Never Boring

This is what happens when you leave Carter alone with Landon.
This is what happens when Carter finds a pair of scissors, alone in the bathroom, while brushing his teeth.

Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a Happy New Year! 2007 was definitely bittersweet. We were blessed with the birth of our son, Landon but we were also saddened by the loss of Grandma. We are looking forward to great things in 2008. We celebrated New Years Eve with our neighbors Rodney and Kirsten. They have an 11 month old son, Grayson. We ate good food and played Catch Phrase all night. If anyone has never played that game, go get it! We had a blast! It was a perfect New Years Eve, in my opinion.

Below is a video of Landon. He is really starting to talk a lot more and is getting so much fun!

Yesterday, both boys and I went to Grapevine Mills mall. That mall is huge! We were there for 4 1/2 hours. Mama gave the boys some money for Christmas. Carter wanted to make a Build a Bear with some of his. We get there and he chose the Grinch...all dressed in Pirate pajamas! It is so funny shopping with two kids now. Here I am with this stroller with bags hanging off each side (so we take up as much room as a double stroller). Landon's stroller is smaller than Carters, therefore bags don't really fit underneath. Then I have Carter trying to keep up. He is holding the Grinch in one hand and the big BOX the Grinch came in in the other. We can't throw the box away Momma because it is cardboard! (For those of you that don't know his obsession with cardboard, don't ask...thanks Granddaddy!). I would speed shop through each store, run out, go to the next, oops....what did we forget....THE GRINCH! Do you know how many times we had to back track to find the Grinch?
Then can you believe that when we got home, Carter didn't even want to sleep with the Grinch because he was too scary?


Congratulations to Bern and Will. They gave birth to the cutest little boy. Jaxon Ashton Helton weighed in at a whopping 9 pounds 1 ounce! We went to visit them tonight. Here is Landon and Jaxon meeting each other for the first time. I am sure these two will have lots of fun this time next year! We can't wait! You can see more of Jaxon at http://heltontexas.blogspot.com/
How cute are they?!


I hope everyone has a fun weekend. This weekend is Lindsey's Bachelorette Party. We will be staying at The Adolphus in Dallas. Carter got fitted for his tux on Tuesday. He is going to be so handsome!

Christmas 2007

I hope everybody had a VERY Merry Christmas! I know we did. Oh to be 4 again! Now we are home trying to find a "home" for everything. I did convince Carter to let me sell some of his old toys in a garage sale by telling him he could keep the money. Of course I will be saving some toys for Landon but I have to keep in mind that he will be getting his own toys too.
Last Friday we went to the town center in Southlake and attempted to get a picture with Santa. Of course, when we FINALLY got to the front of the line, it was time for Landon to eat and he wanted it NOW!




Before church on Sunday, we got some pictures of the boys in Landon's "My 1st Christmas" outfit. Elinor, our neighbor, gave it to us.
On Christmas Eve, we left for Bullard. Here is Carter in the car, on the way there. Can you tell he is excited?



When we got to Gran and Papa's we made cookies for Santa. Carter ate most of them while decorating.



That night we carried on the tradition by going to the Candelight service at our chuch in Tyler. Then we came home and ate tamales. Carter was a "big boy" and sat with us during the service (it was 2 hours long!). He did so good. Here is a picture of us before leaving for church.
Then it was Christmas!!!!! Here is a video of Christmas morning. For lunch, our family came over for beef tenderloin. It was yummy! I have included some of my favorite photos from that.



After lunch, we were off to Fairview to see Rich's family. Of course, some of us got a little "cat nap".
Once to Grandmother and Granddaddy's, we visited, open presents and then ate delicious prime rib, turkey, and ham. Of course, we can't forget Grandaddy's homemade butternut squash soup! Uncle Jim and his family came over too. We had fun! Carter loves to play with his cousins. Sydney absolutely loves Landon... what little girl wouldn't like a real life baby doll! She wanted to hold him all night and when she wasn't doing that, she was sitting next to him holding his hand. Here are some pictures from the night.
Merry Christmas!

Favorite Foto Friday

Okay, another blog that I visit posts a favorite "foto" on Fridays. So I have decided to do the same. My favorite picture goes back to when Carter got to see his brother for the first time. Since Landon was in Nicu, Carter had to wait 4 LONG days to see him. He had a hard time with that because for 9 months we had been visiting the nursery window (after each Dr.'s appt) and I would explain to him that after the baby was born, he would come see him/her through this window. After 4 days, he finally got to see Landon through the window (once he was moved to the "step-down" NICU.

Okay...I must post 2 pics. The 2nd one is one I have gotten tons of lately.

Christmas Program and Pictures Part 2

Okay, I published the post before I could post other pictures. Also, in the video, Carter is in the center on the last row. Below are some of my favorite pictures from the week.

Landon is smiling so much now. He has the cutest grin that stretches from ear to ear.

This picture cracks me up! Look how HUGE Carter looks next to Landon.

Bath time!Brotherly Love

Okay...I have tons more I could post, but I have to get my boys to bed.

Christmas Program and Pictures

Carter had his Christmas program today at school. Much different from last year. Last year nobody in his class sang but one little girl. This year most of them sang and some of them YELLED! It was quite entertaining. I am posting Joy to the World below. They sang about 5 songs, but this was Carter's favorite. I don't know why...maybe the fact they got to scream as loud as possible "Joy to the World". Carter loves his school this year.

Okay, I am going to try harder...

I am going to try harder to keep this updated. The boys are getting so cute together and I have so many things to share and post. Most of you know by now that Landon was born on October 8th. He came 5 weeks early and weighed 4 pounds 5 ounces. He was born even smaller than most babies 5 weeks early because he was restricted growth due to intermittent flow through the cord to my placenta. However, after spending 5 days in Nicu, he is doing good and definitely getting bigger! He went for his 2 month check up last week and weighed 10 pounds 3 ounces. Way to go Landon!
Carter absolutely adores his little brother. I was concerned there would be jealousy since Carter was an only for four years. He has shown absolutely none of that! He tells me at least twice a day that he is so happy we have Landon. We are too! I am going to try and post some pictures later tonight. Carter had his Christmas program at school today, so I have the video of that.