A Dog's Life

Since moving to our new house 6 months ago, Eddie hasn't had the privilege of roaming the yard by himself. He's only allowed outside on his leash. As you can see he's hardly struggling to make it through the day.

He wants to be in on the action.

After a hard day of napping and following Carsen around.

Watching out the window for things to bark at.

Checking Carsen's face for crumbs.

Chewing on some rawhide.

Helping Daddy

Eric's really been working hard on our guest bathroom getting it ready to paint and put the trim back up. We've set a deadline for ourselves to have the whole thing completed by the end of Feb. before Eric leaves to go on a trip. Don't worry they'll be finished pictures posted when it happens.
Carsen was being helpful during all the sanding and puttying. He dragged his stool into the bathroom along w/ the tools that came w/ Handy Manny and got right to work.


He started w/ the soap dispenser.
Then hammering the sink.

Back to the soap.

Eating like a Big Boy

Ever since we moved to our new house last summer, we meant to transition Carsen to his booster chair. The only problem was the small table we purchased second hand to fit in our breakfast area only came w/ two chairs. Because of this he continued to sit in his high chair. We recently used our booster seat when friends w/ kids visited and since then Carsen has been interested in sitting in it at the table. Since I'm usually at class 2-3 nights a week it works out well for Carsen to take my seat. When I am home to eat w/ my boys, I sit in a folding chair.

Feeding himself breakfast.

He won't let us remove the tray and put his plate and cup on the table.

Snow Days!

One of my New Year's Resolutions was to keep this blog up to date. That hasn't been going very well, but I'm going to make another effort.

Carsen and I have spent several days last week and this one snuggling at home while the snow lays on the ground outside. For the most part we were stuck at home, but also didn't want to venture outside and test the roads.

Wearing Daddy's shoes!

I Stuck!

This is a new phrase Carsen has learned over the past few weeks. I was in the bathroom when I heard him yelling "I stuck! I stuck!" When I came back into the living room I found him in this position.

Cheesing for the camera!

Rockin' in the New Year

For the past 6 years we've traded hosting New Years w/ our friends Calvin and Gina. This year they were ambitious enough to venture down our way w/ 2 kids in tow. The evening was a success and the kids outnumbered the adults by one. The score being: Adults 8 Kids: 9. Needless to say, we had a good time and are still scrubbing dishes working to see our counter tops again.

Also to celebrate the arrival of the new year, Carsen got a haircut. This was his fourth time getting a haircut and if anyone knows the story, he wasn't a fan the last time. I know my friend probably wasn't excited to see us, but I'm glad to say he was a champ the entire time. Which was a good thing b/c it had been 2 months since the last trim and it was just a trim meaning he was SHAGGY.


Carsen talking to Baby Emmitt.

Calvin showing Carsen how to use the Wii controller (he wanted to push buttons more than play so it was quickly taken away).

This picture is from Christmas and posted in order to show the length of his hair. What a mess!

So handsome w/ our big boy haircut.