Precious!

In a sing-song voice, scanning his bookshelf for a goodnight story - "Jesus... Where are you???"  Apparently he wanted a Bible story :)

Rocking Out

Carter's attention span is ridiculous - he can't sit still long enough for a tv show - barely even a book - but he stands mesmerized for 30 minutes straight to watch a band play.  My budding musical genius!  

Today, we met up with Aunts Paige, Maryl, Rosie and Jessica, Uncles Steve and Ryan, and Cousin Garrett for a little lunch a Duck and Decanter.  Honestly, I was a little unsure of the location choice.  Knowing full well that the place is FULL of breakables didn't sound great to me... kinda like a bull in a china shop, you know?  But, for the sake of seeing the family, I packed him a lunch (like I'm going to pay $9 for him to eat a sandwich that he will just take apart), and we made our way to the restaurant.  Of course, we were super early - and luckily just in time to catch the last 30 minutes of a live band.  Carter was in Heaven!  He stood just off to the side of their "stage" area, dancing and cheering for them.  After the set was over, he brought over his own tiny guitar to show off to the guys.  The band members humored him and let him play their guitars and mandolin.  One of them even hung out with Carter for awhile, tuning his toy guitar (thank Goodness!), giving him his first guitar pick, and playing a private concert for him.  Our little rockstar was thrilled with all of the attention, and has been strumming away at his guitar ever since!  Pictures to be posted soon...

The Mullet is Gone!

Well, our little guy is growing up... His beautiful little curls are currently laying on the hallway floor (yeah, I know I need to sweep them up... I'll get to it...).  We finally decided that Carter was growing a bit too old for the mullet (or maybe the mullet was growing too long for him?), so we sat him in the highchair, and I snipped away.  While I certainly don't have a future in hair design, I really did a pretty decent job.  And he suffered through the first hair cut with minimal protesting, until the very end.  What a good boy :)  

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Not Meant for Adults...

I know we're all "kids at heart"... but somethings should just be left for the kids, you know??

Carter's First Pictures!

Well, the lucky little guy received his first camera today.  Can you tell the we finally got tired of Carter trying to grab (and break) ours at every opportunity?  The new one is totally indestructible, and even has a view-finder, like Mom's!  It doesn't take the greatest pictures, but that really isn't the point, is it?  Here is one of his first shots - well, he might have had a little help from Nana...

Some Carter-isms

Carter has had some particularly cute moments during the past few days... here are a few favorites:

"Aw, I love her!" said while hugging every animal, blanket and toy that we own.

When we were reading Noah's Ark, we asked Carter, "What did Noah do?"   He promptly replied, "Ho! Ho! Ho!"  Hmmm... I know they both have a white beard, but really?

"Oh, goodness! Oh, goodness!"  repeated endlessly, whenever we are changing a poopy diaper.  Apparently the smell even bothers him!

Carter grabbed his favorite stack of books (all bible stories - Thanks Gma Jan!), and sat down, saying, "Jesus?  Yeah, Jesus!"  And when he accidentally knocked one of the off the couch, he said, "Silly Jesus!"

Pillows, Blankets... Little People! Oh, my!

Carter has just discovered the immense joy that comes from hiding his toys around the house.  Often, this means that he wanders around, very sad because he can't find what he is looking for... and can't remember just what drawer/box/closet he stuck it in.  Last night, as Chris and I had just turned out the light, I hear Chris- "What the..?"  Well, sure enough, there were at least 5 Little People thoughtfully stowed away inside his pillowcase.  Comfy!!