Carter gave Mommy some Christmas love this morning (which Mommy really needed since we had an early-morning visit to the ER with Mason!). Carter got into his stocking, and really loved his lollipop - in fact he tried to open his presents holding on to his lollipop! He really liked all his presents, and Mason's presents!
This year the boys participated in the Nativity story at our church's Christmas Eve service. They were both sheep, and each had their own shepherd they were to stay with. Carter started off doing a great job standing perfect with his shepherd (I think Carter really liked the up-close view he had of the real live baby Jesus, or Delilah!) until a little ways into the gospel. He tried to make his brother stray with him, but Mason was telling him "no, don't do that". At the end, Carter was all smiles and clapping!
After a little sickness, Mommy and Daddy decided Carter was well enough to finally leave the house, so we took him to cash in a Build-a-Bear gift card. He was able to pick his own animal, wihtout any prompting from big brother, and he found a puppy! He loves puppy dogs (as long as they are behind a fence or far away!) so this was perfect! And on the way home, he got a Christmas card from Whamie and Pepaw and he was sooooo excited because it had Rudolph on it, and Carter is very into reindeers this year!
Mommy almost went an entire semester without getting a call from daycare to pick up a sick kiddo! Carter threw up at school on Tuesday (from all the phlem he had been coughing the night before, probably), and so we went to see the doctor on Wednesday. The RSV test came back positive this time! We started breathing treatments every 2 hours, some antibiotics and a steroid, and reported back to the doctor on Thursday. 
Happy Halloween from our little wild animals! We went trick-or-treating in our new neighborhood and LOVED it --- we have such a great neighborhood now. The boys did a great job going up and saying "trick or treat", although Carter was a little tired so he was usually a few steps behind, but still in time for the treats!
So first picture is of Carter's first night in his new big boy bunk bed (Mason's on the top). He doesn't always stay in his own bed - but Mason has actually stayed in his every night!
Our first trip to the pumpkin patch this year went okay. Carter didn't want his picture taken tat much so he kept getting in the way of Mason's good smiles, but we did get a good one with Mommy. Then we had some fun in the cut-outs.
When Momo was watching the boys, Carter wanted to try on his Halloween costume. He was so tired, he fell asleep in the chair.
A little late in the posting, but here's Carter reading and listening to his birthday card from Momo. It sings Happy Birthday, and he just loved listening to it. She had lunch with him at school that day and gave him the card then, and from what I hear I think the teachers were glad when Momo put the card back in his backpack!
At his 2 year old checkup, Carter is now 30 1/2 pounds and 35 1/4" tall. 
Not sure just where all these singing animals came from (I know Momo left many here!), but the boys can't have just one singing animal - they must have the entire collection, all going at one time! There's not enough Tylenol in my medicine chest for this!
We went to Hudson and Cortland's house to help celebrate Momo's birthday with the family, and the other boys were dressing up in superhero costumes, so Carter had to dress up too (not sure if it was his choice or Uncle John's)! When he first came out, he had cool sunglasses on but that didn't last too long. He was so ticked when we took him to the mirror to look at himself. He didn't seem to notice he was still in costume when it came time for ice cream - he likes his ice cream!
Lots of birthdays this month - we went to Hunter's 4th birthday party at his house. Carter missed his nap but came close to taking one while he was eating the ice cream cake - which he did give a "thumbs up" for! It was ALL over him, and his shirt, and the chair!
Yep, he's a big boy now! Here's Carter brushing his teeth, all by himself! Mason wants to type a message: mnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasoo
Thanks, Whamie and Pepaw, for our awesome new boots! Yeehaw! We got to show them off when we had an early birthday lunch for Carter at Clear Springs. Whamie and Pepaw had some presents for us - a cool new remote control car that goes up the walls! We played with those cars ALL day!!!
The Pancoast's came in from North Dakota for a visit and we were able to meet them on the Riverwalk for dinner. This was probably Carter's first time on the Riverwalk, but we didn't take too many pictures, until later when it was dark. He had fun playing with the girls - Laura and Anna really liked being a helper. Especially Anna, who helped grab Carter when he started to loose his balance and almost fall into the riverwalk! The kids loved it when the Mariachi singers came by and were playing music -so they started dancing!!!