Baby Liam Has Arrived!

Our friends, Jen and Jeff, welcomed their sweet baby boy, Liam Crosbie Hodgkins, to the world on 1/23/2010 at 2:13pm. He weighed in at 7lbs 4oz and measured 20.5". I went to visit them at the hospital the day after he was born. I got to see his Daddy change his diaper. He did a great job! Jen is doing great and, aside from a few problems during her labor, had a great delivery.

Carter and I have plans to go visit them next Monday and Wednesday as next week is when Jeff returns to work. I remember how scary and overwhelming it was when Scott went back to work, so I'm happy to do the visiting! I really, really wish I'd had more friends visiting us when we came home from the hospital.

Liam is a sweet little boy, after Carter of course, but we welcome him to the world and can't to continue to squeeze him and love on him!!

Tickle Time

Enjoy!! :)

Getting down with his bad self!! Phonics rock!!

Pre-Valentine's Day Photo Shoot

I took Carter to JC Penny's for pictures last week, but we won't have photos to share until February 3rd. I will say though, they turned out super cute. I can't wait to share with everyone!

So in the meantime, I took a small photo shoot of Carter with some Valentine's goodies. Oh, and you can't see it, but his shirt says, "Cupid is my Homeboy." Haha! The bear was given to him when he was born and I made the heart as a surprise to Scott for our first Valentine's day when dating.

Surprise, She Turned 30!

A few weekends ago, we attended the surprise 30th birthday party of the friend of a friend, Sarah Watson. Scott and I have become close to our neighbors, John and Sarah Scadding, but we are also becoming friends with the Scadding's friends too.

Sarah is a big fan of breakfast, so a PJ party was planned...come in your best!! Scott and I came dressed as Tom Cruise in "Risky Business." The party was complete with a full breakfast spread. Scott and I even won a $5 Target gift card for "Best Dressed." There were about 50 adults and umpteen billion kids, or so it seemed. It was alot of fun and we hope it's the first of many birthdays we can celebrate with the Watson family and Finton crew.

Someone is 10 Months

Carter turned 10 months on January 17th and I just can't believe that in a short month and a half he'll be one. I guess I really need to start thinking about all his parties since March 17th will be here before we know it. :)

A few new things Carter does & says:

* Says Na Na, Ba Ba, Da Da, and Ma Ma, among other things that I'm not quite able to spell out

* Has 2 teeth

* Is crawling everywhere

* Is starting to pull himself up on lower things: laundry baskets and activity table

* Loves to laugh at Mommy being silly and is always smiling

* Still sleeps about 12-14 hours each night (down at 7:30pm & up around 8:30am) and takes 1- 2 naps each day

* Is eating more finger foods: green beans, black eyed peas, blueberries, bananas, mac and cheese, ramen noodles, cooked sweet potatoes, and much more

* Is wearing 12 month clothes but will soon need 18 months & we are making a transition in shoes from size 4 to 5

* He's wearing size 6 diapers (I know, right? Haha!)

Laughs, Laughs, and More Laughs

I love finding weird things that make my baby boy laugh!! Hope it makes you smile too!

Houston, We Have a Crawler

Sunday Carter turned 10 months AND he took his first real couple movements forward. I'm officially marking Sunday the 17th on the calendar and in his baby book for his first time crawling, but today was the first time he took more than a few steps forward. I baited him with the remote control (it'll get him every time!). This first clip was taken with my cell phone.

This clip was taken with my camera. I just can't believe he's doing it more. We've been trying to be so patient, waiting for him to take off.

And here we go!!