Trick or treat or hand out candy...

Just a few random pics to catch you up on our big boy...
Carter and Bryce cruising...I hope to never see him in a real "police" car!

Someone was suppose to be taking his nap in his bed...atleast he actually took a nap!

Carter playing with his "Micka Mouse airmail" (Mickey Mouse airplane) while we were at the air show watching the Blue Angels.

This one needs no caption...my boys!

Carter now reads the books to Mommy!

Carter's first time seeing the airplanes in the airshow!

Staying in the shade while waiting on more planes to go up!

Putting his hands in his "pockies", pockets at his Birthday party!

So we went to Hebron for the fall festival. Carter loved the "jumps". That is what he calls moonwalks! He was running across the parking lot screaming jumps, school, church! He also attends preschool here and we attend church here! He was really confused but very excited about the JUMPS!!! Mimi and Poppi joined us! It was a ton of fun! We didn't collect any candy, as Carter doesn't eat it and we don't need it! He ran from jump to jump. It was so cute! Then he rode a pony. Then it was right back to the jumps!!!
I worked until 7pm on Sunday so I met my boys over at my in-laws. Carter was dressed in his Superman costume and was soooo excited to hand out candy to all of the "kids" when they came to the door! I didn't have my camera but it was adorable! Mimi video taped it! I'll have to figure out how to add clips on here! Anyway...it went something like this...((doorbell)), Carter, "Mommy...kids, kids, kids, candy, kids, candy" he would say this everytime while running through the house to get to the door. He would then give about 6-8 pieces of candy to each kid and would keep giving them more until they left! Needless to say, many of them stood there saying how cool he was!!! The parents were like, uhhh that is enough sweet boy! So he had a great time and we didn't have to be out in the dark, cold weather with a child running around! I'm sure next year we will be running around! Enjoy some random pics from Carter's Halloween events!

Going down the "jump" slide with Mimi!

Waiting in line patiently...

My Superman!

Waiting in line for the pony ride, it went from light to dark while in this line!

On the Gwinnett County Police Motorcycle, loving the lights!

It's been a while...

I haven't posted in a while so I will do a quick update (for which will explain why so long for a post) and I will get back to updating more frequently with pics. This will be long....hang in there!!!

So, the day after my last post my Meemaw passed away. It was quick and we have been expecting it for a long time. She was the first family member I have ever lost so it was a bit difficult. At her funeral there was a pic of her holding Carter at about 7 months old. They were just looking at each other with a sweet slight smile...that is what I want to remember. She referred to me as her P.G. (Perfect Granddaughter(I'm the ONLY)) and she called Carter "My darling precious baby". I just wish I had that on video tape now.

A week and a half later Scott and I celebrated 9 years of marriage! That is hard to believe! We had a great night out planned. A nice dinner and my Mother-in-law was going to come over to put Carter down for us. The day before, Carter had been bit by a mosquito on his ear. It was a little swollen the morning of our Anniversary so we took him to the doc. They gave us some meds and said to call if it got worse. Well, after I got out of the shower to get ready for our hot date...the ear was HUGE. I mean LARGE!!!! If you have ever seen Will Smith in Hitch, then you can start to understand HUGE. So we called the MD and of course the office was closed and he said go to the ER. Soooo on our Anniversary we were at Scottish Rite...not romantic but how things are done now that we are parents. That night we both agreed that after our 6 year struggle with getting pregnant, we would much rather be taking care of our littleman's bug bite on our Anniversary than going out to a fancy dinner!

On September 1 I had the pleasure of laboring on of my most dear friends during the delivery of her premature twins. It was very scary but very beautiful. I am so privelidged to have been there to welcome them into the world! They are doing great now and are growing and hopefully coming home soon!! Please lift them and their parents up during this difficult time as they are still in the NICU.

