I am in love with these pictures!

My friend Paige took these! She is amazing, we are SOOOOO excited about how they turned out. I want to frame them all!!!! You KNOW i'm going to be scrapbooking them all. Whenever I get that caught up anyways, haha. Anyways, here are just a few. :)

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Eating disorder in the making?

Carter just kept gagging himself. Then he would laugh. He was seriously sticking his finger and hand down his throat, would gag, and then giggle. What the heck is wrong with my child. That is just plain weird.

I had to laugh....

I put Carter down for a nap at 2:45. We had just gotten home from running around, and he was asleep in the car for maybe 5 minutes. I had to wake him up to put him in his crib though because his pants were all wet.

Anyways, he played in his crib for an hour and 10 minutes. (NEW RECORD!) He finally starts crying, so I went in to just calm him down and try to get him to go to sleep. He is sitting in his crib with his socks both pulled off, and his shirt half way off. He knows how to pull bibs off, but I have never seen him get his shirt off. It was just funny looking because he had one arm out, and it was over his shoulder, but the other arm was in. Then he stood up, started giggling and jumping in his bed.

I have a feeling now that he's hitting toddler-hood, its going to be something new everyday that makes me laugh. :) Kids are fun! :)

WOO HOO!

Jordan got a raise!!!!! That just made my day! :) :) :) :) :)

Out of control climbing

Everywhere Carter goes, he tries to climb! He got a new train for his birthday (a little earlier from his grandparents) :) His most favorite thing to do is to push it over to the couch, and use it as a stepping stone to get on the couch. Or he loves to stand on top of the train, or stand inside the seat that flips up. Then today, i'm sitting here on the computer, and I turn around, he is standing on top of a file box I have on the floor, trying to get on top of the dog bed. He was super proud of himself too. Then he went for the step stool.... (yes I know, captain obvious.... put it away) He climbs the baby gates and hangs from them....it just doesn't stop! lol

On a side note, our backyard kinda flooded last week because we had a sprinkler valve break. It wasn't major, but the grass was totally soaked and the patio was all wet. Jordan thinks that caused ants to come in and explore. :( We have not had ONE single ant in this house in 4 years, and in one week, I had 2 different invasions. :( I just have to share my little trick I learned though. Cornmeal works great! I had a bunch that were exploring in my bathroom, but not really going to anything. I put little piles or cornmeal in the corners, and on the sink, they went to that and some died in the pile. But I also read somewhere that they take it back to their homes and the others eat it and it kills them. Easy non-toxic way to get rid of them! It took a few days though, and that part was annoying.

I just finished ordering the sandwiches for Carter's birthday party this weekend (Butch's grinders...yummy!) Now i'm off to work a little this afternoon.

$637!!!!!!!

Holy freakin moly! That is how much we spent last month at Costco and the Grocery store! I am absolutely shocked, I did not think it would be that much. Thats shopping at Winco too, where I ALWAYS buy stuff on sale. I need to start doing some serious coupon clipping. I really need to try and get it down to $450 a month between both places. We do buy Diapers, water, formula, and gloves for Jordan for work at Costco so its not all food, but still.

Cleaned out the baby stuff

It seems like there have been so many milestones this week that make me feel like Carter is really growing up. He started walking more, he stopped nursing, and I just finished cleaning out his room, putting away ALL the baby stuff. I packed up all his clothes, baby blankets, burp cloths, all that fun stuff. I knew I had to make room in his closet for toys that will coming home with us soon. :)

I have a feeling he is going to be SO excited for new toys after his birthday party. The kid is tired of the same old few we have out in the family room. I'm excited to be able to have some to rotate so he doesn't get bored so easily.

We also had his 1 years pictures taken yesterday. We did them a few weeks early, but i'm excited about it because I will be able to have some around to show off at his birthday party. They are SOOO good. If anyone needs a photographer, check out ... http://dreamlandphotography.blogspot.com/2008/11/happy-birthday.html