Serious Business

I love this picture. Look how serious he is about writing his name just right.

 

A Christmas Miracle

Carson slept from 8pm until 7am this morning without making a peep! Perhaps we have turned a corner on his sleep issues or maybe he was just too cold to cry since the low here last night was below freezing...BRRRRRRRRRRR!!! Either way, I'm counting my blessings this morning!

Although this was his nap yesterday(uncle joe is kind of wacky!)...

 

It's Official

I am ready for this baby to be born! I do need suggestions for a new name for my blog though. Thoughts???

Lovin' our new Stroller

Thanks Papaw and Grandma. We may actually be able to leave the house again once Audrey is born. By the way, Luke understands this is not for him...he just wanted a ride in the choo choo with Carson!

 

 

CARSON!

 

 

Snowy Tuesday, part 3

This is even more funny when you know how cautious my Luke usually is! Click the movie icon on bottom left of picture.

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Snowy Tuesday, part 2

Happy

 

Happy

 

Not so happy.

 

Snowy Tuesday, part 1

Love the snowsuits! Thanks GiGi!

 

 

My angel!

 

Where did he find this garbage?!

 

Star of the Week

 

Every Friday in Luke's class Mrs. Bluford chooses a Star of the Week for the next week. Every Friday Luke is disappointed that he was not chosen as the Star of the Week...until last Friday!!! He is so excited. What does it mean to be the Star of the Week, you may ask? For Monday, we made a little poster for him to share with the class of all his favorite things. Favorite Animal: a penguin; Favorite Color: blue; Favorite Food: macaroni n' cheese; Favorite Toy: star wars. On Wednesday, he gets to take in his favorite story for storytime and on Friday we get to take in a special snack. He also gets to eat lunch with the class "mascot" each day. It's a stuffed animal dog named Hutch.

They named the baby Jesus...

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Desperate Times

 

Tis the season to be fighting illnesses, but seriously our household is going on it's 5th week of someone being sick enough to require the doctor. It started with Luke and a bout of Fifth Disease, then ear infection and general ickiness. Next, Carson got the croup which developed into an ear infection and now Todd is very sick with a mystery sore throat. I'm tired. Carson always falls into bad sleep habits when he's sick, and currently he won't sleep for more than two hours (usually 7-9) in his own bed before he DEMANDS to be with me. I've relocated to the couch because I don't want to catch Todd's "ick". So that means Carson has been joining me. It's not a pretty situation seeing as how I'm nearly 9 months pregnant and all...

Granni got Carson a flip and fold Elmo sofa for Christmas that she told me I could give to him early if I wanted. I decided to do that last night in hopes that he would sleep there instead of on top of me (and Audrey) on the couch. It worked for a couple hours last night.

 

Seriously, I am so tired!!! SEE...

 

Who Me?

This is what a "Carson-proof" Christmas tree looks like. Yes, we are finished decorating. Seems to work pretty well! We have another one upstairs with ornaments all the way to the bottom that Luke helped decorate.

 

Look at that face!

 

My little buckaroo. He is such a busy boy!

 

Snowy Saturday

 

 

 

 

Happy Luke!

Luke and Daddy spent some time putting together these awesome train tracks. I'm so glad he still enjoys the trains, but they have really taken a back seat to Star Wars and Transformers. I guess my baby is growing up. We are trying to teach Carson how to play with the tracks without taking them apart. He's making some progress, but still has a way to go! He does love his "choo choo's" though. The jury is still out on whether he will be the fanatic that Luke was!

 

34 Weeks and She Has a Name

Here is what I'm looking like these days. Getting big, but not nearly the swelling I had with the boys (hope I didn't just jinx myself!).

 

We've decided on Audrey Grace Jenkins for the name. Hope you all love it, we do!!!

My Little Daredevil the Artist

These photos combine two of Carson's favorite past-times. 1) Climbing on the table and 2) Coloring. Brilliant work, huh?

 

 

 

 

Me and My Boys

I like this picture that Ronda took of us in Nashville.

 

Luke Hearts Spongebob

This is a fixture at the zoo. Luke was very pleased!

 

Stop the Presses, Hold the Monograms...

Just wanted to let everyone know that Todd and I have started to waiver on our name choice for Baby Girl. This is new territory for us because we've been able to lock in on the boys names right away. I thought we had this one, but he is not crazy about a double name and I don't want to do Lauren by itself. Stay tuned as we continue our negotiations! So far (from the names that we haven't completely shot down) I like Audrey and Kate, he likes Cybil (we just remembered this is what we were going to name a girl luke!).

A Baby Girl

We had our ultrasound yesterday and found out that we are having a baby girl. What a perfect complement to our family. We are all super excited. Keeping with our tradition of early naming, Todd and I have decided that her name will be Lauren Kate Jenkins.

I could go on and on, but the packers will be here in an hour to start the moving process and I am swamped. All of this moving drama is imposing on my baby girl daydream time!!!

I will post her ultrasound picture once we are set up in the new house...the scanner is already packed.

Baby Carson is One!