2nd Birthday Party

The 26th of June was Carson's birthday party. We didn't have many people that were coming, but we felt that it's always important to celebrate birthdays! Adam's Aunt Kris was nice enough to let us borrow her huge bounce house, and Carson and the other kids LOVED it! The party was pretty much family, and some of Carson's cousins, whom he loves. We didn't get pictures before eating cake, we were all too busy socializing, showing off our house, and playing!

Taken from our balcony, Carson was chugging a Fresca, and nobody stopped him. Oops!

The cake for everyone else!

The creepy cookie monster cake

Max and Carson, Carson loves Max...

Blowing out the candles! Carson tried so hard to do it

Mmmm cake (and Ms. Nolan!)

So, a lot of the cake ended up on his face....for some reason

And in his hair. BTW, my brother Steve was directing him to do this....

Looking at his hands, thinking his hair got off all of the frosting!

Uncle Eric feeding him bites out of his cake

This one is hilarious, he is having a stand-off with the cake

Again, listening to Uncle Steve, telling him to put his face in the cake

After a much-needed bath, it was present time!

Uncle Steve, Aunt Paula, and the cousins bought him Toy Story stuff! He loves the dinasaur

Playing with the cousins

CHEESE!!

It was honestly a great party! Perfect weather, about 75 out, and sunny. The food was awesome, I made pulled pork, and it turned out fantastic! Adam and I were proud to show off our house, as this was the first time most people had seen it. So it was a great day, and we were lucky to share it with close family and friends!

Love,

Adam, Taran, Carson and Parker

Carson Ray is TWO!!

On June 19th, 2010, at 2:16 am. Carson Ray turned 2 years old! I cannot believe it has been two years since he was born - the time definitely flew by! The morning of his birthday, I walked into his room to get the usual morning "birthday picture". This is what I walked into...

He was just a *little* excited...

We started the day by having him open presents from some of the family that wasn't able to be there for his party the next weekend...

He uses his Toy Story plate and silverware daily..

He got some great stuff! He is totally obsessed with Toy Story, and loves his PJ's, plate and silverware set from Jackie. He also loves his Hawaiian outfit from Gigi and Poppie.

We decided to take him to the zoo. We were somewhat worried about the weather, as it was slightly cold out, but luckily it did not rain!!

He wasn't too fond of the lion, wouldn't really even go near it...

He kept asking to ride the baby elephant...he loved it.

We got to see one of the Elephants in the Elephant barn. It was pretty cool to see it up close. Of course Carson saw it pooping and was OBSESSED with it. He now says he poops like an "ephent". Great :)

Just hangin with the monkeys

We also got to go and have him feed the birds. We paid $1 and he got to feed the birds off of a stick. He went NUTS for it. LOVED it! I was deathly afraid of being pooped on, as these things fly above you.

LOVING feeding the birds!

The coolest thing ever

He kept saying "Birdy eat food" over and over

His favorite thing? The Carousel. He road it twice, and didn't want to get off!

Very excited!

We also got to pet some baby goats. He loved them and was so gentle! I was proud!

He would whisper around the goats saying "be nice" over and over. I guess we say that to him a lot when he's petting Parker?

Afterwards, we went and had Pizza for dinner - of course Carson had fun :) He also was wearing his birthday shirt :) (It says "Carson" with a 2 underneath)

Excited for Pizza!!

Loving the lemon he was eating

When we got home, he was able to open some gifts from us. He got a Tshirt with Yoda on it (his obsession) and a shirt with a lion on it. He also got a new bike!

Loves presents!

Excited about the bike!!

Excuse us in this pic, I love family pictures, but we were exhausted! Carson was saying "CHEESE!" which is hilarious.

Of course, the next day, I had to put the bike together and he was off riding it.

Stoked about his bike, while wearing his rain boots on the wrong feet.

Eating his birthday cupcake was interesting. He knew to blow out the candles, and loved getting "Happy Birthday" sung to him!

Working on blowing out his candles

So all in all, it was a great day! We are so lucky to have such a smart, well-behaved little boy. He's no longer a baby, but he'll always be our baby :)