Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Trick or Treat


There is no reason that I should be posting this pic in December, but I am. SORRY!


Carson loved Trick or Treat. He did a great job saying it and saying thank you! Most of all he was amazed that people gave him "cha cha" That's Chocolate.


Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The carving of the PUMPKIN!

We visited the pumpkin patch and picked several pumpkins. We pained the little ones and carved the big one. Carson was very interested in carving until he looked inside. He sayed "YUK!" But he still helped some. Several nights after the carving when I would ask him if he wanted to go light the pumpkin he would say "Mama, spoon" and run to the kitchen to get a spoon. We had to explain that we only needed the spoon when carving the pumpkin.





Trip to Granny's Garden

Carson thinks this squash is a baseball bat. Batter up!

The kids were able to gather eggs and feed the chickens.

We visited the farm with some friends from church. We learned about the farm visited some animals and had lunch.


And what's fall without a hayride?





Friday, October 24, 2008

Going to the Park

Carson thinks he's cool in mommy's sunglasses and Mommy think he looks hillarious!!!


Now he has Daddy's sunglasses.


Every visit to the park we take a pic of Carson on this tree stump.


He loves the park!



Making Aunt Amy's Wedding Cake


Carson was a big help in cleaning all the icing off the spatula. HA!

Playing with Cousins

Children's Museum



We visited the Museum with Carson's friend from nextdoor (Marissa). Carson loves playing in the water area.

Learning how to make a mess!

Only 1 month behind. KINGS ISLAND

Carson's 1s trip to Kings Island was a hit. He loved the rides that he could go on, and was sad about the ones he couldn't. It doesn't help when your ride buddy (Max)is 4 incehs taller than you - HA! We are just hoping that next year Carson will be 36" tall.

We went for P&G day and spent the morning with the Rice Family in kiddie land. The pictures are in reverse order (the first photo is on the way home after a long day)



Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Carson's New Dance

Carson dancing to the UK fight song with a paci (which he hasn't used since he was 6 months old).

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Friday, September 5, 2008

Carson's 2nd Birthday

Carson turned 2 last week and I haven't been neglecting his blog. I'm just having issues with my camera and it won't download my pics to the computer. So as soon as I get it fixed I'll post.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

My cousins new blog

Hey everyone....

Add Corey, Ian, and Andrew to your friends. They have a new blog. See it over in my friends.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

New Baby Cousin

My new cousin Shawn Joseph arrived early this morning weighing in at 8 lbs 13 oz. Mommy and Daddy took Carson to visit this evening, but Shawn is in the special care nursery since he had difficulty breathing at first. He's doing great, it's just to be safe. So I was only able to see him through the nursery window. I banged on the window to make sure he saw me and I told him I was "two" by holding up two fingers. I wanted him to know that I'm older than him. I was sad when mommy and daddy went into the nursery to see him because I couldn't go too. Here are some pics.



Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Baby Watch

Aunt Randi and Uncle Brent went to the hospital tonight to start induction. So we hope to have a baby in the next 12 - 48 hours. When we ask Carson if it's going to be a boy or girl he says "boy" "girl". I think Brent and Randi do not want both a boy and a girl - so we'll have to wait and see.

We are saying a pray for Aunt Randi and the new cousin on the way.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Vacation in San Antonio

Day 1

Carson's second trip on an airplane went very well. We had been telling him for 2 weeks we were going on an airplane to Texas. He would say "yeah, Tetas". We were up bright and early at 4:15am for a flight at 6:25am. Carson was very excited, but insisted that we weren't on an airplane. It wasn't until he was looking out the window and saw the clouds that he said, "Mama, paplane". He fell asleep for a bit and then the portable dvd helped the rest of the flight. At our layover in Houston we ate lunch (Carson ate pizza), he enjoyed running his legs off. The next flight (only 45 minutes) was quick and painless. After checking in at the hotel and the boys (Daddy & Carson) taking a nap while mommy unpacked, we walked to tour the Alamo and have dinner at the Rainforest Cafe. We thought Carson would love this, but the lifelike animals and sounds of tropical storms was scary. He ecspecially hated the 4 ft elephant right at our table that moved and made noises all through dinner(Carson ate pizza). He kept saying "bye bye".

At bedtime Carson said his first pray that contained more words than just "amen" It went like this "Mama, Dada, Nanan (that's how he says Carson) Amen"....Carson was out in less than 5 minutes.



Day 2

Off to the zoo....in 100 degree temps - UGH. It was very hot, but we spent 5 hours at the zoo and really enjoyed seeing a different zoo. Some things we saw that's not at the Cincinnati zoo: Kangaroos, lots of fish, porcupins(is that spelled right?), Lots and lots of birds, a really cool beach area for the kids to splash in, and the best UP CLOSE hippo exhibit.

After resting at the hotel we went to the riverwalk for a boat trip on the river and dinner at Joe's crab shack (Carson had pizza - seeing the pattern?).

Carson was off to sleep in less than 5 minutes.

