Papa comes to town

A couple weeks ago my dad came to visit us. Both him and my mom were suppose to come out, but a few days before they were to come my mom got pneumonia and was too sick to come. So my dad made the long boring drive out here by himself. We were sad that my mom couldn't come, but we were happy to have my dad here for a while. Since my dad hasn't been here since he helped move us out here over 2 years ago and was only here for a day really I thought I better take him to see a few things.

Of course one of the top things on our list to do was to go on a tour of the Husker Football Stadium. It was impressive to see how pretty much they treat their football players like movie stars or something. They have the finest equipment and locker rooms and a whole indoor football field to train on, etc, etc. It was pretty dang cool! My favorite part was at the end when they let you out onto the football field.

Carson wasn't sure what to think of the field.

Us, with our tour guide that's randomly in the picture, where the players run out onto the field.

Go Big Red!!

Papa and Carson playing on the field.

2nd Largest football stadium screen. Yep, only the best for the Huskers!

The stadium itself is amazing! It holds over 85,000 people! And believe me when you are at a game it's insanely loud!

Speaking of the Huskers, my Dad and I got to go to a Huskers football game against Kansas. This is actually the first time I've been to a game since we've lived here.-I know, it's pathetic right. Well we went to a night game with our friends Matt and Traci and had a blast. Even though it was freezing cold it was so much fun to be able to experience going to a home game here. I've been to lots of other college football games before, but I've never seen anything like this. Just so cool! Then I wound up standing next to a drunk girl and her three drunk friends. This girl was twice my size and fell on me more than once because she couldn't stand up for the life of her because she was so wasted. Then every few minutes she'd think I was her best friend and get right in my face and say "Go big red girlfriend!" and try to give me high-five. Needless to say it made things even more entertaining.

In this picture I have my coat pockets stuffed with things to keep me warm like gloves, a hat, more gloves, and many other things. So that's why my coat is bulging out everywhere.

Me and Traci after the game trying not to freeze to death.
The game was definitely the highlight of my dad's visit here, but we did a few other fun things. One day we went to Omaha and hung out at the Old Market where we walked among the bricked streets in and out of cute little shops and had lunch. The rest of the time we spent just relaxing and hanging out. Carson LOVED having his Papa around. He thought it was pretty great to get to hang out and play with him all day. I'm sure he wonders where he went when he left. So thanks Dad for coming out and visiting! We loved having you here and miss you already! Love you!

Of course I have to add a few more pictures of my little man. He's become quite the busy little tyke.

Carson browsing the Hyvee add for sales.

Blurry picture, but a cute smile anyway. Carson loves standing next to anything, especially his little car parking garage thing.

He also loves getting into my pots and pans cupboard. I pick up and put these away at least 10 times a day. I'm sure it's more, but I usually loose count.

One Year Old

I can't believe that my baby boy is one already! Where did the time go?! One year ago today I was headed to the hospital ready to have my baby. After going into pre-term labor exactly a week earlier and being in the hospital for a number of days I felt ready to have my baby. I remember holding Carson for the first time and realizing that my life would never be the same again. I remember feeling filled with joy as I held him knowing that he had just come from the presence of our Heavenly Father. Since that day Carson has continued to bring so much joy and happiness into our home.

Today my poor little birthday boy is sick. I took him to the doctor yesterday after being up all night with a high fever and he said he has a bad cold and sore throat. Just by looking at him you can tell he doesn't feel good. He's wanted to be held by me pretty much all day and just wants to be snuggled with and rocked to sleep.-Which is totally uncharacteristic of him. Normally he isn't snuggly at all and is too busy and wiggly to be rocked. So although I am horribly sleep deprived from being up the past two nights with him I am enjoying every moment snuggling with him because I know once he starts feeling better that my little wiggly boy will be back to himself and back to no snuggling.

Here are some things about the birthday boy:

-He weighs in at a whopping 19 pounds even. Just tall and skinny like his Dad.
-Has 5 teeth and one on the way.
-Loves to read books.
-Loves when I sing Primary songs to him at night.
-Loves playing with his friends and trying to keep up with the big kids.
-Loves other kids. He will laugh and smile at any little kid wherever we are.
-Has figured out how to crawl up stairs. He saw my friends little girl do it once and decided he could do it too.
-His favorite foods are pancakes, pizza, cheese, yogurt, muffins, eggs, burritos, cherrios. He can eat 3 whole wheat pancakes by himself and one whole piece of pizza.
-Cruises around furniture and walks with help.
-His favorite thing to do is to get into the pots and pans cupboard and pull everything out.
-Loves playing hide-and-seek.
-Still drools non-stop and has to wear a bib full time unless we want his shirt to be soaked within 5 minutes.
-Says mama, dadda, and babbles like crazy. So cute!
-Loves to giggle.
-Can always bring a smile to my face and make me laugh.

So happy birthday to my Carson bug! Love you!