The Cart-Man

Daddy's Work Trip...aka an Excuse to Sneak in a Disney Visit

2010-04-22T08:23:00.006-05:00

Some catching up to do

2010-04-22T08:09:00.006-05:00

So I haven't posted in quite some time and I several pictures to throw out here from this spring. Here's a collection of Easter egg hunts, new toys and silly faces. Enjoy!

Bubbles and a taste of spring

2010-02-22T12:45:00.004-06:00

Winter Fun

2010-02-01T09:37:00.003-06:00

Halloween Festivities

2009-10-28T09:47:00.006-05:00

Our Halloween Festivities started early this year with a trunk or treat event at the church of our friends (Randy/Bobbie and Mandy). Carter had so much fun. They had games to play inside and then the actual trunk or treating followed. Carter's favorite game was the fishing. I'm not sure if it was because it was fishing or because he always caught smarties.

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-28T09:05:00.011-05:00

This was Carter's 3rd annual trip to Wurth's Farms in Paducah to visit the pumpkin patch. We had great weather, yummy caramel apple sundaes, and Carter had a blast picking out pumpkins.

Really Belated Birthday Pictures

2009-10-07T19:10:00.003-05:00

And on the third day....they swam

2009-06-26T21:14:00.005-05:00

Day Two of Florida Fun

2009-06-25T17:43:00.004-05:00

Day two at Disney.

Waiting for Toy Story Mania Meeting Handy Man

Singing in the Rain

Taking a break

Playing in the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground

Sully!

Florida Vacation

2009-06-24T23:46:00.006-05:00

Here are pictures from day one at Disney World. Tomorrow's Hollywood Studios, so expect more pictures tomorrow night. I'll try to update with captions later in the trip. Enjoy!

A Trip to the St. Louis Zoo

2009-05-07T13:42:00.004-05:00

We took Carter to the St. Louis zoo on Monday since he's learned so many animal sounds. He had a blast. His favorite exhibits were the snakes and the penguins. I definitely think this will become a yearly trip for sure.

Radio Flyers

2009-04-30T21:13:00.003-05:00

Bubbles

2009-04-30T21:08:00.001-05:00

Fun at the Park

2009-04-09T12:06:00.004-05:00

So last weekend was Mason's surprise birthday party, and since there were so many kiddos around we decided to have an Easter egg hunt. So here's Carter being cute hunting eggs all with black icing on his face from the birthday cake.

Carter with Savannah.

The Zoo has moved in...at least the sounds have!

2009-02-18T09:52:00.003-06:00

It's Always Good to Have Character...or at least meet some interesting ones!

2009-01-06T19:37:00.005-06:00

Here are a few of the characters that Carter met during our Disney trip. I don't have all of them up here, but here are the majority of them.

My First Hair Cut...Disney Style

2009-01-06T19:20:00.004-06:00

I'd been holding out on Carter's first haircut ever since I heard about the haircuts you could get at the Magic Kingdom. What better place to get a first haircut than the happiest place on Earth! Not only do you get a haircut, but you get a set of Mickey ears that say "first haircut and you get a certificate for your bravery.

Here we are heading over to the barber shop.

Getting ready

They cover the children with Mickey stickers to help distract them.

Clip clip snip snip

The finished product

Squeaky Clean

2008-12-19T19:57:00.001-06:00

Joining in the Reindeer Games

2008-12-03T10:26:00.003-06:00

Our recent Thanksgiving travels took us to a reindeer ranch in Illinois. It was a fun place with an outside play area, gift shop, a Christmas tree farm, and real reindeer you could pet and feed. He absolutely loved feeding the reindeer. He kept trying to get more treats out of the bucket so he could keep feeding them. He didn't even try to sample the treats for once!

Carter loved the reindeer rocker.

Playing outside on the wooden horse.

Riding the tire reindeer swing.

Feeding one of the reindeer.

Trick or Treat!