On 9/8/10 our littleman started preschool at our church!!! It was the first time EVER Carter was not in the presence of us or one of our mothers. It was a bit scary, exciting, nerve racking, and relieving all in one. We had talked about this since he was born. We wanted him to avoid daycare as long as possible. There is nothing wrong with daycare, we both were in daycare, we just wanted him to be at home with us until his little immune system was stronger. We also knew we wanted him in a school focused on teaching not just "watching" him. So we were thrilled that God's plan has been what we wanted too! When we walked away after he took off running with excitement into his class I felt so proud of my big boy. When Scott took my hand and looked at me though, I thought I was going to cry. But...I am proud to say, I just wiped a few small tears and was pleased and comfortable with our decision on where he was. We are thrilled with his teachers and how wonderful he is doing. WARNING: Mommy brag moment. Our pediatrician even said at his 2 year check up that he is "Brilliant" to quote her! We are more than pleased with all that Mrs. Tracey and Susanne have taught our littleman! It is just amazing.

We also celebrated Carter's 2nd birthday. We kept it simple. We didn't invite all of "our" friends, we invited Carter's friends. We had the big blowout first birthday where we invite everyone who is close to us and loves our Carter too. It was so fun and we really had a good time, but this one was for Carter. So he had a few little friends his age who he regularly "hangs" with and we had a great time! We were just missing one important little boy but he was under the weather so we will make that one up!!!

The begining of this month we went to Corndawgs. For you out-of-state readers, it is a local farm that has a ton of things for kids of all ages to do. It's a fall festival, pumpkin patch, cornmaze, hayride type place. Carter had a great time. We went with about 5 other couples with small children. I think the underground slide and corn box was the favorite. They had a sand box that was full of corn kernels instead. It sounds weird but it was really cool! Poor little Carter had corn everywhere!!!

That brings us up to tonight. We carved our Pumpkin! It was so fun to have Carter "helping". He is such the big helper! He wants to help do everything. So while Daddy was cutting, carving, and scooping...Mommy was holding the bag for waste, and Carter was holding the top with the stem!! He was soooo excited to put the "light" in the pumpkin. We brought it in and put it in the kitchen so he could enjoy it for a while. I couldn't put it outside until after he was in the bed! Sooo cute! So now that I have updated...it's on! Look for our Halloween pics and blog this weekend! We are going to church for the fall festival as......Superman! Boy is he just sooo cute too!!!
Thanks for catching up with us. It was just a little difficult to actually put in words that my Meemaw is gone. So now that I have I will be posting more regularly agian.
Happy Halloween! Be safe and watch for children everywhere all weekend.

WOW...the difference a day makes...

I can't believe how many new words Carter is learning to say each day! It is so crazy! He is just talking and being a little copy cat!! Today alone he has added Tiger and "copter" (short for helicopter)! He has really started this in the last week! It's so fun, but so frustrating trying to figure out some of the words. He has one that I have no idea what it is but he says it all the time. I hope to figure it out soon before we have a toddler size melt down over me not understanding. For fun here are a few of our newest words over the last week...
-Carter "Caaadaaar" He drags out a lot of words, I didnt' know I sounded so country until he started repeating us!!!
-Helicopter "copter"
-Elmo "Velmo"
-truck "tuck"
-hi "hi"
-girl "guurl"
-tiger "tiguh"
-train "choo choo"
-cat "meow"
-bus "buuuh"
-firetruck "whoo whoo" like a siren sound!!!
-and my favorite for wanting to eat Goldfish....he just puckers up his lips and moves the bottom one up and down like he is making a fish face!!!! I'll try to catch that one in a pic! Too cute!
Hope everyone is having a good Monday so far! I'm enjoying the cool 78 degrees out today!
Love,
Crystal

