Daredevil

Carter could be described as a "scaredy" cat. If a cartoon he's watching has a scary character or makes scary noises then he wants to "hold mommy." So I assumed that bright lights, strangers, and crazy carnival rides would be a little intimidating. I was wrong. We went with the Jones' (Jason, Rebecca, Anderson & Sullivan) to the Gurdon Forest Festival Saturday night, they had a small midway with kiddie rides. It was a neat, small town thing. They also had free, live music all day and the last concert was Jody Evans (Nashville start top 3 and Arkadelphia cop). I think all of Gurdon was there. But back to Carter... the first ride Chris was able to ride with him and then he rode a couple of rides with Anderson (age 3). He loved it!! Chris didn't try to put him on the mini ferris wheel because he thought the whole cage thing might be a little much. But wrong again, Rebecca and I went with them the second time and Carter wanted to ride the Ferris Wheel, the attendant didn't want to let him on at first because the "cage" had to be balanced. Carter was not taking no for an answer. Anderson wanted to ride too and then 2 little girls walked up. So they packed the 4 kids in this tiny cage, I would have been having a claustrophobic fit. Not the boys they were squealing and waving and laughing and probably scaring the little girls to death. The last ride of the night...lady bugs, Carter yelled YEE-HAW the entire ride.

All of the excitement and I didn't have a camera!! Very Sad!!

Millie - 7 Weeks

This was my first week back at work and Millie's first week to go to Nana's. I think things went pretty good. Pop was on vacation so Carter was very entertained. The true test will be when Pop's not around and the weather is too bad for them to be outside. These first 7 weeks have flown by, it'll seem to go even faster now that I'm back at work. Hope you enjoy the pics...

Reunion

This is a little late, but we had our 10 year reunion on the 14th. I just got this picture and I thought I would put it up. It won't be long and we won't believe Millie was ever this small. I also thought it was a great picture of Jan and Nina, who would believe that we've been out of school for 10 years. ha ha. I must say that I was way ahead or just a lot crazier than the rest of our "group" I've already had #2 and the next closest is pregnant with #1. We had a good time and it was great to get to see everyone.

Millie - 6 weeks

This week was a week of firsts and lasts. The first time we left Millie with Nana while we went to the Clark County Alumni dinner. Pretty exciting date night. My last week off of work. I'll head back to Gurdon next week. We've had a good 6 weeks, if it wasn't for the sleep deprivation it would have been a nice little vacation. I had a couple of nights with 4 hours of sleep without interruption. It's like college again when I thought 4 hours was a good night sleep. At least now I get a couple of hours on either side of the 4 hour stretch. Carter has been Mr. Social this week, he spent a couple of nights with Nana and then Gran picked him up yesterday. They are planning to go to the zoo tomorrow. Here is our 6 week photo shoot...

Big Stretch...

Growing...

I have been experiencing technical difficulties with this post. I tried to put up these pictures yesterday but with no success. I'm trying again today.

We are using one of Carter's teddy bears as a growing chart for Millie. Something I wish I had done with Carter but never did. This might be the only second child that has her picture taken more than the first. It's because I regret not taking more of Carter during the early days. I think I was too much of a zombie with him, it's really all a blur. The first pic is ~3 days old and the second picture we took Sunday afternoon (~38 days).

While we were taking the teddy pics guess who had to get into the picture too? We were shocked. It's probably the first time that he has really tried to interact with Millie. Chris was snapping like crazy trying to get a good one of them together. I think he succeeded...

Millie - 5 Weeks

These aren't the cutest, but they are real...these are what we have for our five-week pictures...we were trying to see if Nana'a old wive's tale about putting zinc oxide (fancy for Desitin) helped with baby acne...it hasn't

Pumpkins and more...

I'm getting behind, so I'm playing catch-up today. The Annual Pumpkin Day at the Hunter's in Manchester was this last weekend. It was the first one we've gotten to go to. Carter was only about 5 days old two years ago and last year I had to work. I thought that Carter would really enjoy it, and he did after about an hour of saying "carry carter" and holding on to Chris' leg. We finally got a few pics, but it wasn't easy. Carter loved the hayride behind the tractor and of course the pony ride was his favorite.


Sunday we took some pics after church because Nana had a picture of us and Carter when he was a newborn and she wanted one with Millie. Carter is crying because Pop was nearby and not holding him. We were also disrupting his Sunday routine of leaving church and going straight to Mazzio's.

Millie - 4 weeks

Our first time to play 'dress up'. Millie had a new dress and hair bow that we had to take some pics of. She might kill me for the bow later in life, but it sure is cute right now!!

Carter is posing on the ladder that Nana caught him climbing on when he could barely climb stairs. He's an old pro now.

First Photo Shoot

What a morning!! We tried to have the kiddos picture made together. No such luck. Carter started the day pretty fussy and it only got worse once we arrived at the studio. I'll post the pics when we get them.

Everyday I am amazed at how Carter's vocabulary is expanding. He called Nana "precious" yesterday, PRECIOUS?? I of course asked where he got that because it's not exactly a word we commonly use. Mom said that she has called him precious before. He has also started putting multiple words together such as "STOP IT DADDY(or mommy or nana)" when we're doing something he doesn't like, such as changing his diaper. Since he was ~18 months old before he was even saying mommy, it's pretty crazy all that he has started doing in 6 months time. Now I'll have to start worrying about what he might say when we're not around. Hopefully nothing too inappropriate...