October 2012

I thought I would do a quick summary of our October this year in pictures.  We have had a lot of fun this month!

Wearing his fireman boots at bedtime (and showing off his busted lip)

Reading with Nana before dinner

Being silly during Sarah Fenlaw's visit

Sweet Abigail playing with Sophie 

Kyle Kingman (6 weeks old)

Showing off her new skill of sitting up all by herself!

Carter & Jenna watching "Curious George" with Sarah

What a sweet friend she is!

Reading books

I see this face A LOT lately :)

Carter the Librarian

Cousin Bathtime

The Armstrongs came over for dinner last night and we had such a fun bathtime with these three cuties:

Abigail Lee (6 months)

Abigail & Mommy

Time for Kisses!

Look who can sit up all by herself!

Happiest baby

Jenna (3) & Carter (20 Months)

Throwing bubbles on each other

This is fun!

Clean babies

We love being able to walk between each other's houses and schedule last minute dinners.  Thanks for coming over, Armstrongs!

Happy Birthday, Tay Tay!

Yesterday was Taylor's 23rd birthday and we had so much fun celebrating with her!  After I picked Carter up from MDO, we went over to the Johnson's to help Tay Tay cook.  Yes, she was making her own birthday dinner...because she is so amazing in the kitchen and because she was the one home to do it!  It was a fun day cooking with Tay, playing with Grams, Papa & Nana and eating one of the best "birthday dinners" EVER!  Below was our menu:

Steamed Artichokes with Lemon Butter
Shannon's Cole Slaw
Mashed Potatoes with Cream Gravy
Cream Cheese Corn
Oven Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Parmesan
Chicken Piccatta
Kim's Rustic Bread
Birthday Cupcakes & Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Carter was extra thoughtful and picked up a bouquet of balloons & a rose for his aunt at HEB

Messy Nutella Face

Birthday Girl

Ready for dinner

Thankful for these people!

We love you, Taylor!

Carter & Aunt Tay Tay

Love the way they are looking at each other here... 

Kisses

Throwing the football with Daddy

This was maybe the most fun he had all day!

Happy Birthday, Tay!  We love you and are thankful for your life!

Go, Go, Go!

One of Carter's favorite things to do these days is to watch a sporting event, especially football games.  We took him to his first Temple Wildcat game a few weeks ago and I was happily surprised with how well he did.  I thought we might be able to stay for a little while before he decided that he did not want to sit any longer, but he was TOTALLY MESMERIZED and loved it!  He clapped for the players, yelled "Go, Go, Go" - which is what he yells anytime he sees a football game on TV - and cheered with the rest of the fans like a pro.  We were able to stay through halftime and we all had a great time!  Since he did so well, we decided to go back yesterday for the big Homecoming game against the Belton Tigers.  Sally, Lee, Jenna & our friends the Fryars (Mark, Makenzie, Harper (4) & Harrison (19 months)) joined us too!  You will never believe this, but we stayed the ENTIRE game and Temple won 50-44 at the very end.  It was an exciting game and a fun evening with some great friends!

Dads & Kids walking to the car

Carter on Uncle Lee's shoulders

The Fryars

The Johnsons & Armstrongs (minus sweet Abigail, who was home with G'ma)

We are so blessed to have great friends and to be able to do fun things like cheering on our Alma Mater together!

September 2012

Here is a quick summary of our September in pictures.  It has been a busy month and I have not been very good about using my camera.  I will try to be better next month!

Carter's 1st Day of Fall MDO at First United Methodist Church

His teacher is Ms. Kari and she is SO SWEET!

Showing off his train conductor hat after going to the Model Train Show at the Expo Center after church with Jenna

Our little train conductor picking out his books for bedtime

Playing in the Rain! (see separate post)

Carter loves to help Tyler mow and he often asks to do it, even if it is raining...

He also enjoys seeing his reflection in the oven glass

Dancing to the music on TV

Dancing with Daddy

Where is Carter???

Bathtime

Sweet baby face (19 months)

Tamara & John's Wedding in San Diego, CA on September 22, 2012:

Moon Daddy's 60th Birthday (see separate post)