Christmas Eve 2009!!

Its finally Christmas Eve, YAY! All of us in this house are so excited :) CJ & I already got all of our wrapping done a couple days ago, Thank Goodness! That means that we can just relax & enjoy this family time :) We pretty much spent the whole day lounging around until it was time to leave for the Christmas Eve Service at 6pm! We left around 4 so that we could stop by my parents and drop off some gifts and then headed to church. Carter was hilarious in church! He kept saying “Hi” really loud, and laughing! People kept turning around and laughing at him ;) He is not shy one bit, that’s for sure!

After church, we headed home and Carter ate, & watched Barney..then I put him to bed! He was asleep by 9, which is late for him! I skipped his bath because he was getting cranky, so I guess that means morning bath! Maybe he’ll have some new bath toys to play with?! hmm..

Saying “Hi” to me :)

Reading the “Christmas Story” to the children

Carter couldn’t sit still for the story!!

We ended up taking him out of the service and downstairs to play because he would NOT sit still!

Ohh…my sweetness! Tomorrow is going to be so wonderful…

Merry Christmas Eve!!

Sweet Dreams

There’s nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby/toddler! I just love to get pictures of him asleep :) I wonder what he’s dreaming about in these pictures? Christmas, maybe? It is only 2 days away!!

19 Months Old!!

 

Today Carter is a whole 1 year and 7 months old!! We are more than half way to his 2nd birthday now, isn’t that crazy? I think so! I’m still in denial, lol!

You may be asking yourself… “what does a 19 month old do?” Well, I’ll tell ya!

For starters…he makes a mess at dinner! Please see below….

Haha! He has also become a very picky eater & its a struggle to get him to drink milk these days too! He LOVES to throw food, but hates when he gets his hands all dirty!! He can chew really well and as a matter of fact, he just got his two bottom molars in today! That makes a total of 12 teeth! Now I know why he’s been so grumpy today!

He is sleeping great through the nights again, Thank GOD! I read him stories and say goodnight, then leave. He hardly cries when I leave anymore-which is an awesome feeling :)

He loves to watch Barney & He thinks Dora is cute! He gives her kisses and can say her name! He can also say Barney, but it sounds like “Barmey”!

He loves to sing and can finish some songs! No, I don’t mean singing a verse or anything! I mean, if I sing a verse and skip the last word, he can say it! For example, I will sing “you are my sun ____.” and he will say “shine”! Etc. He also does it with the “Jesus loves me” song, “ABC’s”, and “Row, Row, Row your boat” songs.

We took him to see Santa again this year and it was not the same as last year! This year, Carter was terrified of him! I think most toddlers are though! He is just now getting “scared” of things and sometimes I think it causes him bad dreams! Also at 19 months old he just experienced his first “Blizzard”! He loves the snow and I am hoping we have many more white winter’s so that Carter can enjoy them!

He doesn’t go back to the doctor for a check up and shots until his 2nd birthday, so those stats should be interesting :) The last time we went, he was still only around 24 lbs and 31 & 3/4 inches tall! He is a little guy but the doctor is very pleased with his growth and development!

As for me…well I am NOT liking the fact that my baby is growing so fast! I wish he could just stay little! But, I am happy that he is growing and learning so much everyday! He brings us so much bliss :) I can’t wait to see his face on Christmas morning-which is only 4 DAYS AWAY now!

So that’s what Carter James-19 month old-momma’s boy-daddy’s boy-long hair, don’t care-crazy kid is up to!!

Sunday Snowday

It Finally stopped snowing last night…..& this is what we woke up to!

I think we got almost 24 inches on the ground, but I don’t know for sure! No matter what the “official” amount is, it’s more than we’ve had in years!!

With that said…we got up early & headed out the door! Carter did sleep in this morning until almost 8am!! I know that’s still early to most people, but for me, that’s late! I’m used to this kid waking up at 6:30 even on weekends!

After a yummy breakfast, we headed to my mom’s so that Carter could play in the snow with Mikey, Jenny, & Angel! We also ran to the mall and got Carter a snow suit & snow boots! It was an awesome deal too…24$ at Sears! Its cute : ) The Roads were still kind of bad, but we did see alot of trucks plowing the roads. Anyway, we had such a fun day..here are some pictures..enjoy!

Carter checking out the snow!!

  

At Mema & Paps house…

“Wow!! Snow!”

Max playing in the snow

He was so amazed by it all :)

Aunt Amanda trying to feed Carter a snowball!

          

Mikey & Carter 

He loves aunt “amin-na”

Jenny & Carter

I love my baby

My Loves

The house all covered in snow..

 

“Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree”

   

“How lovely are your branches”

&& the little boy pulling on them ; )

 

He’s lovely too!!

Giving the tree kisses…

After our fun snow day was over, we snuggled up and watched some T.V together, ate pizza for dinner, and then played in the tub! Carter’s cough sounds alot better and I think his fever is gone now too! He’s been asleep since 8pm and I think he’s pretty worn out from the long day! He only took a 30 min cat-nap today on the ride home.

Hopefully some of the snow sticks around for Christmas :) I still can’t believe we are only 5 days away from the most wonderful time day of the year!!!!!