on his lap Carson had a change of heart. He was so scared!! I felt like such a horrible mom making him sit there just for a picture...but I will look back on this picture year after year and be thankful that I did :)

This is the only good picture I got...all the rest are blurry because Carson was swinging his arms and kicking his legs to get away...poor thing!

A boy and his hat

2010-12-11T20:23:00.000-08:00

Carson got a new hat the other day and just loves to wear it! He hardly ever takes it off! It came with a little pair of mittens (which Carson calls his "guvs"-so cute!) which are also a big hit...but its pretty hard to play without the use of your fingers :)

Looking at an airplane :)

2010-12-07T10:23:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures I took a few days ago. Carson is loving the Christmas tree! His absolute favorite thing to do is turn the lights on by pushing the button with his foot...he thinks he is such a big boy when we ask him to turn the tree on :)

Here Carson is with his new Rudolph! He never lets this thing out of his sight!!

And here are some pics of one of what was probably the last day this year to play outside without having to be all bundled up!

PS. I made Carson's tie t-shirt (its not perfect, but I think it gets the job done), thanks to my friend Robin! She has some girls over for a craft day and showed us how easy it is to make cute shirts for little ones :) So fun!!

70 degree weather in November??

2010-11-29T18:53:00.000-08:00

Carson and I have been taking full advantage of the extra warm weather the past few days by doing what else...playing outside!! I just love spending my day with this sweet little man! I have the best job in the world :)

Carson Photo Shoot

2010-11-17T20:06:00.000-08:00

I know what you're thinking...Carson lives in a continuous photo shoot. But yesterday we actually went to the park with the sole intention of getting some good pictures (for our Christmas card). And it's really hard not to get a good picture with a little guy as cute as Carson :) He had a blast playing in the leaves and throwing rocks, and I was able to get some pretty good shots! I wasn't able to narrow it down too much, so here are all of my favorites!

I love my boy :)

2010-11-17T19:55:00.000-08:00

I took these pictures of Carson today when he was playing outside. I think he would live outside if he could :) I love watching him run around and entertain himself (which he is getting pretty good at!) He is such a sweet boy and I am so blessed to be his mommy!!

Halloween

2010-11-08T19:07:00.000-08:00

I did a HORRIBLE job at taking pictures of Carson in his halloween costume, and that makes me a little sad :( But he was still the cutest little pirate ever! We started off the day by going to Church and then ended it with FirstFest, our Church's annual fall festival. Carson loved wearing his costume...all except for the hat. He just wouldn't keep it on! But he had a great day and that's all that matters :)

Carson's little friend Blake danced with her dance class at FirstFest...Carson LOVED watching her on stage! He even still cheers "Go Blake" randomly when he's playing :)

Daddy and the little pirate

Carson loves him some Blake!! They are so cute!

I think I'm in trouble...He's quite the ladies man :)

Here is the only picture I got of him with his hat on...

Painting Pumpkins

2010-10-27T19:06:00.000-07:00

Tonight Carson had a great time painting his little pumpkin. I helped him (as much as he would let me...he is becoming VERY independent!) at first, and as soon as he had the paint brush all to himself he went right to his hair with it :) Haha! Oh well, he had fun! I think one of his favorite things was squirting the paint out on to the plate! All in all, it was fun for him and fun for us to watch!

He has been sticking his tongue out so much lately!

"Mo paint, Mama!"

Again with the tongue :P

I liked our chalk sun in the background :)

Pictures from the Lake

2010-10-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

My parents just got settled into their new lake house and we are loving spending time up there! Carson has loved getting to spend so much time outside! He has taken boat rides, gone fishing and even taken his first jet ski ride :) This past weekend we went up with some of my mom's family. Even though it poured on Saturday, we had a blast!!

Carson and Daddy fishing in the rain

Their big catch :)

He had so much fun fishing!

Andrew and Aaron caught the same fish!

Lilah is such a cutie!

Sweet cousins :)

I love him!

Memaw, Mom, Sally and Kathy

Sam and Aaron on the jet ski...this was before they fell in...

...This was after :) It was VERY cold!!

Aaron and Jack

Jack had soooo much fun and can't wait to ride again!

Here are some pictures from the weekend before. (Sorry to all you Tech fans...Carson is sporting his OU shirt. But he loves both Tech and OU equally :)

Carson on the jet ski for the first time.

He loves his aunts :)

I love this picture!!