Swallow Study Results

Since my last update we had our swallow study done. The Radiologist ticked Scott and I off so bad I've had to wait a few days to post so I wouldn't spend the post ranting about her. Soooo the results were normal. He was such a big boy and they got good views. They said they will send a final copy to my Ped and the ENT that referred us, but that it looked normal. So that is great! On the other hand we still have no explanation for the choking. He's been doing much better lately, but I still hold my breath with every meal and snack until he is done. We will now see a GI to see if it's reflux. But like I've said for the past week, there will be no more "hold your son down while we torture him" testing. I'm done with that...give me some drugs and if they work then it's reflux, as easy as that. If they don't work then it's not reflux and we will move forward with the next step, whatever that is.
So today we got Carter's haircut...anyone else have problems with their toddler freaking out over a haircut??? I would love some advice...lollipops, stickers, holding him, watching tv, and sitting in cool cars have all failed. I hate to see him so upset, of course when we got home we noticed she had cut is neck with the clippers so that explains a ton. Ugggghhhh.
After the traumatic haircut we went to the pool! Carter is so cute! He would rather play with red solo cups on the stairs than swim or jump in to his Daddy! So we sat on the stairs and played!
We are looking forward to our cookout at our house tomorrow with some really great friends! 8 adults and 8 kids, one dog, one sprinler, one pool, and one slip-n-slide! Should be fun! I hope to get my camera cooperating so I can have some cute pics to post! Have a great weekend!
Love,
Crystal

Bad day at the ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) doctor

So to catch you up quickly. Carter has been snoring loudly since he was about 1. I did not think nothing of it but brought it up at his 15 month check up. You could hear him down the hall with his door closed so I thought this may be a problem. They immediately referred us to WONDERFUL Dr. Herrmann at Scottish Rite. He saw us and put Carter on a med to help with the "normal for toddlers but slightly increased" swelling in Carter's nose passages. So it worked wonderfully and still does. We went today for follow up so we could brag about how great it was to not need surgery.

Unfortunately Carter has always been the kid that with every meal you have to tell him to "chew it up", "small bites please", and "take a sip" to help wash down his food. He for some reason has always seem to have problems. A few times as we were introducing new foods he choked to what we thought was really bad. We would have to jerk him out of his highchair and start to do the Heimlich. Great thing was that by the time we got him out he had cleared his own airway. Well this Sunday changed all of that...

In the morning we were having pancakes and Carter wanted some. So I gave him a small one without syrup for him to munch on. (He already had breakfast) Because of the above mentioned I always watch him like a hawk when he is eating. I looked over and he was frozen with tears coming down his face and turning dark red. I realized he was choking. I grabbed him out of his chair and had to do 5 back thrusts of the Heimlich to get the food dislodged and then get it out. He was so scared...so were me and his Daddy. But we remained calm and got him all calmed down. I was a mess. So later that night he is eating chicken at a local restaurant with us and my in-laws and it happens again. I get him out of his seat and by now his lips are blue. I pound on his back again and out it comes. It totally upsets my little man and all of the family. I hate that it happens.

So I tell these 2 stories to Dr. Herrmann today and he says, "That worries me that he is doing this". So we are in process of a work up. Today they sprayed numbing meds down Carter's nose and Scott and the nurse had to hold him still so Dr. Herrmann could look with a tube down Carter's nose, back of his throat, down to his voice box. He was looking for any reason why he has been choking. The results were his nasal passages are swollen so continue the meds for his snoring and expect that after he starts mother's morning out in the fall that it will get worse. Great(insert sarcastic face). He also said that his adenoids are 50%enlarged and his tonsils are moderately enlarged. His voice box is still getting to where it should be. So with all of that he said he doesn't really think that surgery would fix the choking problem. He wants us to do a swallow study. So in the near future, we will go to outpatient radiology at Scottish Rite and have a swallow study done.

I will keep everyone posted on that. Please say a few prayers that Carter doesn't have anymore choking incidents. It really scares me so bad.

On a good note I'm attaching a few pics for your enjoyment! Look at how he is growing so fast! I just love him!!!

Growing so fast...

So to update...we bought Carter his first tricycle. We were at our Godson's birthday party and he had a Batman tricycle that Carter loved. So of course we went and bought a new Disney the Cars tricycle of which he can't even reach the pedals yet! What were we thinking! Anyway, he loves to push all of the buttons and enjoys all of the sounds! We also scored a great little kitchen set with a ton of pieces for $35 on Craig's list! He is loving it! He likes to cook eggs...he is soooo much like his Daddy in so many ways!!!

