Since I finally ran out of memory on card in the camera and was forced to finally transfer pictures to the computer I felt it was about time to update the blog with the latest Karsten pictures.
These first pictures of my little ham were taken on a lazy Saturday morning. He must have been all over his bed that night because he woke up with a great big alfalfa sprout! Usually he's cranky in the morning before eating breakfast but this day, he decided to do a show for the camera!
This next picture has quite a story with it. It was getting late but not quite to Karsten's bedtime yet and he was looking like he wasn't planning on going to sleep at any time.....he was crawling all over the house, getting into trouble....you know, what babies do best! All of a sudden, I realize that Karsten stopped right in front of the couch where I was sitting and hadn't moved in a while. He decided to curl up right there on the floor along with his bunny and went to sleep.
On Sunday it was getting to that time in the afternoon where I go searching for a snack and Karsten has snack time as well. I happened to find a couple of pickles in the fridge so I curled up on the couch with my find. Well, Karsten was pretty intrigued by the pickles so I decided to give him a lick and a bite. He didn't make any funny faces so I just decided to give him one of mine for a snack. He ate the WHOLE THING!!!!! I didn't even have to cut it up into pieces for him - he took small bites and chewed really well all by himself!
One other thing that I LOVE is that Karsten is really starting to enjoy cartoons.....I can plop him in front of Blues Clues in the morning while I make his breakfast and he is so enthralled that he doesn't even realize that he's hungry yet. Right now, he's sitting on the couch like a good little boy watching A Bugs Life!
One thing I hate about Karsten right now is his ability to loose shoes. I happened to buy him 2 pairs of tennis shoes at the beginning of fall to wear outside at daycare. Well, he lost one shoe one night when we all went for a walk.....we backtracked the same way on the way home and never found it. I thought at the time that it's a good thing that he has another pair of shoes! Well, last week at daycare he happened to loose another shoe the exact same way! I was hoping we could at least bring the lone shoe home to have a mismatched pair that he could at least wear outside but no luck with that - they are both for the same feet! I found a pair of high tops on the Target website and I might just have to look for those in the store the next time I go.....maybe they'll stay on his feet better!
Brice and I got to go on a date night last Friday thanks to Melanie. We had dinner at Wolley's Steakhouse which is inside the Embassy Suites in Bloomington. We then took a trip to the new Cinemagic Theatre in Burnsville and were finally able to see Fireproof. It really was a great movie and I think it will really inspire all married couples to persevere through the tough times. Marriage is, afterall, a permanent covenant with God and not "just" a piece of paper as I have heard so many people say.
We still haven't decided what to do for Karsten's birthday.....I think we might just end up at Perkins because he loves pancakes and their grilled cheese sandwiches! I made a list of the kind of things Karsten still needs for the winter at Target if anybody is interested in looking at that.
Of course, birthday season starts at our house next Monday. I get to "celebrate" the last joyous year of my twentys.....I'm not quite sure how I feel about that yet! Brice wanted to do something special for me but there really isn't anything going on at any venue that I'm even remotely interested in (except The Producers out at Chanhassen but I'd rather not spend $100+ to see a show when I'm going to see a different show in just a few weeks). I think we'll just go for dinner and a movie.
