More Party Fun!

Carter is such a little man now. We didn't really have a 'theme' for this party, except the Big 1! so everything was just bright colors. This was the coolest cake, from the neighborhood HEB, and Carter got his own cake to dive into, although he didn't really want to. He was really hamming it up with his buddy Raegan, and she was such a great big helper!

Celebrate

It was quite a litte birthday celebration for Little Red! We kept it simple with chips and dips and the coolest of cakes ever (although there was colored icing ALL over everything and everyone!). Carter wasn't too into the cake or the presents, but sure loved the bag that his present from Landon and Raegan came in - so much that he walked around with the bag for the rest of the party!

12 Month Stats!

At his 12 month checkup, Carter weighed 24 pounds, 11 ounces (exactly triple his birth weight!) and is inches tall. He dropped out of the 80 and 90th percentile, but it was a new doctor, so that didn't sound right. And, he has an ear infection so we're on Augmentin for the next 10 days and we go back for a follow up appointment. We'll actually be going to a new doctor in San Antonio, since we wanted to see someone closer now that we've moved.

Happy 1st Birthday!!!

We celebrated Carter's first birthday with all the boys, even Wesley, with dinner at our new favorite Sausalito. Then we came home for cake and present. Carter really likes his new fire engine, and Mason was a big help in showing Carter how it worked (we're still convincing Mason that it is Carter's toy!). Unfortunately, Ike had plans on coming to town so we had to postpone Carter's birthday party until later, so more pictures to follow!

New Tricks!

Is 12 months too early to start table dancing?!! Carter has started climging on everything, and managed to climb atop their play table - with tons of encouragement from big brother of course.

Carter's new game he likes to play is to stick stuff under the gate and watch it fall down the stairs. He'll sit there for minutes on end and just send stuff falling down the stairs. You can tell how long he's been there by the amount of toys collected at the bottom of the stairs.

Inspiration!

One of my classmates from my online grad class sent us this link to a wonderful inspirational clip. It's only abour 4 minutes long, and you've seen/heard many of the sayings before, but it's a great little pick-me-up.

http://www.blackdiamonduniversity.com/monavie-dreams-inspirational-law-attraction.asp

1st Haircut

Here is Carter's very first haircut, at Cool Cuts! Miss Karen did a great job (and didn't even charge us full price, thanks so much!!!). He wasn't too sure about things but never really cried. He bounced up and down a lot in the little car and even tried to take a bite or two out of Mommy's cheeck (this is one of his favorite things to do now, and he's not picky about who it is and what it is, just gotta make his teethies feel better!). He still has red hair, only it looks like a little boy now - just in time for his birthday Friday!

Carter, the Climber!

Carter LOVES to climb - on anything and everything. This is the perfect section of the playscape in the neighborhood because the climbing rocks have big sections so it's easier for him to climb up. He has made it up (and down!) several of the stairs at the house and has even tried to climb up the gates that keep him off of the stairs.