16 Months

WE HAVE TEETH!!  Tons of teeth!  Within a 2 week period 8 teeth emerge from Carsyn's gums:  4 front top incisors and 2 molars, 2 bottom lateral incisors and 2 molars.  The funny thing is they dropped several days apart so they are currently uneven in length, she looks a little hillbilly-ish.  At least she finally has some chompers to help with all the food she consumes.

Teeth!  When they first started dropping.  Fun for everyone!  1/30/2015

Carysn is now 22.6 lbs and a ball of fire.  You can't slow this girl down, except for when she crashes during nap time.  :)  She loves to play with her big brother Ry, the two of them are usually in cahoots somewhere.  Her newest game she likes to play is to run down the hall, turn around and eyeball you, then come running at you. Once she reaches us we toss her up in the air and set her back down and she repeats the process.  She will do this for quite awhile, usually until we get tired.  Car-Car also loves books.  She can't get enough of them and at bedtime she will go through 8-10 books!  Carsy and Ry will fight over the same books...the same toys...sigh, siblings.

Cutting teeth is hard work, crash. 1/31/2015

Carsyn has added a couple new words to her small vocabulary, she says 'mama' and 'dada' now, however her main form of communication is still grunting.  It's amazing how much Carsy understands even though she really isn't talking yet.  We'll ask her questions all the time and she always surprised us with her response.  She's just too smart for her own good!  

• "It's time for dinner" - Carsy will run to her chair and try to climb into her booster seat, so ready for food!
• "Do you need a diaper?" - Runs to her changing table.
• "time to change clothes, hands up" - raises her hands so you can pull her shirt off
• When we ask her yes or no questions, she will shake her head yes or no depending on what she wants.
• "Where's your belly button" - picks up her shirt and looks for her belly button
• "Want to go outside" - grunts, points to window, gets really excited...she loves being outside
• "let's put your coat on" - runs over to her coat and starts putting her arms in the sleeves
• "ready for bed?" - waves goodbye to everyone, gives kisses (tongue out), runs for the stairs.  :)

February was a busy month filled with birthday parties, snakes, sweeping the sidewalks, painting and eating cookie dough (just like their mommy).  So blessed to have happy, healthy and loving kids.    

Mt Playmore for a bday party 2/1/2015

The kids loved climbing the playscapes, so did mommy and daddy.

Painting at daycare, so talented. 2/2/2015

She loves to stack blocks, budding engineer? 2/28/2015

Fun with snakes 2/7/2015

Happy Valentines 2015!

Street sweepers, child labor :)  2/15/2015

Definitely my offspring, we love cookie dough! 2/15/2015

15 Months

We have teeth!  Carsyn has finally cut some top teeth, it looks like one upper lateral and one upper central incisor have poked through with 2 more in close pursuit.  The funny thing is that the 2 that are through are on opposite sides so she still looks like a funny old man missing teeth.  My guess is that she's going to have a slew of them pop through in the next couple days/weeks.  I haven't tried taking a picture yet because she DOES NOT enjoy us poking and prodding around in her mouth, she turns bright red and throws a fit.  At least we've got her on the right track and have been brushing the few teeth she has for the past few weeks, she loves toothpaste and will demand more on her brush!  I just wish she felt this way about baths, she screams bloody murder if we put her in the tub.  For the moment she prefers to take showers with mommy.

Carsyn has also started to talk.  I will admit some of it still sounds like baby babble, but other times we know exactly what she's attempting to say.  

List of words so far:

Uh-oh!  

Oh no!  (puts hands on head)

ba'  (ball, she says this every time I read her this one book that contains colorful plastic balls)

baba (Grandpa on daddy's side is known as Baba....this could be coincidence though)

Ry-Ry (she loves her brother!)

