Category: Family

The kids are becoming closer and closer friends as time goes by. They do everything together, and - knock on wood - they don't ever fight. The only time either of them gets upset with each other is if Sean takes a toy from Carter - but he usually feels bad and gives it back. It makes me so happy to see them together. It's the highlight of my day.

Look at these pictures - Carter is becoming quite the little ham. Every time the camera gets anywhere near her, she cracks a huge grin and says "cheese!" She reminds me of my sister, Tracy. As a little one, she couldn't get enough of the camera either.

These pictures are from a day last weekend. Sean and I played in the snow that morning while Carter took a nap. We had a blast. The snow has heavy and sticky, and made for awesome snowballs. We have determined that we can fit exactly 28 snowballs on his metal dumptruck. At some point, Lori and the dogs came out to join us in the fun. We were all have an amazing time, and then we noticed something. We were playing in the backyard, and Carter's bedroom window looks out over the yard. And her crib is right against the window. So she was standing up in her crib, watching us through the window, with this look of utter disbelief on her face. She was just taking a nice, relaxing nap, and now she thinks that every time she naps, we all basically have a party without her. I doubt if she will ever nap again, now.

Well, "picture", at least. For some reason we didn't really take any pictures at Sean's third birthday party. I'm hoping my sister got some.

And now, to keep things fair - a few pics of Carter. Isn't she adorable?

Here are a couple of random pictures of Sean. In the pic on the right, he was riding around on his new motorcycle, and decided he needed a helmet.

Carter is really taking a shine to her Grampie Maxwell, as you can see in these pics. She asks about him all the time.

This morning was Carter's first time in the snow. Sean has been out in it several times, but Carter didn't get boots and a snowsuit until Christmas, so today was one of her first real opportunities. As we were getting her dressed, she was not real thrilled. She was hot, puffy, and annoyed. But once we got her outside she suddenly understood what all the fuss was about and started enjoying herself.

Sean and I had a snowball fight. We also built several snowmen. Each of which he would immediately knock over as soon as they were finished. A stack of ANYTHING is irresistable to a toddler. MUST..... KNOCK.... DOWN.....! They just can't control themselves.

Sean's also got a little Christmas character confusion - every time he sees a snowman, he says "A snowman! Ho ho ho!" Hopefully we get that straightened out next year.

First Christmas in the new house! And even though it is technically Carter's second Christmas, we sort of feel like it is actually her first, as she was only a couple of months old last Christmas. Both kids had an amazing time. They got the concept of fun stuff in paper wrappings this year, and tore the presents open like a couple of wolverines. And they insisted on making me set up each toy as it was opened, so that they could play with it for 20 seconds before grabbing another package. Fun was had by all. :)

Just some cute pictures taken recently that don't fit under any particular post that we've made lately. Enjoy!