Random Updates

I have been way too busy to blog much lately as we are still (yes still) unpacking and cleaning and doing work on our new house. I am also trying to wrap my head around the fact that we will have a new baby in two months. However we have managed to have some fun events lately. Today we went to the OC zoo at Irvine Park. Josh, Parker, Griffin, and Dave's aunt Marsha joined us. We had a blast. Out of all the animals, I think Carter was in love with the tiny baby goats. They were really cute.

We have really been enjoying our house lately. Dave bought a 3D TV and they even got to watch a BYU game in 3D. I wake up every morning and am so appreciative and thankful for our health, my family, the fact that I am still pregnant (even though I am starting to feel pretty miserable!) and that I have a lovely home to live in. I couldn't ask for more.

Watching the BYU game in 3D

Trying to sneak up on me and say Boo! while I was working in my office.

The Little Tyrant

Carter has been sooo naughty the past two days. Everything sparks a tantrum and he gets frustrated over the most ridiculous things. Yesterday was the first time ever that we had to take him out of a store (Target) because he was being crazy. Thankfully Dave was with me and took him outside while I finished shopping. However, he is still the cutest little stink in the world. He is fascinated with cameras and taking pictures of himself. I took the first two of him, he took the second two. He loves to scream "Cheese!" for every picture.

Oh and did I mention I LOVE living in my new house? I wake up every day and still feel like it's a dream come true.

28 Weeks

I am 28 weeks pregnant. This is when I gave birth to Carter and Grayson. It's all very surreal. I can't imagine what I would do if I went into labor right now. I am so mentally, physically, and emotionally not ready to have this baby yet so he needs to stay put for another 12 weeks so I can clean, organize, and prepare for his grand arrival. I think a lot about Grayson lately. I keep wondering if this new baby is going to look like him and I am torn on whether I want that or not. Part of me wishes yes so I can see what he would look like as he grows up but part of me wants to treasure Grayson as special and different and I don't want to feel like this new baby is a replacement. I have clothes and toys that were meant for Grayson and I still don't know if I want to keep them boxed up or let his new baby brother have them. I guess only time will tell.

This week has brought about many changes--we are living in our first house! It was really one disaster after another but we managed to get through it and are very happy here. I promise to post pictures as soon as I feel our house is up to par. Right now it looks like a war zone.

The other night Dave and Carter and I were eating dinner together as a family and I realized that in a few months it will never just be the three of us. That makes me excited but I also want to cram in as many fun-filled memories as I can of just the three of us, as I know that once this baby comes, Carter is in for a shock that he is not the absolute center of everyone's world. He is growing up so fast and he talks all the time now. He is so much fun to be around and is such a wonderful little boy. His new phase is being obsessed with all things naughty. He loves to read stories about kids being naughty and he has now started biting and pinching us (which I am NOT happy about.) He doesn't do it to be mean or out of spite. He does it with this sly smile on his face where in slow motion he will reach out to pinch me and say, "Ow." He finds the things that are off-limits and says, "No, no no!" or "Naughty!" and then proceeds to continue doing them. Sigh. He tests my patience daily but I guess that is the life of a toddler.

Here are some pictures from tonight. (You can get a mini sneak peak of my new kitchen and my giant belly!) Dave was using the vacuum to clean and decided to try it out on Carter's hair. It left him with a crazy mohawk!

Bubbles!

Carter is obsessed with bubbles. If he finds the bubble container (which I sometimes try to hide) he yells out "Bub-BUUUULS." It is so funny to hear the way he says "bubble." I tried to get it on video and although he wasn't completely cooperating, you can kind of get the gist.

A Day at the Park

Carter lives to be outdoors. He loves nature, walks, the park, the beach, the pool, etc. He loves to climb up on furniture and gaze out the window. He will stand patiently forever at the sliding glass door and beg to go outside. "Peeeeze," he says. His grandpa takes him on a walk every morning that leads through a wilderness trail behind their neighborhood and ends with a stop at the park. Carter loves it. (I am not a fan as the only time I went it was at night and there were coyotes and bats on the trail!)


Today his grandma and I took him to the park to let him run around in the grass. When we realized he had a stinky diaper, I told him it was time to go home. Carter ran a few steps away from us, looked up, smiled, waved and said, "Bye Bye." And proceeded to happily run off through the field as though he could care less that we would be leaving him there. When/how did my baby grow up so fast? Seriously. Look at these pictures. He looks like a kid now!

Written By Dave...

While changing Carter's diaper before bed, I made the mistake of commenting that he didn't pee much since we changed him last. Almost immediately the flow of warmth on my arms began. Within 60 seconds of being peed on, Christy spotted a bug, or so I thought, on my neck and started laughing super hard. It turns out that a bat that flew overhead during our walk, the one I made fun of Christy for being afraid of, pooped on my neck. Christy almost went in to labor from laughing so hard. It was pretty funny but Christy thought it was much funnier than I did.

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Videos

Not much to post but I do have a few cute videos from the past week or so.

Carter's lazy rendition of Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes:



Attack of the bunny rabbit:



Reading to himself: