5 months and more...

Carson turned 5 months old yesterday! It really is flying by! He is still so sweet. He weighs around 21 lbs and is wearing 12 month clothes. He wears a size 2 shoe. He eats 7 oz at 6am, 9 am, 12 pm, 3 pm, and 6 pm (+ 2 tbsp rice cereal) and goes down for the night around 6:30 pm. He eats one fruit or vegetable around 5:30. He loves everything except for the green beans. He just kept spitting them out very politely while I was feeding him unlike LG who screamed her head off if she didn't like a food. :) He sleeps 12 hours at night and roughly 2~2 hour naps. He did several things for the first time this past week. He reached his arms up for me from the exerscaucer at daycare last Wednesday. I loved it!! He got in his jumper (see picture below) for the first time yesterday and loved every minute of it. He never got bored~I finally just took him out after about 45 minutes.

He also played with Bella for the first time. Sorry the pic is dark. I was scared I wouldn't get the pic in time so I didn't have time to turn the overhead light on. They are playing tug-o-war! They both had so much fun playing with each other.
In other news :)...LG helped her daddy wash my car on Saturday while I went and got a pedicure. How nice is that?! They did a great job!! Thanks guys!!Life is good.

Our little star!

Carson was named star student at his daycare last week and they put this poster outside of his classroom:

He is so precious!!! I can't say that enough! He's our little star every week!! We appreciate the barn for choosing "Laaa" and making us feel special!

Veritas Girls!!

Our Sunday school class is named Veritas (truth in Latin). We have been in this class for several years with the same people. We have been through so much together! They have seen Andy and I through the first few years of our marriage and now into the "child" years, through a brain injury, my dad's death, the birth of two children, graduate school, new job, even newer career change decisions :), and helped with the growth and development of Andy's business (thanks for all the yard work y'all throw his way!!) So much more that I can't even name. Some of these people will be our lifelong friends no matter where life takes us (we haven't forgotten about you, Davenports!!) We are sooooo blessed to have all these people in our lives all for different reasons.

Last night we were able to meet with our Pastor, Sandi Wilson, for some question and answer time. We had dinner together first at Ciao Bella (my fave) and then went to an elder church members house and fellowshipped together for a couple more hours. Andy had to drag me away! I could talk with these girls all night! Some girls were unable to attend and some were there, just didn't get in the pic.

From left to right starting in the back:

me, Ginger, Kim, Rebekah, Katie, Jennie, and Beth

Love you guys!!! Look forward to many many more years together!

Final product

I promised a pic of the eggs after they were decorated! Each one of us had our own egg. The pink one in the front with the red "hair" is LG's. The purple one is Carson's. The green one is Andy's and the pink one with the yellow "hair" is mine!!! LOL!!! The simplest things in life can be so fun and meaningful! We had such a blast spending time together and decorating our eggs! Thanks Daddy for initiating this family event! :)

Missy's birthday party

Saturday night we went to the Mesquite Chop House to celebrate my cousin, Missy's, birthday. (No #'s will be discussed :). They have such great food!! We got to hang out with all my cousins from that family~David and his girlfriend, Missy, Jennifer and Jon, my mama, and Andy and I. We had a great time!! Below are some pics from the night:

Andy and Missy

Jennifer, Missy and I~they are sisters and my cousins but they are more like sisters to me than cousins!
Missy and I

Andy and I

Fun times!!

Fun Easter weekend!

Our Easter weekend began on Friday with a "Girls' Day!" Andy had to work and we took Carson to daycare so LG and I could spend the day together. We started out at the Dr, where LG was diagnosed with another ear infection. Those are typical and never slow her down so we left there and went to the zoo. We got there before it got too busy. We saw all the animals!

I thought this was pretty cool~the sea lion kept swimming in a circle and getting really close to the glass.

By the time we left, it was time for lunch so we headed to Chick-Fil-A in Olive Branch to meet my mom and Alex. This is how LG was by the time we made it there:

We got the Chick-Fil-A to-go and went home to eat and take naps. We both slept for 3 hours! I guess we needed it! Saturday morning was our church's annual Easter egg hunt. LG asked to wear my sunglasses and then said, "Take my picture." LOL!
On Sunday we went to church and then to Andy's Aunt Laura's for Easter dinner. LG participated in another Easter egg hunt and racked up on tons of candy!
We had a fun family filled Easter weekend! Hope y'all enjoyed yours too!

Easter egg fun

Andy and LG dyed eggs on Sunday. I think Andy was more excited about it than LG. As previously noted, I can't get LG to look at the camera when I take her pic but nonetheless, I had to get pics of the process!

They are planning on decorating the eggs tonight so I will post final egg pics tomorrow.