Happy Birthday Carter!!

Today is our little guys 3rd birthday! I can't believe that he is 3 already! Time flies when you are having fun :) I thought it would be fun to share some "before and after" type photos with you all.

So to get things started, we have mommy's little beefcake right after he was born....and yes folks that scale really does say 10lbs 5 oz!


And here you have the birthday boy this morning after he opened his presents :)


This kid loves Geo Trax so much that it makes shopping for him super easy. Fisher Price made it even easier this year when they added a whole line of Disney's Cars for Geo Trax....I really don't think you could have made him any happier!

This morning K and I snuck out of the house and got him his Cars balloons. Then we came back and made pancakes and sausage for the birthday boy (mickey mouse pancakes even). He wanted to go to Target in the afternoon to use his gift card, and he bought more Cars Geo Trax with it. Then we spent a bit of time perusing Toys R Us (which was ridiculously busy by the way). When we headed out to eat though, he stomped his foot and informed us that he didn't want to go out to eat, he just wanted to take pizza home to eat.....well alrighty then :) We got some yummy pizza from our favorite place in town Rome's (they make very good cheese-less pizza for Carter too). When we got home, he got his Lightning McQueen candle on his pizza which he loved. We finished the night off with cupcakes, and right now I am sitting here watching them all play Ghostbusters on the wii :) I am pretty sure that Carter's birthday couldn't have gotten any better. Oh but while I think of it, here is my favorite quote from him today as we were eating dinners "Hey guys sanks for coming to my birfday" I LOVE IT!

So to finish things off, here are some tidbits about the little fella:

- He is the definition of little boy...loves cars, tools, destruction, dirt etc...

- He is extremely sweet and respectful (as evidenced by the quote above)

- He is true-blue momma's boy, and I wouldn't have it any other way :)

- He is completely oblivious to the little girls at daycare that have crushes on him

- He has a great vocabulary for a 3 year old

- We are slowly finishing up potty training, with him wearing underwear all day, and diapers only at naptime and bedtime.

- Finally, in spite of all of his craziness at times, we love him so much, and wouldn't want him any other way :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARTER!

Disney World

Oh my goodness she is finally posting something on her blog! I am sure that is what most of you are thinking :) Well we have been really busy around here lately. I have started working full-time again, and we just got back from Disney World :) I really don't have time to describe the whole trip, nor do you probably care for all of the details...so here are some bits and pieces :)


Our first night there we ate dinner at the Grand Floridian with Cinderlla, Prince Charming, the Step-Sister and the Stepmother....it was awesome!


The next morning we started in EPCOT with breakfast with all of the other Princesses....in the words of Carter "They all so beautiful!"

Oh and Snow White got to meet Snow White :)


Day 3 found us at the Magic Kingdom where we found the Fairy Godmother :) Evidently Carter thought she would be a good place to rest :)


What a beautiful sight :)


Day 4 we were at Hollywood Studio and Carter's dreams were made! He met Lightning McQueen and Mater! Think he could be any happier?


During the Block Party Parade at Hollywood Studios, the kids got picked to dance in the street with Jesse from Toy Story 2.


At Animal Kingdom they met Rafiki and lots of other animals and characters.


Oh and of course we can't forget Nemo and friends...that ride was so much fun, and Turtle Talk with Crush was hilarious!


For our final night, we ate dinner at Chef Mickey's with Mickey and all of his pals :)


Then we finished the night at Magic Kingdom, where Carter got to "drive" a race car around the track and he is pretty sure that he drove King from Cars because the whole time he yelled "Dynaco Blue" and when a car stopped in front of us he yelled at them "Chick Hicks get out of my way, I'm the King!"


So there you have the condensed version of the trip, if you desire more details or photos just let me know :)

GO ISU!!!

In the words of my kids this morning....

BEAT THE HAWKS!!!

Canyon Lake- Labor Day Wknd 09 (34 photos), by Stacy Lange

We spent part of the Labor Day weekend at the Lake. The weather was ok (it did rain a few times for a few minutes but nothing bad), but the park was empty! I think that this has alot to do with the fact that the lake is soooooooo low due to the extreme drought around here.


This first picture is a view of the lake from a hill that I was standing on. The dock that is laying on the ground near the right center part of the photo should be under water where it is, but the lake is just that low!! In fact alot of the rocks on the other side of the lake that you see should be under water as well.....


Time for Adam to cook us some lunch :)


As you can tell, Carter was a huge help with the cooking aspect of the day....


Kayla loves watermelon!!




There should be water not just where they are all standing, but quite a ways behind them too...

We did manage to find a spot for the kids to do a bit of "swimming"




This last photo is Carter's expression when I caught him eating a whole bag of hot dog buns in the van as we loaded things up.....it makes me laugh so hard!!

A girl after her mommy's heart

After watching me scrapbook the last few years, Kayla has decided that she would like to learn how to scrapbook :) Finally, someone to share my addiction...err....love with :) I have her a photo album that the photos can be slid into. We trimmed them down, and then I showed her how to adhere them to paper and add stickers. She loves it!


Having fun on Mommy's floor...


Time to show you all one of her creations :) She is very proud of it!