Funny Quotes

The other day Carter came into our room and went into my closet, picked out my highest high-heeled shoes and told me to put them on. He told me I needed to wear them so that we could dance. I explained that I did not need tall shoes for dancing and he quickly told me that I did. I then tried to twirl him around and he told me that his job was to twirl me around. It did not work out too well as I am still taller than he is. I am still trying to figure out where he has seen anyone in our family dance in high heeled shoes. It's a mystery:)

Most everyone knows we are an incredibly and continually injured family. It's actually laughable. I have my three lingering injuries (neck, back, and knee) and see the doctor at least once a week and it is nothing new. Well, a few weeks ago as we were leaving to get our Christmas tree, Scott slipped down the stairs and tore his knee again. I just looked at him and said, "Please tell me you just did not do what I think you did." He looked at me and replied, "Yep." This would make knee surgery number eight. He took some drugs and off we were to get our tree. A few days later Carter tripped and hurt his leg and started limping quite a bit. I took him in and they x-rayed it. The doctor is still not sure if it is broken. He wants to get another x-ray. Meanwhile, poor Carter is miserable. A few days after that he fell down the cement stairs and scraped and bloodied his nose pretty good. Anyway, Carter and I were sitting on the bed and he said to me, "Mom, we're a broken family. We are all cracked up!" That about sums it up.

Later in the week we went to Portland and see Grandma and Grandpa. Carter was complaining about his leg again and said, "Dad we're still a broken family, but we're going to see Grandpa and Grandpa." We laughed and then worked on saying Grandma and Grandpa. Where we live that's not a mistake you can afford to make:)

Cute Carter

Since I have no pictures of my own to post I decided to hijack these. My friend's (Mandy) sister took these pictures. She is incredible. To see the rest check out her blog www.aimtoshoot1.blogspot.com or click Aimee on the side of this page. We did two sessions since Carter was so cooperative. One is under the July tab and the other is November titled Carter Boy. Let me know what you think and what you like best:)

The Polar Express

Friday, we decided to drive up to Hood River and ride the Polar Express. We were all excited about riding the train, seeing Santa Claus, and getting our prized bell. It all started off great and after a 3 hour drive to get there and a very long train ride the rest is history.

Having fun, drinking Hot Chocolate!

Eating yummy sugar cookies!

Seeing Santa and getting the bell that we all heard!

Starting to get a little bored and apparently a bit congested:)

Contemplating the experience!

Not contemplating the experience!

Starting to struggle!

Struggling a little more! Mom's still trying to have fun!

Just plain done! Hopefully, Santa will remember to come!

Summer Fun

I think this is kind of funny. A few weeks ago Scott decided to dig up a dead spot in the lawn and reseed it. Carter is always Daddy's little helper. He loves to be big and help with anything. So, Scott let him help dig up the dirt and plant it. Scott left the bag of seed on the back porch and the next day while Scott was a work Carter found the bag of seed and decided that the spot needed more seed. This is the result. He was so proud of what he did. I thought it was so cute and so fitting to not clean it up and let Daddy learn what happens every time he leaves things out.

A few days later Carter decided he wanted to plant more grass, so he dug up about 6 holes in the lawn and waited for Daddy to come home from work so he could help him plant new grass. He also got out his John Deere tractor and was bulldozing all the lavender plants in the yard. When we asked what he was doing he said he wanted grass where the plants were. And I think it's actually a good idea. Daddy however is struggling with our little farmer as he prides himself on a near perfect lawn. Ahhhh get over it Daddy:)





This is Carter trying to escape out of the backyard. He hears the big kids playing in the woods behind our house and it kills him he can't be with them. I'm just thankful he has a big head:)






So, I'm posting our Summer Fun pictures in October. Hey, I'm only two months behind instead of six. What an improvement! This year we put Carter in swimming lessons. He LOVES to swim. He's been able to hold his breath under water since he was about 15 months old. Every night he does laps in the tub. Anyway, we thought it would be fun for him (and safer) to learn how to swim. The problem was he was too cold. Every day was a battle to get him into the pool. So, we bought him a wetsuit. Can you believe they make them this small? He was so excited he had to wear it to daddy's office. It cracked me up. He did a little better after the purchase. I still think it was a total waste of money. When asked how he liked lessons, he told us he liked his teacher in a swimsuit. He has good taste she was a hottie! (But I'm actually really deeply disturbed by the comment EEEK!!!)

Some of my favorite cell pics

I really should just carry a camera with me. I love taking pictures, but I usually only have my cell phone with me. These are just a few of the latest. The top one is Carter with our friend's daughter Sarah. They are 6 weeks apart in age. They both decided they were tired, so they got out a blanket and some pillows and found a nice spot next to the door. How random, but how cute. In a few years that won't be so cute.

