Carson can count to "yea"

Carson loves to count -- he's really into spotting numbers and identifying them. It's not that we're amazing parents and sit him down with flash cards or anything. It's just something that he's picked up on and likes to practice doing ... also, counting provides an instant distraction from times of moodiness. The really cute part is when he counts in spanish - yes, he's a bilingual genius (that's what I've been hinting around at). So today in the car, he counted to 10 (or should I say diez) a couple of times (with help) and it sounds something like this:
Daddy: uno
Carson: dos
Daddy: tres
Carson:
Daddy: cuatro?
Carson: cato cinco
Daddy: seis
Carson: setay ocho nuve diez YEA!

He ended each time that way and we're wondering if he thinks "yea" is a number.

The Beach

We spent the 4th of July w/ my family in Corpus Christi -- so fun!!!! It was Carson's first trip to the beach and he had a blast. I'm pretty it's mostly beach vacays for the Roberts from here on out.

Family Portraits

My college roommate, Holly, (honestly THE BEST professional photographer I know) did a session for us this Spring. Click here to be taken to the proofs. If you press "play" you can quickly breeze through them!!!

Oh and I feel like I should add: taking portraits of an 18mo. old is nearly impossible. There was nothing cooperative about Carson's demeanor during the shoot. So, that Holly could even catch him in the frame, shows her skill. This also explains why almost all of our "family" shots have C on Dan's shoulders.

If only time would stand still

moments like this make my heart stop. i could squeeze him all day long.

Bye Bye Paci - Day Two

So, um, mission aborted!

Holy Cow - Carson loves his paci. He wasn't just mad, he was freaking out. We've never seen him express that kind of behavior before. Just to clarify -- he only gets his paci in his crib, so all this happens during bed/naptime. But we now realize we need to find a way for him to get some closure -- and our next attempt won't happen during an already busy weekend (I painted the living room and we were stressed out enough w/o a screaming baby).

Bye Bye Paci - Day One

Tonight we wean C off his paci. I feel pretty gutsy writing about this, because now if we don't follow through, you'll think that we're weak parents and stink at child-rearing ... won't you?

Any who, he cried for only about 20 mins before falling asleep ... for an hour and a half. Then he was up again, this time screaming like we've never quite heard before (maybe b/c there was no paci corking his mouth). So now he's been up for an hour -- we just finished watching Kung Fu Panda and he's calm. He'll probably sleep up w/ us tonight.

Night Night.

Mother's Day at Kemah

On a whim, my grandparents texted us last week to see if we'd want to meet them in Kemah for Mother's Day. It was a long shot as we aren't so much the spontaneous types. But lucky for me, Dan was at a loss as to how to make the day special, so he was up for the trip ... And the day was very special! As always, we neglected to take pictures of pretty much everything other than Carson, but here's how the day went for him:

A little sheepish at first. He's not used to big crowds of people who don't know him, so it took a while to get comfortable


His first carousal ride. (We also went on a train, but no documentation.)



This was easily the highlight






After getting squirted in the face, Carson wanted his Bee-ba to go in with him.