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Carson’s first birthday!

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On August 11 we celebrated Carson’s first birthday. Yay, Carson!

He loved his cake. It was pretty much the first sweet thing Carson’s eaten in his life, so no surprise there. :) He had angel food cake, strawberries, and whipped cream.

This is Josh, Carson, and me on the big day, after the party.

My sister Brenn (who was visiting that week; so fun to see you, Brenn!) helped me make this sign. It was funny because I left out the “h” originally and neither of us noticed until it was finished. But then I said, “No, I have to fix this! I’m going to reuse it next year!” so we added the “h” in with some fancy cut-and-paste. ;-) Carson did enjoy looking at his sign and pointing to it excitedly all day.

And Carson with all his presents. What a spoiled boy. ;) But seriously grandparents on both sides, thank you so much for making Carson’s birthday special! Though none of these pictures show it (sorry for the bad photo journaling!), the Lymans were actually there for the party and we all had a blast. Thanks for coming, Lymans! And happy birthday, Carson!

Carson is six months old!

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Carson turned six months old on Saturday! Yay! At his six-month check up we found out he’s doing awesome. He’s right about at the 50th percentile for everything. We also introduced him to rice cereal, but he wasn’t such a fan. He took one spoonful each time we tried, but then made a face and wouldn’t take any more, or would spit it out if we snuck some in. I guess we’ll try something else. :)

He can also sit up on his own, and still lots of rolling and more and more scooting, twisting, and wiggling. He also gets up on his knees fairly often, especially when he gets up from a nap, because he sleeps on his tummy with his bum in the air. He’s just barely started rocking a little tiny bit on his knees, but after a second he’ll spread out all flat again or roll over or push up on his feet (think downward facing dog). Well, whenever crawling gets here, we’re excited! On the list this week is to start baby-proofing the house. It’s about time!

Here’s some pictures of the cute little guy we love so much. Happy six months, Carson!

Happy Birthday, Josh!

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Yesterday Josh celebrated his 22nd birthday. Aside from being happy he’s finally the same age as Paige (who is four months older), he also really enjoyed his special day, and so did everyone else! In the evening we made cupcakes (the funfetti kind–mmmm) and delivered them to friends and close family. It was fun to see our friends, some who we hadn’t seen in a while, and visit and share cupcakes.

Josh and his birthday presents! (see how happy he is?)

Josh says:

I got some really great presents! Paige gave me a gift certificate to Borders (I love browsing in bookstores!). I also got some great cards from my family (the singing card was especially

nice–I’ve never opened a card to Aretha Franklin singing “Respect” before!) and a sweet camera lens from Paige’s mom.

Josh and his birthday presents! (see how happy he is?)

All in all, it was a great day and lots of fun! Aren’t birthdays the best?