It's the holidays!!!

Well, chad has been training for the past few months for his half marathon and he the day finally came. His goal was to make it under 2 hours and guess what...he did!! We were so proud of him!

cutting it close!!

We all made it to shreveport...katie's first roadtrip! She was great traveling..carson on the otherhand...he wanted to stay up all the way to his pou pou's house and that was an hour too way past his bedtime!!

This thanksgiving, we spent it at my in laws, it was really nice. Carson had a blast playing with his cousin trent. And, pou pou and paw paw came in town to go see the saints vs cowboys game. So carson was double happy!! we started out thanksgiving morning with doing the turkey trot...this is carson's first race to participate in.

Ready to run!!

He hated the stroller and wanted to run like everyone else..unfortunately, chad had to carry him the last mile and a half and that is a workout in itself!! Carson was so proud of himself after the race...he really loved the treats and refreshments after the race!

Running with the big dogs!

The holidays are amongst us...we went to downtown mckinney today and enjoyed christmas carolers, visits with santa, and storytime to name a few. Chad was out for the weekend hunting so I had planned a lot for the kids to do! we had a great time!! Tomorrow we will start the christmas decorating!! I love the holidays

back to the grind

Well,

I returned to work this past week and boy was it an adjustment. On Monday I was a complete wreck - my hands were shaking and I kept tearing up..it took everything I had to hold back the downpour of tears. But fortunately, I have awesome coworkers who made it a bit easier to come back to work. I think it is SO wrong that they make you go back to work right when your baby is starting to coo a lot, stays awake a lot during the day, and smiles a lot. Katie is doing great at sleeping through the night. We have her on a feeding schedule about every 3 1/2 to 4 hrs, starting around 630ish in the morning. After work I get to feed her before she goes to sleep ( 945pm) and she sleeps until 630ish. So I am definitely not complaining..but I do still wake up in the middle of the night to pump. My goal is 6 months of breast feeding - longer if I can. I am still having a hard time adjusting to having 2 kids. Its like I had a second kid and lost my brain along the way. I can never remember what I was supposed to be doing - I know writing it down would help..but I never seem to have a pen on hand and so I forget to write stuff down later on in the day. I have gone upstairs more times than I'd like to admit and spend 5 mins thinking what I was supposed to be doing or getting. And when I talk..the words are coming out right and when I am writing stuff..I am having a harder time spelling words ( and this is coming from someone who won 3rd place at a spelling bee!) I sure hope this is going to pass. Carson was so excited to get a suprise visit from Pou Pou and Paw Paw.

Carson and his Pou Pou

He didnt want them to leave, when Chad was getting carson for his bath he went to his Pou Pou and held up his hand and said no bye bye ok. It was so cute. Carson can be such a handful, but the things he comes up with is just so cute. He loves to watch his Aunt Trina do her exercise video everyday. He sees that the women has shorts and sports bras on and when trina is exercising he tries to get trina to take her shirt off so it can look like she has a sports bra and shorts on too. He also loves to dance and listen to music. He watches Toots and Poodles every morning and in a certain spot of the show the characters will start to dance, Carson will get so excited and tell me to "dance mommy!" Carson is still being a great big brother...he will go get Katie's pacifier when she cries and its so cute when he says " its ok baby...dont cry."

Best Big Brother ever!!

We went to the fairpark aquarium 2 weekends ago, Carson loved watching the stingrays and all the other neat aquatic animals.

Wow Mommy...what is that??!!

Daddy and Carson mesmerized by the turtle

Forget the turtle...someone help Aunt Trina!!

Its been 2 weeks since halloween and carson is still asking to go trick or treating again. He is STILL picking nerds out of the carpet. :P I cant believe thanksgiving is next week. Boy how time flies!

trick or treat!!

Wow...what a weekend!! It has been a fun yet exhausting weekend for the kolb clan. Carson had a halloween parade/party at his school as well as trunk and treat - we decorated our car as cat in the hat and trina and I dressed up as thing 1 and thing 2 while diana dressed up as the cat in the hat.

Carson's Class dressed up as birthday presents for halloween

Well Lookie who it is...thing 1 and thing 2 and the cat in the hat!

and later that night we hit the town and went to the mothers group at church's fall festival.

Best Buds!!

Saturday chad was brave enough to take the 2 kids by himself to the arboretum while trina and i went to a girlfriends brunch. And today we tricked and treated at uncle rod's house.

It was a lot of fun...Carson had a BLAST!!! He has been anticipating halloween for the past 2 days and hasnt let go of the halloween bucket for the past few days. You say candy...and its like he is hypnotized. He'll kiss and hug anyone you tell him to..he will pick up his toys...and he will eat all his food. Its great!! And sometimes he gets so wrapped up in doing what you ask him to do that he forgets the whole candy bit! But this year...he went trick or treating with his cousins and his best friend matthew. He was SOOO excited to get started. He kept saying.."next house". and he was running like he was a born sprinter!! It was so nice and fun to watch him enjoy himself so much!!

