Happy Father's Day!

Laundry Day

Little Piggies

Carter has finally discovered his feet. It's the cutest thing. Yesterday he lied on the bed for about 30 minutes without making a peep, just playing with his feet.

Cater used to LOVE to spend time on his floor mat, swing or bouncy seat. Lately, these fun play things have become really frustrating for him. Now he gets ANGRY when he can't reach or pull down what is dangling above him. Two of the three toys on the bar of his bouncy seat are attached and he cries when the squirrel won't come off. It makes play time "cry time". It seems like yesterday when he would just stare at these items and never once try to even bat at them. He is only 4 months and he is already so different. I can't imagine how different he will be in just 2 more months. I worry that if I blink I will miss something!

Little Mouse

Vacation Memories

Carter spent his first vacation in El Paso visiting family. We had a great time and he loved meeting all of his adoring fans. A week was a little on the long side but he handled being in an unfamiliar place as well as you can expect from a 4-month old. I learned A LOT of things about flying with a kid. I feel like parents who travel alone with babies deserve some kind of medal at the end of it all. On the flight up I didn't know that I had to stick the stroller through the x-ray machine but there were a lot of people who offered a helping hand. Going through security on the way back was a nightmare and no one helped me this time. I have to say, the people at the El Paso Airport are not the friendliest bunch. We made it home in one piece and were both SUPER excited to see Adam waiting for us with a huge grin on his face and some flowers for me!

There were so many fun moments in El Paso, it's hard to pick just a few to talk about. I guess one of my favorite moments was watching my grandpa gush over Carter and hold him and pretty much just love on him. He looked so happy when he was in his lap.



We had a great time just hanging around the house with Opa and Baga and the dogs. Carter wasn't sure about them at first but quickly fell in love with them (the dogs). My mom was gracious enough to take care of Carter in the mornings so I could sleep in and I think I only changed 3 diapers the entire week we were there! My dad liked to spend one on one time with Carter and he managed to get our serious little kid to have the most infectious belly laughs I have ever heard. I think he gets that from my dad.



Carter seems to have blossomed into this social butterfly over night. He used to get super serious when he was around a lot of people but now he is super smiley and laughs a lot. We loved being in El Paso and spending some quality time with everyone, especially my grandparents. They had so much fun with Cater. We can't wait until our next big visit for Christmas, especially since baby Lemon will be with us. We can't wait to have a new cousin in the house.

Being apart from Adam for a week was tough on both of us. I know Carter missed him a lot but he got hear his voice on the phone everyday and even got to see him on the webcam. We are glad to be home again and have it be just the three of us. Now time to get this kid back on his schedule. I hope it goes well.

Click HERE to see more of Carter with his El Paso family.