Carter's Stats

Yesterday Carter had his 18 month doctor's appointment. Carter got 3 immunization shots and 1 flu shot! He was such a trooper! Here are the stats on the official weigh in:
Height: 34 inches (92%)
Weight: 26 pounds (60%)
Head cm: 19 3/4 (90%)
According to Brandon, we have tall, skinny bobble-headed kid!

Costume party at Hadley's

Puppy Dog - Carter

Pumpkin - Hadley

Giraffe - Jacob

Hadley and Carter at the ball toss Carter had a fun time at Hadley's costume party yesterday. It was very hot which is why Carter doesn't have on his puppy dog ears for most of the pictures! We all enjoyed seeing the little kids in their costumes. There was also yummy food, pumpkin and cookie decorating! Thank you Hadley for a great party!

Smiling from heaven

We had a sad end of the week last week; my granddad passed away. He had been struggling many years with heart disease and this past year had been very hard for him. Last Tuesday, he passed peacefully in his sleep at home. I am comforted by knowing that he is in heaven with no pain. It is very hard on my grandmother, they were married for 67 years! After the funeral on Thursday all the kids were out in my grandparents yard picking up pecans from the many trees! I know my granddad was smiling from heaven watching us enjoy all the pecans and collect them to make yummy things for the holidays! Picking and eating pecans with Aunt Lacy!

18 months

Carter turned 18 months old last week! I can not believe how fast time flies and how big he is getting! Bailey normally gets in the picture with Carter but he was too excited to sit still so Bailey skipped this picture. Carter has just about all of his teeth now and needs his 5th haircut! He is our own little "chia pet!"

New bed

Check out Carter's new bed! We set it up over the weekend and decided to try him in it for the first time last night! He did great! After his normal routine of bath, massage, brushing teeth and reading stories we put him in the bed and he went right to sleep! He didn't even try to get off the bed! We went in to check on him and the picture above is how we found him! He's so cute! We do have a rail but I decided not to put it up because I wanted to see if he would actually stay on the bed. We put pillows on the floor just in case. Well, at 6am this morning he rolled off. He only fussed for a couple of seconds. We went in there a few minutes later only to find him asleep on the floor between the rocking chair and the ottoman! I imagine he just rolled off the bed and kept scooting around until he got comfortable enough to go back to sleep. We picked him up and put him back in the bed. He went right back to sleep! He still tosses and turns all through the night so I think tonight we will try the rail. I tried the bed with the rail on at nap time and that didn't work! All he wanted to do was get up and play so I put him back in the crib! I am sure this is going to be a "try, try again effort!"

Pumpkin Patch

Carter had a great time at Burt's Farm picking out the perfect pumpkin! Mimi and Pop were in town for the weekend so we all took a family trip to the pumpkin patch! It was a hot day but we enjoyed taking pictures of these HUGE pumpkins. The pumpkins that were really small Carter thought were perfect for throwing! We indulged in some delicious pumpkin muffins on the way home and had a fun family day!