Our Baby

Here are a bunch of pics of my littlest guy taken this summer. He is growing up so quickly and learning a lot all the time. He is finally using more words. Some of my recent favorites are "'Lijah" (Elijah), "dut" (dirt), and of course his father, who is sometimes "Dada" but most often "An' " or "An'y." We really have made a concerted effort to use "Daddy" around the kids, but for some reason Carson prefers to call his father by his first name. Whenever he hears the garage door open, he says "An'y hooooomme!" He still can't say Spencer's name, but he has no trouble with his favorite Old Testament prophet.

They may be on a first-name basis, but Carson loves his "An'y!"

Watching Spencer at swimming lessons

At a family reunion at my parents' house.

My uncle rode his motorcycle to the reunion and Carson was awed.

He and cousin Maren did lots of inspecting. When I went for a ride on it, Carson thought I was never coming back. It was heartbreaking (for both of us)!

He LOVES to be outside and will start yelling "Ouf! Ouf!" when he sees someone else go "out." He can go down the slide all by himself and enjoys playing in the sandbox or digging in the garden. Next year we'll teach him how to weed and our time working in the yard will be minimal!
Wheeee! What a rush! It's amazing what 3 feet of slope will do for a 2-year-old!

Curious George is his favorite character currently. After all, he is a monkey and monkeys are the ultimate. He calls them "ha-ha's," not to be confused with alligators, which are "ah-ah's."

As difficult as eating with a large monkey in one arm may be, you must never, never put him down!

Especially not when you're watching a show about him!