He is already starting to act like his dad....

:-P

Trouble in the making!

Happy Father's Day!!

Today has been a great day.  Jeff started out by riding about a 15 mile bike ride with Schmitty, Dave, and Danny.  Then they came home and Sara and I cooked them a fabulous breakfast of eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy, waffle fries and blueberries.  :)  Then we went over to David's for some awesome smoked ribs, macaroni and cheese, potato salad and corn on the cob.  Man-we are spoiled!  The dogs are currently both passed out on the floor at our feet and Carter is napping soundlessly in his crib. Next up we are going over to the neighbor's for cube steak and rice.  Amazing day.

I want to make a shout out to my amazing husband, Jeffrey, for being such a great dad.  I mean, over the past year he has shown that he was meant to be a daddy!  It suits him so well.  You are a joy to watch with Carter and I am so lucky to be blessed with you as my husband and father to my children.  (Furry ones included!!!!!!)

Happy Father's Day Darling!!!!

Hide and Seek in Dad's closet

My mom took this one day while watching Carter and I love his little sense of adventure!  He is an explorer at heart!  I can't wait to take him camping and traveling and out exploring all the great things this world has to offer.  He is going to be so much fun to watch learn.

Pretty in Purple

What happens when you send Carter over to the neighbors (who have a baby girl) and he gets his clothes all dirty?  He comes home in a purple outfit!

And apparently it's laundry day here.

And he could care less!  I think his pink little cheeks here are an adorable addition to his outfit.  :)

St. Patrick's Day

(10 months old)

Grab your clover and come on over!  (At least that's what Carter's shirt wants you to do!)

Standing like such a big boy.

 This little face makes my heart happy.

 All his expressions crack me up. 

 And he is ALWAYS so happy.  I can't get over how happy this baby is.

Falling over....what not to do

(9 months old)

Hi!  I love to play.  I am going to show you my new trick.

 I like to hang out on my blanket that Grandma Carlene made me.  It's a nice soft landing if I do this.....

 Reaching for one of my favorite balls...

 Oops, I accidentally pushed it instead of grabbing it....

 Woah!  What just happened?!

Oh look - a car.

 I didn't fall over.  I meant to do that.  Would this face lie?

Penelope and Carter loving(?) each other.

These 2 cannot get enough of each other.  They seek each other out and then Carter tries to gnaw on her.  Ugh, these babies.....

It always starts out like they plan on sharing, and being cute, and sweet, and innocent.

Hey Penny-wanna share my Weeble Woobles with me?

Sure Carter Pants!  Thanks for sharing with me!

Then someone tries to gouge out eyeballs and eat her face.

Mom-did he hurt my beautiful eyes?

I'm going to sit on him and show him who is boss!!

 Get....

OFF!!!

 She's not moving is she?

Ok, come closer then.  :)  I want to hug you!

*10 months old

Back in Action!

Ok, it's close enough, I'm done updating with super old pictures.   We are back to fairly recent pics for everyone to enjoy!  :)

Carter's 1st birthday!! A Dinosaur Party to remember!

It was a Dino Party and it was awesome!!  Here is his invitation that I made through Shutterfly.com:

My sister came in early to help me out with getting Carter's party all ready to go.  :)  We had a blast setting up his party and making the food, baking cakes, putting together goody bags for the kiddos, shopping for everything, and playing with the Boss.

Decorations:  Happy Birthday Banner

Balloon Trees everywhere!  We couldn't find any brown streamers so we had to use black.  They were still pretty cool though.

A scary dinosaur balloon.  And a '1' from the $1 store from a 2012 graduation kit.  It was sparkley and awesome and now I have a '2' for his next birthday.  :)

The food:
Tree Salad (Broccoli pasta salad)
Dinosaur Eggs (Deviled Eggs)
Petrified Fish (Goldfish)
Lava (Salsa)
Dinosaur Snot (Guacamole)
8 Layer Journey to the Center of the Earth (8 layer dip)
Carnivore Sandwiches (pulled pork sandwiches)
Gummy Fish (Swedish Fish)
Dinosaur Toe Nails (Bugles)

We also had little clumps of balloons all over and brown and green netting on the table (also from the $1 store-the luau section was my friend.)  Straws that had palm trees wrapped around them, a palm tree table decoration, stuffed dinosaurs, fun safari plates, blow up palm trees down by the pool (more about that later), 1st birthday napkins.....

For beverages we had Marsh Water (Margaritas), Sangria (from a box-Klassy, I know), and beer.  For the kiddos we had Hansen's sodas and Blueberry juice.

Carter's Dinosaur cake!!  It was made using 2 round cakes, M&M's, colored icings, and Hershey Kisses for the spikes along his back.

The pool and the 'Pail-eolithic' dig for dinosaurs (plastic toy dinosaurs in pails of sand with plastic sand shovels) were fun for the big kids.

The pool was a huge hit!  It was filled with dinosaur rubber duckies and the kiddos had a blast soaking each other all. party. long.  And here I thought it was going to be hard to keep the little one year olds out of the pool.  Although-one of them did take a swim and it wasn't Carter!

Our neighbor Penelope and my sister.

The special smash carrot cake was a big hit!  He loved it.  He wasn't into making a mess at all though...he was very focused on putting more in his mouth.  :)

Carter loves his cousin Xavier!

The family kids!  Xavier, Carter, Evan and Lauren.

Mom-do I have something in my teeth?

Such a good sharer! 

Playing with some of his new wooden trains after the party was over and he got a good nap in.  He didn't even make it to the end of the party or even to open all of his presents but I can tell you he appreciates them all and thanks everyone for coming over and making his party very special!