9 months!

I know, I know...I've been a terrible blogger recently. I haven't even posted all the pictures from our vacation!! I will try my best to get to that this week.

Here is a quick little update on our NINE MONTH OLD! Can you believe it?!?

We went to the pediatrician today for his check up. He had some blood drawn and didn't even so much as cry. I was so proud!

Here are his stats:

Weight: 13 lbs 12 ounces
Length: 26 inches
Head: 17.25 inches

He is still on the charts...BARELY. He is such a tiny fella that it is hard for Mommy not to worry, but the doctor said he is doing great developmentally and physically. He will go back in 4 weeks for a booster (for his flu shot) and we will do a weight check at that time too (to ease my mind).

Beach Fun!

Since I spent 14 years of my life living 15 minutes from the beach, I normally don't get super pumped about going, BUT Carter certainly makes me love it all the more!

We had him a nice little set up in his cabana (It's the Carter, Carter cabana...). He thought he was special.


He even got to enjoy some grapes on the beach like the adults.


This is really the first time that Carter got to play in the ocean. When we went to Florida in June, the water was pretty cold. He LOVED it. He would squeal everytime a wave would come and hit him.


This next picture was taken right before Carter took a handful of sand and ate it!! Gross! I guess every kid does it once. He didn't seem to mind...but I think he was wondering why I was forcing him to drink water.

I had some really cute videos to upload, but Blogger is not cooperating with me right now, so I am giving up. I hope to get those on sometime in the near future.

Hilton Head...Heaven on Earth

Last week, Corbin and I took off two days of work and made an extra long weekend out of the long weekend. My parents had rented a villa in Hilton Head, one of my favorite places ever, and invited us along! We all had a great time relaxing, playing golf (the boys), and shopping (the girls + Carter).

I'll try to keep this post less words and more pictures....I am not very good at that, but I will try!!

Carter had a BLAST at the pool. He only cried when we took him out of the water - I swear he would have stayed in there all day!




The only issue we had is that he couldn't keep his pants up! Bless him!

Carter splashed and splashed and didn't even stop when he got water in his eyes!



Baby boy got to do a lot of new things on this vacation. The resort that we always stay at has the neatest playground. As many times as I have been there I've never noticed it, but of course now that I have a child, I couldn't wait to play with him in it! Daddy and Carter tried to go down the slide together, but the slide wasn't exactly made for adults...thus they didn't really slide down...Corbin more like scooted himself down in an effort to not get stuck. I was laughing too hard to get a picture.

We couldn't help but take advantage of the pretty scenery and get some family pictures!


I love this picture of C-man and my sister!

And all that was only day one!! I'll be back soon with day two and some more CUTE pictures and fun videos!

What's been goin' on...

1. We've been sick. All of us. Our kitchen has looked more like a pharmacy these days.

Me and Corb are pretty much over our version of the plague. Carter is done with his antibiotics for his ear infection, but now seems to have the same chest congestion that we had. Poor fella.

2. Carter's been trying to crawl. He has his own little funny version.



3. Carter and Buster have been bonding. They can't get enough of each other - it's so funny! It is probably the hardest thing in the world to get a decent picture of the both of them together. Here are my attempts:

4. Carter has recently discovered that he can blow raspberries on other people. I can't hold him without him putting his slobbery mouth on my shoulder and going to town. When he first started doing it we thought it was hilarious (because we are mature like that!), and so we encouraged it (as you can see in the video). Now it is a bit annoying. My left shoulder is always soaking wet.



5. My child has tons of hair. He's already had two haircuts and we are ready for the next one. Don't tell Corbin, but I was brushing Carter's hair this morning and I figured just where we would put a cute bow if he was a girl. I am sure if we do ever have a girl she will be bald until her first birthday.


6. We are going someplace VERY special this weekend and I, for one, can't wait. It is probably one of my favorite places ever and I can't wait to take Carter! Because of this, I probably won't have a post up until next Tuesday at the earliest - but I promise, it will be worth the wait! I'm sure I will take a million pictures!

Bath Time at Grandma & Grandpa's

Every now and then we have to give Carter a bath at my parents' house. At first he wasn't so sure about the set up, but now he thinks it's the coolest thing ever. I decided to take some pictures of our last away-from-home bathing experience...because, you know, that's what I do.


The only thing cuter than a Carter is a naked Carter!

P.S.

That super cute "sporty" outfit Carter was wearing in the last post...Carter's daddy picked it out. I told him that it was too big (size 6-9 months - gasp!), but he insisted that he wear it anyway. He did look dang cute in it after all.

We decided to improvise a bit to get his shorts (aka baby capris) to stay up.

My poor child and his itty bitty waist! Takes after his mama - HA!

Fun with Aunt Kristen!

Last weekend Carter's Aunt Kristen (my sister) came to visit for my mom's and my birthday weekend! Lots of pictures were taken and I figured it would be a bad blogger of me if I didn't share.

My little man was of course the life of the party!




Carter and Abby have a love/hate relationship.


Carter-Aunt Kristen photoshoot:

Mom jumping in on the action...


I have no idea what's going on here but I thought it was funny!


Me joining the party. Carter getting to experience the good ole "self portrait"! He was clearly pumped.

Carter had fun with you Aunt Kristen! He is super excited about vacation!