Santa Baby!

Messy Time

A place called Smart Play was offering free art classes for toddlers this month. Carter, Jeremy and I went and checked it out and really enjoyed it. They also offer music, language and many other classes. We may enroll Carter in a few next year.


Here we are gluing on the pieces to our gingerbread house.

Here we are painting our Christmas tree.

Happy Thanksgiving

This year we had a lot to be thankful for. Most importantly, we were thankful to get to spend time with our family and friends in Toledo.

More Elmo pics

Every other Tuesday a different character comes dressed up to our local Big Boy restaurant. A few weeks ago Elmo came. Carter got dressed in his Elmo shirt and we went to have dinner with Elmo. It was great!


He actually sat on Elmo's lap, I was shocked.

Giving Elmo five.

Getting ready for bed

Look at that face!










Here's a kid that's played hard all day.

Elmo Live!

Like most toddlers now, Carter's new best friend is Elmo. Elmo Live came to Toledo recently, so we took Carter to his first stage performance. He really enjoyed it and he kept telling us that he wanted to touch Elmo and couldn't understand why he couldn't.

It's so amazing to see these things through a child's eyes.

Here he is pointing out all of the characters from Sesame Street.

Playing in the leaves

Back in November, Carter and I took advantage of one of the last nice days and played in the leaves. We had a great time.

Carter's New Potty

Carter has been very fascinated with the potty lately. Anytime he hears the potty flush, he runs to see who's using the potty. He even brings us diaper and wipes when he thinks he needs to be changed. Just recently he's started announcing very loudly that he's pooped. Once he figured out how to sit on the potty he loves it!

Here he is reading his potty book while sitting on the potty. He's officially a man now!

Happy Halloween!

For those of you that haven't seen Carter in his cow costumer over the past month since we got it...he wears it every day, here he is......He can actually say moo too!

These were taken when I had his 18 month pictures taken.

This picture is from trick or treating. Carter really enjoyed going to everyone's house. Of course he didn't start saying trick or treat until today, the day after, but oh well. Also, everytime someone went to put candy in his bag, he told them no. I wonder how long that will last???

18 Month Pics

I can't believe my little bundle of joy is 18 months already. He's so amazing. He's speaking in sentences, singing and finally DONE NURSING:( I realized that I couldn't nurse him forever, so we finally decided to cut him off two days before he turned 18 months and it's gone quite well. Here are a couple of pics from his last photo session. Unfortunately, now that he doesn't want to sit unless he wants to, we have fewer pictures than normal.

Enjoy!

Petting Zoo

The Pumpkin Patch also had a mini petting zoo. Carter really enjoyed the animals. It was so funny because he was trying to tell the animals of the animal sounds that he knew and the sounds that he knew weren't the sounds that those animals made.

Pumpkin Patch

We decided to take Carter back to the same pumpkin patch that we took him to last year. The weather was beautiful! 80 degrees, to be exact. Carter must have checked out EVERY pumpkin in the patch. He definately had a great time.

Like father, like son

Don't tell Jeremy that I posted this picture. They both sleep with their arms above their heads. Aren't they cute when they're sleeping?

Daddy's Little Helper

Carter loves to spend time with his Daddy outside. Here's a picture of Carter helping Daddy water the grass.

I think this may be one of my favorite pictures this summer.

Water Park

For our 5 year anniversary we went to a water park in Toledo. We took Carter there for the day and then my mom kept him overnight for the first time.





Daddy and Carter on the water slide.









Daddy, Mommy and Carter taking a ride in the lazy river.









Happy!









Daddy and Carter splashing in the water.











Smile:)

A few of his favorite things

I apologize that it's been so long since I've posted. No real excuses, just that I've been busy enjoying the summer with Carter. I thought I'd share with you a few of his favorite things.



He loves buses. He watches the kids get on and off everyday. The mall has a bus ride and as you can see, he is enjoying riding it.









We are very lucky to live across from the lake. Carter goes there just about everyday to play in the sand and feed the ducks.










Grandma and Papa bought Carter this bike and he loves to ride it. He even makes the vroom, vroom sound.