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!

SICK!!!

Carter has been able to fight off sickness until now! On Monday both carter and I got the flu and the past few days Carter has experienced his first fever. We decided that we don't like it! The only good thing is that we get to spend a lot of time cuddling.

The Mighty Hunters

Yesterday Chris and I went hunting for deerlies. We got up at before dawn and headed up the mountain. Carter stayed home with his Grandma Tanner. We hiked and hiked and hiked and hiked. We found a lot of good spots and just watched. After over three hours of hiking and watching we didn't find a single track. At about 11 am we decided that there were no deer in this forest so we went back to the truck to shed some layers , eat some food, and then make a new plan. When we got to the truck we discovered that the truck we had locked required a seperate key than the ignition key to unlock it and we did not have that key! After over and hour of trying to break in we decided it was time to give up and call Chris's mom to bring us the missing key. When Chris's mom got there we were sitting there talking to her. Chris turned around and couldn't believe what he saw....two doe's standing on the other side of the truck just looking at us! One was a small doe and the other a fawn. Even though Chris's tag allows him to shoot doe's Chris didn't shoot these ones for a couple reasons. One they were just a little too close to the road and two they were very small. We wouldn't of hardly got any meat off of them and that is whole point of hunting. So we just sat there looking at them. That was enough to convince us that there was indeed deer in this forest. So we continued to hike in search of them, but with no success. We didn't see another deer all day, but it was a beautiful day and we had a great time together, and I got a great workout! It's a miracle that I can even walk today:)


This is Chris staring at the deer.



Here we are waiting for a deer to come offer itself to us!



This is one good looking hunter

A sticky situation!

Last week I canned a bushel of peaches and a bushel of pears. I had done a little canning last year but not with a baby. It was a lot more difficult! It took me two whole days, I finally finished at 12:30 at night. My kitchen was such a mess, my shoes stuck to the floor and everything was disorganized and sticky. but I finished and it was worth it.

This is me and my helper.




This is the beautiful end product.

Time To Update

Right now Chris is still working at the plasma center and the Rigby Fire department. He is also taking an EMT class. As you can tell he's keeping pretty busy. On top of that it is fall his absolute favorite time of year because that means hunting season.
As for me I've just been enjoying being a mom and watching Carter grow. I am also glad that fall is here because maybe now I'll start cooking again!
Carter is growing and changing like crazy! Today I was letting him suck on my finger, which I don't usually do and to my suprise I felt something sticking out of his bottom gums...that's right Carter has already got his first tooth. I couldn't believe it! I wasn't even watching for signs of him teething because I thought it would be atleast another month before I had to worry about that. He has also been rolling over for over a month now! He laughs and grabs at everything. One funny thing about Carter is that not only does he grab things with his hands but he grabs things with his feet! Today he was playing with a plastic cup and he was holding it with his feet.

My Little Man

A while back my good friend Natelie sent me some pictures that she took of Carter when he was just a week old. I couldn't believe how little he used to be. Here are some of the pictures

Carter Update!

Carter is growing up so fast! Some of the new things he has been doing are: laughing, chabbering, rolling to his side, grabbing his toes (he tries so hard to get them to his mouth but just can't seem to do it!) and our favorite is when we blow bubbles with our tongue he copies us and blows bubbles back.