"You'll ruin your eyes!"

So, we made a big mistake when we decided to put a tv in such close proximity to a little one. Carter likes to get so close so that he can see every pixel. He loves to put his hands all over it too (which I don't mind that much- it's one of the those things where you pick and choose your battles and I chose to not fight that one, but Daddy begs to differ). Although, I do get on to him when he has a toy in his hand and bangs on the screen, we can't have that! Here is a video below Carter's favorite thing to do when his cartoons are on...get as close as possible!

Just a little cranky.

Well, sometimes we wake up from our afternoon nap happy and sometimes we wake up ill as a hornet. This video is one of the times we are ill as a hornet.



I'm pretty sure he was this upset because he was hungry, so needless to stay we went straight to the pantry for a snack and crisis averted!

Bathtime=Funtime

Owey

Owen is finally here. Kerri went in to be induced on Thursday, January 14th. After a long days wait, the doctor realized we had a big baby on our hands and we could keep waiting, but he wasn't coming! So the decision was made to do a c-section and Owen was born at 5:15pm, he is 8lbs 6oz and 20 3/4 inches long. He is precious! I think he looks a lot like Jared, and he has a lot of dark hair. Carter met his new cousin yesterday and didn't really pay much attention to him except for to pat his head. I know they will have lots of fun times together! Now we just need Leah here and the cousins will be 2 on 2! Here are some pictures below:

1!

Carter had his first birthday party this past Saturday, and it was so much fun! He did wonderful! I was so happy that he was in a good mood, because, not even thinking I made his party right in the middle of afternoon nap, oops! So I was a bit nervous all week, since he is such a schedule baby...although, after presents and cake he did take a short nap ; ) Hey, it's his party right? I can't believe my baby is 1! He is still so new and 'baby' to me, even though he is one. Funny story, every week I get those updates from Baby Center saying "Your baby this week" and it updates you on what milestones they should be accomplishing...well, the week he turned one I received an email from Baby Center that said "Your Toddler this Week"....well, it made me so mad that I just deleted the whole thing without reading it :) He's not a toddler yet folks! I will agree to call him a toddler when he is 2.

Here are some pictures below of the fun event:

Carter's First Christmas

Christmas was so much fun with Carter! If it was this fun with him this year, I can't even imagine the years to come! Below is a crazy amount of pictures, which normally, I would not bother with posting, but I figure it will be easier to share our Christmas story with pictures/captions rather than writing a paragraph...

The day before Christmas Eve (Christmas Eve Eve if you will), making cookies for Santa!

Concentrating so hard.

Christmas Eve with Chad's side of the family, and our first Christmas family photo. I have decided that it is now impossible to get Carter to look at the camera and smile along with us, so I don't even try to get him to look anymore, just as long as he's in it!

Enjoying his lawn mower Mom and Pop got him. He will be helping Daddy before you know it.

My little present :)

Christmas Eve and cookies and milk for Santa

After Santa had come. We asked Santa to only bring a modest amount of gifts since we knew the amount of presents Carter would be receiving within the next day...

Christmas morning, Carter actually going for all of his presents, this was so fun!

Fridge Farm, which he is now obsessed with, good job Santa.

So excited.

Daddy showing Carter how his tools work.

The mess

Look, Santa ate my cookies!

Carter and Pop at breakfast on Christmas morning. We were at Chad's Uncle and Aunt's house.

Another family picture.

Opening presents at my parent's house Christmas afternoon/night. We also spent the night here Christmas day night. Carter is loving his buggy that he opened in the picture above!

Last picture! I love his expression! Carter did wonderful all day with minimal amount of sleep, I was so surprised. I think he knew it was a special day, he just acted like he was having so much fun!

I hope everyone has a great 2010!

Please stop getting big!

I will have a 1 year old in 2 weeks. He still feels so new, you know? I feel like I just had him and I was just pregnant. Anyways, we all know how quickly time flies, but it seems to fly faster when you have a little one. I have been sad about him turning 1 here and there, but mostly I have really enjoyed and savored every stage he has been in, he is getting so fun. He is crawling now and into everything, pulling up, and it seems like he does something new everyday.

I haven't had much time to do anything on my blog because for the past 2 months we have been battling ear infections. We are on antibiotic #4. He is not sleeping well, including naps, so my 'break time' gets interrupted quite often. Carter is pretty needy when his ears are bothering him, so he has been spending a lot of time just sitting in my lap.

In preparation for Christmas we have cleaned out Carter's toy box. Let me tell you, he is in desperate need of some new toys. He is still playing with rattles and 3-6 month toys. So I know he will be excited to get some new toys in his toy basket.
Hopefully I will be able to do an after Christmas blog so I can share some new pictures :)