No Fear

Karson stands up on his scooter, very daring like. One day last week, I took my eye off of him for 30 seconds. When I looked back at him, he had the scooter up next to the hutch, was standing on it and digging in the candy dish! Smart lil' cookie! We have been trying to correct him and get him to learn what "no" means. He does alright half the time, the other half he just ignores us or smiles slyly and keeps doing what he's not supposed to. I can tell this is going to take some major efforts. He hasn't really started to say any definite words yet, at least that we can make out. He looks at us jabbering for lengthy times and talks as if we should understand him.

So Sweet

Karson has become attached to certain objects, mostly his favorite blanket. However, he seems to really like this cuddly monkey he got for his birthday.

Sweep, Sweep

Karson discovered he loves to sweep just as much as mom does. I think I'll teach him how to vacuum, dust, and do laundry!

12 Month Well Child Check Up

As we already knew, Karson is perfect! His doctor said he is right in the middle of the charts and way ahead of other kids at his age. He's going to be a genius! ;)-
Poor guy had 3 shots and a finger poke to check his lead and iron level. Rough day for him but he's back to himself today.

More Teeth

One of his first year molars finally popped through. Amen! Those are rough. I noticed yesterday one of the eye teeth on the bottom is working it's way up too. Now he has 8 teeth total. The way the drool just spills out of his mouth, there has to be many more working on coming through.

KK & Papa Jim

Grandpa Jim was playing peek-a-boo with Karson. He's become attached to his blanket this past month. We've also notice a little change in how he reacts to others he does not know. Prior to this, he didn't care who held him, talked or played with him. Now he's more conscious of his environment and those around him. A few time this past week he cried when Pete dropped off at daycare, which is a first ever. We tried to leave him in the church daycare for an hour, he cried for 15 mins until we went back to get him. He's going through that phase of life with separation anxiety but we hope it will pass soon. It took him awhile to warm up to Grandpa too as we last seen him when we visited Texas mid April.

My First Birthday

Cousins Caleb, Meg & Sam visited for the day. It was Karson's first time meeting them, didn't take him long to warm up tho. We are looking forward to seeing them again for our Thanksgiving get together along with the rest of the family.

Karson & Aunt Melissa

Andrew & Jeremy brought 2 toy cars for Karson. One stays at our house, one at Grandma Kolb's - specific instructions by Andrew. Karson pushes them all over the place, climbs in and out by himself, piles rocks and dirt in the opening behind the seat.

I wanted to make him a cake instead of buying one. I mixed up the batter and poured it in the pan, that's about as close to baking as I get. Grandma Bonnie baked, frosted and deocrated the monkey cake. We used Hershey Kisses, M & M's and chocolate licorice for the face. Job well done!

First bite of cake, he made quite the face.

Karson received many nice gifts for his birthday. Clothes, toys, and much more. The cousins helped him open his presents.

Uncle Pat and Pete took the kids for tube rides behind the jet skit. At one point, Caleb was on the jet ski with Pete with Meg & Sam on the tub. Karson floated around and played in it.

The lake water was a little chilly after the cool temps and rain. Pete thought it would be a good time to tackle Caleb and dunk him in the water.

Anything Karson can steer or drive makes his day.

Aunt Jen & Grandma Pat watch cousins Andrew & Jeremy in the water

Grandpa Jim tells ones of his many stories to Uncle Patrick. ;)
Later on, he cooked up his famous shrimp boil for all of us. He brought back fresh shrimp from Texas for the special occasion.

Yummy!

Great Grandpa & Grandma Munger were visiting MN for Labor Day weekend and joined us for the birthday celebration.