Finally

I have so much catching up to do. I have been so busy with photography and I am STILL not caught up. I need like a 24 hour period of pure inspiration and persistence to finish all the wedding proofing I have to do. It’s so tedious… and fun too, but they are such important photos that I have to really WORK hard to make sure they are just perfect!

This past weekend Jason’s dad came up and him, Kenedey and Jason all went to Lake Erie to do some Walleye fishing. From what they tell me, apparently Kenedey caught the first walleye (and it was a keeper), also she caught the second one, that one was too small though and had to be thrown back. Bummer.

Carson is staying busy. He had his 2 year check up today. For record keeping sake, he weighs 31 lbs and is 35 inches long. I think he is definitely taller than Kenedey was at that age. I don’t remember specifically, but I do remember when she was 4, she was 40 lbs and 40 inches and he still has 2 years… so yeah he is for sure bigger than she was. I will have to do some digging to find out her stats at 2.

He was not a big fan of Dr. Rao today. Sometimes he is… other times… not.so.much! Kenedey was always excited to see Dr. Tim, but then again, they are two totally different personalities!

Biggest news around here: Carson has POTTY-TRAINED himself! We really haven’t done much to help him at all. We have been introducing the potty and letting him know it was there probably over the past 3 months, but I was just kinda waiting on HIM to give me the signal that he was ready. He does awesome in the pooping department which I know is usually the part with boys that is really tough to get them to do. Not Carson… he thinks it is SO cool. Although… he likes to sit on the BIG potty and not the potty chair so that he can sit backwards on the toilet… and you know what… at this point… whatever works is fine by me. I just keep a package of Clorox wipes in my purse for when we are in public and make sure its clean before we put him on. On our way to the doctor today he told me that he went potty… I was like GREAT… IN THE carseat… ewwww. Well, I got him out full expecting that he had an accident and I was pleasantly surpised that he was DRY! Whoo Hoo… so we headed inside and he reminded me he had to go “pod-ee”! So cute! I am such a PROUD momma! I think the key with both of my kids and getting them potty trained was just waiting for THEM to be ready. Carson is even staying dry at night. I am putting a diaper on him, but he has woken up dry 5 days in a row. WAY.TO.GO.CARSON!!!!!

Some of the cute things he is doing and saying right now:

When you ask him a question, before he answers, he rolls his eyes up and says… ummmm… then answers yep or nope!
When we pull in the driveway he yells out… “wur-ooommme” or were home! So cute.
When anyone asks him, “How are you Carson?” He replies, “cute”… no clue where he got that!
Still adores Mater, Cars and the gang… I think Guido is his favorite this month.
Really likes Dowa and Boots! Aka: Dora
When we take him for walks in the evenings, he INSISTS that I carry him… drives me nuts. Hello kid, we are walking to wear you and the dog out… why am I carrying you?
He is finally going to bed at a better time. We had some trouble with our schedule… mostly my fault. But he is usually in bed by 10pm and up by 9… that works well for mommy!
Still has a “binket”, aka blue blanket. He’s not super attached to it, however… he WILL NOT let me put a towel on him to get him out of the tub. He wants to be wrapped in the blanket. Drives.me.nuts.
Lastly, this one is the cutest: He can count in Spanish… kind of. I guess that’s what Dora does for you. When you tell him to count by saying, “Uno”… he fires back with, “cot-tro, cin-co, see-s” I LOVE IT!!!

Kenedey has been doing a lot of babysitting. It’s really nice to be able to have her help out, and I think she really enjoys it. All of her friends are doing a lot of babysitting so she asked if she could too, and so far it has gone great! She even had to deal with a flood in the bathroom one day last week! She plunged it, called my grandpa and that was that… she took care of it! As always… she makes us so proud. We are finally getting her room finished and all her new furniture in there… wow WHAT.A.JOB. Only one more thing to get, she wants a desk to put her laptop and stuff on. So that’s what’s next.

So I guess that is this week’s catch up! I am trying my best to get back in the swing of this!