Mission Accomplished!

We have come a long way since November when I discussed our potty-training attempts. At that point I was having him sit on Elmo (his potty chair) every 20 minutes which I think was overkill that burnt both of us out.

I am proud to report that Carson has been in "undywares" for a whole week with no accidents! The first official whole day of wearing underwear outside of the comforts of our home was Sunday which meant a three hour block of church...what was I thinking! I was nervous but Carson did great and was accident free and it's a good thing too because we would have left early because I did not bring an extra pair of clothes for him, I guess I was thinking positivly.

He is about to lead us in song and dance.

The rest is pretty much smooth sailing. I would take him every hour and if he needed to go in between he would/does say "potty....hurry, hurry!" and off we run!

Jump around!

One day after he was done doing his 'thang I looked at him and said, "Carson I am so proud of YOU!" without hesitation he pointed his finger at me and said, "No momma, I am proud of YOU!" It really was hilarious and a cute moment for me.

This kid makes me super happy and I love the little boy he is becoming.

Emerald Bowl

For Christmas, Ian got Andrew, Eric, Chris, Bob, and himself tickets to see USC vs. Boston College in the 2009 Emerald Bowl game in San Fransisco for the day after Christmas...talk about a prefect gift! Andrew's family are HARD CORE USC fans gathering together each Saturday sporting their gear and cheering for their favorite college team. Even Carson is well equipped with USC jerseys and warm-ups.

Upon their departure I requested at least one picture...Andrew came through with quite a few more than I was expecting, thanks!!

Ian, Chris, Bob, Andrew, and Eric
gathering together before heading on the road, their already pumped!

USC's BIGGEST fans!

Check out Ian dancing with the marching band!

The day of the game there was a chance of rain so along with rain jackets they also brought along a tarp for their legs or by the looks of it their rear ends, talk about being prepared! Oh, did I mention that their tickets were for the 2nd row right beding the players-I think these guys were in literally in heaven!

While I am sure that they enjoyed the game, without a doubt the best part for them would have to have been meeting some of the players who stayed after the game.

The boys with Allen Bradford who I think is USC's linebacker.

After the game they hit up a local "dive." After this game I think they might be making plans to go to a few more!

Christmas Memories

This year was the first year for us to have Christmas morning at our own home...and I must admit that I enjoyed having "our time" before heading to both of our families.

Andrew sporting his new Aviator's...I finally got him glasses he likes-mission accomplished!

What made this year's Christmas the best so far for me was seeing Carson's reaction to everything Christmas. I only took a few pictures because I was too busy capturing his reaction on video...Christmas is magical and surely is meant for kids. I have mentioned previously Carson's love for all things musical so it was no surprise to us that he took right to the guitar and drums we got him;

wasting no time in seranading us with his sweet voice in "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

At my mom's, as you can see he got a re-gifted Jeep that used to be my brothers, which he loves but desperately needs help steering.

The day after Christmas he woke up asking, "more presents?" Too cute.


We thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas and today we couldn't be happier with a handsome boy and baby girl on the way; celebrating our seven year anniversary...we are getting up there! I am grateful for Andrew and in my opinion he is even more dashing than when I first met him. Gotta love him!