Day 3

Sea World here we come (or as Carson calls it WOOOORLD). We arrived at open and stayed till close - yes 11 hours. Carson was wonderful and had a blast. So within 15 mintues the temps are 100 degrees and we are all miserable. So we let Carson ride some kiddie rides, Daddy rode a roller coaster and we went to visit the Pequins. Then it was off to the water park (round 1 of sunscreen) - thank goodness for the lazy river and the kiddie park! Then we dryed off and braved the heat to see Shamu in Believe and more rides and animals. Then it was time to go back to the water park. Oh boy it was hot!!!! (round 2 of sunscreen)Then we left the waterpark when it closed and went to see the dolphin show and Shamu one more time in "Shamu Rocks Texas". It was amazing to see the whales!!!! By this time mommy and daddy are really feeling sunburned - Even though we had two rounds of sunscreen our Ohio skin was not ready for Texas! OUCH!!!!!

A stop at McD's on the way home and off to bed. Carson was asleep in less than 5 minutes.

Day 4

Road Trip....We took an hour drive to meet Constance (Carson's birthmom...not his real mom (I'm his real mom)but the mommy whose tummy he grew inside). We had lunch and had a visit for about 1 1/2 hours. It was nice to see her and to hear how she is doing. She was happy that we offered and went out of our way to visit. It does not make us sad or nervous to meet with her. Carson is our son and nothing can change that now - she is 100% sure of her decision and she tells us how happy she is that we are Carson's parents. But, she is a part of his life (and ours) and will always be. She gave us the most amazing gift anyone could give...a child! We are so thankful for to be Carson's Mommy & Daddy!!!!! And thankful that we can share his life with her if only in photos, letters, and visits. Her boyfriends mom came with her, and she said to Darren "It's amazing how he looks like you, he smiles like you". It's also nice to see how Carson looks like Constance. He has her brown eyes and her ears. Even little things - like we always say how Carson sweats so much and she mentioned how she sweats so easily. (No it didn't get his sweating from his uncle Brent) Carson pronounces most of his words like me. He truly is and always will be a product of 4 parents (unfortunately we may never meat his birthfater). Understand, that does not make us sad. God built our family just this way!

After our visit we went to the Snake Farm. Just a run down building we passed on the way home. Daddy said "I think I saw a show on the Discovery Channel about that place, let's go". So we went. Now let me tell you the name of the show was "Dirtiest Jobs" It was a dirty place. But they had tons of snakes, reptiles, and other animals - including an arctic wolf - yes in Texas. Carson fed the goats, but the goats wouldn't eat from his hands. Probably because he only had 1 kernel of corn and he was chasing them around saying "goat goat".

We went to dinner at a nice Mexican place. During dinner I told Carson that tomorrow we were going to take an airplane back to Kentucky. He started screaming and crying (of all the places) saying "no Tetas". He was having such a good time he didn't even want to go home.

We went back to the hotel and went swimming and then off to bed. Carson was asleep in less than 5 minutes.

Day 5

Time to go home. Our flight was delayed 3 1/2 hours so we walked alot in the airport and ate lunch. Carson made a friend and played Choo Choo trains with John (3 yrs old). Carson slept most of the flight home and we made it home and were only 30 minutes late for church. For those of you that know me well...you know that I'm NEVER late. I felt really bad, but at least we made it.

It was a wonderful vacation!

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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Monday, July 14, 2008

County Fair



We went to the fair with Mawmaw and Uncle Matt tonight. At first Carson was afraid of the rides, but he warmed up real fast. We forgot the camera so no good photos. We watched the barnyard olympis, demolition derby, and the highlight was the GREASED PIG chase. Uncle Matt couldn't resist signing up. Yes, that means you chase a greased pig around in the dirt and the 1st to catch it and put it in the cage wins. I thought it was awful - the poor pig was screatching so loud - it was terrified. I would be too with 20 grown men and women chasing me around. Well Matthew realized in the middle of the event that it was a litte much for the pig and backed off. Here's a pic (Uncle Matt's in the white stripped shirt)

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Sick little boy

Carson has been running a high fever the last few days. Last night and this morning it hit 103.4. We went to the dr. and they discovered - strep throat. He's banned to the house for the next 24-36 hours. Poor little guy. He's just not his self.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Go Reds!!!

Tonight was Carson's first trip to a Baseball game. He had a blast. We stayed for the entire game. The Reds won 6-2. Carson enjoyed spending time with his cousins, Logan and Dylan. He liked the snacks the best. The fireworks scared him and he was crying as he clinched onto mommy saying "bye bye night night bye bye".


Carson, Logan, and Dylan "Go Reds!"



Aunt Randi, Daddy, Carson, and Uncle Brent. Notice Carson eating Aunt Randi's chips.

YUMMY!!!!!!!

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Monday, May 26, 2008

Chucky Cheese

It was suppose to rain today, so we picked an inside activity - Chucky Cheese. This is Carson's 1st visit. To his surprise, Julie, Ellie, and Max were there too!

Max and Carson had a good time.



Friday, May 23, 2008

Memorial Day Camping Trip



We spent the weekend camping and Carson had a blast! Eating snacks, playing outside, staying up late, the park, getting dirty, riding bikes, mawmaw & papa, and a bubble machine - what more could a 1 1/2 year old ask for. I will post pics soon.

Friday, April 25, 2008

My favorite food

I love corn, but corn on the cob is even better. YUMMY!

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Campfires and Smores

Daddy made us a big campfire on this cool spring evening and mommy made smores. I really just liked eating the marshmellows.



Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The difference 1 year can make

Carson visiting the petting zoo April 2007

Visiting the same goats April 2008