Dear Carter,

Dear Carter,

You know what they say, "Time Flies when you are Having Fun!" and Fun is all we have had around here since you joined our family 1 year ago. You immediately captured the hearts of both me and your Daddy and of course your older brother George. Having 2 little boys has been such a blessing in my life. To see you to interact one with another, I am just so glad you have each other. I always think that when life gets hard that I hope you two rely on one another and build each other up for the better. I wish I could freeze time right now. You crack me up! Your easy going, mellow personality, is starting so show some spice :) You adore your big brother, I can tell you are naturally a Daddys Boy (which I pretend hurts my feelings, but really there is not another guy I would rather have you be like and love than your own Daddy!) and let me tell you they both love you right back. Carter, you are my sunshine baby, my little carrot top, my little jibber jabber, my kiss giver, my wrestler, my little biter :$, My best little buddy, My toilet splasher, Bath time Water dog, my little snugggler, tease, and of course one of the biggest blessings in my life. Having 3 boys around the house sure makes me feel lucky. I feel so grateful to be able to be your mama and watch you grow. You melt my heart with your squeals and giggles. You love horses.... Like LOVE horses! You go nuts when we head outside just making the sounds of the horses. You chase dad to the door when he heads out to feed them, and of course he never says no to you! You are walking everywhere. I love seeing your cute little legs waddling around the house. You are growing up too fast though. Carter, I hope that you know that I love you. I would do anything for you, and I hope you will always be my little buddy. Every day I thank Heavenly Father for sending me you. Little red headed Carter. I would not change a thing about you. You are so loved!

Love MAMA

At 1 year you:

Chase around all the older kids cause you just want to be BIG

You Say Horsie, MAMA, DADA, GinGer, George.

You make the horsie noise

You crawl around looking for toilets and open doors. You splash as fast as you can in the toilet till you get busted :)

You walk everywhere.

You tackle your older brother.

You give kiss after kiss after kiss. Sloppy but I love them

You love to bite... YOUCH! We are trying to break that little habit.

You love to eat! Meal time is a must around here

You love George... Everytime you see him you squeal and love on him. SO SWEET

You are always wanting to play with the big kid toys... driving tractors around on the floor, and even making the sounds.

You love your DADDY....

You love your mama too!

You are a tight squeezer! You give great hugs and cuddles.

You just quit nursing last week..... and are doing well with the bottle. But you still beg to nurse!

You love tubs, showers, toilets, anything with water... I can't wait to take you swimming this summer :)

Even though you have thinned out a ton, I can't get over all that cute little chub!

You have had 4 haircuts.

You are a handsome little guy!

We Love you more than words can say.

He loved his cake, was very serious about it, and went at it, studied it and kept making mmmmmmmmmmm.... sounds! ha ha