Bye-Bye

please (signs it)

more (signs it)

Carsy is so sweet with her stuffed animals.  She has these 2 monkeys that she just LOVES and will hold and cuddle them as if she were their mommy.  She does like to dance as well, especially to the Mickey Mouse hot dog dance.  When she hears that music come on at the end of the show she will rush to the TV to bop up and down and sway side to side.  Super cute!   However watch out if you make her mad, she's totally got that angry look down.

Jumping on trampoline at Nana's 1/19/2015

This girl is growing up so fast!  Recently she has started demanding to sit in her kitchen chair without a booster seat.  We had to bring back out the kids table and chairs so her and Ryland could enjoy meals together without us worrying about her falling out of our high kitchen table chairs.  Most mornings Carsy and Ry will share a bowl of oatmeal together at the kids table, she loves this new morning routine.  Of course at dinner time we all sit at the big table so she will begrudgingly sit in her booster.

Popsicles at Opa and Ju-Ju's - 1/6/2015

For a while there Carsyn was eating way more than Ryland.  It was amazing the amount of food she'd put down, and then she'd crash by 8pm on the dot!  I think she was going through a growth spurt, perhaps building up the energy to push those teeth out?!  :)  She seems to have slowed down a bit on all the food lately, albeit she always goes for her snacks (apple sauce, fruit, cheese, etc).  I swear it's suicide hour(s) when we get home from work.  From ~5-7pm these kids are insane; constant whining for food, taking toys from each other, melt downs...it only subsides after their appetites have been appeased.  AMOK AMOK AMOK!

1st pony tail! 1/6/2015

Carysn is crazy energetic, she's trying desperately to keep up with Ryland.  They love to climb up and down the stairs together and she really loves the playscapes at the park.  Lately on weekends we've been taking Ry out on his bike or one of his motorized vehicles and Carsyn loves to follow in either the wagon, her stroller, and/or most recently the little tykes cozy truck (so much fun for mommy as I have to push her).  Thankfully Carsyn still takes naps once a day, usually from noon-2pm.  This gives us a much needed break on weekends.  Even Ry will calm down around this time and relax by watching a movie or playing games on our phones.  Anything for quiet time...

Outside adventures 1/18/2015

Rocking siblings 12/30/2014

Always together 1/16/2015

Dino park fun 1/17/2015

Eating batter, YUM! 1/22/2015

Phil's Icehouse 1/25/2015

Weeeee!

2014 School Pictures

The most recent daycare pictures of Ry and Carsy.  I'm such a sucker for photos.

11/18/2014

14 Months

Carsyn is 14 months young and such a doll!  She has the sweetest disposition and laughs/giggles all the time.  She loves to have books read to her and her favorite toys are these 2 little plush monkeys, all her push toys (ball popper, baby stroller, wagon, etc) and Ryland's toys.  Carsyn weighs about 21/21 lbs and still only has 2 teeth!  I thought for sure her top ones would pop through this month in time for Christmas, but they are still in hiding.  You can see the top 4 main teeth just below the gums, why they haven't managed to break free yet we can't figure out, but it gives her the cutest little toothless grin.

12/13

12/18

Carsyn is down to one nap a day, usually from 12-2pm and she now refuses to use her highchair.  We've switch her to a booster seat and she's much happier.  This girl just loves to eat!  She also loves to go outside and when she thinks you are leaving the house she will go to the closet and demand her coat.  We've been taking a lot of walks lately (Ry on his tractor and Carsy in her stroller) and trips to the park.  This girl loves to slide!  Usually she goes down hands first on her belly, but every once in a while she will go feet first or even backwards.  She's so adventurous!

No more highchair, onto booster!  12/22

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Going down the slide at daycare 11/26

Safari champs

We took Carsy and Ry to Safari Camps and she held in there with the bigger kids!  We had several moms stop us to find out her age, they couldn't believe she was only 1 year old and walking as well as she does.  Ever since she started walking at 10 months we haven't been able to stop her!  She's so athletic and has amazing control over her body.  She definitely acts older than she is...like 18 (MONTHS!).  ;)

Safari Champs - 12/20

Right before Christmas a local photographer was looking for baby models for a designer.  I responded to the ad (which happened to be in the neighborhood) and was able to take Carsyn to the test shoot.  The designer loved this test picture (below) so much that she chose it for her fall collection!  My little girl is the one on the left.  And so it begins!  One happy, proud mama right here!

