Sometimes time goes sooo slow...

... and sometimes it goes by way speedy! This little boy of mine is my sunshine, and I love him so much! He is growing up faster than I want! Even being trapped inside, we have had some wonderful times. I have many friends that put their pictures together in some sort of montage, but I am not that smart, so here they are one by one!

Carter had just started crawling a little in the above picture, and he loved chasing those balls everywhere!! And with that came getting into some tight places!

Also with the beginnings of crawing came the zebra. I am not going to lie, I was DYING to buy him this toy, and videos that will hopefully make their way to the blog soon will show you why. This picture captures some of it... and those are fun daddy's legs behind him. They love playing together!

And then there was Utah! What an amazing trip. Lack of sleep aside, we had a blast. Darin being home was a HUGE highlight, and slacker that I am I didn't get a picture of him, but we were so so excited to see him and hang out.

These are just a few of the wonderful moments we had... hanging with grandmas, playin around the houses, and swinging HIGH HIGH HIGH above the ground!

Let's not forget our morning runs! Let's just say for us desert people, it felt a little chilly! Lame, I know! Poor kid...

And one of my favorite moments, the most beautiful sight I have seen in a while right before we left. It was amazing! Some might say it was a screen-saver moment! :)

Then we came home. And lets repeat one more time.. is he daddy's little boy or what??

And our favorite time of day is....

Look careful at the upper right lip and yes, that is our first fat lip! Great story there... mom was trying for the second time to finish a ten mile run (yes Britt, this is my first, and sadly longest run yet!) when at mile seven daddy pulled up and hollered to mom to get in the car to go get stitches. Long story short, no doctor, no stitches, but a good fat lip and no ten mile run! Thankfully, just this last saturday I finally hit that landmark. Fifteen miles, here I come!

Daddy's big helper. Sort of... if only those shorts would stay on!

Vain? I don't think so. Just curious!

My two boys, just dreaming of better days to come... grass, really anything green and living, and temperatures where outside is no longer nuclear!

And lastly our day at the pool... or one of many I should say. Our awesome friends Scott and Stephanie had their new camera and wanted to practice. I wanted to say no, but... oh wait... YEAH for awesome pictures! Don't you just want to eat him? First was lunch..

Then swimming...

And then the drying off! He is amazing!

And this was the drive home. I am so happy!

All in all, an awesome summer. Training for the marathon has been really hard, not so much the getting out the door, although that is tough, but the part where we went at 5:30 am yesterday and it was 95 degrees! It makes it really tough to stay motivated, and when baby sleeps in, we tend to call it a "cross training" day which really means rest day. So hopefully my body continues to hold up for the long run days. Jared has been a trooper and is actually, although he won't admit it, been bit by the running bug. He secretly really likes it I think, and has built up to 6 miles with no pain! Other than that, it is sewing projects, building and knocking down towers, and figuring out what foods my little man will eat! He is way over baby food!! He also walks around like he owns the joint with his little zebra. It won't be long now!

Today I am grateful for shade!! Miss you guys!

Adventures!

Well, little baby Carter (as his cousins call him) and Mommy and Daddy have had quite the string of adventures lately. A lot of firsts, and a lot of growing up. With the help of his cousin Champ many years ago, he wore through the strap on the doorway jumper to the point of concern of a broken tailbone (or so the online information warns). So off mom and dad went to find a used/cheap jumper, and we stumbled on this...



You may be thinking, my this picture is blurry. That is due to two things: an average camera as opposed to the high speed fancy cameras, and the fact that once he is in this thing, he will NOT stop jumping!!

Next we have the high chair. His chubby little legs finally outgrew the bumbo, and so we bought a high chair! I must say, he LOVES LOVES LOVES sitting at the table, but the tray works too. He looks like such a big boy!!




PS - Yes, we have reached the stage where he must help with EVERYTHING!

Then we had the best quick Saturday lunch at the park! It was so fun! Daddy took the pictures, so he is not in them, but it was a highlight for him as well... a soccer game was going played by 5 year olds, and Jared couldn't take his eyes off of it! He is so excited to have his own allstar to coach!


Then we had our first piano lesson... unofficially. As his teacher my main job was to make sure he didn't fall off the bench, but he loved that too!


And last for today, our latest trip to Utah also made a memory as his first plane flight.. and he did great. Mom was relieved the flight was only an hour and dad was thrilled to get through security without any major mishaps, and baby just wanted to play I spy with the man sitting behind us! We were so grateful to have the third seat in our row empty, and even managed to change a diaper under the radar! I know, who does stuff like that!


Well, the adventures never end with a little one, and the next post will document his newest few feats, like crawling and standing up on his own (with the help of the crib posts!)... let's just say he is busy... as are we!

Happy Friday!

I'm In Love, I'm In Love and I Don't Care Who Knows It!!

(the title is a quote from one of my favorite movies... anyone know which? he he...)

So I mentioned on our anniversary we took some family pictures, and I love them. I officially need like three more picture walls!! Take a look!

Notice the poof of hair... yes, I said poof... on the above picture!

Nap time is over!

If only we could all wake up this happy!!

5 Years and Counting!

Well, we did it! One more year under our belt and an awesome year it has been. The obvious highlights include Carter joining our family, Booker completing puppyhood, and Jared starting Redstone, which has been a big success so far.

To celebrate, we took the day off and relaxed. We started out with a rollerblade ..

(I had been bugging Jared to come up with a way that I could crosstrain with the baby and the dog!), then took some family pictures at a studio (I will post when I get them!), went out to TownSquare and ate lunch at Claimjumper, (not my fault or choice that I am the only full face in this pic!)

and shopped until Carter could barely keep his eyes open. Nothing like watching Jared push an empty stroller, while holding a sleeping baby, and finding a different size for me to try on. Can we say superdad?? After all that, we came home, took a much needed family nap, and cooked an awesome steak dinner. It was an amazing day and Carter was a champ! He did sooooo good, it was motivating for us and really the best time we have had as a family in a long time!

Carter felt like such a big kid in the high chair, and has started to think that washing his hands is a really fun game!

We had an awesome time, and Jar-babe, I love you more now than ever!

Can't wait for next year!!

May Flowers..

Yes, I can say we actually have May flowers, unlike all of you up north from what I hear. Sorry about that!

Well, we had our 6 month check up a week ago now, and Carter is doing great. I kept waiting to post cause I wanted to get some pictures (official 6 month pictures) to go with it, but I am way horrible at getting it done, so here are the numbers:

Weight: 18 lbs

Height: 27 inches

Head: big... we'll leave it at that!

Hair: You can actually see some.

Other Achievements:

• Laughs like a champ.



• Eats like it's going out of style



• Jumps as though he can't stop... gets to the point where he is crying to get out but can't stop jumping still!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


• Can make it through a 5 mile run... depending on the day!
  
  
  
  


• Has mastered grabbing the dogs cheeks. Now we just need to get the letting go part!



• Working on the sippy cup. I have never seen someone so bendy. We will eventually get the lifting it to you part.
  
  
  
  


• Has made a few puts without even being able to see! 1st mini-golf trip!

• Plays with his friends. Or at least doesn't scream when they play with him!

• Wants to look just like daddy!

• Hikes... sleeps... it's all the same.

• Graduated to big boy jammies.. size 12 months!
  

He is doing so awesome, and every day I love love love watching him grow up. I am the luckiest girl alive!!

Stae

Nap Time...

... can no longer be in the bouncer I guess! At least he is starting to take naps, right?

PMA - positive mental attitude!