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Friday, February 19, 2010

Things you may not know about Carter

I realized I haven't written too many details about all the many things Carter has been doing lately so I dedicate this post to all of Carters latest achievements! The things Carter can do now are-crawl, pull him self up to ANYTHING, walk along the couch or crib, jabber, say da and dad and he's almost got mom figured out, find even the smallest crumb on the floor, and lead music. Some of Carter's favorite things to do are-play with cords (especially if he can find one that is plugged in) play in the dishwasher, empty all the drawers in the kitchen, help me do laundry ( his job is to empty the dryer), brush his teeth, take bathes, look at pictures ( he could be entertained for hours going from picture to picture pointing at all the people and saying da) he also likes to play with the radio it's been his favorite toy since he was five months old, he loves to play catch and get's so excited when he goes to throw the ball that sometimes he forget's to let go, he likes to just sit in his high chair and look out the window, everytime a car goes by he follows it with his eyes until it disapears. Carter is just barely starting to like a few solid foods. The foods that he likes include Oranges, pickles, beans, lucky charms, paper, crackers, cardboard, strings, and anything that he finds on the floor! He also loves water and perfers to drink it out of a glass not a sippy or bottle. A few things that Carter doesn't like are baby food, the sound of the vacume ( he cries everytime I vacume), he doesn't like it if I shower , read or if I'm on the computer while he is awake ( he thinks he should always have my undivided attention, just like his dad) he doesn't like having a bugar nose which makes it nice cause he let's me wipe his nose as much as I want! One funny thing about Carter that if you haven't met him then probably don't know is, he is very very serious when he is around a lot of "new" people. It doesn't matter how funny the person is the can sing and dance for him and he won't crack a smile! He just stares them down. It's really funny, he's been like that since day one. He's not a fan of big groups about four to six people is his max. When he get's comfortable with them he is lot's of fun. He will smile and giggle and do what ever it takes to get attention. He really likes younger kids even if he just barely meets them he usually gives them a smile. His favorite person is his uncle Nate. His uncles Spencer and Ben come in at a close second.

One last thing about Carter is that he is usually really happy. He hardly ever cries! If he does it never last's more than a minute or two. Every morning around 6:30 am I wake up to him just talking and squeling over the monitor "da da da da" it usually takes me atleast fifteen minutes to pull myself out of bed and go get him. Even though it's early it always puts a smile on my face when i walk in his room and see him just standing in his crib smiling away! He is so much fun. Sometimes it is hard to believe he is really my son, it's just to good to be true.


This is Carter warching out the window

Monday, February 8, 2010

This and that


This is Carters face after coming in contact with a butterscotch chip. Butterscotch chips have a little milk in them and if anything has even the slightest bit of milk in it and it touches Carter he breaks out in hives. Even if I eat a piece of cheese then give him a kiss on the cheek he breaks out in hives! It's kind of scary. I hope he grows out of this food allergy someday so that we have more options to feed him. I'm suprised at how many things we find that have milk in it

My family bought this shirt for Carter a few weeks after he was born. So I'm putting a picture of him in it on the blog so they can see him wearing it, before he has grown out of it.


My little man is not so little anymore! He's still really cute though.



Cute boy playing with his tractor



Carter is not a huge eater. At least when it comes to solid food. Between his milk allergy and his picky attitude it is really hard to know what to feed him. Feel free to send any suggestions my way.


Friday, January 15, 2010

Our favorite little Carter!






Carter loves his bath!

I took this to show everyone that Carter really does have hair


Friday, January 8, 2010

Christmas 2009



The boys went shooting on christmas. Chris had to try out his new bow and James had to try out his new red rider beebee gun! Don't they look tough

Carter liked the wrapping paper the most



Dad teaching his boy the ropes!



Katelyn and Carter helping each other with thier presents


Sunday, December 20, 2009

My Firemen

Chris took Carter to see the firetrucks. Maybe he will grow up to be a firemen just like his dad!




Friday, December 4, 2009

Oh Christmas Tree

Last week we decided it was time to go cut down our christmas tree. Chris's family needed to go get their tree as well so Bonnie and Nate came with us. So we bundled Carter up for his first outdoor winter adventure.
We got to our spot and started looking for two perfect christmas tree's. It didn't take long to realize that we had chosen a bad spot! It seemed that all the good tree's had already been found by everyone else, but nothing could stop our determination. We kept going further and further to find the our perfect christmas trees.
After about an hour or so we finally found them. The only problem is that Bonnie and Nates "perfect" tree happened to be 18 feet tall! They had a permit for up to a 20 foot tree but before we had left they wouldn't get a tree taller than 12 feet. That is why we didn't bring more help or a trailer. Anyway, being the determined people we are we (two girls, a 10 year old, and Chris) thought we could handle carrying a 10 foot tree, a 18 foot tree, and a 6month old baby over a mile through the mountain terrain to our truck (that didn't have a trailer.) So that's what we did! How we did it is we would all lift the big tree and carry it as far as we could before our arm would fall off. Then we would set it down and two of us would walk back and get the smaller tree and carry it past were we dropped the big tree, and then come back to the big tree and then we would start again. It was really cold so I tried to hold Carter in my coat as long as possible but it just wasn't helping us get very far, so we put him in his little back pack for the last little bit and the poor boy was so tired that he kept dozing off and his poor head would slowly droop to the side of the back pack. He was such a good sport about it. He didn't cry the whole time. I don't know how long it took us to get that tree out! It felt like forever. Then when we finally made it to the truck, the next challenge started. We had to fit both those tree's in the truck:) Well long after the moon and the stars had come out we finally had the trees loaded on our truck and we headed home. It was all worth it though, we love our tree's and we have another great Christmas memory



Becky, Chris and Carter searching for our Christmas tree.




Carter falling asleep in his back pack


Carter and Nate warming up in the car. Carter already wants to drive:)




Chris and his amazing tree packing skills.


Carter helping me put his first ornament on the tree

Monday, November 23, 2009

How to entertain Carter

Sometimes we have to be really creative to keep Carter entertained.



Tonight Carter was getting really bored watching me fold laundry. He kept trying to look into the dryer. I decided that it wouldn't hurt to let him get in, so I helped him in and he LOVED IT! His eyes were so big and he just went crazy trying to touch everything and discover this new place, and when I would say his name he would look at me with a big smile , giggle then go back to discovering the dryer. It was so cute!