Tuesday, December 30, 2008

One Cool Dude


Well the picture says it all. My ever so stubborn child at times has recently forgot about his mitten obsession and now has ventured out onto a sunglasses obsession. Yep, we ran into the Party City store for a few blow horns and New Years Eve party hats and ended up walking out with these one of a kind basketball sunglasses. Don't ask me why, but when he saw them he just had to have them! Needless to say, they are bendable and he wore them pretty much all afternoon.

There's A Mouse In My House


Aunt Kinny got Carter a pair of personalized Mickey Mouse ears as a souvenir from DisneyWorld. They fit him perfect and hopefully in a few years, Mr. Carter will be able to meet the mouse in person as we plan on that being our first family vacation.

Choo-Choo




Carter got a new train table for Christmas from Santa. He and daddy enjoy playing "crash" with the choo-choo's.

I Love Moxie


Darrell, Carter and Moxie. Carter absolutely loves my mother in laws dog. He wakes up in the morning asking for Moxie all the time. We are just so fortunate that Moxie is such a patient dog that doesn't mind little people constantly harassing her.

Friday, December 26, 2008

SNOW FUN









We took Carter out to play in the snow for the very first time on Christmas Eve day and he loved it! Thank you Rose "Ro-Ro" for the awesome snowsuit. It sure did come in handy! The weather was perfect for sledding, not too cold and beautiful snowflakes just kept falling down. Carter kept opening his mouth to try and eat a few flakes! Afterwards he went inside to have a big cup of hot cocoa!




Christmas 08


The Micheli grandchildren on Christmas Eve


Carter sure did love his Elmo slippers! Thanks Aunt Kinny!


The Elmo Restaurant is the favorite Christmas toy thus far. Thank you Noni & Grandpa Micheli!

Belly Shots: 18.5 weeks along


The first "belly shot" to be taken

Still "squeezing" into non-maternity pants and tops. Not for too much longer though!

Friday, December 19, 2008

A McDonald's Day

Carter ate at McDonald's for the FIRST time yesterday. I was SO having a chicken nugget pregnancy craving it was insane. For the record, I have not had a nugget or any other McDonald's menu item since I lived in Arizona over 6 years ago and haven't a clue why baby #2 wants fried foods??? So even though Darell (my health freak husband) was relucant for me to introduce "this type of food" to Carty, my craving won over!
Carter was not a fan of the nuggets. He is definitely a cheeseburger man. He ate almost a whole cheeseburger and let's not forget about the fries. The child loves potatoes in general. He was in heaven dipping his fries in his own ketchup cup. It was a fun lunch for both of us!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

One Fun Carousel Ride


We took Carter to the Lincoln Park Zoo lights festival on Sunday. He of coursed LOVED the carousel ride and got a great view of all the fascinating lights while riding!

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Decorating Christmas Cookies










What a mess! BUT...what fun! Carter had a blast decorating our sugar cookies that we made today. He especially liked dipping his little fingers into the frosting and licking them. He kept yelling "more" and "cookie!" This little project entertained him for quite sometime.
They turned out to be a very yummy treat! I plan on making Darrell take most of them to work for the guys though. The last thing this prego needs is another sweet!

I LoveYou Aunt Kinny


I love you more than my binkies!!! Thank you for moving home! We are so glad to have you back~

xoxo Carter

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Baby Check Up

I had a doctor's appointment this morning. I am 3 days shy of 16 weeks now. All is well thus far! The baby has a strong hearbeat and other than being very tired all the time I am feeling good. My morning sickness has FINALLY decided to go away. I gained 2lbs. which the doctor thought was good, considering I had the nasty stomach flu two weeks ago and was very sick from that.
Next visit....JANUARY 13th we get to find out the sex of the baby! We are so looking forward to see our little one at the ultrasound. So.......stay tune! We will let you all know!

A Morning Off for Mom

Can I just say how nice it is to have my sister living back in Illiniois? Uhhh.....
She moved back about a month ago and since then has been an amazing help to me. She came up last night to babysit for Carter today. I had a doctor's appointment this morning, so it was Aunt Kinny to the rescue! She got up bright and early with Carter, made him breakfast, got him ready for the day and even took him to Gymboree class! I had a FULL hour to spare and did not know what to do with myself! It was so relaxing to just run into a store without bribing a toddler with a sucker or just sitting quietly eating some lemon bread and hot cocoa. I sigh again.....
Anyways, our camera is broke so hence the reason why I have not posted many pics lately! Kendra was kind enough to let us borrow hers though for this weekend. Darrell and I plan on baking cookies with Carter. I have a feeling though that "Santa" is bringing me a new camera though!

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Carter's 21 months old today

Before you know it, my baby is going to be 2 years old!!! My camera is acting up today, so I thought I would share some fun Carter facts instead.
Carter's 21 most favorite things:
  1. Elmo
  2. Suckers
  3. M & M's
  4. Trains
  5. Buses & Trucks
  6. Balloons
  7. Moxie the dog
  8. Cats
  9. Car Keys
  10. Phones
  11. Balls
  12. Veggie Bootie
  13. Gymboree class
  14. Christmas tree lights
  15. Microwaves
  16. Playing basketball
  17. Twirling mommy's hair
  18. Hairbrushes & Toothbrushes
  19. Bathtime
  20. Juice Boxes
  21. Harrassing the neighbors dog, Marley

I love you baby boy!!! xoxo