3 years

36 months married
35 ,000 miles put on our car
34 times on an airplane
33 finals completed (and passed!)
32 days spent apart (Carter and I took a few trips to California and Texas while Skyler had to stay behind for work and school)
31 months living in Rexburg
30 the number of understandable words in Carters vocabulary, although he thinks he knows SO much more!!
27 days (or less) until we get to meet our baby girl
25 Skyler's age
24 months of snowfall we lived through!
23 My age
20 month old Carter!
19 months spent pregnant
16 the number of months Carter was on a bottle
15 hair cuts between the 3 of us
14 the number of hours carter sleeps in a day
12 the average number of songs Carter has me sing him a day
11 the number of hours I spent in labor with Carter
10 months Skyler and I dated before we got married
9 the number of months Skyler and I were married when we found out I was pregnant!
8 the average number of hours skyler works a day
7 the number of movies we have been to in a theater (I am not a movie lover)
6 new cell phones
5 the number of names on our list to name baby girl
4 different "homes"
3 months living in Milwaukee
2 months living in Portland
1 crazy life we live!
I love you Skyler and would not have wanted to share all this with anyone but you!!


I tried REALLY hard to do all the numbers but my pregnancy brain is no where near as sharp as my normal brain!!

splish splash!

The weather here in Rexburg has FINALLY heated up and we are loving it. I'm not sure if we have hit 90 yet but the 80's have been great. Carter loves to play outside so I figured it was the perfect time to get him a kiddie pool. I hit the jackpot with this one, he LOVES it and I love lounging outside working on my tan as he plays in it for hours straight!

I have been back blogging like crazy so scroll down for a few more new posts!

4th of July

I love the 4th of July. I love all the red, white, and blue. I love how communities come together. I love our country. This year for the 4th we went down town and watched the annual parade. I always love Rexburg parades, they have the small town feel, everybody has a float from the local grocery store to the nursing home. After the parade we came home so Carter could take a nap and anxiously waited my families arrival for a short visit to Rexburg. Once they arrived we relaxed for a minute then headed to Idaho falls for some dinner and fireworks. Carter wasn't as excited about the fireworks as I thought he would be but I think that's because it was past his bed time by the time they finally started! Maybe next year...

Texas

Skyler's uncle Coby got married a few weeks ago and it was the perfect excuse to head to Texas for a break from Idaho. The weather was HOT HOT HOT and I loved it. The cutest little groomsmen. Riding Poopaw's tractor. Carter and his second? cousin Zebb. They are exactly a year apart and both have the cutest red hair! We spent a ton of time in the pool and driving Carter around the property on the golf cart. We had a ton of fun and can't wait to go back to Nana and Poopaw's for another visit!

the great outdoors

Skyler has been wanting to go camping as a family FOREVER and we have been waiting on the weather to warm up. I got him a bunch of camping gear for father's day and it sent him over the edge with excitement for a family camping trip but the weather was still too cold at night to take Carter camping. Finally JULY came and the weather heated up. My best friend Jennie called and suggested planning a camping trip, I was all over the idea and knew Skyler would love me forever when I gave him the news. So we planned and that weekend us, the Packards, and Moss' all went camping in Island Park.
Setting up campCarter and Skyler shared a sleeping bag and kept each other warm in the 30 degree weather we had that night. I had baby girl to keep me warm and uncomfortable all night while sleeping on the hard ground. Carter entertaining Jace while we got ready for breakfast.The next day we headed to yellowstone to enjoy all the sites before we leave Idaho forever!and the only family picture from the whole trip.....
next time I will check for overall family attractiveness.

18 months

Carter turned 18 months at the end of May. I can not believe how fast time has flown! These last few months Carter has grown SO MUCH in every way and keeping up with him has been fun and tiring! Carters 18 Month stats:

Height: 34 inches (90%)
Weight: 25 lbs. 2 oz. (25%)

