birthday party

so today is baileys birthday party. he is having 4 boys over to spend the night- so that brings the total to 5 young boys, 1 cranky 10 month old, 1 tired, exhausted mom, and 1 Chad. right now i am in the middle of making his cakes. when i asked him if he want yellow, white, or chocolate he of course asked for half yellow and half chocolate. so we compromised that they would be one on top of the other then i asked him what kind of frosting. he said, "orange". i knew where this was going...yes, he wants me to make it look like a basketball.

two years ago for his birthday i attempted to make his cake look like a football. i have yet to live that down because it came out a disaster. i have faith that the basketball will turn out much better. we will see. i am going to take pictures as i make it so i can post them later.

wish me luck!

okay, okay

i am promise i will keep up better. from now on, this blog won't only be about carter but will also be about basically everything i feel like writing about! recipes, pictures, television, sports, etc. so hopefully that will force me to update a little more often.

with carter being at the point in his life where he is- let's face it- milestones don't happen everyday and our days sort of blend together because they are so scheduled. so adding more info and glimpses into my life might make me look a little less pathetic. in the mean time, here is my little moo cow on halloween! i will update more later! probably with a recipe!

thinking

i have been thinking a lot lately about how life can just pass you by without you even noticing. i realize that i look at carter and still see a helpless, little, tiny baby who wants to do nothing but cuddle and sleep. today- carter is all over the place, getting into everything, and not wanting to stop for more than a few seconds to sit on momma's lap. it almost makes me cry, every time it happens too! i guess with me being so busy with school and keeping up with things around here has distracted me from what is most important. i need to cherish every second i have with my son. one of these days he will be a pesky teenage who will want nothing to do with me and then a man in college- hoping his mom doesn't call him every day just to check in. i have in mind the type of mother i will be in the future and i have in mind the type of son carter will be. i just hope that day doesn't come too soon.

i recently watched an episode of oprah that was basically about slowing down. i know many many many women in my family that need to slow down (you know who you are! mom, debbie, amy!) :)
on this episode a mother simply rushed through her morning, out of routine, and forgot her baby in the car all day. the baby passed and the mother is not left with the guilt of killing her own child. from this moment on i promise to slow down and not sweat the small stuff. i will take deep breaths, say a prayer, and continue on. i love my life. and don't want to miss a millisecond of it.

love to all. slow down. :)

nothing to do with carter...again!

so besides being overly tired i am doing just wonderful juggling school and home life. i mist give credit to my hubby though- without him there is no way i could do this. he does have his moments when i have to slam around a few things in the kitchen but he quickly remembers that there are things that must get done that can't possibly get done with carter in my arms. he is might night in shining armor. now...i just have to get him to do that without causing damage to the kitchen cabinets.

i have a few rough exams coming up but have been studying for them everyday. my goal is a B+ on both. hopefully it happens!

well, this is getting cut short- i hear my little man crying for me! ta ta for now!

new pictures

This was my rocking chair when I was little. Aww...
Daddy and Carter rocking away!

So cute

First time at the orchard!

Baaa! Baaa!

Cheese!

So big!

His favorite thing to do. He looooves doing this with daddy! He laughs so hard it looks like he is crying sometimes.

So there are some new pics of the little man. Even though he isn't so little anymore! I am trying to get him into the doctor today (on hold as I type) because he has had a snotty nose, runny and itchy eyes for the last week or so. I am now convinced it is not a cold but allergies. I just hope that there is something they can do for him because he gets miserable at times. Poor little tyke...

Everything else is just peachy! School is keeping me way busy and I feel like I am running out of steam. Hopefully things will get better soon, after I take two huge exams I have coming up!

Thats all for now! :)

i can't keep up with anything!

i promise i will at least try to update every friday! okay?

okay- so in Carter news- so much has happened in the last few weeks- crawling and now pulling up! he is soo soo strong! and very smart as well! he will be 8 months old on sunday and i just can't believe it! he is talking more (baby blabber) and it is just so adorable. always saying "mamamamamama" and making little clicking noises. he thinks it is so cool. what it comes down to is that i do have the cutest, smartest, most adorable child in the universe. period.

so in other news- school is in full swing. i am taking three classes (anatomy, english, speech). i am pretty peeved about having to take speech considering BSU gave me a bachelor's degree without taking it. ugh...but its okay! i gave a speech the other night in class and was the only one who got a perfect score! GO ME! what can i say- i love to talk! i am also studing for a TEAS exam (tests reading, writing, science, math) i have to take 3 times before april to get into the nursing program. they only take 5-7 people a semester! YIKES! but i am determined to get all A's this semester and do wonderfully on the exam. that is my focus anyway!

so now- for your viewing pleasure i give you my son, Master Carter:

help mom! how do i get down?

don't you just want to squeeze those chubby thighs??


this is his favorite spot. isn't it so cute how he is just smiling a daisy! she doesn't really like him- she's a old grump.

How can I stop him?

Well, since the crawling has begun I am having issues of keeping him out of places that he shouldn't be. Like in the table, for example. Of course I watch him all the time so I want you to be reassured that we haven't had any "accidents" while he does this. But of course, I had to catch some pics: