Apple Cup and TWO Thanksgivings!

Twilight was released on 11/21, and Adam and I were there to watch it along with Paula, Regina, Erica, Matt, Tonia, my Mom and Dave. It was great seeing my mom and Dave who were FINALLY back from Hawaii! We loved the movie (Adam was indifferent...) and it was fun to get the group together to see the movie. Thank you to Erica and Gina for standing in line for 2 hours beforehand!

On 11/22, the Cougars beat out the Huskies for the Apple Cup win :) Carson was dressed in his coug gear, and watched the game from his Jumperoo at Uncle Scotts house. Grandpa Wayne and Grandma Dorene were over, and made an early Thanksgiving feast for us. Since we were unable to go to their house for Turkey Day, and neither was Scott and Sarah, they brought it over early for us! There was a ton of turkey and mashed potatoes! Carson enjoyed seeing his Grandparents...and had fun watching the Cougs. It was a great day!

Go Cougs! Best of the Worst! uh-rah!

He was cheering for the correct team thank god

Grandpa Wayne and C-Ray watching the game

Carson had a doctor appointment for the last of his 4 month shots on Wednesday. They were out of the Hib vaccine when we were there last, so we had to wait until 5 months to get it. He also needed a weight/growth check, to see where he was at. He is still 26.5 inches and weighs 15.2 lbs. His weight percentile weight down again, and he's at the 25th percentile for weight. The change wasn't enough, so we decided to start him on rice cereal that night. As for the shot, he got upset, burst into tears and was fine when we got him dressed. He pretty much fell asleep when we got him to the car, and we were able to run errands while he was sleeping. Carson was also able to see his new friend Jackson Douglas. We went over to Scott and Sarah's for dinner (really good chilli!) and Jason, Sarah and Jackson stopped by to visit. It was great seeing them, and meeting Jack for the first time. It was weird holding a newborn again, as he was only 3 weeks old...and seeing the difference between Jackson and Carson was amazing! But, we do remember how the sleepless nights were, and we wouldn't change Carson's age for anything :)

JD, his future golfing buddy

And they would call him, "Master Chili Chef"

His first experience with rice cereal went okay. We made it more liquidy than we normally would, as he wasn't used to it. But, he was overly hungry...so he was pretty upset during the feeding process. He did manage to get rice cereal everywhere, including his hair...so bathtime followed the feeding!

Num, Nums!

Maybe not num, num..

Thanksgiving was on Thursday, and we all looked forward to it. We relaxed all morning, then all got loaded up and over to my Aunt and Eric's house. There, Carson was greeted by his Cousin Nolan, who just wanted to give him loves. Grandpa Dave and Grandma Pam were incredibly excited to see Carson, as they were gone for a month! He never lacked in the love department while there. Scott and Sarah made it over to eat some turkey, which was great! Carson got to eat mashed potatoes before we even were able to eat turkey. He LOVEd them! He wanted more and more and more...he was even lucky enough to try some sweet potato pie, which was awesome!

He was singing some song, but we couldn't understand him..

Nolan excited to see C-Ray

Women and a lot of Wine!

Aunt Sarah helping Carson with Thanksgiving

Grandpa Dave, putting Carson to sleep since 6/19/08

Later, the rice cereal feeding went better, we made it thicker, and Carson chowed down. He is now getting a hang of eating it, and scarfs it down like no other.

We can't believe that November is now over and Christmas is on its way! Carson will soon get to experience Santa, and snow and lots of fun stuff! We are excited!

Happy Holidays! Until next time....

Adam, Taran, Carson and Parker

5 month old Keeb!!

Carson is 5 months old as of yesterday! We are so happy that he's growing and learning new things!! We really couldn't imagine life without him, but at the same time, it's flying by so fast! It feels like just yesterday we were in the hospital....

He talks and talks, but we can't understand him yet..

More exciting news, on 11/17, he rolled over back to front for the first time. He was getting pretty good at the belly to back, but had never rolled back to belly before. Watching it was amazing...but it happens few and far between, as he really isn't a huge fan of tummy time.

And there he goes...

I think he's about as happy as we are for him to roll over

On the 11th, Carsons Grandpa Brent came to visit all the way from Florida. It was great to see him, and see him get to see his grandson for the first time. Of course, he fell in love with Carson, and it makes me so happy that he was able to bond with him for a day.

Jet-lagged, but never too tired to hold the grandkids.

The day after Grandpa Brent left, Carson, his Aunt Paula and I went to the Olive Garden for lunch. Carson LOVED looking at all the decorations, and even got to try a little tiny piece of bread. Seriously, it was smaller than a grain of rice, and he acted like it was poisen...gagging and all. Poor kid. I was lucky enough to get the reaction on camera....

Screw the binky, bring me some food!

Adam went to Wenatchee to go hunting on the 14th with his dad and uncle Sandy. It was hard to watch him go for the weekend, while Carson stayed here...but we did have some fun while his Daddy was gone :) Saturday, we went over to Matt and Tonia's to watch some football with Paula, Steve and Nolan. Carson got to play and Mom got to relax for awhile. It was nice. On Sunday, we decided to Surprise Adam by driving over to Wenatchee. It was A LOT colder over there! But Grandma Dorene and Grandpa Wayne were very excited to see Carson. Adams cousin, Ashley, was also there to visit.

Adam and his Dad shot a deer on Tuesday morning. The deer was shot at Mission Creek; after a mile and a half of hiking in, we spotted this one around a hillside road. Not too bad for a last day, last minute buck. We're looking forward to deer steaks and backstraps! We headed back to Kirkland that night. It was a nice break.

'bout 9:00, time to smoke some pinners and get whiskey drunk

Carson is such a great baby, he really never cries and is always smiling. We are both so lucky to have such a happy baby around! We couldn't have asked for a better son. We are probably going to be starting rice cereal soon, depending on what his pediatrician says on the 26th. We are going in for a checkup, and to get the Hib shot that he missed (since they were out at his 4 month appt). He still has no teeth, which is fine with us! But he is a drooling machine. He also likes to put anything and everything in his mouth....so hands must be clean at all times.

Things that are exciting for us, we are seeing Twilight tomorrow night while Carson is being babysat by his Uncle Scott and Aunt Sarah. Saturday is Apple Cup, so he will definately be decked out in his Coug gear. He does have his doctor appt check up, and then Thanksgiving!

Wonk!

We are blessed, and so in love with our little boy....

Adam, Taran, Carson and Teh Parker