My Baby Turns Five

Yesterday Carson turned five years old. Ryan and I can hardly believe that our 2lb. 13 0z. baby is now FIVE!!! I remember when he was born how terrified we were, and now look at him. . .he's a happy healthy five year old.

Carson's first baby pictures. For some reason the second picture will only scan small.



























We had such a fun day. My Mom and Sister came down for cake and ice cream and to watch him open his presents. After the festivities we went to see Horton Hears A Who. Which I highly recommend, it cracked me up. Ryan's Parents, his sister Cynthia, my sister-in-law Jessica, and my brother Isaac joined us for dinner. I let Carson choose the restraunt and he said he wanted to go to the tomato place with the little muffins. AKA Sweet Tomatoes. Not the choice I expected, but hey it was his birthday.

Five Things Carson Loves

1. Carson loves people. He can get along with just about anyone. His favorite person in the whole world (besides me of course), would have to be his cousin Kaden followed closely by his cousin Grayson whom he idolizes. He also loves his brother to death (literally sometimes).

2. Carson LOVES TV, much to my dismay.

3. He loves Bundocks, an arcade/play gym by our house. He asks to go there EVERYDAY

4. He loves to eat. He will eat just about anything I cook. Which is wonderful of course.

5. He loves to imagine and color, one time he drew twenty different robots that did different things and taped them all over the walls. Oh and he LOVES tape. He loves to tape odd things (like my kitchen utensils) together to create strange "inventions"


FIVE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT CARSON. . .Before I start though I have to say, he is so much like his Dad, wow did I luck out on that one.

1. He is such a good big brother. He looks out for Brayden and always tells me, "Brayden is my best buddy."

2. He can be really sweet. He always tell me I am pretty and when I finish putting vinyl on a sign he will say, "that looks really great Mom!"

3. I love his smile. Carson has huge dimples that spread across his whole cheeks when he smiles. He also has the best laugh in the world and he's really tickelish, which is a great combination.

4. He is a lot of fun. Carson has such a cute, funny little personality. He can be so engaging and always has something fun up his sleeves that he wants to do. He cracks me up with his little stories and his WILD imagination.

5. He is an incredibly clean child. He keeps his hands clean, he wipes his own nose when it runs, for a five year old his clothes are always amazingly clean and he even won't go to bed until his room is clean. How nice is that!?


and of course because no child is perfect so. . . Five Things That Drive Me Crazy.

1. People never believe me until they see Carson have a melt down, he is drama like none other. When he's mad at me he will run to his room slam the door and scream, "FINE, I GUESS NO ONE IN THIS HOUSE LOVES ME!!" than he will throw himself on the bed and pretend to cry. WOW is all I can think when he gets that way.

2. He makes up for those nice brotherly moments by tackeling and beating the crap out of Brayden when he's ticked. Not to worry though Brayden's learned to hold his own.

3. Don't get me wrong, I love the kid to death, but man can he whine!

4. His LOVE for TV drives my crazy. It is a constant battle between the two of us.

5. Carson's ears are full of cotton. I swear 90% of the time all he hears is bla bla bla.

If your still reading, you must be one of his Grandmas. After all Ryan and I have been through trying to have more kids we now realize what a complete miracle Carson is. Since being diagnosed with an incompetent cervix we have learned that it is virtually unheard of for women to make it past 22 weeks with out a cerclage (which is how we got Brayden.) Carson truly is our miracle baby that should have never been. We are so, so, so grateful to have him.

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