Carter's ABC's

I am going to brag about my cute little boy for a moment...he is such a smartie! This morning he was pointing to the shapes and knew all the basic ones (square, star (his fave), circle, and square). I was surprised to hear him saying all of them as he pointed to them. He loves to practice his ABC's too...as soon as he wakes up, he starts to try and say them by himself which sounds something like this, "I, E, O, B, Bo, By," as he points his finger at each syllable. And I'm totally not joking when I say first thing...he climbs in our bed most nights and he literally pops his eyes open and starts saying them. It's quite hilarious...In the video, you'll hear his version and then he loves to copy each one as we say it. He keeps getting distracted by his wrinkly foot, though. Doesn't something always happen when you want to get it on video?

Gone Fishin

Oh yes...that's the sweet remains of our fresh caught fish my hubby helped catch! Not this past weekend, but the weekend before, we went camping in Pine Valley and went fishing! It was our first time camping with Carter and we had a blast! He was so excited to sleep "outside" and when he woke up in the morning, he pointed straight outside and looked at me with the hugest grin and said, "Mom! We're outside!" It was so cute and so fun to see him have a great time. The dirt there, though was horrible. It was black and stuck to everything! That kid was so dirty by the end, I couldn't wait to give him a bath!

June Birthdays

Well, June seems full of birthdays around here, but really there's only two! Ha ha...My brother, Robert's is on the 20th and then Justin's brother, Shane's is on the 24th! So, we'll start with Robert's since his is first! Grandma Bert came into town this year, which we were so happy about because she hasn't come out here since my baby shower and she hasn't seen Carter since he was 2 months old! So, we were way excited and she's always popular with the little ones, which held true with Carter because he loved her! We started out Robert's birthday with going to Gilcrease Orchards in the morning, but I didn't have a charged battery yet from Father's Day, so I don't have any pictures, unfortunately! But later that evening, we went to Angel Park Golf Course in Summerlin to do their putting greens there! It was a lot of fun because the sweltering heat died down pretty quick. Plus, there were a TON of little bunnies all over the course and Carter had a blast chasing them all around the bushes and such. I was too busy chasing him and hopping fences after him to take any pictures of the bunnies, though. It was a great time! Afterwards, we of course went back to my parents for cake and ice cream and present opening. Enjoy the pictures from that...oh, and can I just say I am totally addicted to the digital scrapbooking thing? It is the best for showing off lots of pictures instead of having a slideshow or big string of pictures...okay, I'm off my soapbox now!

The next birthday was that following Tuesday, Shane's 25th birthday! He's a quarter of a century old! So, Andrea had us all over for cake and ice cream, after which Carter had a good time wrestling and playing together. Check out the awesome video of the "baby wrestling." It's quite hilarious...Okay, that will have to come later after I downsize it since it's too big right now.

On actual Father's Day, we of course went out to Justin's Dad's site with the family. It was very nice that Damian and his kids could be around. But then my camera died and I didn't take any pictures over at my parents which was very fun! So, that was our Father's Day...Justin got new work boots and a case of Dr. Pepper =) Oh, and I made him a cute picture framed that Carter made with pictures of them and Carter's hand and foot prints!

Carter's a singer!

Carter has taken up singing lately and I absolutely love it! He knows the words to a few songs:

1. Elmo's World: "La la la la, la la la la, Elmo's World."

2. Life Is A Highway by Chris Ledoux (Just the chorus)

3. Pocket Full of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield. He sings all the parts that say "Whoa" or "No"

4. He sings all the songs on Dora and Diego like the map and backpack song

5. He also sings the "Hot Dog" song at the end of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

And then he makes up his own songs all the time and copies what we're singing. It is so cute that he's singing now. This video was taken because the night before he had asked for an apple ("Bapple") right before bed and we told him he could have one in the morning. well, first thing he asked for an apple, and I told him he could have one after his diaper change. So all this his diaper change he was singing, "I want an apple."

Justin's a great dad!

For Father's Day this year, I wanted something fun we could all go do that Justin would enjoy to celebrate him. He's such an awesome dad and Carter just loves him to pieces. So, I thought going to the Mini Grand Prix would be fun and it would be even funner for him if he could race one of his brothers, so Andrea and I went in cahoots to take them the Saturday before Father's Day as a special treat! It's really not expensive to go, either, which makes it even nicer! Carter was having a great time playing the games and pulling tickets off, as was Makenze! Now, the big slide, Carter got super freaked out. First, he wanted his Aunt Andrea to take him, and then it was so big and fast he just started bawling at the bottom...poor kid! So, Andrea and I had fun using the rest of the tickets we had gotten for the slide =) Ha ha, but the little ones enjoyed the Go-Karts...Carter almost fell asleep because of the rumble! And we had a nice ending eating pizza and buying the kids prizes with their tickets!

Our hubbies were so nice, they won us watches for $0.50!!! Ha ha...I got spongebob and Andrea got a very flashy gold watch with the Virgin Mary on the face...so awesome.

Living with Grandma

Things are going great here living with Justin's mom. Carter loves waking her up in the morning. He asks me to do it first thing, but I tell him no for a good hour or so to let her get more sleep! The woman in a night owl =) Ha ha...He especially loves that the "TT" or TV is close enought to touch. But Justin has our big flat screen in our room so he can play his video games on it, and Carter asks to watch Elmo and George (Curious George movie) on that TV usually!

We are totally enjoying the summer with plenty of trips to the pool too! We had Damian and his 3 kids in town and met Andrea and Makenze at the Whitney Ranch Recreation Center out in Henderson. That place is so cool! They have a jungle gym for the kids in the middle of the water that sprays and has a mini water slide and stuff. Then, they also have 2 big water slides for big kids or grown ups. I haven't got to go on those yet, but maybe when Justin goes with me one time I'll get to go. Carter is so timid around the water, so I usually have him clung on me like a koala bear most of the time. I swear it takes him literally an hour to warm up enough to walk around in the water and stuff. That's what's nice about the rec center, though, because it's kind of like a beach and Carter can just ease himself in! He totally pooped himself out, though, and fell asleep on the floor...how cute!