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Declin Carstens
A magazine-style look back — class photos, soccer, artwork, and the everyday moments worth keeping. Use the filters below to jump between timeline, journal, and favorite tags.
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2022 School PhotoHere is the Candeo school photo from 2022 taken in the fall.
- Soccer October 2022
The new recreational soccer team starring Declin Edward Carstens!
- End of 3rd grade class photo
- He is known as S’mores Man
See photo if Declin in action.
Declin School Class 3s SongVideo of school class singing math song to remember the 3s multiplication table
Thursday Night Cardinals Football GameDeclin went out for his first “weekday” game. Everyone had a great time.
February 2021 ArtworkA school activity required building some art that we wanted to showcase and journal!
August 2017 (School Starts)Declin starts again at QI, this time though he goes Monday through Friday half days. Also, a funny video after Declin shares a small portion of Starbucks…
June – July 2017 (Summer)Declin was a fish this summer. He completely forgot how to ISR swim, but in just a few lessons he immediately had it figured out. By mid July he was basically…
May 2017 JournalPlayed at the gym with another mom and their kid. Went to the park and played on the playset. Had his first “last day of school” picture with…
April 2017 JournalApril seemed like a pretty standard month. Less activity and more just normal weeks and normal days. Normal for Declin right now is 3 days of school a week,…
- March 2017 Journal
Declin got into the pool for the first time in 2017 this month. Enjoyed some time with the cousins, playing “Ashley’s son” where they walked…
February 2017 JournalDid well in school Started liking different foods, like strawberries. Played flag football in the parents kids scrimmage Doing better using the bathroom and…
January 2017 JournalIn January, Declin started his first day of school, EVER! Today Declin was excited about, playing outside. He had lots of fun on the play-set. Declin met his…
Dec 2016 Journal EntryDecember was a busy month, and a timeline event for Declin, since its his birthday month! Since Declin is still too young to journal, this is his dad, Seth…
November 2016 Journal EntryDaddy doesn’t remember much of November, so there won’t be much to journal about unless Mom decides to write something. Thankfully, we do at least…
Shake your Tail FeatherDeclin started the funny “shake your tail feather” dance at Disney… which would later become a thing him and Jason do when they are being…
- ISR Swim Video 2
ISR swim lesson video.
- ISR Swim Video 1
ISR swim lesson video.
Works on a laptop like DaddyHe can see his dad working on the computer a lot, and he mimics the concept amazingly well for a 1 year old.
Big brothers helmet almost fitsDeclin was hangout out with mom and decided to wear big brothers helmet.
Always smilingWe joke about it but seriously, this kid is always smiling. What a blessing to our family.
9 monthsCan’t believe its already been 9 months. He was tough to keep still for these as he is really moving around and exploring a lot now. Still no words yet,…
The giant coke bottleDeclin found and played with the giant coke bottle. We store pop can tabs that Seth has been collecting for years inside. Declin also showed his first teeth…
8 MonthsAt 8 months, he is really crawling around and exploring now. He has much better motor skills and if you watch him closely, he occasionally brings himself to…
7 Months with a Golf ClubJust a candid little shot of Declin with a golf club for his first time… nom nom nom nom.
Almost walkingToday little D is doing great with hand eye coordination. He crawls around really well now. He stood for like 10 seconds at the back sliding glass door and her…
7 monthsDeclin is starting to get better. His blood results are still off, but they are much closer to normal. His immune system seems stronger and his reflux is…
6 monthsAt 6 months old, he started sitting up on his own, and pushing himself up to the sitting position. He hasn’t quite started crawling yet, but he is on all…
5 MonthsAt 5 months Declin is really starting to move intentionally, knows how to grab things, sits up with his own strength. Talking a lot, but just mumbling, no…
4 MonthsStill having health issues, not that you can tell from the photos. Lovely 4 day hospital trip and they told us… he had the common cold. Some fantastic…
3 MonthsDeclin at 3 months old. He looks pretty happy, but this is shortly after we found out about Declins blood condition. Elevated platelets (over 1 million) and…
2 Months OldAt two months old we finally got a big smile during the photo shoot. Its a somewhat sad time right now because Declin has been diagnosed to have blood…
1 Month OldSo just passed 4 weeks and got some great photos. I (Seth) was out of town at WordCamp Phoenix 2014 but got these teasers of my kids. #missinghome
Peer pressure to eat snickers by GrandpaGrandpa coaxes baby Declin into trying a Snickers.
Jason Declin side by side at birth photosHere is Declin (on the left) and Jason (on the right) both on there days of birth.
First Photo AlbumFirst photos from the day Declin was born. The original Picasa Web Album is no longer available; the cover photo is kept here.
- IF(declin_is_born()) { Hello world! }
The timeline has begun! Happy birthday Declin. The true “hello world” of life.
Introducing the Declin Carstens on WordPressWelcome to the Blog area of the DeclinCarstens.com This is an easy to use and configure WordPress theme created by web developer Seth Carstens (daddy). Here…