my dude loves my girl! (love!)

Carter loves his sister.  Most of the time he doesn't pay much attention to her, but when he does it's so sweet it melts me.  He'll go over to her when she fusses and talks to her and gently places his hand on her legs.  Today she was napping on the couch and he went over to hug her.  He put his head on her back and smiled, looked at her, smiled again, and put his head on her back again.  Then he patted her butt gently.  It melts my heart how sweet he is with her.  It also makes me realize how much he pays attention to what I do even when I don't think he is.  He obviously took notice of me patting her on the back/butt and decided he should do that too.  Kid kills me with his sweetness.

In other news Mya is 7 weeks tomorrow and weighs 10lbs 15oz! We went to the doctor the other day because she has a rash on her face and neck. It is just immature glands and no biggie. Here she is, really sleepy and not impressed with having to go to the doctor. She's going to be a gopher though!

Carter's other new favorite thing is sticking his legs in the couch like this. It's funny! He's a busy guy and the picture is blurry.

project 52:8 - double the fun

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(I'm pretty sure I just gave my kids some motherly advice just there.  Bask in the memories of the perfect days and wash away the bad.  I like it.)  Double the Carter... we were saying "look!  twins!"  Carter thought it was funny seeing himself in double on the ipad.  It's the little things that really get this kid going.

We had a few rough days this week.  And holy hell the rough days are rough with a capital F.  But then we had some really great, basically perfect days.  Those are the days I'm going to take away from this week and give me the boost to do it all again.  

pretend drinking

project 52:7 - complete

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I cannot express how wholeheartedly I agree with the quote above. Years ago I wasn't sure I wanted kids. Joe laughs about this because these kids are the center of my world and my life would be no where near complete with out each of them.

Carter has been very affectionate with Mya lately. He'll go over to her and kiss her (smacking sound included!) or hug her, lay his head on her, etc. He's beginning to show interest in holding her so last night we had him sit on the couch and we put Mya on his lap. Carter wasn't as impressed with holding her as he thought he might be but he did hug her. Talk about completing me. Seeing my big kid hug/love my little kid. Melt my heart good. Actually it's more like set my heart on fire good. The picture is blurry but I wouldn't change it. It is such an accurate capture. Squirmy, fast moving Carter, with 2 bee's in the picture and a truck trailer giving his sister a hug with his head.

In other cute Carter/Mya news Carter tries to calm Mya. And it works. If she cries he'll go over and talk to her. The other day she was in the bouncy chair on the kitchen table and she started fussing. Carter walks over to the kitchen table and starts talking to her. Then he climbs up on the chair, gently puts his hands on her little legs, and leans in to talk to her. (Don't worry I was supervising, they were all safe.) You can bet I had the biggest grin on my face and tears in my eyes. Or if she's in the swing and fusses a bit he goes over and gently rocks the swing. Kid kills me he's so sweet and observant. What gets me the most is Carter is not a gentle kid. But he has been nothing but gentle with Mya. He seems to just know to be gentle with her and his soothing works and calms Mya. Although the other day we were sitting on the couch playing with the ipad and Mya started crying and he wanted her to go away so he could play in peace. Funny kid.

Yep. Wouldn't be complete without them. Love them to pieces!

Cart Videos

These were taken with my phone at Luca's birthday party. Carter had a blast. Not sure why the video is super skinny though.... Carter's favorite part was picking up all the balls that had come out of the ball pit and putting them back in their proper place. My little cleaner upper! Love him!

project 52:6 - making mistakes

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Poor Carter. I swore I'd never give him a buzz cut. I love his blonde hair too much to cut it that short. Plus his hair is so blonde that now it looks like he doesn't have any hair. :( Oops. Sorry Buddy. This is one of this learn from your mistakes times. We will cut his hair again. Did you know that kid haircuts are 20+ bucks? Insane! I know we can give him a good haircut. Hell, I cut Joe's hair and even cut it for our wedding. I can, and will, master cutting Cart's hair. Thanks for being a good sport Cart!

phone photo dump

I finally uploaded some pictures from my phone.... in no particular order, which drives me crazy but I don't want to take the time/have the time to put them in order.

hanging out at Luca's birthday party


cleaning up the ball pit at Luca's birthday party


sleeping (for about 10 minutes) in Cart's crib




open gym


open gym


playing on the ipad with Nan


sleeping with Nan


























playing at the hospital


going home from the hospital




snuggling with Papa