THE BLAND FAMILY: Melmo!

"Melmo? Melmo? Melmo!" That's what we hear around the house these days! Carson has been watching Elmo at school. :) He's recently discovered that Elmo is on his diapers and toothpaste at home. He seems thrilled by this. Almost as thrilled as Mickey (or monkeys) on his pajamas! It's so adorable to hear him talk more. I love it! Of course, he still calls himself "mama" and all of his "m" words kind of sound the same, but that's okay. Lol.

I haven't posted in a while. Figured it was time for an update on the little man though. I'm supposed to be working right now (don't worry, I'm at home), but.......I'm sometimes a bit of a procrastinator! :) Anyway, as it's been awhile, this post is probably going to be a bit random as I try to recall all that he's been up to lately. This is my baby book after all, so I need to get all of those random "milestones". Someday (I promise), I will be a good mom and go back and fill out his baby book completely! At least I have this to look back on. It's just crazy how time passes so quickly and he changes so much! It's hard to get it all down. I'm too busy soaking it up.

Like I said, he's talking more and more. It's pretty amazing to us to hear him. I think daycare has really helped a lot, being around so many other kids - I'm often surprised at some of the things he knows! A couple of weeks ago, I asked him if he wanted some more milk and he nodded and said "more". But I noticed that he also did something with his hands. I asked him again to see if he'd do it again.....and sure enough, he also signed "more". I couldn't believe it. Apparently, they do signing as part of their "circle time" at school. Since then, he's signed several things to me! So cute. What I like though, is that he also says it along w/ signing. He can sign "thank you", "hat" and "all done". Pretty cute. He also now knows all of his body parts. We started just w/ belly, nose and toes, but he's got them all down now. Last night, he even showed me heart. We were reading and saw a picture of a heart. When I said it, he patted his chest twice and said "boom, boom". How cute is that?! I'm just so proud of him learning so much. I'm just fascinated every time he says something new. :) I just love him to pieces! I was just thinking the other day about how I miss him being a baby... but this stage is so much FUN. It's hard to miss it too much.

I can't wait for warmer weather so we can get out and do more together. I'm definitely looking forward to it now that he's older. We at least made it out this weekend for our first walk of the year. I think it helped Emma being able to get outside a little bit. And Carson was more than overjoyed when we pulled his wagon out! We also went to the store this weekend. I know, very exciting. But the reason I share the story is because Lucas and I cracked up as we walked by the produce section. We went by all the onions, apples, oranges, etc. and our precious 18-mo. old screamed "ball, ball, ball, BALL!!" Love it. We laughed so hard.

Okay, so what else have we been up to over the last couple of months??

Discovering love of ketchup!