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Mmmmm, carrots!
Being super stoked about his super cute faux hawk.
Being happy on his little tummy.
Trying to figure out that whole crawling thing....

How he fell asleep in his swing.

Ok, so I never blog, I know, I'm lame!

Carson's super cute Bum Genius cloth diaper and leg warmers :)

Matching hair with Daddy.

Saying bye-bye to Grandpa.

Playing in his walker.

The monkey outfit I made for Carson.


It seems that between school and taking care of Carson and attempting (although ever unsuccessfully) to keep my apartment clean, I just don't ever have the time. So here is an update, which is grossly overdue, I know.

Carson is growing fast! He is so smart and really advanced for his age. He is sitting up unassisted for at least a minute, and has been for a few weeks now (since just over 4 months) which something that normally doesn't happen until 6-7 months. He loves to drink from my cup whenever I have one has gotten pretty good at actually taking sips of water instead of just teething on my cup. We also introduced the sippy cup to him a couple of days ago and he is slowly figuring it out, although right now it seems like more of a toy than anything else. His other favorite toy right now is wipes packages, he just LOVES to play with the pack of wipes from his diaper bag! He is deep in the throes of teething and is drooling and biting things constantly trying to cut a couple of teeth.

We are switching from disposable diapers to cloth. It is going to save us tons of money, and they are much cuter :) Now before you go and think that I am crazy and they are so difficult, let me explain that these are NOT the clot diapers from days past. There is no folding, no pins, no extra step of putting a diaper cover or plastic pants over the top (although those do still exist) We are using all in one and all in two diapers. They go on in one piece, just like a disposable diaper does, ad have either snap or velcro closures. I am also venturing into the cloth diaper making world. There are tons of them selling on ebay and esty, the average sale price of the type I am making that are also home made, not factory produced, is about $12 per diaper. They only cost about $4-8 to make (depending on pattern, fabric type, etc) so I will be making a pretty decent profit. I have so far drafted the pattern and will start making them just as soon as my fabric and snap press come in the mail. I'm really excited about it. They are one size adjustables, meaning that depending on where you snap the rise, they fit most babies from 5-35 pounds, so basically most babies from birth to potty training.

In other exciting news, I am the recipient of a $6000 scholarship for next year for outstanding academic and leadership skills! I got the letter from the mailbox today and jumped up and down I was so excited. Of all of the scholarships in my department (The college of health and human services) I got highest amount offered through any of the college of HHS scholarships so that was really exciting.

Thats about all that is new here right now. Bryan and I are just going to school and wishing we were done already. We go in in about a month from now for Carson's next checkup to see just how much bigger he has gotten, I can't wait.

The Purple Dress

I took draping this term, I love draping...not such a fan of doing for a grade though...

My first project was the recycled garment, it turned out decent, but not the best I've ever done. It also earned me my first non-A on an assignment in an apparel class ever...I got an 88% OUCH!

Second, we did swimwear, I was determined to make up for my less than stellar grade on my recycled project. My 80's inspired swimsuit earned me a 96%, now that is more like it!

My final project in the class was the purple dress. It was supposed to be a blue dress. I drew the design earlier in the term and couldn't wait to make it. It was to be a floor length formal dress in periwinkle with a violet gathered tulle midsection. It was going to be glorious! So I went fabric shopping. They have periwinkle fabric in chiffon, and tulle, and plain weave cotton. They have it is fleece and baby flannel, and just about ever hing you could possibly thing of that is either non-formal, or flowy formal, I needed something with some structure! So I find it, the PERFECT fabric, except that is is 100% silk dupioni and $20 a yard, and I happened to need about 3 yards. So I decide to get violet taffeta and make it out of violet. Well I just couldn't do it, it HAD to be periwinkle. So I went back, with a 40% off coupon, thinking ok, $12 a yard isn't so bad. But I couldn't find it. So I ask if they moved it...turns out it went clearance and was gone. So I had to go with the purple taffeta. I had to change my design because it just couldn't be the original dress. I would have gotten a 93 on it, but I skipped the progress check day because Carson didn't sleep all night and showing up was worth 10 points! Ao I got my lowest apparel grade ever, an 83....at least it turned out pretty...

