Charlotte.

We had the opportunity to go to Charlotte to see some family and work with Cory's dad. Cory was able to get some great practice in and learn a few things. It was a great visit!

This picture is HILARIOUS! I love Carson so much.

Carson had fun playing with the Gammaw

Here's Cory's high school! He recounted the famous story of about how him and Cameron hit some black guy with their car. He even showed me where it took place.

Cory's elementary! It was so weird for him to go back there.

Here's the playground he used to play on. I guess it used to be in a different spot.

And of course, we had to get one of Carson playing there. He is so sweet.

Fall Ohio Visit

The end of October we went to Ohio and it was gorgeous! There were so many pretty trees to look it. We love seeing the Forsgrens and we loved seeing Alana. We are so glad Carson was able to meet his Aunt Alana! We always have so much fun.

 

We somehow managed to not get any pictures of Jimett or Cameron. We love you guys too!

Carson is 11 Months

-Carson has been quite the cuddle bug lately. We love it because he rarely holds still. And he gives hugs and kisses. He started giving us wet slobbery kisses (which are the best, of course!), rather than just a forehead.

-He took 3 steps yesterday! We were shocked! We didn't even know he could do that because we haven't really seen him do a full step. Then all of a sudden, there were 3! 

-He has learned a lot of words. He started saying ball, rawr, blub (that's what a fish says). And I got him to say ruff one time. He tries to say book, but he's not quite there. He knows SO many words! I'm always surprised at how much he understands. He knows paci, blankey, train, car, book, water, treat, bye-bye, airplane, owl, and more. I'm just too lazy to record them all.

-Carson also has his own language that sounds like German or Swedish. It's adorable to listen to.

-His favorite animal is a puppy dog. He gets soooo excited when he sees one. Even a picture.

-I have been weaning him from nursing the past couple of weeks. He has only wanted to nurse a couple of times. So it hasn't been that bad of a transition. (crossing my fingers that I'm not jinxing myself right now!) He won't take formula. So I've been trying so hard to get him to drink lots of milk during the day. We've been giving him crackers to make him thirsty. He would much rather have water and boy does he know the difference!

-2 more teeth popped through. He's got 8 now! Hence why I stopped nursing....

-Cory and I were talking and we agreed that we are both ready for him to start walking and understanding more. We think each baby stage is just long enough. By the end of one stage we are ready for the next!

Palmer Halloween Party

We had fun at the Palmer trick-or-treat--even though we LOST! BOO!

We were a bubble bath!

We lost to the baby dressed as a dragon--Palmer's mascot. So of course he had to win. We still had fun though!

He looked so cute crawling around.

Did you know there is such a thing as printing and ironing?? We did a little copy and paste if you know what I mean...

After we ripped his costume off, he went straight for his candy. We love this picture! Ha ha ha! So cute!

Pride of the Wapsi

The pumpkin patch!

The boy loves goats.

Niabi Zoo

We went to the zoo and Carson loved it!

We fed the giraffes!

They have some of the birds flying around in the building you walk through--which was a little scary for me.

While we were there, one of the lions started fighting another lion! It was crazy because we were only a few feet away. This lion rawred soooooo loud! I got scared! But it was way cool.

Carson's 10 Month Update

-This little guy is looking more and more like a LITTLE BOY! 

 

-He's pretty much down to one nap already. He could still use 2 but I usually can't get him down for a second nap for the life of me! So I've been doing 1 most days and I actually like it! 

 

-He learned what kisses are. Whenever we say, "Can I have a kiss?" he leans in and puts his forehead conveniently on our lips. It's the sweetest thing. 

 

-The past few days he has been standing all by himself for a few seconds before he plops down. A couple times he has stood there and started clapping for himself!

-We got him a few trains (Thomas, Henry, and James) at a yard sale a few weeks ago and he LOVES them! I can just say, "Where are your trains?" and he crawls as fast as he can to pick them up. 

-He has been doing this cute thing the past month or so. Whenever we pick him up from bed after he wakes up, he will take his paci out of his mouth and throw it in his crib. He knows it's only for bed/nap time. Sometimes he forgets and we have to say, "Put your paci down." and he does! It's been so weird talking to him and having him understand!

-He pretty much babbles his lips with his finger ALL day long! His dadda taught him that, along with picking his nose. Thankfully, he doesn't do that all day long. 

-Whenever Cory comes home, Carson crawls really fast to the door and waits for him to open it. He gets so excited when he comes home! It's so precious. 

 

-At his 9 month check-up, the doctor noticed his love for carrots and sweet potatoes. He has some orange tinging on his nose and feet. ha ha!

For some reason, this month was really hard. I think he did some major growing this past month. And he was sick. And his nap situation was not fun. But he has been super funny and he does new things everyday. I love it! He is so sweet and we love him so much!