Pumpkin Patch- Take One

2010-10-09T19:30:00.000-07:00

Well, today was supposed to be a fun filled family day at the pumpkin patch, but Carson had other plans. He was sooooo grumpy!!! There was no making him happy. So we took a few pictures, picked out a little pumpkin and went on our way. All this to say, we will definitely be coming back...when Carson is in a better mood! I want him to actually have some fun! So these are "take one" of the pumpkin patch pics for the year :)

This was about the only picture where he kind of looks happy...

I do love this one though :)

Look at those eyebrows!

This smile was totally forced! We promised him he could "drive" when we got back to the car.

Right after I took this picture he pushed the pumpkin off of the bench...

Yep, he had fun :)

Stay tuned for updated, more happy pumpkin patch pictures :)

Yummy!

2010-10-09T11:22:00.000-07:00

I think it's safe to say that the chocolate chip muffins were a hit :)

How could you not just LOVE this sweet little face?!?

2010-10-08T19:16:00.000-07:00

Fall is here!!

2010-09-26T18:37:00.000-07:00

It was beautiful outside today so Aaron and I decided to take Carson to a park by our house. When we got there we noticed we weren't the only ones with the idea...it was SO crowded!! So we went on a little walk instead. I think Carson liked it just as much as the playground! He loved playing in the leaves, walking on the rocks, and just being able to run around outside! He had so much fun!! Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the day, in no particular order :)

Someone loves his Daddy!!

He loved throwing the leaves!

I really like this one!

I really like this one too!

I can't wait to take many more trips to the park this fall!!!

Trip to Sea World

2010-09-23T20:03:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went with my family to San Antonio. We started the weekend by going to the Alamo and then to dinner on the river walk. It poured down rain on us, so we were pretty much soaked the entire night! But Carson actually seemed to like it :) The next morning we headed to Sea World! Carson had a great time looking at the penguins, seals, and the sea lions, but his favorite was definitely Shamu! Every time the whales would jump out of the water Carson would clap and yell "again!!" He had the best time, and I loved watching him have fun!! Thanks mom and dad for taking us all on this trip!!!

Carson at the Alamo...I wish this picture wasn't so blurry :(

Playing on the playground at Sea World

Clapping for Shamu :)

New Discoveries

2010-09-14T19:59:00.000-07:00

Carson goes down his slide about 100 times each day...and today he learned that he can crawl under it :)

New discoveries = New Fun!!

Watermelon Round-Up

2010-09-07T11:03:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we headed out to Plains for the annual Watermelon Round-Up. I think these pictures speak for themselves...Carson LOVES watermelon!!

This one is my favorite!

I love this picture of Carson and Riley!! I can't believe I actually got a shot with both of them looking at the camera :)

Riley is such a cutie!

Sweet Hannah :)

Sonny, Bethany and Whitney...the were great!!!

I love these boys!

After filling up on watermelon Carson had fun picking apples in Nanny and Grandpa's backyard.

Sunday Swim

2010-08-30T05:42:00.000-07:00

I can't believe we have lived at our house for 2 years now and have never gone down to the neighborhood pool! We have been meaning to go all summer but either kept forgetting or just got too busy. So yesterday afternoon we decided to try it out. It was great! We basically had the entire place to ourselves! Carson had a great time swimming with his Daddy! His favorite thing is jumping off the side of the pool :) He is a little daredevil!!!

Kisses :)

Splashing!

Jumping to daddy

I love this!!!

When we were walking to the car Carson spotted the playground...so we couldn't pass it up!

Ruidoso Pictures

2010-08-19T15:18:00.000-07:00

I'm a little over a week late in posting these, but here are the pictures from our trip to Ruidoso with Aaron's family. Carson had a great time with his Nanny, Grandpa and Uncle Evan! He learned how to throw rocks into the water, saw some deer, went fishing, rode a pony, and went on a few little hikes...he had a blast!! Watching him have fun is the greatest thing in the world :)

Here are some pictures of the pretty scenery :)

We can't wait to go back!

Evan's Graduation

2010-08-13T12:09:00.001-07:00

Last weekend my smarty pants brother-in-law graduated from Texas Tech, magna cum laude, with a degree in chemistry. Of course we were all there to cheer him on! Carson didn't really enjoy the ceremony itself, but he loved getting to see his cousins! I feel like I didn't do a very good job at taking good pictures AT ALL, but here is what I got...

Play Time

2010-08-05T05:15:00.000-07:00

The past 2 days Carson has had a great time just playing! We haven't really gone anywhere so he has had to make his own fun here at the house :)

I wish his eyes were open in the one!

Such concentration :)

Carson played with this when he was a baby...it converts into a little easel. He loved it!

Playing with his blocks