Carter's Party - Part 2

For Carter's party, we rented a bouncey house for the day.  Lucky for him, they delivered it by 9:00 in the morning, so he was able to bounce before, during, and after the party.  He asked the next day where his boucey house was...I think he thought it was just one of his birthday gifts!

We had about 40 people attend, and had hot dogs, chips, and cake.  The kids played on the swingset, swam despite the cool weather, and jumped in the bouncey.  It was a great time, and he got so many awesome gifts.  He got a soccer set, a scooter, big wheel, art easel, chuck the truck playset, basketball goal, football, golf set, pajamas, new clothes, handy manny tools & play set, and more. 

Derrick and I got him a bowling set and a tball set for his birthday on Thursday, and we surprised him with his swingset on Friday night before his party.  Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with us, and a special thanks goes to the Hintons for traveling from Kentucky to be with Carter on his 2nd birthday!

Birthday Cake

For Carter's birthday party, he asked for a shark cake.  Our neighbor, Lisa, makes cakes for weddings and baby showers and volunteered to make his cake.  It took 8 cake mixes and turned out awesome...thank you so much, Lisa!  I had a shirt made for Carter with a friendly little appliqued shark as well, and I think it turned out so cute.  Thank you to Lindsey Whaley for making it for him. 

Here are some pictures of Carter just waking up from nap and seeing his cake for the first time.  He was overwhelmed b/c there were already probably 15-20 people in the house that came early to his party.

Carter turns 2!

Carter turned 2 on Thursday, September 2.  It is hard to believe that my baby is now a running, jumping, talking, funny, independent toddler.  I treasure the moments when he'll let me hold him, snuggle him, kiss, and hug him b/c often times these days he's just too busy for all that!  Every day is equal parts joy and challenge (hello terrible twos!) but I wouldn't trade the worst day with him for the best day with anyone else.  He is the one who made me a Mommy, and I love him with all my heart.  Happy 2nd birthday, baby!

Cole & Solid Foods

Cole starting eating cereal at 4 months and hasn't really liked it all that much.  However, we were able to start him on baby vegetables this past week, and he has enoyed them.  First, I tried sweet potatoes, and of course, he made the obligatory baby funny faces, but when I tried green beans, he loved them!  After we've tried all the veggies, we'll move on to fruits and oatmeal, which is a little bit sweeter than the cereal but still ok for him to eat once a day. 

I had been feeding him either in his carseat or bouncy seat but moved him to Carter's high chair so he could sit up and he was all smiles.  Below are a couple of pictures to commemorate his first high chair experience.