My tiny baby is getting so big!

Carson had his (almost) 4 month appointment today. He weighs in at a tiny little 13lbs 5oz (about the 20th %ile) and is 25 1/2 inches talls (80th %ile) he is still tall and skinny just like daddy. His doctor said that he is very developmentally advanced for his age and that probably has a lot to do with how skinny he is, he is just a very active little boy. He is sitting as well as at least a 5 month old, almost a 6 month old so that is super great! He is also very social now and LOVES to flirt with all the girls at school when he goes with me.

We had planned on not starting solid foods with Carson until 6 months but he has been showing all the signs of readiness lately and some babies with severe reflux like Carson's are helped by starting a little cereal. So we talked about it with his pediatrician today and decided to go ahead and start a little baby oatmeal (rice cereal unfortunately all has soy which he can't have) but don't plan on starting veggies for another month. He liked it a lot actually, which surprised me. He had a hard time keeping it in his mouth and swallowing without it coming out of his mouth so more of it ended up on him and in his little tummy but he kept lunging for the spoon for more. I'm really excited to try it again tomorrow and I can't wait until he can actually keep it in his mouth.

I know, I know, I'm a slacker...

laughing at Daddy
Eating his feet
After his first roll over!
My soda can dress

Where to start? I haven't posted a blog in over a month so I've got quite a bit to cram in here..

It has been a loooooooong month
I posted before about our "new" baby due to reflux medicine, yea that lasted about a minute (or 2 days, but who's counting?) We switched from zantac to prilosec for reflux and when that didn't work I had to cut out all things dairy and soy to see if Carson was having an allergic reaction. Well, it seems to be a combination of reflux and a dairy sensitivity and possible soy sensitivity. Carson is now on both zantac and prevacid as well as Mommy having a no dairy/no soy diet and he seems to be like a normal little baby now! He still doesn't sleep great at night, but honestly, I'll take the 2 or 3 hours over none at all and today he took an almost 3 hour nap! He has never ever napped that long! Things have just finally gotten good over the last almost a week I guess, but the month (or rather 3 months) leading up to this point have been the longest, most sleep deprived 3 months of my life! Now that I am starting to get used to it, rice milk and spelt bread aren't all that bad, but I will have to say that I would kill for yogurt right now, I never realized how much I loved yogurt (or how EVERYTHING has dairy or soy in it, geesh!)

New things this month
Carson does so much new stuff now! He rolled over for the first time, that was super exciting, he went from back to tummy and once on his tummy held his head up and was happy, which is odd since he HATES tummy time with a passion, then he decided he was done and rolled back to his back to play with his toys. He also not only found his feet, but now has figured out that he can get them in his mouth, it is pretty entertaining. He laughs now too! That part is pretty new, just for the last few days and only happens a little bit, but of course he laughed his way all the way through a giant blowout diaper change.

School
School has been crazy this term. Thankfully there are only 3 weeks left in the term. I love draping, but sometimes it just totally stresses me out, I have 3 weeks to design and perfect 2 garments...eep! Hopefully it wont be too tough.

Thats all I can think of for the moment, but I'll try to post more than just once a month from now on....

Some days I'm pretty sure that I'm crazy.

I have 13 credits this term and it is way tough. I am determined not to let having a baby stop me or even slow me down from graduating, but some days I'm pretty sure that I have no idea what I was thinking. On the bright side I love draping! Anyway...here are some new pictures.

My "new" baby

For 2 months we had a non-sleeping, constantly screaming, sad, uncomfortable child 90% of the time with occasional happy times in between. On Tuesday he started taking medicine for reflux and now that the meds have kicked in he is like a whole new baby. He is happy all the time, rarely cries and when he does its because he actually needs something (food, diaper change...) not just because he is uncomfortable, and he actually sleeps now. He slept through the night last night, it was great! (ok it was a little nerve racking because he has never done that so I had to keep checking to make sure he was breathing, but I'm sure it will be great the next time) I am so happy he isn't just uncomfortable all the time, and I'm so glad to get some sleep!