24 pounds 8 ounces
29.5 inches
Sweet Carson Clark,
June was a busy month for our family, and you continued to grow and learn during our adventures! You’re getting to be a big boy! You wear size four diapers and 12-18 month clothes.
One weekend, Reenie came and visited. She kept you while Mama and Daddy went to Nashville to go out to eat and to a concert. We had a good time, and you had lots of fun playing with Reenie.
One day you were standing up holding on the bathtub and you fell and busted your lip. There was so much blood; it scared us, but it didn’t keep you down for long. You still have a scar on your lip where that happened.
A few days later, we took a big trip! We rode on an airplane from Tennessee all the way to California. It was a 4.5 hour flight and I was nervous about how you would do sitting still in a small space for so long, but you did great! You ate snacks, read books, looked around, and even snuggled up on Daddy and took a nap. While we were in California, Daddy went to the Christian Scholars Conference and we spent time with family. Granny and Aunt Misty joined us from Texas, and we went to the mountains with Aunt Paula, and cousins: Staci, Wyatt, Racquel, Nicole, and Reid. It was beautiful there and we enjoyed relaxing and playing with cousins. You learned to climb stairs while we were there.
When the conference was over, Daddy flew back home to Tennessee, but you and I went to Texas with Granny and Aunt Misty. You did great on the plane again. You slept in my lap most of the flight. Pops didn’t know we were coming; we surprised him on Father’s Day! We had lots of fun at Pops and Granny’s house. Aunt Misty took off work for a couple more days to spend time with us. It was a special time. While we were there, you befriended their dog, Dakota. You got really excited every time you saw her, and you loved for her to lick your hands and feet. One morning while we were at their house, you woke up and just weren’t yourself. You didn’t want to play or eat, two things you normally love. Instead, you just wanted me to hold you. While I was holding you, I noticed that you felt really hot, so I took your temperature and you had a fever of 105! Poor buddy, no wonder you weren’t acting like yourself. We called the doctor and she said to take you to the emergency room. They ran lots of tests and decided you had an ear infection and strep throat. They prescribed some medicine, and you began feeling better pretty quickly, but it took several days for your temperature to go back to normal. After a few days, Pops got sick too, so Granny took us home by herself. After being gone for 15 days, we were happy to be home and see Daddy. We got back at 11:00 pm, but you woke up and crawled as fast as you could around the house rediscovering all of your things.
One of our very favorite things you learned to do this month is clapping! You love to clap, and once you begin clapping, you look around the room waiting for everyone else to join you. You’ve also started waving and pointing. You wave at people in the grocery store and they talk to you. Everyone thinks you’re so cute! You point and grunt or squeal at food and at young children. Our sweet friend Kaye is still one of your best buddies. She is your honorary Hohenwald aunt and you always have lots of fun playing with her. Your joy is contagious, and your big smile lights up the room.
You are still a curious little guy, and you love to learn about the world around you. You love to open drawers and pull everything out. You are such a fast crawler and still always crawl with your right knee down and your left foot up. You like to get a book, block, or lid to put under each hand so you can slide instead of lifting your hands and crawl even faster. You love to pull up on anything you can get a hold of and walk beside it while holding on. This month you started letting go and standing up without holding on, and later on in the month, you started standing up all by yourself without holding on. You discovered a new favorite toy this month: a diaper box! It’s the perfect height for you to stand behind and push. You love to push the diaper box and walk. Sometimes you get going so fast you’re running. It is super cute!
You got two more teeth on top this month. That makes six teeth: four on top and two on the bottom! While your new teeth were coming in, you went through a biting stage. You left bruises on Mama and Granny and you made Pops bleed when you bit him during church one day. We’ve been talking to you about not biting and you’re doing much better now.
You nurse four times a day, once before breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and again at bedtime. You’re enjoying lots of different foods, too. You’re such a big boy and don’t eat any pureed food anymore. You like to eat table food like Mama and Daddy. You tried pancakes, pizza, and ice cream for the first time this month. Your favorite foods are saltine crackers, goldfish, watermelon, blueberries. When we take them out, you squeal, shake, and point with excitement and anticipation! It is fun to see you so excited! When you’re ready for more food, you point and squeal or grunt to show us what you want. You still drink water from a sippy cup with a straw and throw it on the floor when you’re finished.
We planted a garden and you like to go outside to check it and water it. You still like to play outside, but it’s gotten so hot that we don’t go out as often as we used to. When we got home from our trip there were ripe squash, zucchini, and tomatoes ready to pick! We enjoyed having a garden. You really like eating the homegrown tomatoes.
You still like to play in the kitchen and listen to music while I’m cooking. I found some fun CDs from when I taught first grade that we’ve been enjoying. You like to smile and dance to songs like “Who Let the Dogs Out” and “Chicken Dance”. As soon as the music comes on, you start moving your arms and bending your knees. It is so cute to watch you dance! You play happily if I’m up and moving, but if I sit down to do something, you’re ready for me to pick you up and play with you! We love listening to all of the sweet sounds you make. You squeal, grunt, do the motor boat, and say “mama” and “ababab.”
You had been sleeping through the night for about 11 hours each night for a couple of weeks before our trip, but you had trouble sleeping while we were gone. We think it must have been because you got sick, were teething and because you were in different places and out of your routine. When we got home, it didn’t take you long to get back into a normal sleeping pattern. We are so proud of you for learning to sleep all night! You usually go to bed about 9:00 pm and wake up around 8:00 am. You still take two naps each day, usually about an hour and half each. We read to you before naptime. You sit still and listen as we read. You love to sit in one of our laps, point to the pictures, and turn the pages.
We are so very thankful for you, Baby Boy! We take seriously our role as parents and pray for wisdom as we guide, teach, and protect you.
Lots of love,
Mama and Daddy
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