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!!

Project 52, Week 35- That's Fun!!

Carter loves motorcycles. He has a little toy motorcycle that is his most prized possession. He also got a ride on motorcycle for his birthday that he rides around the house. Trev decided to let him try it down the driveway, and he loves it!! It was probably a good thing that I wasn't there for the inaugural ride. He only crashed twice, and didn't even cry.

So he got a bit of a routine down, and he stuck to it every time he rode. He would start at the top of the driveway. The motorcycle has a bit of a natural turn, so he would veer into the grass instead of the street.

He even got brave and would pick his feet up. Then he started looking backwards while going down the driveway; that makes me a little nervous!!

A crash, but no tears!! So ones he gets to the grass, he would turn to Trev and say "That's fun!!!"

Then he runs to me at the top of the driveway.

And he says to me "Carter go Fast!" This happened every time. Even on other days, it still happened. What can I say, he's a child of routine.

And this was the sunset view from our house. It would be much prettier without those other houses blocking it, but you get the idea. And this is straight out of the camera, no editing at all!

Have a great weekend! We have been enjoying the most amazing weather; it's been awesome!!

Project 52, Week 34: Fun at the park

Last week we had a great night with Trev's parents. We ate dinner at Abuelo's, which was delicious. It's not that Carter misbehaved, he just decided to be very joyful, very loudly throughout the meal. He would roll a crayon off of the table, and I would catch it. Then he would practically scream in delight. We tried telling him that if he didn't tone it down, the game would be over. Well he didn't tone it down. So the game was over. Which led to screaming. But he was quickly distracted by chips and salsa. We then went to the park so Mr. Excited could get some energy out. He had so much fun going down the slides and playing on all of the equipment. And of course, in typical Carter style, it's very evident on his face.

After every time down the slide, he would look around at all of us to make sure we were watching him. And he had this expression every time.

Then we took a break to look at the ducks.

Have a great week everyone. Thank goodness I am 34 weeks into this project. Remind me to never do this again. I love taking photos, but I hate the pressure of one good one per week. I do need to go back and count to see if I really am on week 34 (which would have been last week). Let's hope so. If not, it will just have to be close enough!!

Project 52, Week 33

So this is not a shock to most people who read this (since you already know), but I thought I should add it to the blog. This is a scrapbook of sorts of our life. And this is a big part of our life.

Did you catch it? If not, look again. Yes, Carter's shirt says "Big Bro." Yes, I am pregnant! I'm due February 28. Yes, it's a leap year. There will be a February 29. No, I don't think Carter really gets it. I tell him there's a baby in my tummy. Then he goes to Trev's stomach and says "Hi baby." So no, he doesn't quite get it. He also says there's a baby in my shirt. But it will be real enough very soon!! I am 14 weeks tomorrow, and this pregnancy is flying by. I'm feeling much better. I hate to complain because so many people are so much sicker than I was. I would be nauseous all day long without much relief, but I was never sick. By 10 weeks it was improving. Each week is a little better and I would venture to say that I am almost back to normal now. I will say that in my case, the stomach pops much quicker the second time around!! You won't be seeing too many belly pictures on here (since that's not really me), but I will make appearances from time to time in the photos.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Project 52, Week 32

So Carter loved the riding lawn mower. Then he was terrified. Then he started to warm up to it, but only if it was off and nobody threatened to start it. And now we're back to him loving it, noise and all. He used to want to sit inside and watch Trev mow, but now he wants to ride. And while taking rides on it is fine, Carter makes it a bit difficult to actually mow the yard in a timely manner. Plus it is extremely loud, so he has to wear ear protection. I know he doesn't look like he's enjoying it, but really, he loves it!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!