Carson stuff....

This post is mainly for me...so I don't forget how hilarious my little boy is, here are a few things Carson has said and done lately that just crack me up.

• When we draw, I usually write his name and a couple of months ago he started learning that we have names other than mommy and daddy. After that we started teaching him his last name and writing it. And he says it like "Phiwips" so sweet. He will hand us the chalk/crayon etc...and say "you wanna write your Phiwips" 
• A few weeks ago we were on our way to daycare and we ended up behind a school bus in traffic for a couple of minutes and he was so excited, and he wanted to know where the bus was going when it turned, so I told him that the bus picks up big kids to go to big school, and he said "oh, the bus is going to the dinosaur's house"....I guess he was just thinking of something BIG.
• Last week I met some of my girlfriends for lunch, and when I was brushing Carson's hair, I told him I was making him look handsome for the ladies, and he looked up at me and said "the ladybugs?"...:)
• When he was outside with Cory, he told Cory "I got something in my eye" and Cory said "what is it" and Carson said "a ladybug" and he just smirked, I guess that's his version of a joke...I don't know what the obsession with ladybugs is....he is really into bugs in general right now.
• He has never really been one to put things in his mouth, however he likes to put things in his EARS....he stuffs play dough in there and pretends its earplugs (he says earcugs) like Daddy wears when he cuts grass, and he has these little pencil topper animals that he puts in his ears like earplugs as well....oy.
• He LOVES to smell everything, and I mean everything. I think he gets this from me, I like odd smells like books (old and new), plastic wrapping, paper, etc...Anything new that he sees, he says he wants to "mell" it. He loves to smell his feet...total boy!
• Carson will still come sleep in our bed 1/2 way through the night, and one early morning, he heard Colin on the baby monitor crying while Cory was tending to him, and Carson rolled over with his eyes still closed and said "give him a bottle"...basically to get that baby quiet so he could get some sleep!
• He thinks now that saying no thanks will get him out of doing a task he doesn't want to do...like this morning, me, mom and Cory tried to offer him some breakfast and he kept saying "no thank you though"
• He has started answering questions with "no sir"...I guess he hears that a lot!

• He counts to 15 in Spanish and he counts more often in Spanish than he does in English...I think I need to tune him in to Dora to teach him some more since he likes it so much!
• He is completely potty trained during the day (oh how I hate public restrooms, I have now learned to never leave the house without Clorox wipes)...road trips take a bit longer now.....
• He is just the best big brother there is! These 2 already have so much fun together, I can't wait to see what happens when Colin can walk around really play with Carson!

I just can't believe how much of a kid he is now, he will be 3 years old in just a few months! My handsome little fellow! 

The time has come...

To watch our language around Carson!

Let me preface this by saying that my husband has terrible road rage, and I kept telling him he was gonna have to tone it down before Carson started repeating those 4 letter words he heard us say. And of course, who do you think he got his first bad word from? MAMA. My husband is thrilled that this happened when I let a bad word slip, and I will never live this down. I must say it was HILARIOUS!

We were headed home from Birmingham after adopting Haley, and I was driving and a little distracted, I realized I was in an exit lane that I did not want to be in. So I had to react quickly, and the "s" word slipped. Low and behold, my toddler in the back seat shouted "JIT!!!!" I may have peed my pants a little. Never a dull moment with my kid. :)

Things I don't want to forget

Lately when I rock Carson at night he "hums" himself to sleep..it is the sweetest thing, he did this when he was a tiny baby...not sure why he started up again, but I don't mind.

He is developing some new habits...he likes to shake his head no. Sometimes he will do it coincidentally when I ask him a a question, when I try to wipe his mouth or nose, and even sometimes while he is dancing....speaking of dancing he has started to do a little neck roll...it is the cutest thing ever.

He loves to copy us when we stomp our feet.

He has discovered how to "go limp"...every time I need to brush his hair, teeth, or redirect him from something, he just falls to the floor...drives me insane.

He now knows the the word "bite" means food, and I can always get him to come to me when I say "You want a bite"  ....this kid loves to eat.

We let him have "naked time" before his bath and he now likes to "target" things to pee on...maybe potty training won't be so bad! Yeah right!

He is doing really well in the Beginner Classroom (12-20 months age range) at daycare...he sleeps on a mat instead of a crib...it drives me crazy how he naps SO easy for daycare teachers...but refuses to be put down for naps some days at home. He is very smart :) He knows what he can get away with at home and that mama is a softie.

He is DANGEROUS...I now have to protect the dogs from him! He hit Charlie on the head with a toy the other day and I am sure it hurt her :(   She runs the other way when he walks around shaking his toys now! He also hit Daddy in a very tender area with his music mallet...that was quite funny.

He certainly does keep us laughing, and I can't get enough of him!

Toddler Happenings

This kid is cracking me up....he has been doing some of the funniest things lately. For some reason he adores playing in the bathroom while I get ready for work, mainly playing with the scale and pulling things out of the cabinet. So every time the bathroom door opens, he heads that way. I was picking up my bedroom and bathroom last night and Carson was following me around, and he thought it would be fun to throw a can of hairspray in the toilet! So as I am fishing that out, I look over at him and he had my underwear on his head!

When he is getting into something he is not supposed to, we tell him "ehhh, ehhh"  so now he walks around the house saying "ehhh, ehhh" only his version is a little more drawn out.

He also "plays superman"...he drapes a blanket or article of clothing around his neck and just strolls around the house. He loves to take one of Cory's tube socks (work socks, no my hubby doesn't wear tube socks regularly) and put it on the back of his neck and holds the ends...like he just worked out at the gym or something. He will do this with his baby blankets and our clothes. He loves dragging around articles of clothing.

He also loves to give us items and take them back...he will hand me a toy and I take it and say  "Thank you" and then he grins like "yeah right" and takes it back. He has been playing with the dogs and their tennis balls, he loves to throw the balls and watch them fetch, but he doesn't understand why they won't give him the ball back. He has also started to study and figure out the doggie door...Oh Lord.

He is getting cuter and funnier by the moment, I can't wait to see what is to come and what else ends up in our toilets :)

Perfection

Cory, Carson and I returned from Augusta on Sunday. Cory had been there working at the Masters' for a week so Carson and I went to visit him for the weekend.

When we got home the weather outside was beautiful, so we put a blanket in the shade for all 3 of us to sit on and watched the dogs play in the yard (the dogs love it when we come out on "their turf" - they get SO excited). Carson climbed on us (his fav thing to do these days) and chewed on his sunglasses and he too loves watching the dogs. Then I remembered I had some bubbles, and I started to blow them for Carson of course, and Chase start chasing and trying to eat every bubble, he was jumping 4 feet in the air trying to catch some of them! Cory and I hadn't laughed that hard in a while. We had such a nice time that I didn't even care about taking pictures....just for one afternoon I didn't want to be the ghost behind the camera... and it felt SO good just to enjoy the moment.

French

The past few days Carson has started jibber-jabbering more and more which I didn't think was possible! His little language reminds me of the episode of Friends where Joey is trying to learn French from Phoebe. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwzvtjeYBQ