Swimming, camping and the children's museum

We have had a full couple of weeks lately. First, I will update on all my drama with work. Since I signed a contract for 2.5 years of full-time in the Emergency dept, they made me transfer out if I dropped down to part-time... so, I start in labor and delivery tomorrow. I am actually pretty excited! I only have to work 2 days per week (the best part) and I am looking forward to working in a happier environment! I am so sick of changing postitions though-- I want to stay in this position for a LONG time!

Next, we drove our new wonderful car, 2008 Acura TL on a "road trip" to Kahneeta and spent the day with dad and Miranda swimming.

We also went camping with grandma and grandpa Caudle, dad, miranda, and Blakely and Brennan... we went out in the woods with a small creek that ran through the camp site, it was really nice and relaxing- but it's nice to be home with clean clothes and a SHOWER!

Finally, today we went to the Children's Museum here in Portland... for the first time. Carson absolutely loved it! He was finally in a place that it is ok to get into everything... and he did!

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Busy, Busy...

It has been a busy couple of weeks for the family!! First of all, I can't explain how wonderful it has been going to work only 2 days per week!!! I have been having such a great time with Carson during the day. Last night Steve came home from the gym at 8:30pm and I was vaccuming and mopping the floors. Steve told me he loves "part-time Tiffany"... our home is finally somewhat kept up and groceries are actually in the cupboard :)

Carson and I were able to go to Prineville last week for 5 whole days! We went to Miranda's graduation and spent lots of time with the family- it was really nice.

Carson had to make an emergency trip to the dentist on Tuesday. He fell off our bed and hit is mouth on the end-table... I know the question is where was I?? Well, this child is too fast for me! I turned to grab his diaper off my dresser and he was gone. Luckily, everything is fine- no stitches and no loose teeth.

Here is a few pictures to share:

Carson and daddy before going on a bike ride.





carson swinging for the first time

Family update... finally!

I can't believe it has almost been a whole month since I last posted!! Things have been a little stressful lately around the Zimmerman household. First, Carson went through a period where he wouldn't eat and he was really fussy (which is unlike him)! Carson lost over a pound and he is really small for his age anyways! Grandma Caudle came up to our house to spend lots of one-on-one time with Carson and let him stay home instead of going to the babysitters. We really like our babysitter, but she has her own 7 month old daughter who take a lot of her attention and Carson is not use to sharing attention!!
The caviat to this story is that I have been BEGGING to go part-time at work and since I signed a two year contract I am obligated to work full time. I have gone through all the channels and hopefully I will be able to go part time after June 10th- but I might not be in the Emergency room anymore :( They just don't understand that my family takes priority!!
Carson is walking and talking now!! He jabbers ALL day long! He non-stop talks and it's pretty funny! We have a video of him "cussing out" Steve and I in baby words!

Family update

Hello everybody, sorry I haven't posted in a while... same story of lots of work and not a lot of free time :( We did take some time as a family last weekend and went to the beach. The weekend before it was 70+ degrees, so we decided to take a first overnight family trip with Carson. The weather was awful!! It was a mix of snow and rain (yeah, SNOW at the beach) and Carson was not so happy! I learned that I needed to experience a toddler in a small hotel room to know that it is not something I want to do again for a while! Carson has started walking and the room was too small for him to be able to get anywhere. He would not eat because he didn't have his chair and he would not sleep because he wasn't in his crib :) We took him swimming, which was the highlight of the weekend for Carson. Here is a few pictures to share... enjoy!

Trying to walk

Carson has been "cruising" now for a while. He walks between furniture and holding onto our fingers. He was doing really good last week "before his birthday" walking without holding onto anything and taking about 10-12 steps until he would sit down. Well, he ended up getting sick with croup and fever for about 4 days and since then I think he hasn't had the energy... but here is a video of his attempt to walk.