A Day With Carson

So basically I followed Carson around the house today taking pictures and documenting things that should have been documented for a while now. With Carson also afflicted with the stomach bug, we are getting a lot of around the house time- which is perfect for me to update everyone on what Carson is in to right now. We are now looking at an almost 2 year old and Carson in the last few weeks has learned how to do some new things. First, we are all ecstatic because Carson's "Peanut" (the satin lined lovie that has an elephant head and he does not put down for 10 minutes during any given day) was found. We had origionally purchased two, after seeing how he had grown an attachment to the first. Only to lose the second one. Not a big deal until the week of the stomach bug hits. When one is in the washer and he is crying for it- it does pose a bit a problem. Well a few days ago I was walking around the back yard and spotted something blue and green crumbled up under some trees and shrubbery in the back yard. I had to crawl through about 15 feet of branches and thorns to reach it. The mystery that Tommy and I could not figure out is HOW is got there. When Peanut went missing, the trees were full and there is no way anyone could have been playing that deep in the woods. We theorized that he took both outside, one had a food scent on it and squirrels dragged it off. Still having one to hold, he went back inside with us and no one was alerted. If you have a better theory, please let us know. Anyway, after two cycles through the sanitary wash- it is back in our little thumbsucker's safe hands.

My sister got Carson a rocket ship tent for Christmas that has found a permanent home in the boy's room. First, the tent started as what was intended- a creative play prop. Now...Carson runs and dives into the back when ever trying to escape___________(Fill in the blank with bath,changing clothes, diaper change, time for bed or nap). And no, it is not the easiest space to crawl into and retrieve the giggling trashing wild boy.

One of the biggest new milestones for C-Horse is going down the steps while holding onto the rail. Until a few weeks ago, he was still going down on his bottom. Big boy!!!

Carson is/tries to be a big helper around the house. He still is obsessed with vacuums and has appointed himself in charge of the swiffer. Most of the time he stays on the hardwoods and most of the time it has a cleaning pad on the bottom. The big deal to the below picture is not the swiffer...it is him putting it away by himself. Carson can now open doors!!!! Awesome, right? Well, mixed emotions. Happy that Carson is getting more independant, not so happy he is able to open any door of his choosing unsupervised.

As always, a lot of new and exciting happenings around her. As I am blogging- Carson is in our bathroom putting on Tommy's aftershave and yelling "Man!" Meaning...smell me, I smell like a man (Tommy's teaching).