August in Pictures

Sorry (but not really) for all of the zoo pictures.  I can't help it that we love the zoo.

Had to document this!  After riding the giraffe like 10 consecutive times, Carson chose to go on the "bunkey"

Our favorite baby elephant

We love to watch the elephants get their baths

Our little lizard friend that hangs out by our door.  Carson loves to look for him every day

Children's Museum

Train ride at Hermann Park

 

Loves trying on mom's clothes

Silly faces

Ready for a new season.  Go Cougars!

Virginia Trip!

Carson and I were able to fly out to Virginia for a week to spend time with my parents and brother home from BYU, Matthew.

It was such a fun and relaxed weekend.

As Carson has gotten older, he has gotten so much easier to travel with.  He even wanted to carry his own backpack through the airport.

 

Matthew is the best uncle to Carson and spends so much quality time with him.

Carson had so much fun playing with all the toys at Grandma's house.

We ate at all of our favorite places, including Shake Shack and Cafe Rio.

We rode on the train at the mall

Carson is Grandma's little helper

We made trips to the pet store and Gymboree

And rode on the carousel

We had so much fun.  Thanks for the fun trip, fam!  Carson keeps asking for gaga, papa, and batt (matt).

Trains, Trains, Trains

I am just loving this phase of Carson's life.

He is such a little boy that gets enjoyment out of the little things in life.

Right now, this is trains.  

He plays all day and all night.

When he wakes up in the morning, he acts like it's Christmas when he looks into the family room and remembers all of his trains.

It's so sweet.

July in Pictures

We started July off with a visit to the ER.  Carson has an awful mom who wanted to go to the bathroom alone and shut his finger in the door trying to get him out.  Steve thought it was for sure broken.  It was all mangled and he screamed for a couple hours.  But it wasn't!  The doctor said kid's bones are very malleable.  Thank goodness.

July 4th fruit pizza

Didn't even realize the coke I'd been drinking all day had my name on it til Steve pointed it out.

Got Carson a rubber soccer ball from the dollar store and he slept with it that night.

 

He went through all of the clothes in his drawers and picked this jersey to wear.  Future Cougar.

Steve's so happy Carson actually wanted to hold hands with him!

What our mornings always look like.

Trip to the park.

 

He loves me so much it literally hurts sometimes

 For some reason, Carson behaves himself when he rides in the huge carts at Target.  We go around the store saying "choo choo".

Best friends sharing a stroller

Sooo many trips to the zoo

And the children's museum

A perfect afternoon for me and Carson...a large Sonic drink and a trip to the pet store.

 

Obsessed with getting his picture taken

So sad it's already August!  Why is summer almost over??