He has learned to say the word "NO" and uses it correctly. Great...what everyone has warned us about. "Just wait until he learns the word No. You'll be so sick of hearing it", yes folks, I'm already tired of hearing it!! But atleast for now, it is only to tell us if he doesn't like or want something. It isn't in response to us telling him to do something! Notice I set for now!!! I know it's coming!

Carter is so funny. He knows what so many words mean but yet he is hardly saying any understandable words at all. But he completely knows what we are saying to him! I know he'll get it soon! He is a great little helper around the house! He gives Diamond her treat every morning and night and helps to feed her. He also helps us do his laundry. Now I know you are thinking he is 20 months...she is crazy. But he prefers to push the basket to the laundry room from his room, hand you his clothes to load in the washer, and likes to put them in the dryer when they are done. When they are dry he then puts away his own socks and bibs and then putss the basket back in his closet! Too cute! I hope it stays this fun as he gets older! He also loves to help sweep the kitchen floor! He MUST help you change the trash bag and put a new one in it! Everynight he cleans up all of his toys in the play room and puts them all exactly where they go! And boy does he get upset if something is in the wrong place! NOW THAT LADIES AND GENTLEMAN HE FINALLY GOT FROM HIS MAMA!!!! And I looooove that he has a little OCD from me!!! He also likes to get his own bib for all meals and throw away all diapers! I love this stage of wanting to help so much! I just let him do it all!

He is so smart too. About 4 weeks ago he started pointing to objects in a book when I ask him to show me which was which! We showed this to his Mimi and Poppi and they were quit impressed tonight! What grandparents aren't proud of their perfect grandchildren!

Alright this is getting long. I always think to post when he does some of this cuteness and always forget so there you go! A little update on my littleman!

Love,
Scott and Crystal

My Dream Come True...

My littleman drinking from a sippy cup,

watching my love share a snack on the couch with our childhaving a little boy that lines up his cars and makes the "vroom" sound while driving around the living room floor,

watching three generations play together,

seeing my Mom snuggle with another child like she did me,

(Mom doesn't snuggle other children)

watching my Daddy put shoes on his little buddy,

and coming in the door from work and going straight to playing on the floor!

These are all of the things I used to dream about and pray for while we were trying for 6 long years to have our perfect little man! Many women dream about holding there little baby and how fun little babies are. Scott and I used to talk about our dreams of having a child...a little person that is a part of the family! A little person who we could talk to and play with. I wanted Scott to be able to have a little buddy to share night time snacks with! We wanted to have our own little family so bad. When Carter was born it was instant love that ony another Mother understands. I have enjoyed every moment and am so thankful for my little family. After capturing these few moments in the above pics in the last month I realized...our dream has come true! All of the pics are just exactly what we always wanted! I'm so happy and proud to be Carter's Mommy and Scott's wife! I am so blessed for all that we have been given. Thank you Lord for answered prayers and the BEST gift from God!

I hope you all have a safe and wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Remember those who have fallen for our freedom.

Love,

Crystal

Annual Beach Trip for Mother's Day

So when Carter was born we decided to make an annual trip to Destin Florida. We started out own family tradition. So for all of my Mother's Days (both of them) we have been on the most beautiful beach!

This year we thought we would be smart and wake up early and leave around 3:30am so Carter could sleep most of the trip and it would not be so hard on him. BIG mistake...we were so quiet and got him out of his bed and placed in his carseat so carfully! Then we were out of the driveway quickly. Well it didn't matter because guess who stayed awake until 5am. Well when he and his Daddy passed out (b/c Scott had been at work until 3am) I thought "Great I can really jam to the radio and drive in the quiet". Well a short 25 minutes Littleman woke up and was awake for the rest of the drive. He did so well though. We stopped and let him run around for about 20 minutes and hit the rode again!

