Valentine's Day

I am about a month behind on my blog posts, but I figure better late than never. :) We had a great Valentine's Day! Rob and I decided to forget our childless days of going out to eat at a romantic restaurant. Instead we traded in for a good, quiet, crowdless homecooked meal. (We were able to go out to eat the next weekend, just to two of us, which was nice!) I made Rob's favorite green chili enchiladas and some red velvet cheesecake squares for dessert. It was such a fun Valentine's Day with our new little family!

Our lovely Valentine's Day tablescape. :)

 

 

My two favorite boys got their favorite DVDs for Valentine's Day! I love them so much!!!

4 Months

Our little guy turned 4 months old this past Sunday! I can't believe how fast he is growing up. It is so much fun to see not only his physical changes, but also the changes in his personality. He is a great baby and so much fun!!

We went to the doctor yesterday and he weighs 15 pounds 12 ounces and measures 25 3/4 inches long. He is in the 70th percentile for height and 67th percentile for weight. We couldn't believe that he weighed that much! He is a solid kid. :)

Carson is a very active baby... he hardly ever holds still! I have a video of me trying to take a picture of him and he is just kicking like crazy. As a result of his activeness, he loves playing with his play mat and bouncing in his jumperoo. He also loves watching his movies - Baby Signing Time, Fisher Price Nature Baby, and Baby Einstein. His favorite part of the movies are the little puppets on the Fisher Price movies. He could be crying in his jumperoo and once those puppets come on he immediately stops and watches. It is so funny!

We started out with two textbooks, but now we are down to one!

Carson's umbilical hernia has healed! It was pretty amazing to see his belly button sink back in... and it happened pretty quickly, too!

Carson has rolled over twice... the first one was an accident while we were playing on the floor and it took him by surprise! The second one happened while he was sleeping and he was not happy when he woke up on his tummy! We are still working on it. :)

Carson is known for always being hungry! He eats, eats, and eats some more. I have been nursing him every 1 1/2 - 2 hours since he was born, which is exhausting! And the last two weeks he had been waking up during the middle of the night every 2-3 hours because he was hungry. So once we hit that 4 month mark we decided to give solids a try! We just tried it this morning, so we haven't quite seen the effects of it yet. It was so funny to watch his face the first time we put a spoon in his mouth. He looked at us like, "What the heck are you people doing?!" But he did a lot better than I thought he would the first try. Let's hope we can stretch out those feedings and get him sleeping a little better. :)

Happy four months to our baby boy! We love him so much!!!

Baby's First Christmas 2012

We had a great Christmas! It started out with Carson's blessing day on December 23rd. It was a fantastic day and we were so grateful for all the family and friends who made it to support us.

My family came down to California and rented a house in Huntington Beach the week of Christmas. We stayed there with them and had a great time! We went to Orange County Mining Company for Christmas Eve dinner, my family went to Disneyland Christmas day while we went to Robbie's family, spent a day at the beach, went to Sea World, and much more! Here are some pictures...

Yummy lunch at our favorite Taco Factory!

 

Carson left goodies for Santa and his reindeer!

Carson got spoiled!

Seeing the penguins at Sea World... 

,,, and Shamu!

The girls got pedicures!

 



It was a fun Christmas break! We have loved having Carson be a part of our little family and are so excited for the more adventures that come.