Carter 1st Birthday!

I can't believe how fast his first year flew by! And I also can't believe how different he and Cooper are. Carter doesn't have any attachments (doesn't favor a certain blanket or stuffed animal), doesn't watch TV at all (his choice, not mine), and will eat anything and everything. He only takes one nap during the day, and, unlike Cooper, it's usually only an hour, 2 if I'm super lucky. He also just recently started sleeping through the night! He wouldn't take a pacifier and was always nursed to sleep, so when I quit nursing at 10 months, he couldn't figure out how to put himself back to sleep without getting a bottle in the middle of the night (and we are big suckers and couldn't let him cry). Now he's sleeping for 12 straight hours. Yah! 

At his 1 year check-up, he weighed 2 lbs. more than Cooper did when he turned 1. Carter was crawling at 6 months and walking at 9 months. He is a happy boy and has us laughing all the time. He doesn't talk as much as Cooper did, but he does say Bye bye, Hi, Mama, Dada, Bobba (bottle), Bumpa, and Ball. He has an awesome growl that he does every time he picks up a dinosaur or a dragon, and he clicks his tongue when he wants food. He puts anything and everything in his mouth, which makes going to the park a terrible experience because he just wants to eat the bark or the rocks. He gives high fives and knuckles, knows where his belly button is, and can point to your nose when asked. He has 8 teeth and has his molars coming in right now. 

We had a birthday party at our house for him, where he enjoyed being the center of attention, opening all his presents, and eating cake. 

This is what happens when you get too close to the birthday boy while he's eating cake!

February Part I

I have been so busy this year and so terrible about keeping up with my blog. It's April and I'm just now getting to post our pictures from February! 

We lost this when we moved last summer and Cooper was so excited when we finally found it 8 months later. He had asked about it EVERYDAY! 

 

 

The Rest of January 2012

I am the luckiest person in the world to get to stay home and spend everyday with these two crazy boys.

We walked to pick Cooper up from preschool one sunny morning, and we took Cooper's bike so he could ride it on the way back. Of course Big Ducky had to ride along with Cooper on his bike. 

There is a place in the mall called "Cooper's Corner" that is an interactive city designed to teach kids about street safety. The kids ride around on these little cars and they have to stay on the streets and follow the stop lights, stop signs, stay on their side of the road and all sorts of other stuff. It was really fun for Cooper. They had a police station and a fire station in that city and Cooper loved dressing up like a fireman.  

My classmates threw me a mini birthday party in class one night. Look at that cake!  

I usually like to keep Cooper's hair pretty short, but I've let him grow it out a little longer this month. He wanted a mo-hawk and it was pretty darn cute on him.  

Carter was pretty sneaky and was able to get a hershey kiss. He was such a happy little guy until I was able to catch him and pull it out of his mouth, wrapper and all.   

We went to a family expo where Cooper and David got to feel a real human brain.  

We tried to get outside and enjoy the sunshine and warmer weather for the short amount of time that it lasted.