Under Siege

At first glance this might look like a post about a fun Sunday morning at the local toddler park. But no, my friends, it is a strategic mission by this youngster's parents to bring out her lighter side.
Hi, my name is Jennifer, and I used to write for this blog a long time ago. That was before the cold/ear infection set in - that then turned into a double ear infection. The hits just keep on coming! Last Friday, Carson started out with a zinger of a cold. Stuffy nose, fever - all the fun stuff. We thought that was all there was too it. We were even saying to each other - "Aww, poor baby, your first cold". We had no idea of the middle-of-the-night fury that lay ahead. By Tuesday morning we were walking out of the doctor's office with her first prescription for antibiotics. Long story short, we walked out of the doctor's office again this morning with yet another, stronger prescription. Its been a long week and a half, and those of you who are parents know what I'm talking about and are probably (hopefully) feeling a little bit of pity for us. We are hopeful that this new drug will make our little gal all better, thereby allowing us all some much needed sleep. We were very encouraged late this afternoon, but by bedtime the fever was back, so please cross your fingers for us. I'll try to report back soon.

Anyway, these pictures are from a fun Sunday morning at the awesome park in Elon. Its fairly new with a dedicated section for toddlers. Carson loves it. It was a wonderful diversion and we have the pictures to prove it!

14 months today!

The picture quality is not that great, as I took these with my little camera - but I'm just too lazy this morning to mess with the other one. Carson is 14 months old today! You really wouldn't know it by these pictures, but she's battling her first real cold, and even had 101 fever last night. She's obviously feeling good at the moment. (And Mommy and Daddy are happy about that!) Let's hope that things continue to be on the up and up!

She still needs a snuggle every now and then to keep her going. And after a rough night last night - some extra coffee to keep us going. Happy weekend!

This and That

So here are a few random pictures from last week. The first shot is Tim working on some more babyproofing in the kitchen. After several days, we're both finally used to those little plastic, but neccessary, inconveniences. It was pretty annoying for a few days though. Speaking of annoying, you should have seen Carson's reaction when she could no longer have immedate access to the pots and pans.

In the next two shots, Carson is flirting with me from the bottom stairs. She knows they are off-limits, but she loves to crawl up one or two and giggle as a teaser.

And here she is with her buddy Tyler, making a mess of Katy's fridge. The child experts say that 1 year olds mostly participate in parallel play, or play alongside, but not really with, their peers. Not so for these kiddos. They are always interested in what the other one is up to. Partners in crime already!

Park Perfect

Today was just one of those gorgeous days - the first cool and sunny one in a while - that we just had to get out and enjoy. So, we hit one of our favorite hotspots - city park. First stop, as usual, the swings. Although this time, Carson got to walk over there all by herself!

Now that she's walking, there's a little more for her to do. She loves to crawl and walk in and out of the tunnel.


A "peek" inside one of the tunnel windows. And below, her peach-fuzz glued to the ceiling on account of some static.Checking out the big kids...And spending some time as a volunteer gardener for the City of Mebane.

Where did the week go?

So when I finally sat down to post, it seemed like there weren't many great pictures this week, but lots to talk about. Carson seems to have grown by leaps and bounds this week, and Tim and I exchange the look constantly of "Can you believe she just did that?" So, where to start? First of all, she's in love with being outside. Riding in her little car, swinging, or walking - on her own, no doubt, makes her very happy these days. If she's not strapped in, there is no holding her for long. She wants down!

She loves to "walk" Abby. And poor Abby. We should give her an award, or at least a squeaky toy. She is being so tolerant of our toddler. Most of the time she gets out of the way, but if Carson does happen to latch on to her, she gives us the "save me" look until we can come to her rescue and get Carson interested in something else. Anyway, here's a sloppy shot of Carson riding in her car and holding Abby's leash (and a bit of her fur, sorry Abby!)

Her new word is "whoa". If she finds something, falls down, gets excited - she says "whoa". We figure she picked it up from her nervous parents who have said it repeatedly over the past few weeks as she has learned to walk. As in, "whoa - watch out!"

We did some visiting this week, as Timbo was out of town for a couple of days. So us girls spent some time with friends Scott and Katy and Carson's buddy Tyler, as well as the Waters family and her great-grandmother - MaMa Mary. Carson had an especially good time exploring her grandparents' big backyard in Oxford.

And today, we took a family shopping trip to buy Carson some shoes. Her feet have grown exponentially lately, so we purchased some nice, size 4 Keds for this little gal and her busy feet! Have a great start to the week!

Are you ready for this?

Hold on to your hats....she's really cruising now. Carson picked up her "vintage" popper today (I say vintage because it did belong to her mother, back in the day. No wait, I think I prefer the term "classic") Okay so she grabbed her "classic" popper and just started cruising. And since I had promised a short video of those steps, here it is!

So, since I captured this video with my little camera, I ran across this picture we took from her 1 year doctor's visit. I remember when she first sat in that little bucket - and she was teeny!

Hope everyone stays safe and dry! Happy weekend!

Caught Ya!

I couldn't resist. We've had a tad bit of resistance to taking a bath lately. Every time she realizes that she's about to go in, she takes off in the other direction. On this night, she was farther into the process than usual before she made her grand escape. I think she figured her grandmother would save her, but it didn't happen. Not long after this picture, she was carted back into the bathroom.

Of course, she's fine once she gets in there, and is definitely all smiles once she gets out.

My mom found this "flowerpot" hat for her at the dollar store. Goes great with the bikini, don't you think?