Fun With David, Stasha, & Olivia

Our good friends David & Stasha came over today for some pool time, grillin', and just hanging out. You may remember that their daughter, Olivia, was born the day after Carter. They had a lot of fun playing together all day today, and the parents had fun visiting and playing the Wii. Here are a few pictures I was able to snap today. It's hard to get good shots of these active little toddlers!!

Olivia swimming with her daddy, David!

Loving the water!

A wagon ride home after some fun at the pool.

Let's play!

What a sweet, precious girl. LOVE the pigtails!

Having some lunch together.

Ready to play some more after our naps.

Oh Carter, you're so silly!

Precious babies!!

A Knot on the Noggin

Carter fell this morning and hit his forehead on the corner of one of our end tables. It gave him quite a knot and a big bruise. He's had small knots and bruises before from slipping in the bathtub.... but NOTHING like this. My poor little baby boy! I think it looks a lot worse in person than it does in these pictures.

Mom's lap, a little milk, and our lovey to help us feel better =(

Feeling better, but looking worse!

Carter's First Baseball Game

We took Carter to the Rough Rider's game tonight... it was his first baseball game of many, I'm sure! Eric's friend, Travis, is in town, so he came too.  We got tickets in the outfield so we could sit on a blanket, watch the game, and let Carter have the freedom to play as he wanted. BEST way to go! He had SO SO SO much fun playing by the fence, walking up and down the (very steep) hill, snacking, playing with a few toys, and watching all the older children run around.  We even made it on the big screen! I was worried it was going to be meltdown city pretty quick after we got there because Carter refused to take his afternoon nap... which meant his only nap for the day had been from about 10:45-12:30pm. Even with the heat, he did so well and was such a little trooper right up until the end. Here are some pictures of our fun night!

HOT from the walk in.... need a sip of water!

Fun with Daddy!

Momma and her boy

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Trying to master the hill, but feeling more comfortable on level ground!

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We decided to move down  by the fence.... much better!

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Look at that sweaty hair! Poor baby...

And those rosy cheeks

Just hanging out having a snack

Watching the silly boys sitting next to us

Little cutie pie

Enjoying a little reading time

Family pic!

A tired boy... had to break out his lovey at the end of the game. He was POOPED!

15 Months Today!

Today Carter turns 15 months old! That is CRAZY to me! We had a really good day. After nap, we went and palyed with some friends for a while and had lunch at Chick-Fil-A. After all that, we went to Half Price Books where I got so many cute new books for the little man. As you know, Carter is quite the little book worm! Look at Carter enjoying all his new books!

Also, one of his new things is throwing his head backwards and laughing when he hears anyone else laugh. I don't know where he got this, but it's so funny! This Belly Button Book has a belly button that when pushed, is a little child giggling. This might be Carter's new favorite book!

Also, today Carter wore his new Crocs for the first time, and I thought they were just adorable on him. He loved them so much, he just walked all over the house looking down at his feet. I'm pretty sure he thought he was a big shot with his cool new shoes on!

So here is what my little buddy is up to at 15 months:

• Loves a variety of healthy foods.... especially strawberries, nectarines, yogurt, bananas, chicken, ham, green beans, pinto beans, and spaghetti. We're working on the veggies, but he is doing SO much better!!
• Walking everywhere all the time. I see him crawl very little these days.
• Still taking two naps a day (for the most part), a morning and afternoon nap. Not sure if he'll EVER drop that morning one permanently.... we'll see.
• Absolutely loves being outside.... especially in the pool or at the splash park (you can tell by his little tan and bleached blonde hair!) This boy is a WATER BUG!!
• Now has 8 teeth (4 bottom, 4 top), two of which just cut through yesterday!
• Trying to talk up a storm. He has so many words that he says now.... and about half of these he has picked up in the last two weeks or so. He says ball, uh-oh, dog, Dada, Mama, more, book, baby, milk, juice, snack (nack), bath, thank you (taytu), hi, bye-bye, Nana, banana (also nana), ouch (ow), night night (ni ni), tete (guess who taught him this one... it WASN'T Mommy) duck, and his first sentence... What's that? (sounds like 'uhsah'). He says this mostly when pointing to things or when he hears something new.
• Loves to carry things in his bucket or his pail. He will load up one of these with small toys and carry it all over the house.
• Still loving his books as much as ever.
• Can do several animal noises (dog, cat, cow, chicken, bumble bee, horse, and snake... kinda) and can point out his eyes, nose, tongue, ears, and belly button.
• LOVES playing with is uncles, grandparents, and cousins, and of course, all his little baby friends!!

We go to the doctor next week for his check up, and I'm very curious to know all his stats. I'll definitely post all that once we go!! It's weird to think, but my little baby is definitely a full fledged toddler!!

Swim Lessons

Carter started his twice a week swim lesson on Wednesday. Eric went with us this morning to check it all out, and was able to take some pictures. Carter loves it at times, and hates it at times, depending on what we're doing. He's not a fan of floating on his back, or monkey walking along the wall. But, he LOVES to blow bubbles and kicking his feet. Here are some pictures and video Eric took this morning.

Kicking and "swimming" to the wall.Blowing bubbles in the water.

Monkey walking along the wall to the toy.Taking a break for a quick pic. (That's Coach Stephanie in the background) Enjoying the water toys.

Next week we'll have to do some dunks under water! That one has me kind of freaked out.

Fun Family Day

We actually had plans to spend some time with friends today, but that had to be cancelled last minute. So Eric and I woke up this morning all bummed that we had nothing to do, and didn't really want to spend it around the house... but the weather was gross, so we couldn't spend it outside. We decided to go downtown. We had lunch at one of Eric's favorite places, Spaghetti Warehouse, and then went to the Dallas World Aquarium. Carter hasn't been to the zoo yet, so it was interesting to see him react to all the plants and animals. Here are some pictures from our fun day!

We sat in the train car at Spaghetti Warehouse. Carter loved sitting next to the window and laughing at his reflection the whole time!

He's really interested in forks now, and starting to get the hang of it!

Working hard on the fork thing

Holding on tight!

Waiting patiently in line outside the aquarium.

Now we're having fun!

Finally in and to the first exhibit

Seeing the sights from atop Daddy's shoulders.... just about the only way Carter could see above all the crowd!

Great pic of the two of them!

I love this little guy!

Carter loved the fish tanks the most of all.

Look... fish!

More fish gazing...

Ohh.... BIG turtle. This kind of scared him, along with all the other really big swimmers.

He got very nervous when all the big things would swim close to the glass.

The flamingos! Always been one of my favs

Last exhibit of the day.... and showing. Carter was a tired boy by now!

Have to have one last pic with Mommy.

Passed out in the car after a fun but tiring day downtown!!

PS: Notice Eric's new haircut? Courtesy of me... I shaved his head this morning! He said he was done fighting the hair loss... HAHA! I actually like it though.... it's definitely growing on me!

Fun with Uncle Matt

My brother Matt came over yesterday afternoon for some play time with Carter. He usually tries to come by once a week between class and work to hang out with his favorite little guy. They always play hard and have the best time, and I love it because he tires Carter out BIG TIME! Between chasing, tickling in the ribs, being thrown in the air, swinging up-side-down, tickling feet with chin whiskers and rolling all over the floor, who wouldn't be exhausted?! Here is a cute video of these two in action!

Thanks, Uncle Matt, for coming over to play! We love our weekly play time, and we love you!

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