Better late than never

Well, we went to see Santa back before Christmas.  You haven't seen the photo because we didn't have it.  Daddy was finally able to pick it up so here it is! 

Considering how difficult it is to get all three even looking at the camera I'd say it was pretty good!  Gotta love my babies!

Off to the doctor!

We headed off to the doctor today for Dillon's 4 year and Carson's 6 month appointments.  Daddy met me down there since both of them got shots, I didn't want to take that on by myself!  And the verdict, they are both growing beautifully. 

Dillon's Stats:

40.75 inches tall - 60th percentile

44.5 lbs - 95th percentile, which the doctor even made note of, seems to be all muscle.

Carson's Stats:

29.25 inches tall - off the charts!

19lbs 7 oz - 85th percentile

Carson has all of 3/4 of an inch until he has "outgrown" his carseat.  I am not looking forward to switching him into a carseat that has to stay in the car.  I like being able to cart him around in his carseat but I'll do what I have to.  The nurse was telling me that the recommendation is to keep kids backward facing until 2 years and she proceeded to say that the law is still only one year so keep Carson backwards facing as long as he'll "fit" which she doesn't think will be very long! 

We're all moved in to Grandma and Papa G's house.  We're getting into a routine, though we haven't finished unpacking.  Kayda's favorite thing to do is play "back seat driver" while Papa is playing video games.  She sits there and orders him around.  Dillon just loves always having someone to snuggle with.  On Saturday mornings Daddy and I will get up and head upstairs to find that Kayda and Dillon have already gotten up and are snuggling next to Papa on the couch all wrapped up in blankets watching him play games.  No Papa isn't always playing games, though he would be if Kayda had her way!  Grandma G is still in Wisconsin with the newest cousin, they're both very excited for her to come back home.

Kayda and Dillon are both very loving towards their baby brother, they fight in the car over who Carson is looking at, love to play with him and will sing him songs if he is crying or upset.  We were trying to take a couple quick pictures and Carson started crying so they were each giving him kisses, naturally I had to make them do it at the same time so I could record it.  It's a regular thing for them and they seem to LOVE being big brother and big sister.

Carson's thing about living here is Papa. He lunges for Papa and loves play time with him. Papa likes to growl and pretend to bite Carson to tickle him a little, so what happened? Carson started making a growling type noise whenever he saw Papa!

Carson is trying SO hard to crawl. See his little bum stuck up in the air? He's pushing with his legs. He hasn't figured out his arm yet so he ends up pushing with his feet and kind of dragging his face across the ground.

Look what I can do!

Carson is quite the little sitter.  He loved sitting and playing with this activity table today, he played with it for about 10 minutes which in infant time is FOREVER.   There are two times he'll fall over now, if he gets startled, and if he decides he wants to get something.  He is starting to get closer and closer to crawling, he kind of shoves himself around on the floor now. 

I wish you could see his dimples but whenever he smiles he dips his head down and I just can't seem to get them! 

Picture Play Time!

Yesterday Kayda and Dillon were entertaining themselves by rolling balls towards eachother to "crash" them.  They were having a fantastic time and Carson was perfectly content to sit and watch!  He is getting so good at sitting, he made it for about 10 minutes while I collected all the garbage and took it out to the curb.  I checked on him throughout the whole process and he didn't fall over or get upset at all!  He tends to be happy as long as he isn't hungry or tired and he can watch big brother and sister play.

Today I decided to get out the camera again and get more pictures.  I feel like I've missed the last month in all the chaos of moving and finishing everything on the house.  Kayda and Dillon were playing horses and Carson was happy to sit and watch them again, great opportunity right?

 I couldn't seem to catch his full smile.  He has the most adorable dimples!!!  I'll have to keep working on that. 

 Kayda was being little miss serious and wanted to pose, but NOT smile. 

Carson LOVES this snake.  It's a dog toy (that was NEVER used by a dog) and he can't get enough of it.

Everytime Kayda and Dillon wanted a picture "with their horses" they would hold them up so I couldn't see their faces so I finally just took the picture like that.  I found it amusing when I looked at it.

SO cute!  I just can't get enough of my babies.  Course only one of them is still a baby.  They're all growing up way to fast. 

Such big beautiful blue eyes!  We are so screwed when our kids grow up... the teen years are going to be a nightmare.