Stomp!

Well, after 2.5 weeks, the dryer is fixed. Rrrrr. My computer still is out, the hard drive is fried, everything on it is lost. Most things that were irreplaceable were not on there, but GA vacation videos and some photos are gone. Good thing I posted a bunch of vacation photos on Shutterfly. Who knows what else I've lost, a lot of work, that's for sure.

So, Carson had a Sesame Street video with Stomp as the visitor. What a great video! Carson just loved it (so does Mommy!) and he has been banging all sorts of things together to make music. Today he was so cute, he had two cups that he was banging together and then he went all over the place to hear the different noises he got when he hit them against different things. When he put them on my sandstone coasters he tried twisting them to get a gritty noise. I was very impressed with that. Well, he loves music, we'll see if he has a real talent there or not. I'm sure he will play some music and dance, regardless, particularly since I think those are good things to do, so encourage them.

The other day we went to a picnic on the water. There were ducks and Carson starting saying "duck." He ran around saying duck and we fed them cheerios. But that's about it for words, and he won't always say duck. Though a real one was on his video and he said it. Wouldn't for his rubber ducky.

Another big thing for him now is jumping. He WANTS to do that so he throws himself around and falls over. Really funny. He's pleased with himself though and I think he may have popped off the ground a time or too, but he isn't really jumping yet. I did get a cute video of him performing, but it's 2.5 minutes and would require editing to get online, and do you really think I'll be doing that??? :)

That boy seems to have changed his sleep. He was doing 11 hours a lot with 10 now and then, though the other night did 12 one time! His nap is generally 1.5 hours on the dot, but sometimes when he crashes in the car, I can't get him back down, or if I do, only for a bit longer. He's doing some longer stretches (4 hours) more consistently, but he is a cuddle bug and likes to curl up next to me and then hey, while I'm here, how about I nurse too?

He's still at the 50th percentile in everything. His head isn't growing much these days, and it isn't supposed to, but it's good in the hat department! He has a ton now seeing as he doesn't outgrow them and he really loves them. He goes through his collection to find the one he likes for the moment. So cute. He puts all his ball caps on sideways and he looks like a little gangsta. His feet keep growing, yuck, shoes are expensive! I did get a bunch of decent sandals on sale at Old Navy, I'll have to stock up on sneaker type shoes at the end of this season.

He's doing better with eating, he still will cram too much in his mouth, but he generally can chew it down and swallow. I haven't had to rescue him and pull the food out in awhile. He generally eats well, though sometimes he won't eat something. He used to chow on brocolli and pasta, but not now, no bread either. He likes meat though and cheese. Most fruit is good and he likes pickles. French fries are a favorite of course, gross!

He's out playing with Daddy before it gets too hot. He can spend hours outside just picking up sticks and such. He likes to write in the dirt too. We have chiggers though (I guess) and they leave such nasty welts! Yuck! I get them too.

Oh, I had his coloring the other day and I showed him how to write an A, boy, he wanted to do it too and had me guide his hand in the steps several times. Neat. He also made his first painting at the Children's Museum, I videoed it. He thought that was very fun. I need to get my large brushes out with some tubs of water for him to paint the driveway, a fun easy activity.