Carsyn and Ava modeling for Zaza Couture 

cuties - 12/23

xmas eve

Merry Christmas!

Pushing Ry in her baby stroller - 12/29

13 Months

Hard to believe my babygirl is a toddler!  Carsyn weighs about ~21 lbs despite all the food she consumes.  This girl can really chow down!  She's been known to stand in front of the fridge or pantry door crying until someone gives her something to eat.  She'll even try to climb into her high chair when she wants more food.  She can also feed herself and is actually quite good at using a fork.  Car-Car still only has her 2 bottom teeth, HOWEVER you can see 4 white bumps along her top gum line, her 4 front main teeth (central and lateral incisors) are trying to push through!  She should definitely (fingers x'd) have these teeth in by Christmas.  :)

Feed me!  11/12/2014

11/22/2014

11/22/2014

Carsyn has finally adjusted to the time change, AND IT IS WONDERFUL!  She goes down between 8-8:30 pm and has been sleeping until 7 am, sometimes even later!  I love feeling like we are sleeping in.  ;)  Even Ryland has joined the program and is sleeping later, sometimes until 8am!  I wish bath time was as enjoyable.  Right now Carsy is none too thrilled to be in the tub, she does much better if we take her in the shower with us.

The day after Halloween we went to a free 5K race at the Dell Diamond.  We ended up skipping the run and just did a short trot across the finish line into the stadium for all the free fun.  The kids loved it!  There was tons of food and games and live music.  Ry really liked the giant moon pie character and kept dragging Carsyn over to say hi.

Corner Store Country 5K 11/1/2014

Country store 5K 11/1/2014

Our kids love the outdoors.  Lately we've been hitting up the parks in the neighborhood.  Ry will ride his motorcycle and Carsy jams in her stroller.  They especially like to swing, see daddy and Ry doing the spider below!!!  And Car-Car has discovered slides.  She has no problem climbing up the steps to the top of the slide, then it's up to her to decide if she goes down feet or hands first.  She usually chooses to go down on her tummy, hands first.  This girl is quite athletic and an explorer.  She loves to go up and down the stairs, and has even started going out the doggie door!  She's constantly pointing to the window to go outside and loves to take walks.  She's super quick too, if we leave a ladder out, the next thing we know she's on the top rung!  The same thing goes for chairs.  She'll climb right up, stand up while holding the back of the chair, and shake it back and forth as if she were trying to move it.  Talk about a dare devil!!  She's even been known to crawl onto table tops.  Our little table dancer.  ;)

Swinging with daddy 11/9

Weeeeeee! 11/26

Climbing on tables and everything! 11/22

Carsyn is such a doll!  I mean she really looks like a little porcelain doll to me.  Look how cute she is in her pink and black polka dotted hat with her pink and black fancy coat.  She just steals my heart.  Carsyn has such a sweet disposition.  She loves to cuddle and is so gentle.  She has the most infectious 'dolphin' laugh and her eyes light up when she smiles.

I melt! <3  11/13

The holidays are coming and going so fast!  It feels like Halloween was only a few days ago, and now we're already past Thanksgiving!  The kids had a blast at Aunt B and Uncle D's house for Thanksgiving. I think Carsy really liked all the different foods, and of course she fed herself for the entire meal, sitting at a table in a kids chair all by herself!  She's growing up so fast.

Thanksgiving noms 11/27

My hubby snagged this photo yesterday while putting up our Christmas tree.  He just couldn't stop laughing!  Poor thing, I think she's upset there are no gifts under the tree!

Doby? - 11/29