sweet.

Ten Months Old

Carter, at ten months, you...

• want to get down and go
• love to be talked and sung to
• love to play in Grace's room with her and her toys
• love to play with the water in the bathtub and the toliet
• say "da-da", "ba-ba", and "ma-ma" 
• love to growl and yell
• can wave bye-bye
• play with toys, pumpkins, and my jars 
• laugh out loud a lot
• play pat-a-cake and peek-a-boo
• don't care about learning to walk
• are very happy crawling and cruising
• love grabbing necklaces, my laptop, and Grace's hair
• have 2 teeth
• are so hard impossible to change because you won't be still 
• love your puppy "lovie"
• follow Grace around
• sleep at night and take naps in your bed
• sleep through the night
• eat 6 ounces every 3-4 hours
• eat cereal for breakfast, and baby food for lunch and dinner
• snack on puffs, crackers, bananas, cheese, and pizza crust
• can feed yourself snacks
• drink juice from a sippy cup
• wear 12 month clothes
• wear size 3 diapers 

Charlie's First Birthday

My nephew, Charlie, just turned one year old and we celebrated at his super fun Dr. Seuss party this weekend!

Charlie's mommma, Steph, did a wonderful job planning his party!  It was all so cute!  My favorite treat were these candy coated marshmallows blue sniffing flowers!

Grace posed with the birthday boy and Tripp in their seusstastic outfits!

Charlie approached his cake cautiously!  Then enjoyed it for a while before crying!

Carter and Charlie (aka: Charter) finally noticed each other without anyone forcing them too!  They had a good "bang on the coffee table" game going on!

Happy Birthday, Charlie!

We love you!

Harvest Joy Festival

Saturday, we went to our church's annual Harvest Joy Festival and we had a super time!

playing games

winning candy

posing for a drawing

being persistent and completing each game (no matter how many tries it takes)

winning a pie in pass the pumpkin

smelling a flower balloon

being a model

bouncing and sliding

being free from confinement

trying to win more sugar

We are so blessed to be a part of a church with "families running to the heart of Jesus together!"

Trick~or~Treat

I think I am in a sugar coma!  I have eaten way too much candy over the past couple of days!  But...I suppose it was all worth it!

costumes + candy = happy kids

Carter made a perfect Memphis Tigers football player!  He can tackle you all day long and he does!

Grace was a concerina.  What is a concerina?  Good question.  Let's ask Grace.  "It is kinda like a ballerina and you gots to sing too."

our theme:  extracurricular activities

(you know that I NEEDED a theme)

Grace was so excited to go trick or treating!  She woke up at 6am...ready to go!

Trick or Treat!

It's Grandpa!

We went trick or treating with some of our cousins...a bumblebee, Woody, Mr. Potato Head, and Buzz Lightyear

All the "big" kids ran off to get some candy...so NOT fair!

Ready to go!

Woody and the concerina stuck together.  They were a little more cautious this year.  Candy was not worth being scared or nervous.  After a couple of suckers and some M&M's, Grace was done!

Obviously, he had no idea what was going on, but his daddy made sure he was not left out.

She walked straight in the house to check out her loot and get started eating it!

We had a fun Halloween night with good food, yummy candy, and fun family!