Finally, Pictures!

Here they are! I will fill you in as we go:

• We have had an awesome January. First we had Chris and Britt visit for a weekend, and it was a blast. Perfect weather, and some awesome runs (best I have had since before baby days) and the best part was... cousins!! Audrey and Carter are so close together it was honestly hilarious watching how different they are. With less than two weeks to separate them, they could not be more opposite.

• Above was the warm up, and below is the true personalities:

• Who couldn't love that! Audrey is the happiest little babe, while Carter has quite the demanding but cutest personality ever!

• Next milestone: THE BUMBO! We were laughing so hard at how many circles his upper body made the first time he was in it! It was making me dizzy, so he didn't stay long

• And then... SUCCESS! He finally decided to take a bottle. But he didn't just decide to take it, he wanted it all to himself!

• Then Grandma Knudsen came to visit, and slacker that I am I didn't get a picture of her with Carter, but I did get a picture of the awesome outfit she gave him... finally, a shirt that talks about mom and not dad!

• All the while, thanks to Rob and Jen he has had the appropriate attire for every BYU basketball game we have watched. I learned not to put it on early, just in case! It may be possible that he likes BYU better than mom based on these two faces!

• Following his progression through the month, mommy needed a way to set him down without laying him down, so the exersaucer was purchased... off of Craigs List of course! But he could not be more cute... and I am sorry about the baby talk!

• Also to be noted, he is getting pretty darn strong! We are SOOOO excited to sit up!! Tummy time is virtually non-existent because he rolls over so fast, I can't keep him there long enough! Tried to get it on video about a thousand times, not fast enough.

• And then of course, we had our four month appointment where Carter was given the OK to try solids... starting with the rice. There is for sure room for improvement, but it had to be documented!

STATS:

Healthy, mostly happy (except when with dad! /: ) little boy, weighing in at 15 lbs. 1 oz., and 25 1/2 inches long! We LOVE him!

Still to come:

• baby blessing pictures
• the night were 4 hours doesn't feel like a miracle
• when he gets more food in his mouth than on mom!

Stae

Heard a Funny Story...

So, a few weeks ago, we heard a great story that made us go, "really, someone would do that?" Here's how it goes.

A good friend of ours has a little boy whom they love love love. This little one is newly mobile, meaning he is getting into all sorts of mischief. One day while at his grandma's, he found the Glade Plug-In and thought it looked really interesting. While making sure to time it when no one was watching, this child who is not even 1 year old found his way to the plug in, and decided to taste it. When mommy saw what he was doing, she had a panic attack, ran over and finished off the plug-in herself before calling poison control.

Now any normal person might think, "Wow, not sure why anyone would do that!" We had a good laugh about the story, but in truth, tonight I am sitting here thinking about that crazy mother. While I can honestly say I would never have the "I want to experience what my child is going through so I will drink a plug-in" mentality, I realize a little more every day how precious our little boy is and how lucky I am to have not only a healthy child, but how lucky I am that I have the gospel in my life to understand that even if something happens, God loves my little one more than I do.

Just wanted to share that little thought. I love my little boy more than I thought possible. You hear that a lot, but it is so much more real when you have to watch your child go through something hard, big or little.

Anyways, just a thought.

Stae

Pictureless!

I have not loaded any new pictures on, not to say that there are not any! But they will have to wait! BUT I am getting way to far behind to ever hope to catch up. So here are the latest stats:

CARTER:
-growing like a weed... out of sheer curiosity we weighed him at our neighbors and he came in at 14 lbs 11 oz at 3 1/2 months old. Getting kinda excited for the 4 month appt!
-finally was blessed... good stories to be told with the pictures that we are waiting for.
-giggles that are the highlight of my life!
-loves his exersaucer and bumbo chairs. Head still wobbles a bit, but he sure looks cute!
-eating out of control - I can no longer keep up, so we started to suppliment... he now recognizes the bottle and sends VERY clear messages when that is what he wants!
-uses at least 3 bibs a day with the crazy mad drooling he achieves.
-attempting to sleep in the crib. Still does much better in the bouncer, but looks adorable in that huge bed.
-still the best cuddler in the world! I LOVE IT!
-recognizes mommy, which is fun for mom, not so much for dad. Actually screams with dad... any suggestions?

STACEY:
-started teaching again, and have only realized that I just want to be with my superman.
-trying to start running. doing really good at starting and stopping on a regular base... not so great on the consistency aspect!
-learned the best granola recipe ever! Yum!
-learned making granola and really anything else is much harder when baby has his way!
-has managed to brush my teeth every day, but cannot say the same for getting ready!
-LOVED LOVED LOVED having family to visit the last little while! Come again soon, and for anyone that hasn't come, visit while the weather is good!

JARED:
-always the allstar, he is rocking it with work (or work is rocking him... some days not sure which).
-loving seminary, and when doughnuts are present, he is the best teacher in the world according to the kids!
-gave his first baby blessing... how proud he was that the baby didn't scream the whole time!
-considering training for the marathon with me... shocking I know... but is not quite sold!
-only somewhat obsessed with Jimmer and the Cougars! Go team!
-still aspires to clean the high windows in our house... we will see how he plans to achieve this!

That's the fam... hope everyone else is well, and can't wait to share the pics and stories that accompany them!

Stae