It's Official

Carson is officially a walker. He walks everywhere! No more crawling for our little guy. He does still keep his arms in the air for balance.... sooooooo cute!

Back to School Blues

Okay When I made this blog I kinda decided it was about my kids. A great and positive way to share my kids with friends and family. They grow up so fast I just don't want anyone to miss out. I must waver for a brief moment and step up on a personal soap box. Some of you may have noticed that my blogging has become less frequent. That is because I have gone back to work FULL time! Yes, Full time. It has only been one week, but that one week, I barely made it through. I know there are plenty of working women with kids in the world but it has been hard. I am tired, my feet hurt and I miss my family! Not to worry my kids are happy at Merryhill, I just miss them! I will do my best to keep up with the blog but be patient with me. I am also still checking on my fellow BLOG buddies, I just haven't left my usual responses, again... patience.

Family Car Wash

Last weekend we decided have a family car wash. Brian washed the car while Brady played Fire fighter with the hose and I chased Carson all around the yard. Good news is the car got clean. Even better news is, Family car wash happened this weekend too, only my car got clean.

The Toddler Room

Carson went to his first day of school today! He was such a big boy. I wasn't sure how the drop off would go so I planned to stay as long a needed, and also to check on Brady or help in his class. Carson was a stud! He started playing with cars said "BYE" and we walked out of the room. I called a few times during the day to check on him and they said he was doing great! When I picked him up they said he smiled all day and was a very happy baby! He was super excited to see me when I arrived to pick him up. He wanted to show me all of the books and toys in the room . What a relief, one less thing to worry about. In fact, I think he handled it better than I did.

roller coaster

Funderland is the place to be! Brady was invited his friend John's Birthday party at Funderland! All of the kids had a wonderful time. Brady loves all the rides the scarier the better! This is Brady and the B-day boy's brother Michael on the Dragon roller coaster.

walking!

I must apologize, in all of my excitement trying to get these first steps on film, I turned the camera to the side. I forgot that when taking video you can't do that! That being said, just turn your head to the side and enjoy..... Yea, Carson I knew you could do it! Carson has been standing up very sturdy, cruising along all of the furniture, pushing anything that will move, and walking by holding fingers for days. He just would not take more than one step. Well today he was playing with a toy mop and just started to walk. I tried to count the number and I think there are at least 12!

girls, girls, girls!

We are so lucky to have so many beautiful nieces! We got to spend a little time this weekend with some of our favorite girls, Katie and Maggie are in town! We all took a trip to the zoo. All of the kids really enjoyed themselves and it was so fun to get to hang out with the other Clemens!

Oliver- the Dog

One of the highlights of our holiday weekend was that we got to babysit Oliver the Dog! Steffy left Brady in charge with a list of Oliver's likes and dislikes, Brady was the boss. Brady was just thrilled to take care of Oliver. There wasn't one sentence that didn't start with "Can Oliver..." Brady organized his bed, fed him treats, gave him water, groomed him, and best of all let him out of his cage whenever we arrived home. Carson also took a liking to Oliver and was very sweet. He would try and kiss him and even pet him. We enjoyed ourselves so much tat we decided to get a dog.......... in a few years when the kids can help!