HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARTER!!

Today Carter turns one. Very bitter sweet. I wish time would slow down. I love being a mom more than anything in the whole world and Carter has truly showed me joy. He laughs with me every day, and makes me smile exactly when I need it. He is my little buddy, we do everything together. Since the day he was born he has made me happy and that happiness has grown everyday. On his first birthday Carter:

Height: 31 inches (90%)
Weight: 21 lbs. 0 oz. (20%)

Has 4 teeth.
Claps and waves when he hears the words.
Has the cutest red hair I have ever seen.
Gets around everywhere by walking, or running.
Dances when he hears a good beat.
Yells at the baby in mirror, every time he see's him.
Laughs at everything mommy and daddy says to him.
Loves to play with anything he is not supposed to.
Drinks whole milk and eats everything mama and dada does.
Says: mama, dada, hi dad, oh no, oh yea, no no, ball, hi, baba, kitty.
Entertains himself very well on long roadtrips.
Smiles and laughs all day long.
Can mess up the whole house in about 10 minutes.
Has waaaay too many toys!
Loves watching Mickey Mouse.
Loves to help mama cook, clean, do laundry, ect.
Is the ABSOLUTE best blessing we have ever received.
We love you SO MUCH Carter, being your mama is the best thing that has ever happened to me. We are so proud to call you our own!!!

clone baby...

1 year old!

Today I got Carters ONE year old pictures. I seriously can't believe that he is really turning one this month [more on this coming soon in a really sappy post]! I am so excited with how the pictures turned out...enjoy.

Halloween

My mom is obsessed with making halloween costumes. Every year we would throw the weirdest idea's at her and she would always come through with an amazing costume. I wish I had pictures as evidence but just imagine a killer tomato....classic. When I had Carter one of the first things my mom mentioned was how excited she was to start making Halloween costumes again. This year we decided Carter would be a lion and it was legit the cutest costume ever. My mom also made skyler and I costumes, cave people. [I don't have a picture of just Skyler and I cause let's get real...once you have a kid no one cares about the parents anymore.] We had a very fun Halloween weekend and took advantage of lots of fun parties and of course took our little lion door to door.

fall

I am obsessed with fall this year because fall colors match Carters cute hair PERFECTLY! So I took Carter out and unsuccessfully tried to take cute fall pictures. I could not get my super smiley baby to smile for the life of me. After a half hour of trying I gave up and ended up with these.

quick trip to utah

My friend from utah came up to Rexburg to visit for the day and was planning to come back 2 days later to stay the weekend. She asked if I wanted to go back to utah with her for a day, and Carter and I jumped on the opportunity.While we were in utah we... shoppedate alot of thesevisited with friends

and shopped some more. Sounds like a perfect trip to me...[minus the fact that Carter had a hard time sleeping without his normal routine and a crib so I was up all night.] We were glad we got to go down and spend some time with people we love but were ready to get back to our regular routine and of course, daddy!

Carter's first steps!

Today Carter took his very first steps. He just let go of the couch and walked to his toy that was about 5 steps away. We were skyping with my parents so they got to see it too! We scared the poor little guy cause we freaked out, clapping and shouting for him. Those first steps were all he needed to give him the confidence to keep taking steps all night long. I can't believe that at 10 months my baby is walking. I think my heart grows a little more everyday I spend with him.

Carter with a comb over

Obviously he wasn't a big fan....

just like mama

When I was 16 I got my first job. At the time it was my dream job, I absolutely LOVED it, everything about it. I was one of the firsts hired to open a jamba juice in Brentwood and got a bunch of my friends on board. Me and my friends worked together making smoothies and drinking our weight worth everyday. I loved it, we all loved it. I worked there until the day I went off to college, I even went back to working there on breaks from school. Though I do miss the free smoothies and baked goods I love my job as a mommy 1000x more. Last week I drove by jamba and just couldn't resist going and taking a little walk down memory lane. I got my favorite smoothie and gave Carter a sip...that was the moment I was done for, he loved it..literally acting like he was going to die if the straw was not in his mouth. I was proud and thought to myself, just like mama, until I realized that they are 4 bucks each and was not down to constantly buy my boy smoothies. So we went to the store and bought our ingrediants. EVERYDAY since I have made my boy a smoothie out of strawberries/peaches, yogurt, fruit juice and a little ice. It is a great way for him to get his fruit and dairy for the day. He drinks the thing till it is empty and loves every moment of it. I love my little smoothie loving boy!Also, Carter's third tooth broke today, the top right. At this point it is IMPOSSIBLE for me to get a picture of it but maybe I will sneak one when he is sleeping or something. Stay tuned...

Bye bye baby seat!

Today Carter said bye bye to his baby car seat and hello to a big boy one.My poor boy had COMPLETELY grown out of his baby one and was sticking out on both ends. I couldn't pull those straps any looser and we were both over it. So I ordered him and big boy one and he LOVES it. The minute I put him in it he yelled out "EEEEEEEE" with excitement. I love it because I have him in the middle seat so I can see him as I drive and hand him something if I need to. He talked to me the whole drive and enjoyed being forward facing for his first time. I might have cried a little thinking how big my boy is.and of course one of the best parts about getting a new car seat is playing in the box.