11 months old...Really?!!

Wow! I can't believe Carter is so close to ONE YEAR! It is crazy really! Like clockwork-right at eleven months he started pulling up on things. Yikes!
He has been working on it for about two weeks. He would crawl over to the coffee table and get up on his knees but couldn't stand up. Well now that he figured out how, he is pulling up on EVERYTHING. It's a little scary.

So....this is what happened. I was cooking supper and carter was playing with the dishwasher...SITTING on the floor. He was banging and splashing in the little bit of water that was in the lid. He started to get very quiet so I turned around and this is what I saw!!!! He was ON TOP of the dishwasher lid!! How did he manage that?? Not sure but it almost gave me a heart attack! (The next day is when he started pulling up.)


Carter acting silly in the bathtub...like always! This boy will smile at anyone-at anytime! I just love it!!


My little 11 month old! He is so handsome :)



Usually I don't let the dogs lick all over his face but this was too cute...and bathtime was right around the corner. He just giggled and giggled every time Clyde would lick him. So cute!!

~~I am grateful for:
-11 of the BEST months!
-bathtime
-being a mommy
-Carter's sweet smile
-baby giggles

Bluebonnets are here!

On Saturday went to my parents in Jewett for the day. My dad bar-b-qued and we sat around and laughed-mostly at Carter. He is so silly. He makes the cutest faces and noises. Ty and Chris(my sister's fiance) went fishing and caught a bunch! We brought home 3 bags of bass. Good thing Chris and Ashley don't eat fish.
There is always a HUGE field of bluebonnets down the road from my parents house. My mom, sister and I decided to take Carter and get a few pics while the guys were fishing....we actually took a TON! He was too precious and SO curious! It was really sunny and really hot but we made some good memories!
Hope your Easter was GREAT!!

My mom took this one of me, my sis, Carter and my dad. We couldn't stop giggling! My dad was like "Come on girls!" He is not a picture taker at all.


Carter and Gran


I love this one. We kept making him clap in hopes he would look at the camera. It really wasn't working.


As you can see, the sun was in his eyes. He was such a trooper though.


I found this dishpan thing on my mom's porch and thought it would be cute in the pictures. I think it turned out cute!!


He is the sweetest thing!!!



As soon as we sat Carter down in the flowers he started picking at them. He was very curious. I wonder what he was thinking? :)


awww!

Things I am grateful for:
-wildfowers and bluebonnets
-living in Texas
-family
-laughing with my sister until it hurts
-sweet sweet Carter Jay :)

LOVE the sunshine!!!

The weather has been just PERFECT lately. I could stand it about 10 degrees warmer though. I am ready for the summer. I have been trying to sit outside during naptime to get a little sun....I am like a ghost! Carter even has more color than me! ha! I need one of those proffesional spray tans...yeah right! I am not standing in front of anyone and letting them spray me. :)



Carter loves the dishwasher! As soon as he sees me open it he's on his way.


Now doesn't he look just pitiful? We had a birthday party earlier that day and my sister was visiting. I think Carter was pooped! I just love this picture though!


Seriously....he is almost ALWAYS smiling!


I love this bathtime picture of him. We did a funky mohawk =) Actually, this was before his haircut. I think. I can't seem to keep track of anything anymore.


We planted some flowers a while back. Just in hanging baskets...I can't keep a flowerbed alive. We planted petunias, impatians, and some hawaiian mix. So far so good! Carter had fun picking all the flowers off. I'm sure he ate a few...but he's a boy so I'm sure he'll eat worse things than that at some point and time! lol!!

Things I am grateful for...
~sunshine!!!
~70 degree weather
~a healthy baby boy
~plug covers
~naptime

Sleep and springtime!

Well Ty and I have been dreaming for months what it would be like to sleep past 5 am. Carter has been waking up between 5-6 am every morning for a bottle. Sometimes he goes back to sleep and sometimes he doesn't. It happened like magic...all of a sudden...As soon as Carter hit 10 months he started sleeping until at least 7. Crazy huh? I don't know why or what triggered it but let me just say....IT'S AMAZING! Waking up in the morning before he does is so nice. I get my coffee and then wait for him to wake up. :) I love it! Our little man is growing up....


We bought this little wagon about a week ago and we LOVE it! Especially Carter! We go for rides everyday. If he's fussy I stick him in it and we go for a ride. It seems to do the trick! :o) If you have a little one-I would definitely suggest buying one. Ours is Step2 brand. I even put it together all by myself! YAY! Oh and the corn was for the squirrels...LOL!


The weather has been perfect lately! Carter and I have been taking advantage of it and spending a lot of time outside.


This is the box Carter's new wagon came in. He was so curious about what was inside of it. I put the ball in it and he crawled through. :)




I LOVE HIM!!!!!


So does his Aunt Ashy!

**Things I am grateful for....
~Sunshine!
~Rainy days...I couldn't clean if it were nice everyday!
~Sleeping past 5 am!! WOOHOO!
~My sweet boy :)
~Our little red wagon

Carter is finally on the move!!

Carter saw me getting some foil out of the drawer last night while I was cooking. Next thing I know, he is right under my feet! So I put him back on the rug where he was and sure enough...he was CRAWLING!! yay!! When Daddy got home we had to re-inact it for the camera. =) He just made our day!!





Things I am grateful for....

~music
~bubble baths
~Carter Jay
~My great, great family!
~teething tabs

Carter's 1st Haircut!!!

Carter was giving his daddy a very serious look. Wonder what he was thinking??

He did so good! He sat in the chair by himself and didn't cry one bit. I didn't expect him to cry because he hardly ever does- but I thought he would at least be fussy. He was such a big boy!

Carter was so cute while she was cutting his hair. He kept trying to look behind himself to see her. Once he found the mirror he just stared at her.

The lady who cut his hair gave us the sweetest 1st haircut certificate for his baby book. It almost made me cry!

Carter Jay is growing up!! He will be ten months before we know it. I have finally figured out what we are going to do for his birthday....a MONKEY theme! I cannot wait to have his party!! Being a mommy is so much fun :~)


A teacher friend of mine, Kahla, always post things she is grateful for at the end of her posts....So I am going to do the teacher like thing and copy her! LOL....
Check her blog out at http://outofbedforthis.blogspot.com/

~Things I am grateful for...
~Baby magic
~teething rings
~warm sheets
~Almost 10 months of sweet Carter Jay :) :)
~fireplaces

This and that

Bathtime fun!!

I took Carter's duck tub out so he can take big boy baths now. He still likes to play in it : )


He LOVES mashed potatoes!