Tuesday, April 24, 2012

More Soccer Fans!

Mimi and Gandy came to watch our soccer star on Friday!  Carter loves having a cheering section (as long as they aren't cheering for the other team)!!!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Carter's Check-Up

Fun times in the waiting room ;)

45 lbs
42.5 in


Stickers and a Band-Aid!
Carter had is 4 year old check up this morning!  He weighed 45 pounds (95th percentile) and was 42 1/2 inches tall (90th percentile).  The finger prick did not go over well, thank goodness he wasn't due for any shots!!!  So thankful for this precious healthy little boy!!!

Super Sweet Party



Maury went to Lily's 5th birthday party at Serendipity Sweets on Saturday.  Maury and her sweet tooth were in heaven!!!  She was excited to see Lily, it had been way too long, and she was really excited about the bag of candy got to take home!

"GO CARTER!!!!"

Maury and Carter got to spend a few days with Migi and Papa C last week and Migi got to go see Carter play soccer when she brought them home.  She told Carter that she would be yelling "GO CARTER!!!!" when she watched and he quickly told her she could not do that because everyone would look at her and think she was silly!  We all still cheered him on and I don't think we embarrassed him too bad.  He was so proud that Migi came to watch!  Carter's lesson of the week:  let the other kids on your team score too ;)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

He is Risen!!!


















We talked over the weekend a little about the Easter Bunny.  I got a few questions like "Will he come down the chimney?" and "What does he eat?" But mostly, we talked about how we celebrate Jesus and what he did "a really long time ago" for us.  And of course I got just as many questions about that, I found that the questions about the resurrection were much easier to answer than those about the EB!

So, they were up by 6 am and through their baskets by 6:01.  Peeps and bubbles were probably the big kids' favorite items, Caroline liked her snack cups best.  After church we went to Decatur for a wonderful lunch at Mimi's, an egg hunt, and spent almost all day enjoying the beautiful Easter day and family God blessed us with!

"He is not here; He has risen, just as he said.  Come see the place where he lay."
Matthew 28:6

Monday, April 9, 2012

Professional Soccer Pictures





Lucky for us Carter's buddy and teammate Jones' step-dad is a talented photographer!  He took some awesome pictures at the last game!!!

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Egg Dying

Pierce came over to dye eggs with us this year, I think we (Carter) only broke one!!!




A special thanks to Brooke for picking up a large bag of carrots for only $0.49 at Aldi so the Easter Bunny won't go hungry........that is if Maury and Carter save any for him ;)

Almost 1???


Carter wanted me to take a picture of them together :)
As if Carter turning 4 wasn't enough for me to take this week, my newborn somehow jumped to an 11 month old!!!  Sweet Caroline will be a year old in less than a month and I am not ready!  I think she is though, she's growing so fast.  She has become a fast crawler, she pulls up to her knees and one foot, still just 2 teeth, finally down to 2 naps a day, loves Maury and Carter, and flaps her hands and feet when she gets excited (has been doing that for as long as I can remember).  When I pick her up at Sunday School or Near and Dear they are always laughing at her and saying how funny she is, she has quite a personality.  I can't wait to watch the little person she becomes.......SLOWLY!

FOUR

Carter picked Shipley's for Breakfast!


Golf Clubs!!!
Well, Wednesday was the big day!  My baby boy turned 4!  My chubby toddler is long gone, he has turned into a big boy so fast and I can not turn back the clock.  I can't begin to describe the joy he brings us every single day.  Since he could talk everything that comes out of his mouth makes me laugh, not only what he says, but how he says it, so country and so sweet.  He has a heart of gold and loves his sisters to pieces.  We have had so much fun watching him grow the past 4 years and I can only imagine what all he will do in the years to come!  We love you Carter, Happy Birthday Bud!!!

Egg Hunt at the Surtees






Kate and Ward have friends over every year for an egg hunt!  Maury and Carter remembered going in years past and were excited all day long! 

Palm Sunday










We had our church Egg Hunt on Palm Sunday!  Again, Carter threw back the empty eggs and ended up with one in his basket in the end.  Maury wasn't quite as choosy, but she preferred the face painting table to hunting.  Everybody loved the train and rode at least a dozen times!