On another note, carson got his evaluation back at school..which they said he is doing really well with adjusting but they still have to tell him not to wrestle with everyone at school...I WONDER who taught him that?!! Chad. I am really glad that we have so much family here! Its so awesome!!

The halloween Loot!!

Fall Season is here!!

Katie at 2 months!!

Carson with his Aunt mia!!
Halloween, Pumpkins and football!!! Fall season is here!! And we are LOVING it!! The weather is getting cooler but our allergies are KILLING us!! We went to gattitown and carson had a blast at thier halloween party. He got his face painted, ate pizza, and got lots of candy!! He didnt let go of his candy bag for days. I have a feeling that halloween is going to be carson's favorite holiday!!

Look who it is...its spiderman!!

we went to aunt tram's and uncle rod's pumpkin carving party this past sunday and had a blast!

Mrs. Potato Head pumpkin!

Carson holding mrs potato's head's hand!

we also went to the flower mound pumpkin patch...carson had a great time picking out a pumpkin, but before he picked out a pumpkin...I saw him stop and pull down his pants...And YES...he was about to pee in the pumpkin patch - chad had to pick him up quickly and take him to the porta potty. It was so funny.

Hide and go seek!!!

Wow, its so funny how carson leaves little "suprises" around the house!! But at least he tells me about them!!! This morning I went into carson's room and he was all smiles and had a pile full of books on his book. He said, "mommy..I pee peed!!" and I said, oh no.where did you pee pee at?? on your bed?? and he said, no mommy..I show you...I show you. I got a little nervous as he hopped off his bed...he then proceeds to go to the humidifer in his room and lifts up the top of it and viola...there it is...pee pee in the humidifer!! Who would have thought??!!! Christine and I took a sewing class tonight...very very basic...and what did we learn?? we learned that we dont know how to measure correctly and we dont know how to cut a straight line! lol Katie is getting so cute!! She is smiling a lot back at people and cooing!! She isnt crying AS much..but still crying a lot when she is awake. I have been dreading going back to work. I cant believe I go back nov 8th...its right around the corner!! Thinking about what schedule i want katie on and what will work best for carson.

look who's 2!!!

Look who's 2 months!!

Well...I cant believe it, Katie turned 2 months already. Boy how time flies!! She is sleeping pretty good, eatting ok and is awesome at crying for no reason!!

Say Cheese!!

She loves to be held...ALL THE TIME! Carson is getting used to her crying...I placed her in his lap the other day and she started to cry...carson proceeded to rock her and sing hush little baby!! lol No kidding!! He always gets excited when she's up...he'll run to me and say..mommy look...her eyes are open!!

I am trying to keep katie up during the day more, boy she was a sleeper...she slept all during the day, but the night was a different story! She's been smiling a lot more and cooing! We decided to nickname her tootie- man...can she lay a doozie!!

We have been staying busy...we went to the state fair, where carson dined on coney dogs, funnel cakes and chocolate milk!! he also played in the sand exhibit that was new at the fair!! boy did he have a great day!!!

Climbing mt everest...or so it seemed like at the time!

Carson started back at school 2 weeks ago, he is doing really well at adjusting. He is having a lot of fun with his aunt trina..but sure misses his grandma!! It seems like one day carson was my little baby and then the next..he grew up and suddenly was a toddler exerting his rights as a terrible two!! He is so lovable though..and always wants to help his daddy with the yard work! But boy...does he have an attitude!!

Daddy's little helper!!

"I did it!!"

oh god!!!

Well, today was my first attempt to go anywhere by myself with the two kiddos...and I would have to say that I was unsuccessful! I was so excited to be able to try out my new double stroller...dang that thing is heavy!! Anyways, made it to the mall and as soon as I stepped into the mall, the first thing that Carson says is...Eat, I want to eat!! Thinking that food would keep him occupied for a bit, I went and got him something. Occupied him for 15 min and then he was all about trying to get out of the stroller. Argghh...so, that was it for the mall and came straight home. Got nervous because about 5 min from the house carson tells me he needs to pee pee...of course I hit the red lights!!! But Carson was a big boy and waited till we got the house to use the restroom. Carson, Chad and I ate lunch together and then we put him down for his nap. 2 hours later I am suprised by chad opening Carson's door to his room and chad saying..OH GOD!!! I rush to the scene and the urge to vomit hit me ! He had taken off his diaper and there was a line of poop all the way from his bed to his door along with a chair he had pulled up to his drawers which held his wipes...being my clean freak boy, he at least wiped himself.

Oh God!!! What is that??!!!

yep...it is what you think it is!!!

So there was poop and wipes everywhere with a disgusting odor.

Trail of Wipes....

But boy, when carson came out of the room he was smiling ear to ear because he didnt poop in his pants! Oh goodness... what can I say. So I included some pics...I know its disgusting but wanted you to get the full effect!!