Carter: 7 months

At 7 months you:

• weigh 19lbs.
• are 27in. long
• wear size 3 diapers
• wear 9-12 month clothes
• still HATE any green vegetables :( if it is a yellow vegetable you can bet your bottom dollar you will eat it.
• we have tried table food and you are not interested in that either :(
• are adjusting to a sippy cup for juice
• are still a momma's boy
• have said mama (you only say it when you are mad or upset but I will still count it) its precious
• roll all over the floor....you have started to love being on your tummy and even sleep on your tummy some....I do believe crawling is around the corner since you can already hold yourself up.
• are working on your own little personality and it is just precious. I love watching you and Natalie interact with each other. She is so high strung and you are just laid back and let her do whatever she wants.
• love Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• are finally starting to show some interest in books

Nana bought you this tractor and you love it but rarely get to play with it because Natalie is always taking it. Guess she should have bought two.

Those blue eyes melt my heart daily.

All boy, he could care less about pictures

Carter: 6 months

At 6 months you:

• weigh about 17 lbs.
• are 25in. long
• can sit up on your own (I still don't leave you for long because you like to throw yourself backwards)
• love being outside and enjoy your swing your daddy and Uncle Jared put up for you
• are still a mommy's boy
• sleep all night for the most part. Some nights you wake up at 4 and eat.
• are not the least bit interested in table food. You only eat fruits, and sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots. We have tried mashed potatoes, peas, and green beans needless to say you hate them.
• have the sweetest laugh

Carter I cannot believe you are already six months old. That happened way to fast for this momma. You are perfect in every way possible and complete our family in more ways that one. We love you to the moon and back. I can't wait to see what the next 6 months have in store for you. (It could go a little slower though.)

Easter with Maw Maw Betty

The Nursing Home had their egg hunt today and I carried Natalie and Carter to hunt eggs with Maw Maw. Aunt Joann, Bethany, and Kynlee also joined us and Aunt Melinda too of course! :)

This girl loves her Aunt B.

She would rather play with the grass in her basket.

Love my babies. This was the best we could get. :)

She had found an egg and was taking it to show Aunt Joann

Natalie and Kynlee had to take a break to love on Carter

Double Trouble

Comparing eggs

This girl loves her Maw Maw

Two of my favorite ladies :)

Happy Easter

Life as Big Sister

I'm Natalie has taken on the role of big sister like a champ. It did not take her long to see what needed to be done and now she is my little helper when it comes to caring for Carter. If he is crying and I am busy she will find his paci wherever it may be (I try to keep it close) and take it to him and put it in his mouth. She helps me feed and burp him. He is the only one that gets Natalie kisses and while I would love some Natalie kisses I think it is super sweet. She will give out hugs but kisses are for Bubba only. As soon as she wakes up in the mornings she goes straight to his bed to check on him. If he is already up she will look at me with a serious look, hold her hands up and say Bubba. If he is still in the bed she will crawl in there with him and love on him. It is too sweet.

Sometimes it's just plain exhausting!

Carter: 5 months

At 5 months you:

• weigh 16lbs
• wear size 2 diapers
• eat 5oz. every 4 hours except when you eat food you take a 4oz. bottle instead of a 5oz.
• sleep all night for the most part; occasionally you may wake up around 4ish but you take your last bottle anywhere from 6-7 and then go to sleep around 8:30 so I know you are starving
• love your fruits and yellow veggies but absolutely hate anything green:/
• love to watch your sister
• give the best hugs and kisses
• are starting to develop your own little personality, it amazes me how different you and Natalie are
• love Mickey Mouse
• may or may not be a momma's boy (I am completely ok with this)
• love to lay in the floor and play
• have discovered your feet



Just for fun this was Natalie's 5 month picture :)

Natalie:15 months

At 15 months you:

• weigh about 24lbs.
• last dr. apt you were 30in. tall
• are officially a walker. You have taken a few steps here and there but last night we were at Nana's and you just took off. It is absolutely precious
• have your daddy wrapped around your little finger along with Papa and Uncle Jake
• can say Hey, Bye-Bye(which is in a really deep voice), Nana, Papa, Dake(Jake), get(which you say to dogs), Bubba, some form of Carter comes out occasionally, stop, Daisy, juice, and milk....You are constantly talking up a storm so I imagine this list will increase quickly
• love to dance and be outside
• love animals Uncle Jake and Aunt Misty take you to feed the cows when the weather is pretty enough and you love it
• are a fabulous big sister and are such a big help
• are a great sharer at the moment...you love to share you food with Kirby and if anyone asks you for a bite or drink you will share.
• sleep part of the night in your bed and part of the night in Momma and Daddy's bed which is perfectly fine with me.
• are growing up entirely to fast. I say all the time it honestly feels like you were just born last night and Carter was born just this morning. You definitely keep all of us on our toes but we wouldn't change a thing for one single second. You are loved more than you will ever know.

She was the happiest little girl. I forsee a sandbox in her near future.

Carter: 4 months

At 4 months you:

• weigh about 14lbs.
• wear size 2 diapers
• wear size 6 month clothes for your length which I am not sure exactly how long you are we will find that out next week
• eat 5oz. every 3-4 hours; have started eating baby food so far you like pears, squash, sweet potatoes, and carrots
• have laughed out loud for the first time. You did it the very first time with mommy and then you really did it with Aunt Melinda twice and we haven't been able to get you to laugh since. Maybe Aunt Melinda just has the touch.
• sometimes you sleep all night and sometimes you get up once anywhere for 2-4 and I will take that all day long
• LOVE your sister to the moon and back
• are starting to show an interest in Mickey Mouse
• are a people watcher
• love to lay in the floor
• have had your first round of antibiotics for a double ear infection
• are starting to develop your own little personality and it is precious



Getting ready for your first bite of baby food (It was Pears)

Natalie has to be in on everything you do.

The outcome of our first round of baby food. I think there faces say enough! :)

Just because he is so darn cute.