When we got there we met my parents at the wonderful house we had rented. THey had already been grocery shopping so we were ready to enjoy the pool in our backyard and the beach! And boy did we! Carter didn't really care for the hot tub or slightly heated pool too much! He enjoyed climbing the stairs at the house the most! Then we took him out to the beach and he was sooooo happy! So happy in fact that when I picked him up to take him to the house to get ready for dinner we pitched a toddler size fit! So for the rest of the trip we took him after nap so he could play until it got chilly on the beach which meant it was dinner time! He loved playing in the sand! He didn't mind the ocean but was perfectly happy playing in the sand all day! I did learn something new about myself...I can't build a sandcastle to save my life!!! It sprinkled a little one morning so we took that time to go do some shopping! The next day the morning was a bit cooler so we opted for the race car track that had a small area for wee ones! It was Mother's Day morning so it was not very busy. It was like we had the place to ourselves. They were the first "rides" Carter has ever been on! He really enjoyed the swings, train, and spinning tops! We had such a great relaxing time! I wish we could have stayed a bit longer! I look forward to many more beach trips in the future!

Love,

Carter's Mommy

Birthday weekend continued...

So today we went to Scott's lifelong friend Chris' little boys First Birthday party. We got there a little late, as Carter was napping when the party started. So we let him sleep and took a very happy boy to the party!

His new thing is to yell and scream excitedly when we pass a pasture because he just knows there must be either cows or horses in there! So he neighs or moos like a cow and then starts clicking as if he is calling them to him! He gets this from his Nana and I when we call her horse to the fence at there farm! He associates all pastures with horses or cows because that is what it is like on the way to Nana and Papa's house!

So when we got to the party as usual Carter jumped right in and started playing with all of the toys and did not really care who else was there. After a few people left and it got a little more quiet he decided he really like to play with the Birthday boy and another little boy. Of course he loves jumping and balls so he loved the jumpy house with balls. He also got to play with a kitchen set that was outside. He thought this was really cool because it talked to you and made all sorts of sounds! We may have a chef and soccer player both on our hands!!! I hope everyone enjoyed the outdoors as much as we did today!

Now I must get ready for our beach trip this week! Sooooo excited to see how Carter responds this year! I'm sure chasing a 19 month old around the pool will not be too relaxing!! But I won't be at work and I'll be with family...enough said! Stayed tuned for an update when we get back! (I'm really trying to stay up to date on our little family so Lou Ellen doesn't delete us!!!)

Mr. Independent

So littleman is keeping us on our toes! He has this new little shrill and squeel he does now. He does it for happy times, frustrated times, and mad times. It's really cute when he's happy and super annoying when he is mad!

Today we went to our friend Ella's 2nd birthday party! It's so hard to believe she is 2 now! Of course it's even harder to say I have a 19 month old. I've been calling him 18 months since about 16 months b/c I thought it was close enough. Yesterday I checked the date and thought wow now I have to call him 19 months b/c he is just getting so big! I can't believe how fast my baby is growing! So at Ella's party today Carter was the only boy! So he jumped right in and even "danced" with the birthday girl! They are so cute together!

Carter has started showing his own likes and dislikes a little bit more here recently. For example at the table when you give him something he doesn't want to eat he shakes his head no and makes the above mentioned squeel. Today I caught him sitting in my glider in his room, which I guess makes it "his" glider in his room! He saw me come around the corner and gave me a big smile, as to say, "check me out rocking myself in my room"!!! So then he reached up to his book shelf and asked for a book. I preceeded to go through most of them getting a head shake of no and the squeel. So I put all of the books on the floor and he played for another 45 minutes reading to himself! He is so adorable!

Tomorrow we are off to another birthday party with friends we have not seen in a while. We are looking forward to it! Maybe I'll actually remember to take my camera out and I can post some pics with the next post!

Spring Fun!

Carter really enjoyed finding the eggs and playing with Ella!

Carter found the doggy door at Mimi and Poppi's house!!

Carter touching a deer at the Yellow River Game Ranch!

Littleman playing in his room half dressed before bath time. I just love this face!!!

