Carson's birthday=Charlie's first tooth!

Yes, the title is true!! Charlie got his first tooth on Carson's 29th birthday (April 14th)! Here are some cute pictures of the many celebrations of Carson's birthday...

We had a cookout last weekend because some of our dear friends, the Ezzells, were in town from Colorado. So we brought some birthday cake to the cookout to start his birthday celebration a little early. Look at all of these babies that were born within 7 months of each other. Left to right: Debbie and Tucker, KayLynne and Carly, me and Charlie, Ashley and Lilla. We LOVED the fellowship with our dear friends and look forward to the next cookout!!

(we missed you Rob, Jayme and Belle!)

Carson's cake... beer and baby in tow :)

Family picture

(You don't have to tell me, I know my face is super-duper ROUND... that's why I'm seriously starting the Weight Watchers this week! No more joking around about it! You can all hold me accountable!!!)

I thought this was funny of Jack eating the crumbs off of the table. Debbie, this is what happens when you're not around!!

I took this the night before Charlie got his first tooth. After his bath, I always brush his hair to the side. Doesn't he look so handsome? It obviously doesn't stay that way, but it's still cute for a few minutes.

We had another little celebration on Carson's actual birthday with a small-group burger cookout at the Kovacs'. I made Carson a key lime pie and his only birthday request was a new pair of fishing sunglasses for Belize (pictures to come in May!). This is the night that Charlie's first tooth came in and as you can see, he didn't want to open his mouth for a picture... but, as always, he loved his bath!!! Isn't he so handsome? If he keeps these looks up he'll be fighting off the girls when he's older!! Lord help me!!! :)

I think Charlie could do this for hours!!! He loves to watch the water come out of the cup. Sometimes he just watches, sometimes he tries to catch it, sometimes he just kicks and splashes, but it always mesmerizes him!

I had off Friday this week from work so I took some pictures of our happy boy. Thank you Jesus for our little joyful bear!! If I just open my mouth, stick out my tongue and say "ahhh" he giggles!

Mr. blue eyes and big cheeks! (Look Papa Jess, he has eyelids just like you and me)

There's the first tooth!!!!!!!!!

Yay Charlie! You're so big now!

Still laughing...

Even bigger smile...

Now sitting on the couch laughing (yes, we finally got new pillows). And in case you didn't notice, he's really blonde!

I just couldn't decide from all of the cute pictures, so I uploaded almost all of them!

Recently started chewing on his toes.... sometimes with his thumb in his mouth at the same time! That's serious talent!

Recently he makes a lot of grunting sounds or says "mamama" or "humm".... and he still likes to squeal too.

Laughing at Mom again!

He loves this little jumparoo too! (Thanks to Aunt Lisa and Uncle Lea)

Precious angel Charlie bear :)

Then last night (16th), Carson and I went to dinner at Ellerbe's. We got a TCU nursing student (Go Frogs!) to keep Charlie and enjoyed a romantic dinner just the two of us! Dinner was fantastic and I would recommend Ellerbe's to everyone!!

Charlie has really become more adventurous with his foods recently. Last weekend Carson and I made a bunch of his baby food and froze it. It was so much fun and I would recommend it to everyone who is getting ready to start feeding their baby foods. We used the Beaba Babycook from Williams Sonoma (but they sell it lots of places) and it's super easy and saves money! We even used all organic foods too. If anyone wants to borrow it and try it out, let me know. We made squash, sweet potatoes, bananas, bananas and blueberries, peas, green beans, apples, mixed veggies and carrots. We later found out that the longer cooked carrots are frozen, the more the nitrous level increases in them... which would not be good for Charlie. I researched it a little more and found this article. So sadly, we threw away our mixed veggies and carrots, but we probably could have kept them for a short period frozen... oh well. I bought some mangos and peaches yesterday to make for him. And I ended up just buying the regular canned carrots for him at Target! :)

We love you, Carson, and are grateful for a wonderful, sweet, loving and fun husband/dad everyday. Happy birthday!!! Love- Jules and Charlie