SOLID solid foods!!!

We have been giving Carson teething crackers and biscuits for almost a month now which he has absolutely LOVED!!! And it has helped me out tons to be able to sit him in his highchair and be able to give him a biscuit to gnaw on while i put away groceries, unload the dishwasher, or even actually make his lunch, which he is usually VERY impatient for! hahaha

A couple days ago we upgraded even more in the solid food world, to actual solid meal foods! For example slices of bananas, pears, peaches, and carrots are what we have tried so far...he loves to be able to pick each piece up and shove it in his mouth, like he does with EVERYTHING he picks up, but this time he is not told he cant eat it! lol if that makes sense! It took his a bit since i started feeding him with a fork one by one, but the next day, ignored his fussing for about a minute, which is when he discovered that feeding himself is WAY MORE fun than Mom doing it!! hehe

Its just so amazing to me and Will how fast he is growing into a little man! Will was surprised how well he has adjusted to this new way of feeding (along with purees and nursing still) Keep in mind Carson doesnt even have TEETH yet!!! I cant believe it! Im sure they are just going to pop out all at once lol but for now, im okay with no teeth to bite my boob;)

banana fun:)

so easy to just cut open and spoon right out like a bowl!!! yum!

Happy 1st Easter

If you know me at all, you know I LOVE any and all holidays. Especially the big ones! I dont know why it is, since I know all the holidays have special meanings to different people besides the fake mascots such as Santa and the Easter bunny. A lot of people hate that people make them about gifts. Well, im just the opposite. I love to give gifts, the anticipation and surprise. Seeing the persons face when opened! Along with the gifts, I love the smiles, laughter, and memories made on these holidays. Yes, those should be everyday, but life happens and you cant be happy everyday of the year! I remember when I was a kid, holidays were my absolute favorite time of the year because of many personal reasons/issues, but all-in-all, everyone had a good time, no matter what was going on in life at the time. I hope and will try my best to have Carson be a much happier child all the time than I was, BUT i still want him to have that same warm feeling during the holidays:)

For Easter, I had been collecting goodies for almost a month for his first basket. I even began a couple months ahead on researching cute photo ideas to share with everyone! Well, I would say all of my hard work as the Easter Bunny paid off!!!! Its even crazy to think about last year at this very time, I had Carson growing in belly, wondering what it would be like to be the Easter Bunny for my very first time!:)

23 weeks pregnant with Carson Tyler...April 8th, 2012 EASTER DAY

Easter morning, we woke up to follow eggs to the baskets set up in the living room. Carson had so much fun following the trail of eggs! :) Then once he got to his basket, of course he was in heaven! He loved everything in it!!! Including the foil wrapped chocolate lol just for fun we opened one up to let him taste, he hated it, all he wanted was the foil wrapped ones ;) hahaha silly boy! 

After all the fun of looking through our goodies, we collected a bunch of eggs in a basket, and headed down by the creek to enjoy the warm sunny day and just enjoy each other! It was awesome! Carson had so much fun and such a great day with Mom and Dad. I love my little family so much!!!

HAPPY EASTER!!!

OUR LITTLE FAMILY 2013

trail of eggs!!

found the baskets!!

pups begging for their homemade goodies!!!

ready to go play in the sun!

Daddy & son

Momma lovin her family time!!!

i love him <3 forever and always

growing up so fast!!!!

By the way, we SHOULD HAVE HAD more professional family pictures done by now, BUT, the day before the scheduled shoot, Carson received his first black eye...more serious than the last time he bumped his face down by the creek...go figure!!!!

had to share just one more picture....

he is just going to love me when hes older;) hahahahahahahaha