Mr Carter update

Carter has been such a good, fun boy these days! He's always making us laugh, and although he's in the middle of the "terrible two's," we really haven't had too many problems.... YET.

He's still picky as ever with food- he'll eat anything sugary or carby.. and that's the only predictable thing about it. I get REALLY annoyed when I try to feed him something toddlers are supposed to like, and then he won't touch it, and it goes to waste. So, we have resorted to sending him to time-out til he eats his dinner lol. The other night, he went to time-out in his crib a few times because he wouldn't eat his spaghetti-os. He finally did eat them. So it worked! The next night, he wouldn't touch his mac n cheese, so he went to triple time-out. And he finally ate that too. These are things that I know he likes but for whatever reason, he won't eat it! So who knows if this is the best tactic but it is working and he's actually eating something normal.

He's my cute little sidekick and has gotten lots easier to take to the store or the mall or wherever- but often I have to bribe him with snacks. But he loves to help me push the shopping cart, and keeps up pretty well =)

Aaron likes to egg Carter on, into arguments that don't make sense. They usually go something like this:
Aaron: "Carter, drink your milk."
Carter: "No!"
Aaron: Yes, you need to drink your milk."
Carter: No! Choo Choo! No, TV!
Aaron: Drink your milk
Carter: No! Arm!
?????? See what I mean? Carter does not have very good arguments...

Carter's been waking up earlier in the morning, and says "Monny, monny, monny, monny" over and over til I get him. I usually don't even hear it til about 10 minutes into his calling for me. And when I get him out of bed, he still goes right to his train table.

He can count to 10! Yep, we've been working on that and he's gotten really good. And I'm still so surprised at how many letters he knows. He's got all his colors down too- and always picks blue or green. Definitely a boy.

Cutest words he says lately: "kangaroo," as he jumps around like one, and "hippo." It's just funny how he says them.


Here's a huge batch of some fun random pictures from this past month...

I LOVE this picture. Not only is he silly, hiding under the dishwasher, but his little face is just so cute! You only see his eyes but you know he's smiling under there =)

I taught him how to start the dishwasher, putting the soap in, locking it, starting it, etc, and he feels sooo important doing it, it's cute

 He's had this bouncy horse for at least a year, but it's just recently that he really likes it

 I took him to Blickenstaff's a few weeks ago (a vintage toy/candy store). It's kid heaven, and of course he's infatuated with the trains.

 Still love a sweet sleeping baby

 These are rare moments, when he'll cuddle and sleep with either Aaron or I. 

 I came home one evening after running to the store, and found that the boys had built a fort!

 This particular day, he had skipped his nap, then fell asleep in the car at 6 pm. Of course with his Percy train in his hand =) He has rotated onto his 3rd favorite train of the Thomas collection.

 Crossed ankles, crossed hands. So proper

 The silly faces of Carter

 This was just today in the car on our way to the gym. He was talking to himself and laughing, at who knows what, for like 5 minutes, it was so funny. At a red light I had to snap a picture really fast at his happy little face!

 Silly man.. in front of his new window decor =)

 Carter's been intrigued by games lately. This is Blokus, and he just likes the little pieces. I actually bought him a Thomas the Train memory matching game, but he doesn't quite get it yet ;)

This was Aaron's doing, but Carter obviously thought it was pretty funny

 Silly boys