More pumpkin farm pics

Mom, Dad and Carter had a great time, we couldn't stop taking pictures.



Daddy helping Carter knock on the door to see if he can get into Sesame Street...

How do you clean a dirty baby?

Forget Axe...we use the washer and dryer! Thank God we just got the large capacity front loaders! :-)))))
We couldn't pass up the opportunity to see what he would think of a laundry basket and he loved it!



This is now and FOREVER my all time favorite picture of my son

Carter and his addiction

Carter's favorite baby food is Vegetable Beef from Gerber. He might just have to go to rehab with Britney and Lindsay, his addiction is getting out of control...

Jumparoo MADNESS!

Look at this happy little clown in his Jumparoo...he loves it and we do too!

Playing with Mom and my new FAVORITE toy

Auntie Laura just bought Carter his first steering wheel, fully equipped with race car noises and all sorts of stuff. He LOVES it. We were hanging out in his room and playing around. He is going to be a great race car driver!

When the cat is away...

So I walk into our bedroom after putting Carter to sleep and here is how I find Steve and Bailey. Bailey moved in as soon as he saw that "kid" was out of the picture...

Birthday fun for Mom

My birthday was September 15th and as it turned out, Steve had the whole week of my birthday off so I took off the Thursday and Friday beforehand. On Thursday, Steve, Carter, Gramma and I all went up to the Evanston park/dog beach and spent the afternoon just sitting and enjoying the gorgeous day. It was so nice....it was especially cool because when Carter was only two and a half months old, Steve went up to this same park with Bailey, Amy and Carter and they took pictures then. It's SCARY to see how fast Carter is growing up.





Mommy holding Carter with his future alma mater in the background, Northwestern. Mommy made sure that he has Wildcat blood running thru his veins.

Birthday fun for Mom continued

More pictures from the park in Evanston. The SECOND we laid down towels and blankets to sit on, Mr. Bailey sits down in the middle of them.




A GREAT picture of Bailey and his Gramma...


Evanston has a great dog beach but you normally need a permit to use it which is only available to Evanston residents. Well, we were there on a Thursday afternoon so it was pretty quiet and one of the Parks people was there and told us they only check for permits on the weekends now after Labor Day and we were very welcome to use the beach! Here is Bailey in HEAVEN, frolicking on the beach with a new friend.

Because he just looks like such a LOON in these

That's our boy....

Carter and the Roomba

O.K., O.K...Mom and Dad have been slackers, we admit it.

These pics are from September or so. Carter was sitting in his highchair waiting to be served his next meal when all of a sudden, our Roomba started up (we have it scheduled to vacuum the same time every day). Well, his utter fascination with this machine was hilarious as you can see below...



As the robot got closer, you can see how he never took his eyes off of it. He was leaning so far forward in his highchair, thank God he was strapped in because he was pulling those to their limit!

Clean up aisle 1

Carter was a bit dirtier then normal after dinner one night, and Bailey jumped on it. And yes, we did bathe Carter THOROUGHLY after Bailey took his first pass...

Carter Favorite TV show

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