pool day

Last week Carson & I went swimming at my Aunt's & he l-o-v-e-d it! I honestly thought he would scream when I put him cause one the water is always a tad cold when you first get in & two we had "tested the waters"  a couple times before & he didn't seem too thrilled about it. But he didn't seem alarmed at all, not even a whimper when he hit the water. We splashed and sang, & he was just laaaauuuggghhhiiiinnnggg. So cute! I swear it still amazes me something so stinkin adorable came from me.

week in phone pics. week one

Amy @ A Good Life hosts an awesome link up every week of cell phone pics, taken throughout the week. This is my first time I'm linking up, but definately not the last. You should go check it out & link up too, fo sho.

Scenes of the week:

Teething baby sucking on a mesh feeder, pulling grass with his bff Mazelynn, sneaking in Mama's closet, mean muggin on a walk,  Carsey riding in his Lowe's truck. Being cute, Eating breakfast, Furniture shopping, Rolling with a Big Yellow Ball =)

March Of Dimes Walk

Saturday we were up bright & early, drank our coffee(except Carson of course), & went walkin for healthy babies!

When we arrived there were of course tons of people & babies everywhere, it was great to see so many people supporting such a great cause. When the walk started we started down the path that began with a small field of stars with "in memory of" & "in honor of" <insert name> on them. I couldn't help but get teary-eyed looking at them & thinking about Carson's short three day stay in the NICU, the day after we came home from the hospital, at four days old (a story for a different day), and how terrifying that was, and how blessed we were to have a healthy baby boy. I also thought of the story of another bloggy momma Holly & her son Liam. Their story is one of strength, courage, & loss of a precious life & was on my mind and in my heart the entire time. I was walking for Liam's memory, all the little lives taken too soon & those who had to go through so much to be here today.

It was an amazing experience & we will definately be walking again next year!

Oh by the way, yesterday at King's Island in Cincinnati....this happened.

Awesome.

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Wordless Wednesday: Just a Swingin

Steppin Out Saturday: Family Portrait Edition

This Saturday we stepped out to have Carson's 1st Christmas & our first family pictures done. And holy shnikees was it a loooooong day! First of all, this place was p.a.c.k.e.d, and continued to get more packed the longer we were there. Our appointment was at 1:20pm which might as well have been at 2pm since we waited till about then. It didn't bother me much though, Carson was being super good playing with Daddy while I sat next to them, people watching =)  We ended up being there three hours total, UGH! But we got some great shots & a learning experience on what and what not to do from it all.



Ho Ho Ho....Merry Christmas!

Carson had his first visit with Jolly 'ol St. Nick yesterday &  he L-O-V-E-D him. He was such a big boy just sitting on Santa's lap & looking around at everything & as you can see we got a big grin out of him!

I have to admit that I secretly wanted him to totally freak out so we would have a hilarious piece of nostalgia, but just a teeny tiny bit  

Monkey N' Around

Yesterday evening was Beggar's night in our town & a whole bunch around us. Even though mister man is only 3 1/2 months we still took him out for everyone to see his cute adorable little costume.

First, we stopped by my friend Kinzi's house because her mom is mega into Halloween & always decorates her house spook-tacular.  Then since it was a bit chilly for him we went to a nursing home that I used to work at, where all the residents sit in the halls & pass out candy to the trick-or-treaters. To be honest I felt a tad guilty getting candy for a baby that is obviously too young for even a sucker. (although I would be lying if I said I didn't give him one little taste, okay two) One of the residents even said as she was putting candy in his bucket, "that baby is a little young for trick-or-treating", just love how blunt the eldery can be. HaHa!  After the nursing home we came back to our town & visited my Aunt so she could see Carson in his costume & take pictures. He was a little ticked off by this point in the night, it was getting dangerously close to bath/bedtime & his costume was a bunting costume, so we couldn't keep him in it to ride in his car seat, resulting in taking him in and out of his costume THREE times in one and a half hours!! Ugh, what a pain for all of us!

All in all it was a good night & a great first holiday for our little family. Plus, we got what we wanted out of the whole night... Pictures, Fun, & Candy