I'm a big brother

My baby sister finally arrived!! Avery Grace was born Friday, June 3 at 7:30 a.m. She was 7lbs 9 oz and 20 in long. I think she's a keeper (but ask me again in about a month...I may have changed my mind by then)!

Here are a couple of pictures from her first day in this crazy world!

Grandpa Great holding Avery...he was pretty proud of her!

Grandma & Avery

Lexi & Avery

Papa & Avery

Me, Isabelle, & Avery

Me, Papa, & Avery...I wasn't so sure I liked sharing Papa. This may take some getting used to!

18 Months

I'm 18 months old already..unbelievable! And I'm going to be a big brother soon! Well actually not until June, but that is soon enough. I don't think I'm going to like having to share mommy and daddy. Things will sure be different around here.

Here are a few pictures from the past couple of months!





I crawled up on the table to eat the last piece of toast! Mommy sure gets upset when I crawl up there!




Gavin was helping me open one of my Christmas presents!

Here's one of the gifts from mommy and daddy...I sure like playing with it.

I didn't even mind santa!! He came to see all of us kids on Christmas day!! What a fun day it was!

Breakfast time!! I was sure in a good mood this morning, thats not always the case!

Sledding!! Daddy pulled me around in the sled and it was so much fun!

Its been awhile!

Wow, its been a LONG time since mommy wrote on my blog for me. What a slacker!! We really haven't been up to a whole lot since my birthday....but 3 months have gone by so mommy thought she would post some pictures.

This is just me being goofy...showing off to mommy that I not only can walk now, but I can RUN (and make lots of noise)!




This is me at Dan & Danielle's wedding. I was being silly again...I thought I'd try mommy's sunglasses on to see how they fit.



Here's me, mommy, and daddy at dan's wedding! Hmmm, good thing we got this picture...I think its only 1 of maybe 5 we have together as a family.


Mommy & daddy took me to the pumpkin patch in October. I had so much fun running around. And look, I even matched the pumpkins...mommy thought I could've gotten lost in all the pumpkins there were so many!

I get in trouble when I do this, but how else am I suppose to get to the counter!

My 1st haircut! It did not go well...I screamed bloody murder the whole time. I wouldn't sit in the chair so mommy had to hold me. I kept moving my head from side to side too, so Glynda had 1 heck of a time cutting my hair straight. I did get a sucker when I was done though, that was the only good part!

I sure am handsome with my new haircut!!

Here I am on Halloween! I was one cute bumblebee! I was trick-or-treating and Vicky's house...Aunt Peg was there and she was trying to load me up on candy, but mommy & daddy said I could only have 1 thing. I guess I don't do so well when I eat candy...I get a bad tummy ache.

Here we're at Nana & Papa's! I got a baggy of goodies...not all candy even (which made mommy happy).

1st Birthday Pictures

Starting to eat the cake.....

Hmmm...this is good stuff

I'll even share some of it with Aly....


Ok. I've had enough. You can clean me up now!

Well I must say sorry its taken so long for my mommy to post on my website. Her computer was broke...so she didn't have it for about a month. A lot has happened since my last post (beings that was in June). I finally have some teeth...3 of them! I learned how to walk so now I really keep mommy on her toes! And the biggest thing...I turned 1!!!!
I also had to go to the doctor for my 1 year well child check. I weighed in at 21# 8oz (which is only in the 29% bracket). I was 30 1/4 in long (in the 65% bracket).

Here are a couple of pics from the past 2 months.


Who needs toys when you can play in the laundry basket!




I was playing in the backyard...I think I was getting daddy his beer.





This was from the 4th of July...we got together with all my cousins on Nana's side of the family. It was so much fun. Here is Grandpa & Grandma Great with most of the great grandkids (some of them didn't want to be in the picture).

I was trying to play with Cashtyn...he wasn't quite sure if he wanted to play though.

Mommy gave me the spoon to try and feed myself...wow was that fun!! I had more food on me and the floor then I got into my mouth. Notice how my hair is sticking out to the side...I thought it would be fun to rub sweet potatoes in it.

My cousin Gavin and I got to play quite a bit this summer. Here we are at Nana & Papa's lake place. Looks to me like we were up to something...only the beginning of many years of mischief!!

I finally like the horse I got from Uncle Todd Tucker. I still don't like when it makes noise though.

Well we've been waiting for the weather to get nice enough to play outside...we've only had a couple of those days! Mommy said she can't wait for it to get warm enough to stay at the lake and take me out on the boat. Anyway here are a couple of pictures from a few of those nice days.

Auntie Cole gave us her old baby swing and daddy put it up for me! I love swinging in it...its so much fun!

Here I'm helping papa play pinochle...Ok so I wanted to eat the cards but papa did say he was going to teach me how to play when I get older!

I'm borrowing Gavin's winnie the pooh push toy. Its so much fun to play with, I push it all around the living room.

This was at Isaac's birthday party (he turned 7). Auntie Cole was helping me with her daycare kids push toy. I think I made them all nervous that I was trying to push it on the cement.

Here's me just being silly!

Mommy also had Justine take my 9 months pictures. You can see them at www.photographybyjustine.net the password is carter9. Only 2 more months and I'll be getting my 1 year pictures taken!!

Colorado

Mommy, Daddy, and I went to Colorado for about a week and a half!! I had lots of fun with my cousins. We went for Bailey's graduation. He was valedictorian...we are so proud of him!
I ended up getting my first ear infection when we went up into the mountains. It was no fun but it didn't stop me from keeping everyone on their toes!
Here are a couple of pics from the trip.

Here's me and Alex just hanging out. I can't wait for next week...he's coming to stay with Grandpa & Grandma for a month so I'll get to play with him alot!



Grace must've just gotten finished feeding me some snacks.


Here's Bailey the day before Grad...finally sitting down to write his speech.

And here he his giving the speech...he did a great job! He received the Daniels Scholarship to the Colorado School of Mines which is a full ride scholarship..very prestigious. Mommy hopes I'm as smart as him when I go to school.

It was a looong car ride. Mommy sat in the back with me pretty much the whole ride. I was goofing around here wearing mommy's sunglasses...we had to do something to pass the time!

We decided to stop and stay in Deadwood on the way home...I had enough of the car and the weather was getting bad all around us. There were even tornado warnings!

Here's me finally liking the pool. I was really scared of it for awhile but Mommy sat with me in the zero entry part until I was ready to venture a little on my own (with Mommy right beside me of course)