Happy Birthday Carson

Where did this little guy go? This picture was taken a few days after Carson was born. The pacifier is perched on his shoulder and we gave up on that after the first week so this is an almost brand new baby picture. Just looking at his new born pictures makes me want another one. Garet probably just choked on his food reading that. Don't get anxious people we are still waiting awhile for the next one.

I'll give everyone a quick run down of "the life of Carson Anthony Black: Year ONE"

The first 4 weeks of his life he was not a happy baby. If he was awake and not eating he was NOT happy. He lived on mylicon for the first 8 weeks of his life. Talk about a gassy baby. 10 weeks he started sleeping through the night until he learned to roll at about 3 -4 months. Carson was a stomach sleeper so he would roll not be able to roll back and scream. 4 months first tooth. 6 months we had a crawler. 7-8 months said dada and meant it and started pulling himself up with ease. We were convinced he would be walking in no time. 9-10 he started to repeat words like dog, door, up, thank you, momma (best one of all) and a few other ones. 11 months he still was not walking or really even trying for that matter so I started enticing him with things. He took a few steps here and there, but nothing too exciting. 4 days before his birthday it clicked. Today the day after his birthday he is walking all over the place! It's kind of crazy how it all goes so fast.

Here is a picture of Carson enjoying his first EVER taste of sugar. Some people think I'm a little over the top with his schedule and what we feed him but watching him eat this cup cake was priceless. He knew he hit the jack pot with that first taste of icing. He then proceeded to devour almost the whole cupcake an hour before bed time. I was a bit nervous about the possible sugar rush but luckily he missed his afternoon nap because of a thunder storm. Thank you lord for bringing the rain yesterday :)

Overall it's been a fast wonderful year with a lot of crying but smiles and giggles to make up for all of it. We love our little man and can't wait to see what this next year will bring.

A few steps here...a few steps there

For the last 2 weeks we have been working on walking. At first we had to get something that Carson really wanted. A remote control, a playstation 3 controller, or a cell phone. He went crazy for the cell phone. We would prop him up holding onto the coffee table or the couch; he has been standing for almost 4 months now. Then we would stick the controller just out of fingertip reach and intice him to come get it. At first he would do a super man thing and jump for it, then he would take a step and fall, but after two weeks he is starting to take about 4-5 steps. Now don't get too excited...I wouldn't call it walking yet, but definatly getting there.

We had a great 4th of July weekend. Carson did great all day considering he had a boat nap and two car seat naps. He even stayed up for fireworks which was WAY past his bed time.

Here are some pics...enjoy!

Well here goes my first real post...

A year ago in June I had a baby shower in Dallas with all of my family and friends. A few weeks before that I found out that two of my dear friends were both expecting also. I was very excited to know that my little one would be able to grow up with 2 of my childhood friend's babies. About a month later my little guy arrived, we found out that not only were the babies going to be so close in age but they were ALL going to be boys!

This June we had a baby shower for my sister who is expecting a sweet baby girl any day now. At her shower the boys had there first official play date! They looked at eachother and touched eachother, had a little hair pulling (Dylan ;) Shared toys with eachother, and really got along well. It really made me excited to know that this is just the beginning of a life long friendship between Carson, Dylan, and Ryder.