Lacey's Graduation

Lacey and I


Carter crawling in the grass

posing for some more pics

The yummy food

the triplets and my mom with Carter

Park fun

more park fun



On Sunday we went up to Shenandoah Iowa for Lacey's graduation. It was a good time and good food. Carter had fun playing with his cousins, being outside and going to park. We left at 7 with a very tired child but got caught up in a storm that kept him awake and made us pull over until it stopped. We ended our Memorial day weekend with a breakfast at holmes park (sorry we forgot the camera there) and emptied out the store room to build some shelves. We had a very busy but fun weekend. make sure and check out all the post below. There are 6 new ones. Sorry for the delay in posting. Enjoy!

Memorial Day

Here are some picture of us at Mahoney State Park. We go up every year with Chad's family who gets a cabin up there. We grill out and sometimes take a walk around the park but we weren't able to do that this year because it was Carter's bed time.

Remote control

Carter absolutely loves this old remote we gave him. He thinks it is a "no no" item so that makes his drive to get it that much more. We make him work for it to try and encourage crawling. Here a a few pictures of him attempting to get it.

Hamper fun

Helping with the Laundry

Attempting to fold daddy's shirt - Having fun sitting in the hamper

His eye caught his toy---he started to lean----and over he fell

Determined to get the toy

Success!

Hamper day fun! It will be more fun when he knows how to fold the clothes.

Outdoor Fun

Playing outside on the blanketAction shot of Nase and Tatze playing

The backyard

Nase helping Carter

Playing with his remote

There have been some beautiful days here in Lincoln and Carter and I have taken advantage of them. He really enjoys being outside. The pugs like it too! It really helps break up our day a little bit.

Trying to feed himself

Messy FaceAll Done

At Carter's 9 month appointment the doctor said he is going to start wanting to feed himself more and will become more independent. He will feed himself cheerios and puffs but really hasn't show a ton of interest in doing other foods. So I attempted to let him do what he wanted with his food and he had no desire to put the food in his mouth. He just wanted the spoon and to tip the bowl upside down. I don't even think he knew there was food in the bowl. It was funny to watch him. Now that we have tried more finger foods he is better about doing it himself but I still have to say he is a smart boy and would rather sit back and relax and have us feed him.

Carter's 9 month pictures

We got this one done for Al and Karen



I got my picture taken with Carter at 3 months so I wanted Chad to have some pics too!


Sweet and Innocent.........................biting and pinching.




Sorry for the late post. Things have kept us pretty busy around here. We got these taken on Mother's Day. They turned out pretty good considering the studio was an hour behind and Carter was tired and hungry. We also took him for his 9 month appointment and things looked pretty good. Carter was happy because it didn't involve any shots. He was 18lbs 14oz which only put him in the 25th percentile. Some other things he is doing is eating table food. He has now had cheese, turkey, chicken, hummus, diced pears, diced peaches, mandarin oranges, pita bread, crackers, cottage cheese, green beans, ham, and pasta noodles (which he isn't quite ready for). We have let him try quite a few things off our plates and he seems to like most of it. Chad of course gave him a bite of pudding which he loved. He is not crawling yet but has his own version on army crawl but it doesn't get him around fast yet. He will roll to get what he wants and spends a lot of time on his belly. He still rocks in the crawl position but hasn't done it yet. He can spin himself around on his belly to do a 180 if he needs to get something. His favorite toys are a spatula, an old remote we gave him as a decoy, and his busy ball choo choo. He is a lot more content on his own to play because he can move to get things. He spends a lot of time on the counter with me watching me cook or doing dishes. that is how the spatula became one of his favorite toys. He stands up on things we put him at and will do that for a while but will occasionally let go out of no where which only leads to tears. He has become a lot more interactive with the dogs and grabs for the chains on their collars. Both of the pugs will sit next to him and let him touch them until Carter makes a sudden movement, loud noise or grabs a fist full of hair. When any of those happen Nase retreats back to his bed or sits just out of his reach. We have been going on a lot of walks together as a family in the evening and Carter has really enjoyed that. We have also had some quality outdoor play time as well. He has been busy with lots of family and friends over the last few weeks. He enjoys being the center of attention.