Our sweet Hannah Grace

Auntie's have the right to brag! And our sweet Hannah Grace is one little girl to brag about. Carson and I have so much fun watching Hannah during the day while Jamie teaches.
Carson loves to play in his room, so we set Hannah up to play in there too. She loves to look at books.
Her tummy time gets quite active. She flips all over her mat, and "talks" to the toys that hang down at her. Carson loves to get right in her face and talk to her. She thinks Carson is very funny!
She is the best little baby. Always full of smiles and loves to blow bubbles and listen to her own voice.
Carson is really learning alot about being a big brother because of Hannah. He takes good care of her, always giving her a paci when she needs one, and trys to put the cap back on her bottles when she's finished. He even shares his favorite trains with her. We love you Hannah Grace!

Waiting for Daddy

Just this week, Carson has turned into quite the little talker! He now calls for "Dada" all throughout the day. When our home phone rings, he immediately yells, "Dada!" At night when it's close to the time Matt usually gets home from work, I open Carson's blinds and let him look for Dada. Last night he squealed with delight when he saw Matt's car pull in the driveway. So precious!

Coloring

My little baby isn't a little baby anymore! We bought Carson a craft table from IKEA so that he can have his own little area to sit and do his puzzles, or color, or climb and jump off like he did yesterday! :)
I was surprised at how much he loves this table. He sits in his little chair and actually colors.
I'm sure you will all be getting a picture colored by Carson very soon!

Chasing Daddy

Matt and Carson have too much fun sometimes running all around the house. This is why I'm a bit nervous about having another boy...Matt will definitely be the type of Daddy who plays rough with his little boys. Here's a video I took of them tonight. They actually were being crazier before this video! Carson sure does love his Daddy.

Big Brother Night

Nana and Papa stayed at our house while Carson took a nap so that Matt and I could go to our ultrasound. Matt had to go back to work afterwards, so I went home to tell Carson the news. When he woke up from his nap, I went into his room and told him he was going to have a baby brother. Of course he had know idea what I was telling him, but I burst into tears with the thought of Carson being a big brother! Carson says "Baby" all the time and lifts my shirt to kiss my belly. I showed him the ultrasound pictures.
Before Daddy got home from work, I took Carson to the grocery store for his favorite sprinkle sugar cookie. Matt and I wanted to take him out for some fun and celebrate that Carson was going to have a baby brother! We went to Red Brick Pizza, yum! They have TV's at every booth, and we put his favorite "Yo Gabba Gabba" show on so Mommy and Daddy could enjoy their pizza too. :)
Then it was off to Babies R Us to try out some double strollers and let Carson pick out a toy for his new baby brother.
Of course Carson picks out the most expensive teddy bear you can find! Ha! He loved on this giant Winnie the Pooh.
We finally got him to settle on the same thing, just a smaller version. He had fun running all over the store with Daddy, and I looked at bedding, and blankets, and cute boy clothes. We are so excited to have another son, and can't wait for Carson to be a big brother. Here is a video of Carson trying out the "Sit and Stand" stroller. I thought he was way too young for this stroller just yet, but he proved Mommy wrong. Such a big boy!

It's a boy!!

Last Thursday, Matt and I went for our 20 week ultrasound. We were so excited to see our little baby and to see how much he'd grown since our 8 week ultrasound. The ultrasound technician confirmed my gut feeling that IT'S A BOY!! We are super excited that Carson is going to have a baby brother! They are going to be such close buddies, especially since they will be a little less than 21 months apart. We are hoping to get another ultrasound before the big day, but here are a couple of pictures we were able to get from this ultrasound.

Putting the bassinet together

We are beginning to slowly get everything ready for the new baby. Matt cleared the last of our "office" out of the baby's room this past weekend. I figured if we do things slowly it won't seem so overwhelming when the end is drawing near!
Today, Carson helped Mommy put the bassinet together. He was very interested in what I was doing and quickly picked up on how he could help too.
What a great helper and a great big brother!