Holmes Family: It's been a while

It has been a while since I last posted so I'm going to try and catch up. Lately we have been summer sick. we really miss the sunshine and playing outside so we have been making up for it by going swimming at the rec center once a week. they have a fun indoor shallow pool that Carson loves. every time we drive to Bountiful he asks to go swimming. He loves to climb up the toy and shoot the spray guns and ride the slide.

He is still a little young so I do have to stay right next to him and help him swim. I was having trouble holding Dallas while chasing Carson around so I bought this water sling.

I love it! I already had one I used everyday just at home but this one is made for the water so it dries quickly. I highly recommend it to anyone who has two little ones close together. I also just got this carrier for quick trips to the store.

I always wear Dallas and push Carson in the stroller or the cart, so I wanted a carrier that I could wear comfortably for long periods and that would be easy for Jake to wear. and this mei tai is it. Dallas almost always falls asleep when I wear him and our last trip to the store Carson just laid his head on his arm and fell asleep too.

I was at Target (one of my favorite stores) so since they were both asleep I just walked around and shopped for a while. It was pretty nice.

let's see. Dallas just had his 4 month appt. He is now 14.5 lbs and wearing 6 month clothes. He is always smiling and laughing. He is just the happiest baby. we are pretty lucky. He is just starting to eat cereal. (He doesn't like it) and is starting to play with toys. he loves to bounce around in a Johnny Jumper and grab anything within reach.

Carson is getting so big! he can talk in 4 word sentences. He has figured out that mommy and daddy also have other names. He knows that I am his mom but my name is Marianne. and Jake is dad and Jake. that kind of thing. He loves to sing songs. especially row, row, row, your boat. He is almost fully potty trained (thank goodness) just the occasional accident if he is too busy playing to run to the bathroom. He can count to 12. and he almost has all of his books memorized. He will say the words with me while I read to him. so we need to get him some new ones. Carson also loves to choose his own clothes to wear. Most the time it matches, but we sometimes go out with Carson looking pretty funny. but it's really cute because you can just tell he chose his own outfit. He also likes to play dress up with his cousins These are their "cowboy Hats" yes they are girl hats :)