Out and About

As the weather warms up in NC and everything blossoms and turns green, Carson and I are having a wonderful time getting out and about. We enjoy going to the parks, museums, and on walks on the bike paths and hikes in the Eno River State Park and Duke Forest, both near our home. Often we have the great pleasure of doing these activities with our friends. Here is a photo of Carson and his good buddy Alex on an afternoon walk while sipping their "shlaw" (translation from "Carsoneese" = water) in our new double kiddo burley bike trailer/stroller. What fun!

On another note, Carson has just begun to let go of things and walk unassisted over the last couple of days. He shows obvious pride and excitement over his new found ability. He is still a bit wobbly, but getting more and more steady and confident by the day. I will post some photos when I get some. As of now, all I have is video and it seems I am not an accomplished enough blogger to have figured out how to upload that yet.

Baby Steps

Yesterday afternoon, back inside after a long romp outside holding on to Mama and Dada's hands, Carson decided it was high time to take his first three independent steps! He walked from Mama to Dada several times taking a few steps on his own each time. He could not seem to make the return trip from Dada to Mama and would just lean forward never taking any steps until Mama caught him. So, Carson is baby stepping into walking! He is on his way!

No walking photos yet, but hopefully some will be forthcoming as Carson gets better at doing the walking part on his own.

Fish

Yummmy! After smearing a healthy lunch all over himself Carson bemoans the fact that he only gets 10 goldfish crackers on his tray. He has gotten really good at saying "more, Mama" now that he is all well and has a BIG appitite. He crawled into the kitchen yesterday and said "More nanana Mama" (that is Banana in the middle there). In the mornings he likes to go in and see Daddy as he is getting ready for work. The shower is especially facinating. When B.J. has already finished his shower, Carson disappointedly points at the shower while looking at B.J. and saying "shwer." This morning B.J. said, "I'm all done in the shower" and Carson looked at him and then at the shower and said, "Dada shwer done!" and that was the end of it (for today).