Carson Lee Wacker

Baby Carson will be the primary topic of conversation for this particular blog, so I feel like I should apologize in advance for all the baby chatter. : ) Tabitha (Mason's older sister) had Carson last Tuesday (April 12th), and he was 6 lbs. 10 oz. I was pretty surprised, and I think others were as well, that he wasn't bigger than that. But he sure is a cute little thing. Since it was the middle of the week that he was born, Mason and I had to wait till the following weekend to go visit. That actually worked out pretty well since they stayed in the hospital until Friday. We got up to St. Joseph on that Friday night and were able to spend some time with Tabitha, Greg (her husband), and Carson before we all called it a night, which was very nice. I'm typically not what one would call a "baby" person, but I sure loved getting to hold and love on him! He is a very mild-mannered baby, and doesn't seem to get too shook up about anything. He didn't seem to particularly enjoy having his diaper changed, but that was mostly because of the cold wet wipes, I think....On Saturday we spent about half the day there and then went to do some shopping with Mason's mom, Shelly. I found some super cute baby sunglasses, thinking that they would fit great, only to find out they were actually quite large on the handsome little man.

 

We stopped by again Sunday morning for a few hours before we came back down to Edgar, and I had the chance to feed and hold him again, which was great! I never thought I'd be so excited to have a little nephew, but it's sure a neat feeling, especially since I'll get to see him grow since birth. I just wish we all lived a little closer so we could see each other on a more regular basis. 

As you can see, Mason is pretty smitten with the little guy as well! He'll be a good uncle!

As I mentioned in a previous post, my friend Cara who is stationed in Georgia with her husband Joey, is also pregnant, with TWIN boys, and is due in August. I actually just had an amazing conversation with her tonight, and she is having a wonderful pregnancy, which is great! I'm definitely looking forward to seeing her at the wedding, so hopefully everything will continue to go well for her! I definitely can't wait to meet those two little boys either!

Completely switching topics, Mason shot a turkey this morning! Looks like turkey breast for supper tomorrow night! Yum! He went out at about 5:45 this morning, and had one by 6:15. Unfortunately, I forgot my phone at home so he wasn't able to let me know until I got home. It was a pretty good-sized turkey, weighing around 20 pounds. The beard was about 9 and a quarter, so he seemed to be pleased with it! It wasn't quite as big as the bird he got last year, but at least he didn't cut open his forehead this time! I tried to upload some pictures of his turkey, but for some reason it didn't want to let me.  Mason also found about 70 mushrooms the other day, so we got to chow down on some fried mushrooms. Completely unhealthy, but totally worth it! : )

Other than that not too much has been going on. We celebrated Mason's 22nd birthday on the 10th. He was hopeful that Carson would be born on the same day, but it just wasn't in the cards. We celebrated by going out to dinner at Colton's Steakhouse with a couple of friends. He got a scope, a pair of boots, and a cute cake from me, and I think he was happy with that!

I also found out I'm probably going to get to teach summer school which is also great! Our school year officially ends on May 25th (completely unbelievable..this year flew), and then summer school will start May 31st and go through June 17th. Summer school is only half days, which is nice. It will be perfect timing, because that will still give me about a week before the wedding to prepare for whatever we need to do when that time comes. Speaking of which, on Monday there will be exactly two months until the wedding. Don't get me wrong, I'm incredibly excited to marry Mason, but I'm also very excited to get to see everyone!! Invitations have been sent, so hopefully we'll start getting replies soon!