I’m kind of sad that my curls are being cut off, but it’ll be nice not to have hair in my face any more.. can you believe that this is going to be my very firstest haircut?? I’m not quite sure what to think yet! Our neighbor works for a salon up the street, and is going to cut it for me.

I’ll have to do a before and after picture!

I’ll see you soon! :)

-Malakai Peter Carlson

It’s a lot of fun to crawl over when the dogs are being fed and help my Kitty (Oakley) eat her puppy food! I crawl over and pick up the pieces for her, then hand them to her. I’ve tried eating it myself a few times, but it’s not very tasty. Mom and Dad don’t like it when I eat her food – I don’t get why not! It’s also fun to play with their water; I think I could be a puppy!

I can’t really help Chimo with his food, because it’s gone within about ten seconds of Dad putting it in his bowl.. ah well!

One of my play tables tells me that “learning is fun!” when I start playing with it.. I agree! I get to learn my ABC’s, how to count, what color apples are, how to fill up juice cups, and lots of other fun fun things! Will you come learn with me?

I love you!

-Kai (Malakai Peter Carlson)

So now that I’ve been crawling on my hands and knees for awhile, and cruising on my feet with the help of furniture, mommy, or daddy, I’ve started to try crawling on my feet instead of knees.. it’s kinda rough but it’s a lot of fun! How long do you think it’ll take me to get it down? Or should I just skip it and go straight to running??

I love you!

-Kai (Malakai Peter Carlson)

Mommy and Daddy put a camera in my room so that they can watch me *all the time* – I feel special! Well, as long as they take it away by the time that I’m old enough to want privacy! :) Now that they can see me, they’ve been able to watch me as I wake up.. I could have told them what I do, but they just don’t listen! I love to wake up, smile, sit up in my bed, and start playing with my stuffed animals for a little while. We talk and play for about a half hour, and then if Mommy or Daddy haven’t come to get me up yet, I start getting really hungry, so I will stand up in my crib and start shouting for them to make sure they hear me through the monitor.

Mornings are one of my favorite parts of the day – I love to smile, giggle, laugh, toot, and eat!

I hope that I like mornings this much when I’m a teenager.. I know Mommy and Daddy aren’t huge fans of mornings until they come see my smiling face.

I love you!

-Kai (Malakai Peter Carlson)

My puppy gets to go play in the backyard a couple times a day.. I really want to go play with him in the yard! I crawl up to the sliding door, stand up against it, and call Chimo over and ask him to let me out.. but he doesn’t.. what’s the deal??

I love you!

-Kai (Malakai Peter Carlson)

Dad, seriously, if Momma gets me up in the morning, feeds me, and hands me off to you, you shouldn’t fall back asleep on the couch.. otherwise I will slide off your lap, pull the cord out of the back of your laptop, crawl to the other side of the room, and start banging your laptop’s power cord on the vent. It’s lots of fun! Oh, and even though Chimo is awake, he won’t stop me.. he thinks it’s funny.

I love you!

-Kai (Malakai Peter Carlson)

I’ve always loved my kitty-puppy (Oakley, she’s a husky) very much.. she’s really cute, and a good girl. For the last few months, I’ve been watching her really closely, and giggling every time she moves, yawns, barks at someone outside, plays, sits, stays, lays down, eats, drinks, and pretty much everything else she does. She’s been kind of shy around me though – she hasn’t liked it when I yank her fur really hard, or pick up her paws — up until this last week or so! Now when I am sitting on the floor, she will come over by me and sit down, even when I don’t call her. I love it when I’m sitting and she puts her paws outside my legs and rests her head on my lap.. I get to play with her ears and nose and mouth and give her kisses. In this picture, she put her head down where I could reach it, and I decided to check out her teeth and make sure they don’t need a good brushing. She let me look at them, pull them, and lift her lips.. she’s a very good puppy, and I love her lots! (I love Chimo too – he’s just always let me do whatever I wanted to him!)

(Side-note.. she is called ‘kitty’ because she kind of acts like something called a cat at times.. it’s a husky trait from what Daddy says. I think it’s great, but I guess some other people call a different kind of animal ‘kitty’?)

I love you!

-Kai (Malakai Peter Carlson)

I love to pet my puppies.. I will call them over to me by patting my tummy, then pet their heads, pull their fur, stroke their paws.. they are really soft and snuggly and I love them lots! It’s fun to watch them too – lots of times they will do something funny while I am watching and I’ll start giggling and make mom and dad wonder what I saw!

It’s fun when I play alone, but even more fun when someone plays with me.. my favorite is why I jump as high as I can and you say “BOOM!” just as I hit the bottom.

Mom says it’s time to eat.. but I’m having too much fun playing! Do I *have* to stop? I guess I can come back..

It’s almost as fun as playing with mommy!

..before he’s even born!!! Ben’s daddy Phil was playing with me too. It was fun! I liked this play set — there were lots of tails to yank on and stuff.