Carter's Birthday(s)

Carter ended up having 2 birthday celebrations this year because I kind of let his party planning get lost in the Christmas time shuffle.  Poor Carter!  I'm afraid his plight in life will be that he was born 2 weeks after Christmas.  I vow next year to start planning his party in Nov.

We had planned to have his party on his actual birthday but because I waited to the last minute to 1. decide where we were having it and 2. make the call to reserve our spot we had to have it on the Sat. after his birthday. To make up for it we took him and Parker to the Exploreum and then out to lunch. Here are some pictures from our morning.

He had a great time!  I even scored him some free desert at lunch.  I know our waiter probably thought I was lying when I said "its his birthday today!" and pointed to Carter but oh well!

The next weekend we had his party at the Watermelon Patch.  He had all of his favorite friends there minus a few that couldn't make it.  We frequent the Watermelon Patch for playdates a good bit and Carter always has a blast so I knew it would be the perfect place for his party and boy was I right!  He had a GREAT time!

Happy Birthday Carter Evan!  We love you so much and can't wait to celebrate many more years with you!

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So, I told myself I wouldn't post these pictures before Carter's party pics but I just got done editing them and I'm so stinkin' excited about how they turned out I just couldn't wait to post them.  I'm planning on doing some sort of collage on the boy's bathroom of a selection of these but I haven't decided on which ones yet.

Happy Birthday Carter!

I can't believe that in just two short years Carter has gone from this sweet cuddly newborn to...

...this precious little boy!





There aren't enough words to express the joy and love he's brought to our family!  Over the last two years its been so fun to watch him grow into the sweet, funny and smart little guy that he's become.  Even though he was a little slow to start talking you wouldn't know that now.  He's vocabulary grows more and more every day (especially within in the last few months) and he's really starting to copy words we want him to try to say.  It won't be long before he's talking our ears off!  He even knows several letters (B, D, E and O) and will point them out on signs as we drive around town.  Within the last week I've even noticed him starting to work on recognizing different colors, yellow seems to be his favorite (just like Parker).  Smart little boy!

Its also been fun to see his and Parker's relationship grow over the last 2 years.  They know how to push each others buttons (they are brothers after all) but sometimes I'm amazed at how well they get along.  I love to hear Parker ask Carter if he wants him to play something with him and Carter will almost always give a very enthusiastic "YEAH"!

We've been blessed beyond anything we ever dreamed or deserve when God sent us this sweet little boy!  Happy Birthday Carter Evan!!!  We love you more than you will ever know!