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!

Pre- K

Brady had his first day of Merryhill Pre -Kindergarten, it was a success! I was very worried we would have the crying fits about not wanting to go to school, but I was wrong. Brian dropped Brady off without one tear (from either party). When I picked him up he was very happy and excited to be in the Pre - K class like the big kids! Way to go Brady. We will see how Carson does in a few weeks I am a little more nervous about that!

weekend in Santa Rosa

We spent the last weekend in Santa Rosa visiting with family. Brian and I were so lucky to get to babysit all four kids on Sunday while the other adults went to the NASCAR race! The kids were all really good and we even had 3 of the 4 asleep at one time!!!!Brady and Charlotte get along really well and as long as you can hear them they are okay. Charlotte mastered the two wheel bike, we were really proud of her. Brady was a really big helper and could get the babies to smile in no time flat. Carson and Vanessa the two non eater babies are another story. They require a lot of attention at every minute! Vanessa is so sweet and little she walks all around and says the cutest things like mommy, daddy, me=milk, and nonee=blanket, and she also says NO (mostly to food she doesn't want to eat). Carson was his usual lovable self and did have to be carried or walked around most of the time. Great Grandma Reva even stopped by to make real homemade Mac and cheese! Maybe we will rethink that 3 child!
ps the picture includes our nephews Matt and Ben as well as our niece Baby Gracie

Monkey See...Monkey Do... Monkey Get in Trouble Too

So the shirt actually says " monkey see, monkey do, monkey get in trouble too! " I had bought this shirt for Brady last summer and he really loves it. My great friend Alex handed down some clothes from her son and we happened upon the same shirt, in Carson's size! In fact she gave us 2 of the same shirt same size, ha, ha, ha!!! Yesterday the boys and I were having fun around the house and here is some of the trouble we got into. I know Carson doesn't look like he is getting into trouble but he just loves to sit in Brady's chair. It kinda makes Brady mad. Every time we enter Brady's room Carson makes a bee line to the chair sits down and give the biggest smile ever.

"Hi"

Carson first words! I looked back at Brady's baby book to see when he said his first words and the sad part is I never wrote it down. I think I was always unsure if it really was the first words or just cute noises that sounded a lot like words. So I decided to record Carson's cute noises as his first words. I will have to try and catch it on video so you can see him in action. He puts his hand up waves and says"HI". He also makes a double syllable while waving that sounds a lot like "bye, bye". Ma-ma and Da-da are of course on the list as well as what sounds like "car" and "kitty"while pointing to the object!