Merry Christmas

This was Carter's first Christmas and what a lucky little guy to have it snow!! Christmas Eve we were supposed to hang out with Grandma Becky and Grandpa Kelly but the roads were too bad so Grandma brought us some dinner and had to head back home. After eating and bedtime I stayed up and finished wrapping the rest of the gifts and found it kind of funny that I had trouble sleeping because I was so excited for Trent to wake up to all his gifts from Santa!! Carter was actually the first one up so we played for awhile until Trent finally woke up then the fun began. We explored the house to find Santa left some "snow" by the chimney and ate all the cookies we left out. We all opened our stockings and gifts and really just enjoyed our morning. Carter wasn't too sure what was going on but had fun playing with all the toys as Trent unwrapped gift after gift. From there we all got ready and headed out for our Christmas brunch with my mom and Kelly. This year seemed like one of the best; the food was awesome and we really enjoyed ourselves! After eating we headed back to our house and opened gifts with mom and Kelly. From there, it was naptime! After everyone got their naps in, we headed to my Aunt Jayne's house in Heath. It was a full house and we had a great time seeing everyone and eating some more good food! Trent really enjoyed playing with my cousin's little guy, it's fun seeing them get older together. Trent would run around and ask where his cousin was, it was too cute!

The next morning started the rest of our Christmas celebrations. We went over to Sugar and Pop Seale's house for brunch and you'll never guess it but yes we opened more gifts! :-) It was very relaxing and Pam, Melissa and I even got to play a game of Life during naptime. After everyone was up we packed up and headed over to Meemaw and Peepaw's house for out final celebration. The kids had a great time running around and playing together.

Even though it's a bit exhausting going from Christmas to Christmas I enjoy every minute of the time we get with our families.

We are so blessed for all the wonderful people in our lives!!

Trent's conversations

Me: Trent are you a ma ma's boy?
Trent: No, I'm a daddy's boy. Daddy's a boy, I'm a boy, Carter's a boy, YOU are a girl


Trent: Ma Ma, what are you looking for?
Me: The remote control
Trent: Mystery took it.

I'm driving and ask Trent if Carter is sleeping.
Trent: No
Trent to Carter: Carter, are you tired?
Me: What is he doing?
Trent: Ma Ma, I'm talking to Carter right now.


We met up with some friends yesterday and they have a 2 month old baby and their little girl is about 6 years old. Trent walked up to her and said very proudly, "I have a baby brother too!"

6 months later...

I'll be posting more from Thanksgiving but just wanted to post these pictures of Carter and Teagan, my sweet little neice!

The one on the left is from May and the one on the right is from November.

9 months...a little late

Ok I promise I'll get Carter's 10 month post on time! Here is what our little guy has been up to:

He now has one little tooth at the bottom. He crawls, pulls up, cruises and is very busy yet not quite as busy as his brother was. He is very mellow but will "voice" himself when he wants something or is upset. He has been sleeping farley good, still may wake up at night but just drinks his bottle and is back to sleep. He's in size 4 diapers and 12-18 month clothes. He babbles and makes noises all the time. Some of his most common are dadada, babababa and mamama.

Here are his stats from his 9 month check up:

Height: 30 inches 97th percentile

Weight: 24.8 lbs 95th percentile

Head 18 inches 75th percentile

The doctor said he's doing good and right on track. He pinches his fingers when picking up his food and is actually a pretty clean eater for a baby! This time has really flown by and I'm in disbelief my baby will be a year soon!!!