Working Mama Guilt

So this post goes out to all working mothers or mothers who must spend time away from their children. I know I'm not the only mother in the world who must leave there child to make money to help pay bills. I also know I'm not the only one who really hates missing any part of their child's "awake time". I just really had a hard time with it earlier this week. I started working 5 days a week between 2 offices this week and still continuing to work PRN at the hospital. After a grumpy Easter Sunday with Carter he decides to throw a huge fit when I left for work on Monday. He was sooo upset. To see him this upset made me want to call in to work and just sit and hold him all day long. But I am leaving him with the best person in the world...his Daddy. I trust his Daddy 100%, I just want to be the one at home all day. So after sitting in our subdivision club house parking lot for 10 minutes crying my eyes out over what I had just witnessed I drove on in to work. I texted my husband about 20 minutes later and Carter was still crying. This upset me even more. I just hate for my littleman to be upset. So 5 minutes later I learned he had stopped. I spent that night on the phone crying to my Mama about how awful it was and how I wish I could be the one to stay home. She told me what all good mother's tell their children, "you are doing what is best for your family. Atleast he is not in daycare right now and you are leaving him with his Daddy." I know she's right, but most Mom's I know would prefer to be the one's at home all day. Now that being said I know Scott's job is waaaaay more difficult than mine, but I would trade any day.
OK, sorry I just had to blog that out to help me get out the rest of my Working Mama Guilt. Anyone with any insight on how to help yourself cope with this let me know!!! Thanks for listening... or reading.

Easter Update

So this was Carter's 2nd Easter but he had no clue last year! So we bought him his first Easter basket! It was so fun to watch him get all excited about his Elmo books, sidewalk chalk, bubble wand, and Alvin and the Chipmunks movie!!! This was a great morning. Daddy, Carter, and I all went out early in the morning to play with our new toys from the Easter bunny! We ate lunch and when I laid Carter down he decided this was the first day he ever wanted to skip a nap. He played in his crib for more than 2 hours. So I went in after 2 hours to rock him to see if he would sleep. NOPE, he just smiled and laughed at me while we cuddled for 30 minutes! Little booger! So we went to Mimi and Poppi's for Easter dinner with a crabby 18 month old! He did pretty good considering, but he was asleep on is way to bed before he hit the mattress!
Hope everyone had a great Easter!
Crystal

Our First REAL egg hunt!!!

So today I get to spend the entire day with my littleman! I was so excited, but as usual he expects me to leave during the day to go to work so any time I stand up to walk around the house for some reason, Carter starts whining and crying wanting me to hold him. So to prove to him I was his for the day I thought we would leave the house. So we go to the mall and run into a friend. Thank goodness b/c then he had a little friend to share his cheerios with! Then we took a nap and woke up even more cranky then before nap...never a good sign! So we had an afternoon planned to go to our same friends house to do an Easter egg hunt! Scott and I were excited b/c this would be our first egg hunt Carter can participate in. We weren't really sure how he would do but...he was the second off the porch and was having a ball collecting those eggs! Of course he ended up sitting in a wagon with his little friend and playing with the eggs! I will post pics tomorrow night, too stinkin' cute how these two enjoy playing together! I will add to this post tomorrow after Easter and add some pics! Just want to make sure I stay up on my postings!!!
Happy Easter everyone!

Spring Weather and Scraped Knees...

