love sundays...

Today was a busy but great day! We woke up early(well 8am) and spent the morning cleaning, eating pancakes and watching Baby Sign Times. Then Ben had an open house at our house from 12-2, so Ellie, Carter and I went to the parade of Homes Tour. We saw some beautiful homes and got some great ideas for when we build a house some day! Later in the afternoon max and jady came over to play with Carter. The kids had fun playing and us mom's got to catch up!

Then Steve Collins came over for supper and we grilled out and then took Ace and Carter on a nice long walk. Perfect end to a fun day!

Here are some pics below...

Carter in his big boy carseat...

Yes Carter loves Target too! P.S Carter shirt does have pink in it...a masculine pink. Yes, he is not affraid to wear pink. =)

Steph, Kate, and Danielle(Mom's) with Jady, Carter, and Max

Look how big they are getting!!!

Check out MAx's new teeth!!

What handsome boys..they were crawling trying to get the camera's

All is good till Max falls and then carter goes tumbling...haha

Dinner time..Ace is being a Thief

But Carter doesnt mind...

Steve let Carter try his Avaiator glasses on... CHECK out Carter's new nike's in the picture...pretty sweet!

9 Month Check up

9 months tommorow!
Carter has his checkup on friday. Here are the stats:

18lbz 12oz weight-- 25% percentile
17 7/8" head circumference-- 50% percentile
27 1/2" height-- 10-25% percentile. ***he is going to be a little squirt!!***

Appointment went great! No shots at this one...so that is always good. She was suprised to hear that he has not been sick yet. We are going to move up to eating three food meals a day and slowly remove the formula. Its crazy to think in only a couple more months he will be drinking whole milk.
Today we got up early and hit some garage sales(yes we are that nerdy) We found some great 12-18 month clothes and a pair of cameo crocs. But the best purchase of all were a pair of red air jordan nike shoes for onlu $9 bucks! Now carter and Mom have matching Nike shoes!
This afternoon i packed, carter practiced crawling and playing with ace, and tonight we are going to bed early! Tommorow we have a open house from 12-2 and then Carter's buddies Max and Jady are coming over to play...of course their mom's are coming too!!

P.S Happy BIRTHDAY GRANDMA PAULUS!!

Here is a pic of Carter waiting for the doctor.

Moving back to ND

Well Most of you all know that we are making the big move back to North Dakota. It is quite a bitter sweet momment. We have really enjoyed IA and all the new friends that we have made here. But to be closer to both of our families is such a blessing! Carter is going to have so much fun growing up with his cousins.
I start at my new branch in Grand Forks on June 22nd. I am excited for the new challenge of managing a new branch, but sad to leave my old branch.
We are very lucky that Ellie is coming with us to Fargo and will be watching Carter until Kenny returns(which is coming very soon). We will be living at Jim and Sandy's for the short term. We are hoping our house sells at the end of the summer and we will have a better idea of what Kenny is going to do. Wells Fargo packs and moves all of our stuff once we sell our house, so for now we are just taking some clothes and toys.
I have to give a big big big big shout out to Michelle and JK. They have graciously offered to watch Ace until Kenny returns. We are hoping Ace is on his best behavior... =) Kenny and I are very thankful. Carter will miss him though.....
Oh and one more Shout out... the Kleppe Family(our next door neighbors) have been so great to us since we moved to Solon. Scott has helped keep our lawn in great shape while Kenny has been deployed...and we are SOOO Thankful!!

Lots of big changes coming up!!
Also quick milestone for Carter...after a weekend with Parker Carter is now officially an "army crawler"

Pic of the Beautiful Flowers that Kenny sent...
"should i be worried that he did something wrong?" haha jk

1st weekend at the lake

1st off its my 100th post!! Really dont know why i am sharing that with you all, but it seems like a milestone. Actually pretty proud of myself that i have kept up with all the posting. This weekend we flew to Fargo to spend a couple dates at the lake! Although the weather wasnt very nice...we had a very relaxing time. On Sunday night we came back into town and had dinner at Shane and Lisa's.

Carter is becoming an expert flyer...all the flight attendants loved him!

Have a great week!

The girls playing...

Carter loves all puppies

Shannon was nice enough to help Carter get a manicure

Zorbaz's pizza is just as good the 2nd time around

Look how big the boys are getting 9 months old
Bath time!

happy birthday grandpa...

Happy Belated Birthday Grandpa Paulus-- I took a picture for you in my BSC shirt!! Luv, Carter

P.S. This is how mom found me in my crib last week...my legs got stuck, but dont worry I didnt cry..i just talked and talked and then mom came to save me!!

May Elmo Pics

Today we spent the day at McBride Lake. We went swimming, ate lunch, and went hiking on the trails. It was beautiful out and we had a great day.

Carter was totally thrilled with the Lake water...but by the end of the day it started growing on him.

Below i pasted some pictures of the lake and Carter's May Elmo Shots.

Enjoy!
playing in the sand!!

Ellie and Carter enjoying the water

Carter and Mom hanging out

Check out Carter's face...he was actually enjoying it!!

Elmo Shots!!

Bathtime....

Check out my blue eyes!!

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Weekend was a great weekend! We drove up to the cities and got the opportunity to spend time with Jerry and Jennie and Michelle and JK.

We arrived late friday night and on saturday morning we woke up to Jennie making a wonderful breakfast---she can make one tasty egg bake!! That afternoon we drove over to Hugo, MN and got the change to finally go stay at Michelle and JK house. It was super cute--very well decorated! =)
That afternoon we took Carter to the park and then grilled for supper. After the little guy went to sleep...us girls watched the movie Twilight. Jennie, Michelle, and I are thinking about sending the guys to "vampire school" so they can start talking to us like Edward does to bella...haha

Sunday we went to the Twins game! Carter had a great time- he got his face painted, saw his 1st grandslam and stayed out till 10:00pm!

Monday we got treated to another great Breakfast(michelle made pancakes, eggs, and bacon) and then headed back to IA.

This weekend we are actually staying home for the 1st one in a four weeks...but next weekend we are off to Fargo to go to the lakes!! Yipee!! Hoping for great weather and cant wait to see the family!

A couple updates on Carter:
* He is going to definitely take after his dad and need SPF 50...his chubby legs and arms get burned very easily!!
* Loving eating solid foods- pineapple, peas, mellon, pancakes
* Talking AKA (screaming loudly in excitment)
*spinning-- no crawling but loves turning in circles
*His favorite friend is Ace...cant get enough of him

Cant believe June is already here...we were looking on the calendar and only about 10 weeks till Ken is set to come back! We are counting down the days until he is back.... =)

here are some pics of the weekend

Carter had to wear his bib that night...the redwings won!!(sorry jerry)
Dad- look how well fit in with the boys... they even let me hold the beer cup!

Loves cups that had beer in them...haha
Go Twins!!

Look i got my facepainted...and i kept a serious face the whole time!!

Go Twins!!

JK, Mom, and Carter

Carter loved his new buddy JK

Boy time...lets get away from the girls!!

JK and Carter hanging out

Cant wait to play Xbox with my dad