The next one is the most recent. Our neighbors just got a new dog and Carter absolutely loves it. He asks every day if we can go and check on Dusty.

Third one is on a trip to the Hogle Zoo. Carter picked out a Kangaroo to ride on the Merry Go Round. He said it looked just like Kangaroo Jack with a red jacket.

Fourth one is at Grandma Denise's house. Carter loves to play in the mud. He could dig in the dirt all day long. This time he found the hose and I think we lost some shoes.

Yes the next one is him in high heels. He picked them out himself. I was trying on some shoes and next thing I know I look over and he has his shoes off and the worst pair of yellow high heels I've ever seen on. Scott was so proud:)

Lastly, yes this is our two year old bathing in the sink. He would do it every day if the sink was clean enough to get in. He pulls the bar stool over fills the sink and strips down. I'm sure the neighbors appreciate the view. Oh well it could be worse.

He's our funny man and we love him more than anything in this world. He truly is our everything! He sure makes life fun. We laugh a lot while we try and keep up. I'm sure the antics will just keep getting more interesting. But we love every minute of it!

Wow A New Post- June 13, 2008

So, we've established that I'm the lamest blogger ever. Mostly because I feel my blog it totally boring without pictures and since my hard drive has been almost completely full for about 3 months I haven't uploaded any pictures. Sadly, I have two external drives sitting on my desk saying, "Please use us, we want to help you" and yet I do nothing. Thankfully, grandpa sent a picture for all the world to see of our little darling.

This was taken at the cabin. Carter loves to go out in the boat. He's getting so incredibly big and talking so much. There is never a dull day at our house especially if we go out in public. This little monkey talks to everyone. I've decided that he and my brother were kindred spirits in the pre-existence. They are the two most social beings I have ever encountered. Kids ride their bikes by our house and say, "Hi, Carter" and I don't know who they are. He just has the ability to make everyone feel wanted and welcome. What a wonderful trait. I hope he always embraces it. I don't know how we'll deal with the "Don't talk to strangers" issue. Maybe I'll just buy a long leash:)

He truly is the best thing that has ever happened to us and definitely worth the 7 1/2 year wait to get him. Grandpa Layne would have been so proud of our little guy- hoping he's taking good care of the rest of our kids!

Holidays

So, I'm posting this at almost 1:30 in the morning. Our little man has decided that he is a big boy now. Tonight he climbed out of his crib and came walking down the stairs. We put him back in his crib and he showed us how he got out of his crib. We had the conversation that he needed to stay in his crib until morning and he told us, "No, I climb out" We told him again to not climb out and well he basically won this round. He hit his head on the way out and we were so worried he would do it again. Needless to say he slept in the Pack and Play tonight and went to bed at midnight. He thinks he's pretty hot stuff right now. He's being really sassy. I think our lives are over!!!

We've decided that our not yet 2 year old is going on 14. We've known for a while that he really seems to like Hannah Montana. I thought it was just because she sang rock music. So, New Year's Eve I recorded her 2 performances so Carter could watch them the next day. So, we sat down to have a snack and I told him that I had something to show him on T.V. I turned it on and he screamed, "Atana!! Hug Atana." I then said, "You want to hug Hannah Montana?" He said, "Yep!" Of course I started laughing and I think I uttered, "Oh, you like her?" He said, "Yep, Atana cute!" Now I'm laughing, yet not sure if I should actually be concerned. Our conversation continues:

Carter "Atana home."

Mikell: " You want Hannah Montana to come to our home?"

Carter: "Yep, Atana, house, play Carter house, sit ground,(he sits down and shows me where she'll sit) play tools (gets his tools out), play screw driver, fix table (starts fixing the coffee table with his screw driver)"
Mikell: "Well that would be fun, but Atana is on T.V. and she can't come over"
Carter: "Get Atana, hug"
Mikell: "SCOTT!!!!!" We're still not sure what to do about this:)

Happy Holidays!!!
Our holidays were fairly uneventful. My mom and brother came in from Utah and we had a great time with them. We all at some point had the flu and sinus infections, but other than that it was great. Carter loved Santa. He told Santa he wanted a tractor to ride on and a big truck. He was so excited when he saw his motorized tractor by the tree. Nothing else mattered after that. This was our first Christmas without my dad, so it was hard, but we felt such joy watching Carter that it was hard to be too sad. Carter left cookies and milk out for Santa and Christmas morning he couldn't stop talking about how Santa ate cookies and drank a glass of milk.