Flying and Scooting

There is a little boy that was born on the same day as Carter and he comes over with his parents to play. Well... We put them both down on the floor to play, far enough apart that they couldn't touch each other. Well Carter really wanted to get him, so he learned how to get what he wants... (sorry it is blurry... I took it with my phone camera...)

                              Scooting...

Carter has started this new thing when Devin holds him. He LOVES being held like this and kicking and flinging his arms everywhere. It is so funny, so we decided to show everyone...

                       Flying

Little Man Update

Carter will be 8 months next week, so I decided to do an update...

Carter now can...

    Scoot on his tummy...

    Sit up from his tummy all alone

    pull himself up on almost anything

    Sit forward in the car...

    eat real baby food instead of milk all the time

    clap his hands

    wave bye bye

    give kissies... even though they are very very wet slobbery ones

    give hugs

    and he has 6 teeth...  ya they are popping up everywhere. 

we cannot believe how fast these kids grow up. It is crazy...

Growing up SO fast...

Carter has decided to skip crawling and go straight to walking. He pulls himself up on everything. We can also hold his fingers and he will put one foot in front of the other. Great. I thought crawling would be bad... But walking... Wow. 

Even in the bath, he looks for our fingers and grabs them and pulls up. 

He is also becoming quite the little eater. He absolutly loves oatmeal and pears and doesn't mind eating green beans, peas, squash and carrots. Pretty much anything I make him he will eat. And he drinks out of a straw now too. A straw, a sippy cup or even a big persons cup. He loves it all. 

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First trip to the Park...

For some reason my picasa won't post straight to my blog, and I am not sure how to turn this picture around, but you get the idea. 

The weather has been so beautiful so we decided to go to the park. Carter wasn't so sure about the slides. He did however love to eat the grass. 

See he is  very focused. 

He was crossing the bridge at this point and was very much enjoying himself. If you can't tell. 

It is so amazing how much you can love someone. We love this little boy so much and We hope he knows that. He is growing up so fast and he is getting so big. He is so sweet and such a doll. 

Easter

Easter was great this year. Our ward had an Easter Dinner and an Easter Egg hunt for the little ones. (Carter got to go and get a couple of eggs, with our help of course) Carter and Devin got a new Easter outfit and I got some new Easter shoes. And the Easter bunny came saturday night and left baskets for all of us. Fun. ( his head is not really this big, it is from the camera angle.)

Here is our first Easter Family picture. The trees are beautiful down here. 

Saturday night before Easter Sunday, Devin and I stayed up till 1am, dying Easter eggs and trying to make cut out sugar cookies. well the sugar cookie recipe that we used (thanks Nat) was WAY to soft to use cutouts, so we only did a few shapes and then the rest were either M&Ms or eggs. haha

Grandma Phillips brought Carter a big Easter basket full of bugs and candy. Here he is eating a big spider that he got. Yum... Well I guess it will be sooner or later that he starts eating bugs. 

Carter playing with all his candy and bugs. 

Trip to Temple Square

Since Devin works in the church office building, Carter and I have the opportunity to be on Temple Square a lot. At least once a week we take the bus or the trax and meet Devin for lunch. We usually stick around and walk around down town, or go shopping at the Gateway mall. I have always loved Temple Square and it is such a blessing to be able to be around it all the time. 

Such a Mamas Boy....

The flowers are beautiful and are already in full bloom. 

See what I mean? B E A utiful

Bath Time

Every night during Carters bath, he has squirt toys that got for christmas. There is this one squirt toy that is his absolute favorite. 

It is a bright green pokey blow fish.

And the other one is a bright orange star fish.

Here is the blow fish...

And there on the left is the star fish.