How couldn't you love him?

These pictures have almost nothing to do with the post but this is Carson first thing in the morning, bright and bushy tailed, now if only he wouldn't eat like a bird!

Andrew has gone fishing with his Dad in the big sky state of Montana for a whole week! Before he left I had one request, please set up Carson's big boy bed! Carson is such a great son (almost always) and I think he is ready...or maybe I am just ready for him to be in a big boy bed so we are in transition stage.

When I was getting ready to wash Carson's sheets for the first time prior to making his bed he got so excited when he saw then. He ran over to where I was and pulled the sheets out of my hands and laid them onto the hallway floor. He then proceeded to lay down on them...for awhile...weird but kind of cute! So far so good I thought.

I really want him in his bed before summer is over but it we'll see. You see he is not only getting a new bed but a new room-not my idea but whatever.

The wrought iron bed itself was hand-made by Andrew's Uncle Richard, what talent-I LOVE it! I spy Carson's head...

Anyways, I got the crazy idea that I could have him "bed-trained" during the week Andrew was gone. Fortunatley, we had a trial run before he left on his trip and I stupendously underestimated how much that boy moves in his sleep.

First time in his bed...and little slugger too. Andrew and I were so excited we took a few pictures and just watched him sleep like we did right after he was born and then we realized that we were being total nerds and let him sleep without a flash.

Love the tan lines.

He fell off the bed the first time at 10pm...got him back into bed. 5am rolls around and I hear him crying through the monitor so I sprint-literally into his room. I can hear him, but I can't see him ANYWHERE. Granted it was dark, but still he was nowhere to be found. I checked both sides of the bed and then I realize that he not only had fallen off the bed but had also rolled under it! Let's just say he hasn't slept in his bed since and I have slept better knowing that he is caged in...is that bad?!

Experienced parents out there, any tips for the amatuers?

Summit Lake

We (Andrew and I) are in charge of the family hike for our reunion that takes place in a little over a week. We have been wanting to take a practice hike so that we would know what to expect and if the hike would be too hard for people of all ages. So on the 4th we decided to head up to Tahoe for a quick hike. The hikers: Andrew, me, Carson, Steph, and Connor.

She's a trooper!

I planned on one hike but it turned out we didn't have time to drive to that location so Andrew remembered hearing about Summit Lake so we went for it.

First of all, we should have keyed into the name Summit because the first part of the hike was rocky and all up hill. The trail itself was wide enough for a car so at least it was capable of holding our large group.

Andrew was carrying Carson and Carson ended up falling asleep, which was great because he hadn't yet taken a nap but not so good for Andrew's neck!


About half way up we stopped at this grove of flowers for a photo op and to check out the view and admire how far we had climbed.

on we went, up, up, up.


On we went. For awhile we started to doubt that if there was even a lake but when we saw it, it was beautiful and untouched.

"wow"
Love their closeness.


We refueled and Carson found sticks to throw into the water. We attempted a group picture, thanks to self timers and a big rock! My flas worked half of the time, so sorry about the color differences in the pictures.


On the way down, we saw some people camping and they asked us "where did you come from?". Our reply was "our car." After looking around they asked "where's your car?" We then explained that we had hiked up. They started laughing and said that we were brave! ON the way down we encountered three more trucks that were four wheel driving it up...why hadn't we thought of that?!


When we could see the finish line we let Carson down to get out some wiggles. When we were done Andrew said that his legs felt like jello...probably because he was 25lbs. heavier than normal-it's a good thing Carson's a lightweight. Due to our hike, we went to bed early and didn't watch the fireworks-you can call us the party poopers!