I Wuv Mommy!

I can't believe I didn't write about this!!!  Fairly recently, I FINALLY got the much anticipated, "I wuv Mommy." 

It's funny because if I say "I love you," his response is usually "I love Carson."

If I say "I love Carson," then he says "I wuv Mommy."

I will TRY to get it on video because it's so sweet and music to my ears!  He says everything else under the sun, but it took him forever to say this...

He's so funny because one of his favorite things to say is "My Mommy!"  (This is in a very demanding and possessive voice.)  If I call him "My baby" or "My Carson", he immediately says "My Mommy!"  Yes, Sweetie, I AM your MOMMY! 

Tinkle Tinkle Little Star

Someone has been singing up a storm lately!

"Tinkle Tinkle" is definitely one of his faves!

Other faves include Wheels on the Bus, Doggies (i.e. B-I-N-G-O), Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, and Jesus Children, i.e. Jesus Loves the Little Children (& Doggies).

We Missed Ya, Farm!

It seemed like FOREVER since we had a weekend at the farm!  I don't think I had been since May.  We don't usually go too often in the summer just because it's so miserably hot and all we do is hang out inside.   Well, this past weekend was GORGEOUS!!!  Man...we miss ya, Farm!!!

One benefit of having Dish, is that we just pack up our box from home and bring it up to the farm.  I bought an extra dish of eBay last year, so all we have to do is plug it all in.  Andrew will disagree that this is ALL you have to do.  He's usually outside for quite a white trying to get the dish lined back up right again.  It's just on the fence, so not too stable and critters and cows probably mess with it.  Anyways, Andrew and Dan got it figured out; therefore, WE HAD FOOTBALL.  That's the only reason to watch TV when we're up there.  We won't go into detail about how the football game that we cared about went.  Ugh...

At least the little man looked cute in his new jersey! He was cleaning up "cow poo-poo."

Carson LOVES all of Daddy's old toys...green army men, mini dinosaurs, Matchbox cars!

 



 

Perfect Saturday...

Just spending some QT with his godfather, "Jimmy Jip" (i.e. Jeremy the Jet)

 



Father-Son Fishing Time

 

 

Presh...

 

Reeling all by himself!

 

Stuck in the weeds, so Daddy helped!

 

Checking out his first bass!

 

Daddy taught him how to "lip" a fish.

Concentration...

 

Adorable...

 

 

Crazy pups LOVE to swim!!!

 

On our walk in the "woods" (actually, we were just on the levy but the weeds were SO high)

Kisses!

 

OREO face!

Kisses for Mommy!

 

 

Carson loves his Jeremy & Jamie!

 

We went on LOTS of walks up to the gate and back.  They were actually more like RUNS.  He ran all the way to the gate, a 1/4 mile.  Then, ran most of the way back.  We looked at the cows, drove Daddy's truck, went to town with Papi and had chicken nuggets, AND slept in the bottom bunk in our room LIKE A CHAMP!  This was only after the first night with Wannie & Papi was a little rough.  This kid dreams a lot and can be pretty violent in his sleep.  We learned this the prior weekend at the Dove Hunt when the three of us shared a blow-up mattress.  That was rough.

 

FARM... CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN IN OCTOBER!!!

 

 

49th Annual Walburg Dove Hunt!

Every Labor Day Weekend/Opening Weekend of Dove Season since 2007 (except in 2010 when C was an itty bitty thing), we've headed to Walburg, TX for the Annual Walburg Dove Hunt.  Walburg is a tiny dot on a map with a lot of Bavarian influence, complete with the Walburg German Restaurant & Biergarten and Dale's Essenhaus, home to Dale's Famous Walburger.  While I have never been to either of these places, we pass them both each year and wonder why we've never gone inside.  They both just ooze FUN!  How did we end up in this little town of ~250, you ask?  Well, one of my good buddies from college is from this little town (don't quote me on this, but I think his family were actually some of the original settlers) and his parents have GRACIOUSLY hosted a bunch of kids, and now our kids, for the last six years. 

We got there early enough to settle in before heading out to the party at the Community Center.  Carson was thrilled to see the swings.  He LOVES to swing!

The party the night before Opening Morning is always held at the Walburg Community Center and is complete with a Polka band and TONS of food. Before we eat, this sweet old man always sings How Great Thou Art and it is just beautiful. We've made it to this event about half the time. We were lucky it was on a Friday this year and that Friday was a floating holiday.

Heading to the party with Daddy & Uncle Dave

Chowing down

Hard to tell here, but he is swinging his head like crazy to the beat of the music!

Still dancing with his arms.  He got out in the middle of the dance floor by himself and put on his own little show.

Enjoying the music...

Oh yeah, forgot we stopped at Bass Pro on the way there (after we put Lucy in "jail", i.e. the Petsmart PetsHotel).  This is how we roll...

Think he made himself right at home???

Mommy didn't hunt in the mornings, so we went on LOTS of walks. There was just so much to see and do!  He was happy to go on walks in his PJ's and Crocs.

Chickens!!!

No, you can't climb the fence and go play with them.

Yelling "Hi, cows!"

RUNNING!!!

Chickens... again.   And again.  And again.

Love water tower towns!

These two boys (exactly 1 year & 3 days apart) played SO well together!

How precious is Hudson and his little smile?!?

Playing with the rocks was definitely a hit.  Trying to keep Carson from throwing them was another issue.

So, we band doves at home for Andrew's work and let Carson release them into the air.  He didn't quite get that this one wasn't going to fly off.

And so we have the "Dove Night Night" video...

Had to laugh at one of the guy's dove bucket...

Uncle Dave... no comment.

Such a boy!

Popcorn snack break with Daddy



He LOVED this old truck of Spencer's.

How precious is this little girl in her A&M dress?!?  Surprisingly, Carson was pretty gentle around "Baby Caroline."

Mommy did go hunting Saturday evening with my little buddy!

Love this sweet boy!

Watching Mommy!

As always, we had a FABULOUS time with great friends.  The Merkords are always the most gracious hosts, not to mention pretty AWESOME cooks!  We certainly eat well when we are there!  We had fun back in our college days, but I think it's even more fun now with the kiddos there! 

Happy Hunting!