Carter's 6 Month Pictures

I posted Carter's 6 month pictures on my photography blog earlier today, and yes, I'm too lazy to post them again here.  They'll look better there anyway. ;)  So if you would like to see his smushy cuteness head on over here!

New Things

We've got all kinds of new things going on around here, and I figured it was about time I updated a few things.  We've been making a lot of changes around our house that I'm really excited about and will post pictures as soon as I feel it's ready... I promise. ;)

Preston is turning into such a big boy!  He amazes me everyday by how much he knows at just 2 1/2.  When did he get to be so big?  He absolutely LOVES singing, and memorizes almost every song he hears.  He also likes to make up songs which is very entertaining.  He, as always, LOVES building everything in sight and has recently discovered his love of puzzles.  Gabe took one out once when he was tired of playing (and losing) Candyland over and over again and Preston has been hooked ever since.  Gabe brought home a couple of 25 piece puzzles from the dollar store a few weeks ago and ever since Preston has talked about what a nice guy he is for bringing puzzles home.  Preston now has memorized where all the pieces go and can do both by himself easily. 

I remember when Preston was born I couldn't wait until I could have a conversation with him, and now sometimes I take for granted that he talks to me all the time!  Here are some of his cute quotes from the last couple of weeks.

Gabe was changing his diaper and said that Preston had a big log in his pants.  So Preston yelled out "It's a FROGGY LOGGY, I have a frog in my pants!"  I have no idea where he got that from, other than the fact that we sing a song that talks about a bullfrog sitting on a log.  Isn't he creative?

Gabe told me that while I was out shopping when day Preston asked where I was and so Gabe told him I was getting food for us.  He replied saying "Yea, Mommy won't let us down."  I think he's been watching too much of Thomas, the useful tank engine.

Last but not least, my favorite.  One day out of nowhere Preston started saying he wanted to go on a airplane to see Heavenly Father.  It's so hard to explain that Heaven isn't a place where we can visit, and that's why we have to say our prayers to Heavenly Father.  The next day as we were driving in the car he said "Mommy, I want to see the Jesus angel."  I had no idea what he was talking about so I asked him where he thought he could see that and he said "I want to see the Jesus angel like Joseph Smith, and Heavenly Father too."  I think he was hoping that they would come down to visit him.  That's when I had to explain to him that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that's why Heavenly Father came down to visit him.  He said he wanted to be a prophet too.  We'll see...  By the way, he wanted to visit Jesus and Joseph Smith in Heaven too.  I told him that one day he could see them in Heaven, but I hope not for a long time.  Maybe that's selfish of me... 

Anyway, Here's a recent picture of our cute, smartypants!

Now for Carter.  He is adored by his big brother, and he adores the dog!  It works out great!  He is a happy, easy going baby which makes things easier for me!  He is very social and hates being in a room by himself.  He's content playing with the dog, and dog toys, and dog food... unfortunately.  It his adorable how he and Bentley play together.  Bentley his more gentle with Carter than Carter is with him.  Carter has an obsession with hair just like his brother... I don't know how that happened.... so of course he loves petting Bentley.  He loves sucking his thumb, and absolutely loves his bear that he can't go to sleep without, and hasn't been able to since he was only a few months old.  He's crawling everywhere and loves getting into anything he's not supposed to have, especially paper.  He will bite chunks out of anything he can get his hands on with the help of his 8 teeth that he's had since he was barely seven months old.  He's a crazy baby, and we love him!

Okay, now for the last change going on around here.  I have officially set up my new photography WEBSITE and BLOG.  So if you're reading my old photography blog it will no longer be updated.  Check out my new photography blog for a chance to win a free photo session if you live near me, or in Utah!  I'm also posting a few more pictures of my boys there.  Let me know what you think. :)

Playing with Friends

The Little Things - Mid Sept.

Picking Blueberries With Grandma Debbie

At the end of August last year Gabe's parents came to visit us.  One of our first outings together was to go to a nearby blueberry farm.  It is literally just down the street which was nice so we left Carter at home with Grandpa and were able to get back before he woke up.

Everyone was excited to get started filling their buckets.

Grandma helped Preston pick berries at first.

Then she got down to business and did some serious picking...

but of course kept going back to helping Preston out.

He wasn't quite sure what to do with them,

so she told him to put them in his bucket.

I was able to have some peace and quiet while I picked on my own.

Gabe was nice enough to get me in a few of the pictures. ;)

After a little bit of picking we decided to venture over and see what this was all about, unfortunately the inside was all covered in spiders and other yucky things.

When Preston realized he couldn't play in it he ran right back to the blueberry plants.

He is so mischevious.

Now he's got the art of blueberry picking down.

...and has always had the art of blueberry eating down.

He could probably eat blueberries all day long if I let him.  Notice how empty his bucket is.  He was picking the entire time, but most of them ended up inside of his tummy rather than his bucket.

When we were done filling our buckets Grandma took Preston over to the little stream to look for frogs.

When we couldn't find any we decided to take pictures instead.

Preston is always more agreeable when someone else has the camera.

I like this "family" picture Grandma Debbie took for us, too bad Carter was at home sleeping though. ;)

Gabe gave Preston a ride on his shoulder's back to the car...

while I took a few pictures of nature.

Overall, we had a fun and full little outing, in more ways than one. ;)

Carter's Laugh

Carter has been a happy baby since the very beginning.  He was around two months when these pictures were taken.  Thanks to Grandma Debbie for capturing me making him laugh. ;)
Big smile,

Bigger,

and biggest.

I will cherish these memories forever.

A Day at the Beach with Daddy and Grandma

I had a dentist appt. one afternoon in Augurst while Gabe's mom was visiting, so since we were already nearby we picked Gabe up from work and had a fun evening at the beach together.

Grandma stayed and took care of Carter in the shade for a while.

Of course Preston took off running toward the water the moment we got there.

This was the first time Gabe was able to play out with him since we usually went during playgroup.

They had a lot of fun together!

Gabe even tried out Preston's floatie.

After a little while Preston decided to warm up in the sand.  The water was really cold that day.

Maybe he thought burying himself in sand would warm him up.

He eventually found his sand toys

and realized he would be better off if he just filled that up with sand instead.

The warmest water was in the puddle  someone had dug, so Gabe and Preston had a fun time jumping

over

and over again

while Grandma watched from the sidelines.

Just in case you couldn't tell.  I was there too. ;)

We also went out for Japanese that day at our favorite place.  It was so yummy!