Carter is 2!

It's hard to believe my baby boy is 2!!! On his actual birthday he took donuts to Rick and Amy's for breakfast....

He also was sung to about 20 times during the day and got balloons from Nana and Maggie, Sophie and Isaac. 

This puppy was attached to the balloons and he loves it.  He name it buddy...just like Nana's dog.

We also took him out to dinner that night with Rick and Amy and the kids to Applebees.  I didn't get any pictures because it wasn't the best experience. He is 2 and isn't very good when eating out.  He did settle down a little when his food came, and he liked when they sang to him. 

TIME TO PARTY

We had a combined birthday/superbowl party.  It was really fun and I think Carter had a great time. We started the morning out with a new hairstyle. 

He was ready for a haircut and so we decided to do a mohawk for the party.

This was his cake 

Then the cake to share...(we only needed about a 1/4 of this)

Enjoying cake and ice cream.  (Kari is talking to Nana and Gma Willard.  We webcamed them in for the celebration)

He really liked opening his presents with all of the help from the cousins.

The highlight was this gun from the Palmer boys apparently when he played at their house he wouldn't put it down.  This picture also shows his post hair cut. The plan all along was to shave his head to support Grandma Jean and her first Chemo treatment the next day.  (if you want to follow that story this is the blog jeanpalmerfamily.blogspot.com

Carter went to his pediatrician for his 2 year well child check and is doing great.  He does whatever the nurse asks as long as he gets a sucker off the desk.  He weighs 29.8 pounds and is 34 inches tall.  He didn't have to have any immunizations and other than the flu shot until he starts kindergarten. 

We love you Carter!! Happy Birthday!!!!

Half way there...

I am half way there with pregnancy #2! Things have been great so far. No morning sickness, the only thing I've had to complain about is fatigue and headaches. I had an ultrasound last week and will see the dr next week.
We (mostly me) don't want to know the sex of the baby. My mom was determined to look but the US tech said she didn't even know. The cord was between the legs the whole time.
Carter knows there's a baby in Mom's belly but I don't think he understands what that means. He likes babies though so that's a good sign right?

This isn't the best picture (picture of a picture) but it is still adorable...don't you think? 

Let it snow Let it snow Let it snow

We haven't had much snow this year so when we got a few inches we bundled Carter up to go and play in it.  He loved it and was not happy when it was time to come in!

Rose Bowl

The Oregon Ducks played in the Rose Bowl on January 2nd.  It was a great game to watch and the ducks beat Wisconsin 45-38.  Carter loves watching football and got really into the game.

December

All I have to say about this picture is Carter went to spend some time with Grandpa and this is how he came back...

 We went to Maggie performance and Carter was really into the "stage" he wanted to get up there but mostly he just ran around.

Kennedie rode with us and surprised Maggie, then we went to Olive Garden for dinner.  The kids were really good, it was fun.

On the 23rd the whole family headed up to the North Pole polar express.  The kids loved it!

Is that Santa? He was so excited

We had to pay $12 for this picture but I thought it was worth it.  (As long as you ignore the stalker in the background)

On Christmas morning we opened presents and then got ready for church.  They combined 3 wards and my dad was speaking so we went as a family. Carter was really excited to see all his cousins but that wore off about 30 minutes in...luckily Ben took him and Isaac to the nursery so we could enjoy the meeting.

His favorite gift by far...Horse.

This sums up the chaos Grandma and Grandpa's.  We spent the rest of the day with the family.

Playing on Maggie and Sophies Christmas present

We spent New Years Eve at Lawtons.  It was a lot of fun just eating and playing games

Bubble gum Bubble gum in a dish

2011 was a great year and we are looking forward to what 2012 brings!!