Carter's 6 Month Well Visit

Today Carter visited Dr. Hulsen for his 6 month well visit.  Carter was weighed, measured, and received his vaccines.  Carter weighed in at 18.11 pounds, which places him in the 70th percentile for weight and measured 27 inches long, which places him in the 75th percentile for his height. Dr. Hulsen gave me the go ahead with baby food, so I will feed him tonight.  I'm sure Carter is excited because he is always grabbing at our food when we eat.  Carter received some baby food from the E.B., so we have plenty to start with.  The only question is, fruit or veggies first?

Carter is not only a happy baby, but an extremely CUTE baby!  I know I may be biased, but he's adorable.  His personality adds to his cuteness.  He sure knows how to put on the charm and smile with those baby blues.  Carter is starting to sit by himself for longer periods of time.  He enjoys doing push ups and rolling over too.  Pretty soon Carter will have four new teeth on top as well.  They're so close to coming through his gums.

Well, I decided to go with veggies for food.  I chose sweet potatoes for my sweetie!  At first, Carter didn't know what to think.  He would make a grimace and then open his mouth for more!  After awhile Carter began to take the spoon from my hand and shove the spoon into his mouth.  Silly boy!

After feeding himself, Carter started to become messy.  Messy equals fun!!!  Carter is adorable even with food all over his face.  I stopped feeding Carter once he ate half of the container because I didn't want him developing a belly ache.

Happy Half Birthday Carter Lynn!!  We love you so much!!

Happy Easter!!

Today was a great day!  Not only was the weather beautiful, but it was a glorious day to celebrate our Savior rising from the dead by spending time with our loved ones.  This morning we woke early, ate breakfast, opened more presents from E.B., and went to church with Nana and Papa.  The boys both fell asleep during the sermon, so they were good! :)  Since we were dressed up for church I wanted to take a family picture.  Of course, Nolan wanted nothing to do with this.

Church ran a little long, so by the time we all arrived back at Nana and Papa's house most of the guests had already arrived!! Thank goodness Nana had started preparing for our big dinner the night before and early this morning.  Another big shout out to Gigi, Aunt Julie, and Aunt Becky for taking charge and starting things for Nana before we arrived!  Dinner was delicious and so were the desserts.  Nolan enjoyed chocolate cake and Carter enjoyed sitting in the big boy highchair even though he wasn't allowed to have any food yet!

Once more I attempted to have a family picture taken before changing out of our good clothes into more comfy clothes.  Aunt Kelby followed us around for a few minutes to try and capture one.  Finally, Nolan climbed up on my lap as Bill, Carter, and I were rocking in the swing.  I will take it!

 Nolan wouldn't cooperate and Carter is giving him the stink eye!

I was satisfied with the family picture, so we changed into comfy clothes and began with the Easter festivities.  Nolan had a lot of fun finding easter eggs and Carter was content cuddling on Gigi's lap.

When all the eggs were found, Bill brought out Nolan's new kite and took it for a run.  Nolan loved his "tite."  Nolan was able to hold onto it at one point as well, while the kite soared in the air.

Papa brought out the 4-wheelers and Nolan took about 20 different rides!  My little country boy loves the farm.  Carter was taken on his first 4-wheeler ride too!  Carter was so excited to be included in the 4-wheeler fun!  He kept slapping his hands on the gas tank.

What an amazing Easter!!  The weather was perfect, the food delicious, and family healthy.  What more could we ask for?  God is GOOD!!  Happy Easter!

Nolan's First Bike!

Nolan has been showing a lot of interest in ride on toys lately, so the Easter Bunny decided Nolan would receive a bicycle for Easter.  Since, we weren't going to be home on Sunday the Easter Bunny decided to drop Nolan's present off a day early.  How nice of E.B!!

Nolan was more intrigued by the bubble gun and the neighbor kids playing outside than in riding his new bike!   Nolan would chase the neighbor girls around yelling, "BUBBLES."  The girls thought he was pretty cute.  I think once Nolan sees the other kids riding their bikes, he will show more interest in learning how to ride his bike.  He also received a cool new dinosaur helmet!

An Egg Crackin' Good Time

Last Thursday we had the Keller family over to dye eggs and cookout since the weather was so nice!  Nolan had a lot of fun dying eggs!  He was so articulate in how he maneuvered the egg tongs, so there was minimal mess.  To be safe I did strip him down to his diaper though.  Nolan kept putting all of his eggs in the green dye.  I managed to put his name on one egg, but he kept dipping it in the green dye over and over, so by the end of the night it had several cracks, but looked pretty cool.

 Carter fell asleep before we began dying eggs, so I made an egg for him!

Like I said, there was no mess!  Thanks to Tiffany for bringing the splat mat!  The kiddos had a good time dying eggs.  Maddie was a pro and helped Nolan and Grant out.

Showin' Some Skin

This evening I took some adorable pictures of my boys!  I started out taking pictures of Carter, but Nolan thought it looked like fun too.  Nolan removed his clothes and diaper before I could blink.  He crawled up next to Carter and gave him a big hug!  It was the one and only picture I was able to take of them both, but it is ADORABLE!!

Carter is sitting up by himself for longer periods of time.  I cannot believe how big he is becoming!  I saw this teddy bear picture on Pinterest and I wanted to recreate it with Carter.

Tiffany once again busted out her mad embroidering skills and made an Easter basket liner for Carter.  It is adorable and I decided to put Carter in his basket for some pictures.  He was a little snug, but the basket didn't break and neither did Carter. :)

Both Nolan and Carter are super excited to color Easter eggs....... Bill and I will be attempting this feat on Friday.  Stayed tuned for Easter egg dying pictures.