Church Dressed & Crafts

Carson has been such a little angel lately. He has been eating like a beast, pooping like crazy, sleeping in his big boy bed all night long, and giving us lots of hugs and kisses. He has become quite a talker and communicates pretty well on all of his wants and needs. It is a little bit shocking how many new words he comes up with each day.

Adam and I are having a hard time watching what we say and controlling what other people say in front of Carson. It's funny how Carson's most common sayings are things we don't want him to say like, "oh gosh" and "that's stupid" (pretty sure that came from Grandma Wallace's house, as well as "oh crap"), "garbage" which sounds like "you b****," and "I farted." I think telling Carson not to say something makes him use it even more. He doesn't know what he is saying, but I am pretty sure he thinks our reactions are funny.

Anywayssss....Carson was playing on the deck on Sunday and was looking super cute so I took a few pictures:

Since Carson can pretty much raise himself now (kidding), I have been keeping busy doing a few crafts for my home:
Mod podge "EAT" in kitchen.
Dry erase board and paper flowers.
More paper flowers.
Mod podge "dream." This is in mine and Adam's bedroom. I have 2 more words to add, but haven't got to it quite yet.

Big boy bed

Carson got a toddler bed for Christmas, but we just got around to actually setting it up. The first night we put Carson in it, he got up after about 2 minutes to look outside his blinds (his bedroom has french doors that lead to the family room) to see what me and Adam were doing. We laid him back down and he slept there all night. When Adam and I went to bed we opened his door and left our bedroom door open so he could come in our bedroom when he woke up. I woke up to a blanket being thrown on my face and a sweet smile peering up at me at 8:30 am. Awesome.

Yesterday, he didn't do so well for nap time. I ended up moving his mattress back into his crib to get him to sleep. Then he slept in his toddler bed last night and took his nap there today!

Every night he has hollered at me to bring him water even though every night I put a cup of water right by his bed. I think he is too scared to get it himself. So cute and funny to see him in a big boy bed! I can't believe how easy the adjustment has been. :)

Sweet boy

This was last night. He had only thrown up like 7 times at this point.
Here is Carson right now. He is finally eating some plain bread, but won't touch anything else, including his Gatorade. He is watching his toons and occasionally coloring. He took a bath so he is smelling much better. I can't say the same for Adam. :)

Sunday

So yesterday started out well. We had stake conference yesterday and were able to hear some general authorities speak via broadcast. We went in a room all by ourselves that had the broadcast on so Carson could run wild, talk about his drawings that he was coloring for us, and chow down on snacks.

We left a little early so Carson could get a nap before we went to Aiwyn's 1st birthday party. He did nap for about 30-45 mins. and then we woke him up so we wouldn't miss the party completely.

Aiwyn's (my adorable little niece) party was great! It is obvious that she has a lot of people that really love her, including us. She is just the happiest, sweetest baby. Happy birthday, Aiwyn!

On the way home, Carson started going a little crazy. He was fussing and trying to get out of his car seat. I reached back to adjust him because he looked so uncomfortable when all of a sudden he starts vomiting. A lot of vomit. And then again. And then again. I used probably 15 wipes to try and get it off of him because he was crying and saying, "yucky, mess, mess, yucky." He doesn't like to be dirty so this was traumatic for him. I think he had a little of a panic attack when he got out of the car and saw throw up all over him and his seat. Adam hurried to take off his sweater and then got him in the bath. While Carson was bathing, I got the pleasure of cleaning his car seat. I put the cloth part in the washer and then cleaned the seat in the shower. It was nasty.
As I am doing this, Carson throws up 3 more times on the family room carpet. I lay him down on the couch under a towel and with a bucket. I thought he would be done vomiting. Well, Carson vomited over 20 times in 2 hours. I called a nurse advice line and she said he needed an ambulance. I told her we lived next door to Children's Hospital and we would leave then. So, to the emergency room we went. While there, Carson began vomiting about every 5 minutes and became very lethargic. He was like dead weight in my arms and his eyes started rolling to the back of his head. It was very scary. He would shoot up right before he would vomit and I would literally have to hold his body up so he wouldn't collapse.

They rushed us in to see a doctor (and by rush I mean we waited 30 mins instead of the 3.5 hours like everyone else). By this time, Carson's vomit count was over 30 and his vomit was neon green and he couldn't keep his eyes open or his body upright so I was panicking to say the least.

The doctor told us it was a virus that they were seeing a lot of it. They gave Carson Zofran to stop the vomiting. Carson vomited one more time and then went to sleep. We then were able to give him sips of Gatorade. After about 15 minutes, Carson opened his eyes, smiled at me, sat up and asked for more juice, his blanket, and his monkey. He then got very hyper and we were able to take him home.

Now, apparently this virus is VERY contagious. Unfortunately, Adam hasn't left the bathroom floor all morning. He is a mess. I feel a little queezy, but I am hoping that is just because it wreaks in my apartment and not because I will get sick. I have been cleaning like a mad woman, fret not.

As for Carson, he slept pretty good last night. He woke up once at 4:00 to ask for a drink and then when he woke up at 7:30 this morning he wanted another drink. I am having a hard time getting him to eat anything. I made him toast, a pancake, and have offered him 3 types of dried cereal. He isn't really interested. He is drinking well, though. I am hoping him and Adam will be back to their selves tomorrow. Pray for us!