{"id":746,"date":"2012-06-02T13:45:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T19:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babyz.hottie-biscotti.com\/?p=746"},"modified":"2012-06-02T13:46:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-02T19:46:44","slug":"from-houston-to-dallas-to-austin-to-lake-lbj-and-back-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/2012\/06\/02\/from-houston-to-dallas-to-austin-to-lake-lbj-and-back-again\/","title":{"rendered":"From Houston to Dallas to Austin to Lake LBJ and Back Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I write this post, Ben and Carson are on their way to the lake. \u00a0I am home by myself with Ginger and it is strange. \u00a0I was listening to music while I was frosting cookies for a baby shower I am helping to throw for a friend and more than once I thought, “I should turn this down, Carson might wake up.” \u00a0But he’s not here. \u00a0No one will be here until tomorrow afternoon. \u00a0I kind of don’t know what to do with myself. \u00a0I’ve already organized Carson’s closet, finished the cookies and put a load of laundry in. \u00a0I feel like I should take advantage of my time alone, I’m just not sure what to do! \u00a0It’s too much pressure.<\/p>\n

Before they got on the road Carson was getting sleepy. \u00a0Here he is with Ben. \u00a0I think I know where Carson got his lashes…<\/p>\n

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Last week Carson and I left Ben alone for a few days. \u00a0We drove to Dallas on Wednesday to visit my sisters. \u00a0My sister Lisa came into town on her way to vacation in Mexico so that she could drop my niece Maren off with my parents. \u00a0Lindsey had to work on Friday, so Lisa and I were going to be in charge of 4 kids. \u00a0It just so happened that Carson was up multiple times on Thursday night with what I thought was an ear infection. \u00a0So Carson and I headed to urgent care on Friday morning at 7:30 am, leaving Lisa with 3 kids. \u00a0Carson had double ear infections and we didn’t get back until 11am. \u00a0Lisa is a champ. \u00a0After I got home we went to Lindsey’s in-laws to swim. \u00a0I don’t know what we were thinking. \u00a0Thankfully all the kids took naps at the same time and so Lisa and I got to spend a little time lounging by the pool and reading People and Us Weekly. \u00a0Trash, I know. \u00a0Here I am with all the sweet babies!<\/p>\n

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Carson and Lane had a great time playing together, as usual. \u00a0A lot of the time they would just look at each other and both start cracking up. \u00a0They did a lot of chasing and screaming. \u00a0This was the first time I saw them kind of fight. \u00a0Carson tried to take something from Lane, so Lane pushed him down. \u00a0At one point I saw Carson almost smack Lane in the face, but Lane was too fast and got out of his way. \u00a0I know this is not the last we’ve seen of this kind of behavior.<\/p>\n

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Carson and Lane playing with cars.<\/em><\/p>\n

I drove Carson and Maren to Round Rock on Saturday morning. \u00a0They both took naps for part of the time. \u00a0The rest of the trip Maren wanted what Carson had, regardless of what it was. \u00a0When she had the iPad, she wanted Carson’s toy. \u00a0When Carson had the iPad, she wanted the iPad. \u00a0I’m surprised I didn’t pull something with the way I was reaching my arms behind me in order to get toys to their proper place. \u00a0Maren is a doll. \u00a0She says really adorable things. \u00a0When I asked her if her milk was good she said, “It’s delicious!”. \u00a0When I told her we were going to see Grandpa and Mormor she said, “I’m coming Grampa! \u00a0I’m coming Mormor!” \u00a0Here are the sweet babies taking their naps.<\/p>\n

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I dropped Maren off and headed to Kate and Steve’s so that we could all drive out to the lake. \u00a0We had a really nice couple of days. \u00a0Carson got to go on the boat and enjoyed “driving” it. \u00a0He did not like the horn. \u00a0If we asked him if he wanted to “go beep beep” he always said no.<\/p>\n