Carter is ONE!

It's been WAY too long since I've put anything on here....and my has the time flown....Carter turned 1 last week!  I can't believe how fast my baby is growing up!  A little about him now......

*He weighs 24 pounds and is 31 inches long

*He isn't walking yet, but standing unassisted a lot...I know walking is probably only weeks away..

*He says about 4-5 words: "mama" "dada" "nana" "papaw"...

*He is still the happiest baby I know!  Always smiling :)

*He is completely weaned and drinking whole milk now...no bottle either...the pacifier is the next thing to go.....

He is the joy of our lives and we have so much fun together!  I've included some pictures of the last few weeks.  Motherhood is the most fulfilling job ever! :)

I NEED that cape!!! 

6 YEARS WITH MY SOULMATE

Last week, Tom and I celebrated 6 wonderful years together! I really can't believe it's been that long, but it has and do we have some wonderful memories together :) Our whirlwind courtship was something right out of a book and our wedding day was the best day of my life! We really do have a wonderful story to share with our children and grandchildren someday. I love my husband so much and am so thankful that God placed me with the "perfect for me" mate <3

Carter is 8 months

As of yesterday, Carter is now 8 months old!!! He is getting SOOOO big too.....he weighs nearly 21 pounds and is about 28 1/2 inches long...WOW! He's outgrowing everything it seems. Some new things he's started doing in the last month are:
-sitting up on his own
-said his first word, "Mama"
-crawling (well sort of...more of a half drag/half crawl, but he gets wherever he wants to go this way)
-clapping his hands
-waving bye-bye (he's only done this a few times, but we're working on it!)
-lots of 'vocalizing' I like to call it ;) Squeals and high pitched babbling *cute*
-definately into his toys more...he'll sit in the floor and turn a block over and over in his hands. He loves his stacking rings....he'll take each one off (now he needs to learn to put them back on!)

As always, he's such a joy to have around....he's a very good baby. He did experience his first real sickness this past month: a cold and cough followed by a double ear infection. He had it for about 2 weeks, and I thought I was going to lose my mind! He's still a little stuffy, but over the worst of it for sure. Thankfully, he's back to sleeping through the night and being happy during the day.....and even when he was sick, out of the 2 weeks, there was only about 2 days he was even fussy during the day....so no matter how he's feeling, he's just an all around happy baby :)