Our moving baby

Karter stared crawling, pulling up and cruising all in one day. He decided one day that it was time I guess. He was 7 months old. He is an old pro at it now. He loves being mobile. I thought all along our house was pretty baby proof. Well Karter proved me wrong. We spend a good part of our day saying "no, no" and redirecting. But we love watching him explore new places. Karter in his big boy carseat

I can crawl

I go where ever I want to.

First Haircut

Daddy insisted we get Karter's haircut on Jan 8. I didn't want to because that meant he was a big boy. I wanted to wait until he was 1. BUT we made a deal. Karter's car seat goes in backwards until he is 1 like the law says and B can get Karter's hair trimmed. So we made an appointment with Nana (my mom). Karter did really well. B sat in the chair with Karter. Nana put his little cape on and spritzed his hair with water. Karter blinked his eyes alot and tried to lick nana's hand. With every little snip I was right there with my little baggy in hand waiting for the tiny blonde lock to fall in. I think I caught almost every lock that fell from his head. I had to make sure I had enough. Once nana was done she took her gel and made him a little style. First with the front sticking up then a little baby mohawk. We decided to keep the mohawk. It was too cute. After we were done I admitted to B that K really did need that cut and he did look much better. BUT he did look like a big boy. *TEAR*
These pictures are backwards Baby Mohawk

Spiked in the front

Not too sure about it all

He loved his cape

Look how long his bangs were.

Winter Blast 2009

This year we had a huge snow storm. Our news crews called it the Winter blast 2009. We thought they were exagerating on this storm as they usually do. Well they were right this time. It actually was worse than they had antisipated. We had a total of 15 inches. We thought it was pretty great. We told Karter he was a good luck charm because we hadn't seen this much snow in lots of years. I hope we can see a white Christmas every year. Karter all bundeled up to sit in the snow

He looks so tiny.

I don't think he cared being out there. He didn't like the sun beaming against the snow and into his eyes

Karter and Daddy looking out the door at the snow falling. We did this many times through the day.

Our Creek

So pretty

B ventured out on the 4-wheeler for some fun

Christmas 2009

This Christmas, Karter's first Christmas, we were VERY busy. We took a trip to see Grandad and Meme and all our Aunts, Uncles and Cousins that hadn't seen K man yet. We did a big family Christmas at the house. When I say big I mean HUGE there were 40 people in one house. It was so much fun. Karter was a little over stimulated and woke up every 2 hours on that trip, but it was worth it. We traveled home only to leave the next day for Kansas for Karter's Great Great Grandma's funeral. She was a very special lady and I'm sad that Karter didn't get to know her the way I did. But she got to love on him for a few short months and that means the world to me.
Christmas morning we celebrated at home with our little family of Three. I LOVED it. This is how it'll be every Christmas. I made homemade cinnamon rolls and we opened our gifts and enjoyed our time together. Did I mention that we had a white Christmas? First white Christmas in years.
That night we braved the icy roads and traveled to Yukon to see Brandon's parents. We had a yummy supper and opened our gifts there. We called it an early night and headed home before dark. The following day we went to my Aunts house where we did Christmas with my family. We had a great supper followed by lots of gifts.
Karter was hugely blessed. He got lots of clothes(much needed), toys and books.
I'd say this was a GREAT 1st Christmas for the big guy. the first time he got on all fours and rocked back and forth

K's new 4 wheeler Daddy bought him

So many flashes that this is the face we got from K.

The great grandbabies. All but 2. And 2 that hadn't made it into the picture yet.

K's rubber duckie from Grandad and Meme. We play with it durning bath time every night

K opening his gift from Mommy and Daddy. A "Jesus Loves Karter" puzzle.

I love my new book

Aunt Bridgey bought my first basketball goal.

I think he got the hang of opening gifts by the end of Christmas

Take a little trip

On Dec. 18th we took a trip to Welch, TX. to visit family. Karter did SO good. I was really nervous about this trip. He hadn't been in the car for longer than 3 hours at a time without getting out to eat. I sat in the back with him there and back and it made a huge difference. He was such a good boy. He took his bottle like a pro and slept really well. When we got there he was so beyond ready to get out of the car. I just knew we'd pay for him being so great going down. I was wrong he did great on the way back too. Just proves yet again I have a pretty terrific kid.

First Thanksgiving

This post is backwards but it's being recorded for my memory anyways so it's okay.
Karter's first Thanksgiving was great. Brandon and I had talked about having everyone come over to our house since it would be easier for Karter. I told him we may regret this decision later but it really ended up being a great idea. Karter really does best when he is in his environment.
So we started inviting everyone over and they all thought it was a great idea too. Just about everyone had something to do the next day or just didn't feeling like hosting it again for the 1000nth time. So I made the turkey (the first one I've ever cooked) and it turned out pretty good. I was so Thankful for my brother for being here to help me cook. He did great and he had a fun time too. We had just about everyone bring a dish so we weren't doing it all.
List of the party people:
B, Me, Karter, Mom, Jody, Brittney, Austin, Jordan, Ava, Gracyn, Doug, Grandma, Chris, Debbie and Bridget.
Pretty full house. Most memorable moment was when Ava was in our room watching a movie and I was feeding Karter she said Aunt Shanna why do you always have new stuff in your room? All you ever want to do is "Change" "Change" "Change"
Then while playing scategories we were to list a famous person starting with the letter S
Ava yells out Strawberry Shortcake.

6 Month Checkup

December 7th I took Karter to his 6 month checkup. Dr. Prough said once again what a big baby he is. This appointment we went over his developmental skills (his 4 page checklist) He is hitting pretty much all of his developmental milestones. I was a pretty proud mama while checking off one by one. His weight and height have slowed down some. Dr. Prough says most babies slow down in growing around 3 or 4 months Karter needed a few more months to do this.

Here are his measurements for 6 months:

Weight: 19 lbs. 2.5 oz. 90%

Height: 28 1/2 inches 97%

Head: 45 cm. 90%

Can I just say I love having a big ole boy. Well other than the fact he is growing out of clothes like crazy.

We also talked about when to start giving him meats and other foods. She said we could start this around 7 1/2 months. She also told me to go ahead and start feeding him 3 times a day.

I am still nursing him like he was a new born (every 3 -3.5 hours)

And the big discussion came next "IS HE SLEEPING ALL NIGHT YET?" The answer "NO"

Karter gets his last night feeding at 9. He is up again at 2 and then again at 5. She says to go ahead and let him cry it at the 2 a.m. but feed him at 5. I'm not ready for this yet. I probably will start this when he turns 7 or 8 months. I don't mind feeding him at night but I'm sure I'll get there soon enough.

Karter still takes terrible naps. We are working on him sleeping in his crib but he will only do this for about 30 minutes or so. Guess it's better than nothing.

Some things Karter likes and is doing:

He loves to jump. Thank you to Kyle and Rachel for letting us borrow your jumper. He loves it.

Swinging his rings back and forth

Throws balls

Rolling everywhere

Eating Sweet Potatoes, Yogurt, Squash, Carrots, Peas, Green beans, Pears with Cinnamon and Applesauce

Reading books

Taking baths

Tags

Singing (especially the song Baby Karter to the boomer sooner song. We may be in trouble for doing this one day)