Christmas

We went to Utah this year for Christmas to spend time with Kevin's family. We had such a good time! I was a little worried about Carter not sleeping well while we were there, but he did great! He got his two top teeth while we were there so we had a few rough nights but other than that he slept just about as good as he does at home. What a blessing that was! I actually got to relax and do things instead of holding him for every one of his naps and being exhausted from being up all night. We were there for almost 2 weeks so we had lots of fun hanging out with family and college friends. We played lots of games, watched a few movies, ate too much good food and played in the snow! It was so fun celebrating Christmas with Carter.

Playing at Grandma's house

I got to go out with my old roommates. It is always a blast when we get together and my cheeks were hurting by the end of the night from laughing so hard! Love these girls!

Carter loves stuffed animals. He is so cute, he likes to snuggle with them. He was just beyond happy when we got this out for him to play with.

Carter LOVED this dog. Maybe a little too much...poor dog got tired of Carter I think.  Carter would get the biggest smile anytime the dog came near him and he would crawl around after him everywhere.

Carter got really good at climbing stairs while we were there

I got to see some other old roommates. It was so fun having lots of old friends to hang out with!

And Carter got to meet his best friend Parker for the first time!

Carter also got his first pet...I think there were four goldfish to start. We got them at a white elephant gift exchange. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately they all died within the week.

Silly baby

Christmas morning!

Carter liked the bows and paper of course!

We had a white Christmas! We took Carter out in the snow and he was so funny. He just flopped right over and then tried to eat it. I don't think he liked the cold on his face though.

Loving the Christmas lights

We spent an afternoon with my sister while we were there. This is the only picture I have. But Carter had lots of fun while we were there. He is trying to get a phone that is down his shirt:) She has a big love sac at her house and Carter loved it. He would just snuggle into it and sit on it and bounce. It was so cute.

Headed home

Carter enjoyed sitting in the big chair before the person next to us took their seat. Carter was a great flier for both flights. And the flight there was even super early in the morning. He did so well!

When we came home we stayed with my parents for a few days so they could all play with Carter and so we had a little Christmas with them. We didn't want to pack Carter's present from Santa with us so he opened it then. He loves his walker! He doesn't quite know how to walk behind it yet but he sits in front of it and plays with it and it plays music which he loves!

My sister made this cute teddy bear for Carter!

We had a wonderful holiday! I think the best part was having Kevin around all day everyday. It was hard when he had to go back to work but we are getting back into our routine again.

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving with my parents and my sister who came to visit. We had lots of fun just enjoying being together. I love spending time with family.

My little turkey!

Carter had fun with my cousin's baby 

10 months old

Carter is getting to be more and more fun everyday!  He can climb stairs, he laughs the most when he is sleepy, he loves books and can turn the pages now, he crawls to his room several times a day to read his books, he likes trucks and stuffed animals and balls, he is crawling a lot more and loves to eat. His favorite foods are bread, cheerios, bananas, pancakes and peaches but he does pretty well eating his vegetables too.  He is lots of fun and makes us laugh everyday.

In his room reading his books

For awhile every time Carter heard music he would tilt his head like this and then start bouncing to dance. It was the cutest thing! He still loves music and loves to dance but he doesn't always tilt his head anymore

9 months old

Even though Carter is almost 11 months old I am playing catch up so here is a glimpse of him at 9 months...
He pulled himself up, he can crawl but still mostly army crawls everywhere, his favorite things to play with are shoes, Kevin's work bag, zippers, drawstrings, books and cords.  He also likes to find crumbs on the kitchen floor. He likes to eat just about anything and likes to feed himself. He likes to bounce and is very ticklish. We love our smiley kiddo!

Reading with daddy:) These two are my favorite