OK so we now have a new computer and I should be able to do this more often AND with pictures!!!
The weather has just been beautiful this week! I have had to work 4 days but every second I'm not at work I'm lovin' on my boys!!! Carter started gymnastics a few weeks ago. Now I know some of you are thinking, "I would NEVER put my SON in gymnastics." I used to same the same thing. There just are not any activities that an 18 month old can do. Carter will be starting preschool in the fall. I'm a little scared for him to go into a class of strange children and take orders from strange women when the only people who ever "watch" him are Scott and I!!! So this is a way for him to learn how to interact with other children and learn to take instructions from a "teacher" while Mommy is still right there!!! So we go once per week. He is doing so great! Now we are not in this to produce a Gold Medal Gymnast or anything but I'm so proud of him. He is the youngest by a full year and he is doing what the "big" kids are doing! They part that most excites me is he is actually listening to his teacher and doing what she is asking! It is so amazing to watch my baby boy grow into the most adorable toddler EVER!!!
Scott and I got to do something we have looked forward to for more than 7 years now last night. We left Carter at home asleep in his bed with Mimi on watch to go shopping for his Easter basket!!! I have always wanted a little family that we could do all of those magic things parents do...like be or "help" the Easter bunny!!! I am enjoying being Carter's mother more and more with literally every day that passes. Being a Mother is the best title in the world.
I have to say that I start working 5 days a week next week for the first time since Carter was born and I am so going to miss my little man, and the big one too!!! Weekends will be even more precious. I am so thankful that his wonderful and amazing Daddy does such a great job during the week while I'm at work! Afterall who else would I want him to be with if it can't be me? Scott is truly amazing in all that he does. Carter will one day realize how lucky he is to have so much time to spend with his Daddy! I love watching the two of them together!!!
Tonight we were all outside playing with bubbles on the picnic table in the front yard. Carter managed to trip on the driveway and skin his knee and leg and then fell off the picnic table straight onto his back and hit his head on the concrete. It was so much worse for me and Scott than it was him. He was mostly upset about being away from his bubbles while Mommy was trying to comfort him. He is most certainly a big boy. He is running all over the place now!
Well now that we have a better computer I will upload some pics to the next post! Happy Easter to everyone and be safe traveling!!!
Carter's Mommy

Tylenol and Teething rings

So Carter had a rough weekend with trying to get his second tooth. It was a Tylenol and teething ring kind of weekend. However today he popped his second tooth through the surface! He feels so much better when it comes through, poor baby! This week he has been all over the house! He can crawl so fast. He has started chasing Diamond around the house and squeeling and laughing! Today I was crawling after him telling him I was going to "get him" and he would just laugh so hard he couldn't crawl! We are having so much fun! Carter took his first steps on his own last Saturday, for a total of 3 in a row! He has been doing that a few times since. He is just not steady enough to let go, he's a little front heavy!!! Hope everyone has a great week! Pics with the next post I promise!

It's been a while...

I'm so sorry to be waiting almost 2 months before posting another blog. I always feel like I have to have pics to go along with each blog. Since my computer is a pain to upload pics onto the blog I just say I will wait a little longer. Now I am reading his last entry and boy has he grown up so much since May! So I will try to update every week. There just may not be any pics on all of them!

Sooooo, Carter is so busy these days!! Since our last posting Carter now...feeds himself finger foods, stands alone for about 30 seconds, says "mama" and "dada", plays peekaboo, walks everywhere holding onto your fingers, started crawling all over the house, waves bye-bye, got his first tooth, and started pulling up on things!!! Most of these were all in the last week too!

Carter has also been to his first Memorial Day parade, to Tampa to visit family, unfortunately got Roseola, and now has a swing that Daddy and Papa built in the back yard so we don't have to get in the car and drive to the park just to swing outside!!!

Carter also had his 9 month check up on July 1st. He weighed 19lbs. 5.5oz, was 28" long, and Dr. Gros said he "is just perfect"!!!

We are having so much fun as a family of 3! Carter is just such a wonderful blessing and gift! I promise to update more because he is just growing up so fast! We are off to the pool and playdates today!

XOXO

The Ledwiths

7 months...a month of many "Firsts"!

This month has a been a big month of firsts! Starting from the top pics. Carter sat in a highchair at a restaurant like a big boy! He had a great time being able to look around and not be sitting in the booth in his carseat! Carter also got his first haircut! He did so great! He drove the police car and did not even move when she used the clippers around his ears! He did not like her using them on the back of his neck though! We are so proud of him! Continuing on with "firsts", Carter sat in a big boy swing at the park while Mom and Dad pushed him back and forth and he loved it! Afterward he and his Daddy went down the slide! Carter also had his first beach trip to Destin Florida! He put his feet in the sand and ocean! He enjoyed watching the waves crash! The last picture is the first time he was in his swimsuit and sat in a kiddie pool! He had a great time! Our boy is currently trying to cut teeth! Hopefully we will be able to post pics of his front teeth soon! I promise I will try to be better at posting all of the exciting things going on in the Ledwith house more promptly! Especially since our boy is growing so fast! Love to everyone!