As usual, I will start things off with King Carson. He's growing up incredibly fast. He's really starting to walk now. It's as if he just decided one day to start walking, and he was off. I will upload a clip of him walking soon.
I think the biggest progress Carson has made is in the realm of food. He loves "real" food. He always wants what we are eating and likes to let us know when he wants what we have. He also likes some surprising food such as hummus, sautéed mushrooms, thai dumplings, and Italian style beef. Surprisingly, he also seems to like spicy food, just like mom and dad :). Now don't get the wrong idea, we're not feeding him habañero peppers or anything, but he does seem to like "Supremely Spicy Hummus". So it looks like we'll have a 3rd person to start cooking for around the house.
Carson recently had another "first", his first time passing out on the floor where he was playing. I was sitting on the floor with him while he was playing, and he decided to lay down. This was not abnormal, sometimes he lays down and plays. However, as he was laying there, he started to move less and less. Now I am really paying attention. Then I realized he was out. He was laying on the hardwood floor asleep. Brittany was off in the other room and noticed it was awfully quiet, so she poked her head out to see what was going on. I pointed to Carson and she saw he was asleep. Time to get the camera. As she came into the room, she snapped a picture. She wasn't close enough, so she tried to come closer. This woke him up, and he poked his head up, looked at us, and I thought it was over. On the contrary, after looking up at us, he proceeded to lay back down and go back to sleep. Now the hardwood floor is not the most comfortable surface, so he kept adjusting his hand and arm under his head to make it soft. After about a minute of this, he was out again. Time for more pictures. We found this quite amusing, and the pictures below are in sequential order.
Here are some other highlights from March...
That's about all I have for Carson, on to M-I-Z...Z-O-U!
I know the NCAA tournament has come and gone, but I feel the need to talk about it.
Awesome, terrific, kick ass...those words all describe this season of Mizzou basketball, but I think the one that sums everything up is elite, as in Elite 8. Mizzou pulled of some impressive wins and made it all the way to the Elite 8. They were very close to knocking off UConn, and in my opinion they should have, but a great run nonetheless. Thanks Tigers!
On a sad note, Rev. Dale Sterling Chapman, the man who married me and Brittany and dedicated Carson, passed away on April 4th. He was a veteran of WWII and a good man who touched many people's lives. R.I.P.
Brittany's birthday was on April 5th, and she decided she wanted to go bowling with our friends. We had a great time, my parents came over and watched Carson so Brittany could get crazy. And did she ever...she was out of control! Just kidding, she did have a good time though ;).
From the wide world of sports, baseball has started and the Blues made the playoffs! I guess that's not the wide world of sports, just St. Louis professional sports, but I digress...Opening day was a blast. The day started with heavy snowfall, that's right, snowfall. It was colder than a witch's titty, but it didn't stop us. People came over to our house, I stood by the BBQ grill and grilled our lunch. I didn't realize how cold it was until I stepped away from the fire. We proceeded to head downtown and meet up with the final member of our group before heading in. Did I mention it was cold? We had on sweatshirts, stocking caps, gloves, boots, the whole 9 yards...and we were drinking ice cold beer. Anyway, the game was great, and I managed to sneak into the Redbird club and out of the elements in the 7th inning, which was FANTASTIC. However, the Cards blew the game in the 9th and we lost. Oh well, we've been pretty good since then, including today's win against the Chicago baby bears.
I just thought of something, I have season tickets for the Cardinals, and I will not be going to every game I have tickets for. So if you have any interest in going to a game, let me know. I will also make a post on here when I am selling tickets. In fact, I have 2 tickets for 4/22 against the Mets, 2 tickets for 5/4 against the Phillies, and 2 tickets for 5/5 against the Phillies. The face value is $22/ticket, and that is what I am asking. They are in Section 511, Row 25, Seats 24 & 25. That is in the right field bleachers and the seats are on the aisle.
As I mentioned, the Blues made the playoffs for the first time in 5 years. It was improbable, as they were the worst team in the West in February, but they got hot and managed a 6 seed in the playoffs. We lost to Vancouver last night, but we can get them back tomorrow.
I experienced the joy of registering for my last semester of classes on Monday. I will be finished on the 19th of August, and commencement is on the 12th of September. The end is in sight and I am PUMPED! Now the only question is, after I am finished, then what? That could literally be the million dollar question.
Well that was a lot of updating, and I'm sure I forgot something, but that's OK, I can just post again. On that, I leave you with The Lonely Island's "I'm On A Boat". (WARNING: NSFW language).
