Project 52- Week 42

I have to admit, I don't love bath time. But I do love this face in the bath!

And this is the basketball that brought lots of fun to this particular bath

Project 52, Week 41- A day at the Pumpkin Patch

A couple weeks ago we took Carter to the pumpkin patch. As you will see, there was lots of fun to be had!

Carter jumped across some big tires...

rode on a seesaw...

 drove an airplane...

sat on a giant bicycle...

jumped on a huge inflatable (he had the most fun here!)...

had to leave the huge inflatable (surprisingly no fits were thrown)...

went down a giant slide...

rode on the train (which terrified me because I knew he could jump ship train at any moment)...

took a picture with mommy (and doesn't he look happy about it)...

and finally...picked out a pumpkin!! It was a big debate and Mr. Independent wanted to carry it. Now it wasn't a hug pumpkin, but the carrying didn't last long.

We had lots of fun on our morning adventure to the pumpkin patch! I can't believe I'll have an infant next year if we go...

Project 52, Week 40

So as anyone who tries to photograph a two year old knows, getting them to look at the camera is next to impossible. But I finally got some of Carter actually looking at me! And I got more than one! Small miracles, I know, but it makes me happy.

Look at that face!!

And of course, a few driving trucks.

Have a good week!

Project 52, Week 39

Carter has had a backpack for a while, but has never been interested in actually wearing it. Then true to Carter fashion, one day he just had to wear it! Thought it was pretty cute!!

Have a great week!

Project 52, Week 38

Since we are still enjoying this nice weather, Trev and I took Carter to the Nature Center to walk around for a while. Here are some of my favorites from the day!

Love!

The most prized possession in our home: Little Motorcycle.

Ready...

 Set...

 GO!!!!!!!!!

That's all for this week!

Project 52, Week 37

Finally!! After our record setting summer, it is finally cooling off. It's even cooling off enough to wear jeans!!

And because I needed to have one of his face:

Have a great week!

Project 52, Week 36- Big Boy Bed!!

We have been trying to decide when to put Carter in his big boy bed. It's inevitably going to happen since: 1. There's another baby coming that will need that crib, and 2. He's a giant. He's almost as long as the crib, and every time he rolls over, he hits the sides of the crib, making lots of noise. He has never once tried to climb out though, so I was a little hesitant to move him. In his crib, he can wake up, play for 20 minutes and then I will go get him. But what will he do in his big boy bed?? What if he gets up early and out of bed right away? Well this wasn't a chance I was willing to take during my first trimester. But now that I have more energy, we decided it's time. There won't be lots of pictures of the room since it's still a work in progress. But here we are after the bed is up and ready:

And here's a quick shot of just the bed:

So here's the story on the bedding. We couldn't decide if we wanted a car/truck theme or sports. Well I was looking through the Pottery Barn Kids catalog one day and saw this bedding. It was cute but I didn't know if it's just what I wanted. But as I studied the room setup more from the catalog, I noticed a few things. They had a chalk wall behind the bed with two boys' names on it, like they were keeping score during a game. And guess what those names were??? Ryan and Luke. Which for those of you that don't know are the names of my only two brothers. That was pretty cool by itself. But when I looked at the photo of the quilt by itself, it had only three letters on it, and then patches of material and sports things. But what were those three letters?? R, L and S. Yep, Ryan, Luke and Sara. So I just had to get it. It was meant to be.

Carter has done great. He sleeps all night, and seems to be sleeping better in the early morning. Last week he wouldn't actually fall asleep for a nap in it, but he stayed in that bed for two hours during nap time. Now that he's waking up a bit earlier, he seems to be actually napping again. So far, Operation Big Boy Bed has been a huge success! Let's hope this continues. Now on to the next project, decorating a gender neutral nursery!

Hope everyone has a great week!!