Carter is 100% boy, he loves anything with wheels! You can usually find him pushing a car/truck/train/tractor, ect around the floor.He runs on his toes and it is the cutest thing EVER.
He is off his baba and drinks juice, water, and milk out of sippys or a straw.
Boo boo is finally good at restraunts, he will sit at the table and eat all of his food, good boy :)!
Carter is a very quiet and thoughtful reader, he reads everything (dvd's, books, cd's, cereal boxes, food labels, ect). He will read something for a good 5 minutes before he moves to the next thing/page. The only noise he makes when he is reading is if he see's something he recognizes like, "ball", "manny", "quack quack", ect.He is transitioning to only one nap a day (against my will, haha) but still sleeps for a good 2.5 hours when he naps.
Carter goes to bed about 8:30 pm and wakes up about 8 am.
He makes the sounds of a kitty, dog, bee, monkey, train, elephant, chicken, duck and tractor.His vocabulary has EXPLODED in the last few months, it includes, hi. no. yes. ball. bath. thank you. mama. dada. out. baba. juice. nana. hot. shoe. baby. kitty. dude. cheese. oh no. i do. i NEED. i know. i don't know.
Carter LOVES to go to the park. He loves everything about it, the slides, swings, bridge, all the other kids, and especially checking out all the cool bike tires on all the bikes at the park, haha! He also loves to count everything... 2, 2, 2, 2. so funny!
Almost everything I tell Carter he responds, I know. It cracks everyone up, never known a boy who knows so much, haha!!Carter loves strawberries and can down a carton in a day or two.
Carter loves Mickey mouse, handy manny and chuggington.
He would play outside all day if I would let him, he LOVES the outdoors just like his mommy and daddy.One of the favorite things about Carter is how much he LOVES babies. He pets their heads and says "awwwwww" and then tries to take care of them. If they cry he gives them a binkie or a baba. He loves to makes babies smile and laugh. It makes me feel 100% better about how he is going to react to our new baby.I love being this little guys mommy more than anything in the whole world!!!

easter

I hate getting behind on blogging cause the amount of back blogging I have to do is insane. I have thought about getting around to it but I probably won't. So I am starting here and hopefully (yeah right....) not going to get behind again.

SO Easter...My parents came up here for the weekend and I was sooo excited that they did. I called/texted every hour (probably more) to see where they were and when they finally got to Pocatello I was counting down the minutes. Its always so fun to have visitors up here, I love taking everyone around to my favorite spots in town and I LOVE having my mom cook for me! I was looking through my pictures and have ZERO of any of my family when they were here so this is going to be another blog of just pictures of Carter, surprise surprise.My mom's friend/my friend Lisa-Marie (isn't that weird when you and your mom have some of the same friends) invited us to their neighborhood Easter egg hunt. We were late and missed the hunt but they set up some extra eggs for Carter to hunt, he was more interested in running around but did stop for a few eggs. After the hunt we went over to their house and Carter had a blast jumping on the trampoline with cute little Meg. It was probably one of the cutest things in the world.On Easter morning the Easter bunny brought Carter a tonka truck basket full of lot's of candy and a basketball hoop. I don't know which one Carter was more excited about. It was so fun to watch his excitement and get to enjoy a relaxing Easter sunday with my family.


And here I am at 22 weeks (last week I think) rocking a much bigger bump this time around. Right around 19 weeks I woke up and all the sudden my belly was huge, like waaay more pregnant than I am huge but it has slowed down. I am having a really good pregnancy and still can't believe I am having a girl. I think about everyday how blessed I am...I seriously could not ask for more. I LOVE my husband with everything in me and Carter has made our family so perfect, I can't wait to see how much joy baby girl is going to bring to us :))))))!

spring break

For Skyler's spring break we decided to take a trip to sunny Arizona to visit family. I was looking forward to some sun shine from the second I booked the tickets. We unfortunately brought the cold weather with us for the first 2 days but it finally warmed up and Carter wore shorts every day we were there.The Phoenix ZooBonfire at Mamie'sBeing cute with Dada
I obviously forgot to take very many pictures but these are the cuties I have. We had so much fun and with every vacation it reminds me how ready I am to leave ice cold Rexburg forever.

It's a.....

GIRL!!!!!!!!!

I literally DIED and went to heaven. We are soooo excited. A little girl to make our family perfect :))!
....I'm out shopping.

life:

Just enjoying every minute.



also:: I realized I haven't made an official "blog announcement" about baby #2. So even though everyone already knows, it's official now.

BABY #2 is on the way, we are THRILLED!! I am due the first of September. We find out what we are having on thursday. I am 100% convinced that it is a boy, but I have been wrong about things in the past..haha. Either way I can't wait to be cuddling a newborn baby in 21 short weeks!!