2008-11-03T11:00:00.004-06:00

Halloween festivities spanned two days at our house this year. The festivities kicked off Thursday with Carter's Halloween party at daycare (hence the painted face) and with pumpkin carving with Daddy. This year's pumpkin was Elmo.

Day two of the festivities was actually on Halloween and involved trick or treating as Squirt from Finding Nemo.

2008-10-28T19:32:00.003-05:00

Carter is really good with pointing to his head, belly, ear, mouth and nose. He's been able to point to those body parts for a couple of months now. Here he is showing off some of his skills.

Being Cute

2008-10-28T19:13:00.004-05:00

So Carter's turned into quite the little talker lately and one of his favorite words is Elmo. He usually starts off calling him Elmo, then he becomes Momo and then finally he's just plain Mo. Please excuse the messy face. We'd just finished eating dinner!

What Mommy Teaches Carter when Daddy's not Home

2008-10-22T15:48:00.001-05:00

The Pumpkin Patch 2008 Edition

2008-10-22T15:45:00.003-05:00

Family Fun Day

2008-09-30T13:37:00.006-05:00

Last week Mason was out of town for work so from Wednesday until Sunday morning we were daddyless in the Tudor household. Carter and I decided that we should celebrate Daddy coming home, so Sunday was officially Tudor Family Fun Day. Our family fun itinerary consisted of the following:

Breakfast 9:00
Church 10:30-11:30
Lunch 1:00 PM at Patti's (yummo!)
Family Photos
The Jungle Run at Maggie's Jungle Golf
Snow Cones!

We had a busy fun-filled day and everyone had a great time. Below is a pictoral timeline of our family fun.

This was taken off of my plate by our little thief Carter

What is family fun day without splitting a Chess Sinker from Patti's?

Carter using his magic wand...aka straw...to cast spells on the trees

The Jungle Run

Carter Meets Elmo

2008-09-04T12:15:00.005-05:00

Last weekend we took Carter to his very first Sesame Street Live show at the RSEC in Murray. Both Mason and I were avid SSL fans as children ourselves, so why not continue the tradition with Carter.

Here's Carter "meeting" Elmo for the first time. It was Mason's first time to meet him too since Elmo hasn't been around as long as Mason has.

I think Mason was awestruck.

Carter window shopping. Papaw gave him some money the day before so he was ready to spend spend spend.

Carter trying to impress a passerby, older female with his new manly purchase of a SSL pennant.

Carter running around waving his new purchase around.

Waiting for the show to start.

Carter and me digging into the cotton candy. Yummo! Carter loved it and he didn't make much of a mess at all!

The Toddler Years

2008-08-22T19:48:00.004-05:00

Since Carter's officially a toddler now, I thought the title would be fitting. Here is a random assortment of pictures of my baby-toddler.

Carter playing in the house in his car

After bath time

Supervising the dogs

Eating grass
Chasing after Cookie

Laughing because the dogs kept running by him

Playing in his bedroom

Happy Birthday Captain Carter!

2008-07-30T08:21:00.002-05:00

Carter's birthday was officially July 23, but his party was on the 26th. Here are a few pictures from his party. I'm hoping to add more later and also a post about his actual birthday.

Uh Oh!

2008-06-29T09:56:00.001-05:00

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Dinner Time!

2008-06-27T21:19:00.002-05:00

Carter loves to eat, and by eat I mean he'll put anything in his mouth. Here are some of his latest "food" finds.

Pancakes

Tennis Shoe

Body parts

Wild Animals Invade Michigan Zoo!

2008-05-29T08:27:00.003-05:00

Yep, that's right. Wild animals (also known as Kayla, Kourtney, Carter and Mason) invaded the zoo at Battle Creek, Michigan on Monday. Here the wild animals are seen attacking a harmless ant.

Carter was so excited to be at the zoo for the first time.

Carter feeding the giraffes.

Wild animals on the loose. They may look harmless, but trust me they aren't!

Carter's favorite animals were fowl from Africa. He went crazy to get a closer look at them.

Carter's first carousel ride. He looks like a pro doesn't he?

Carter's second carousel ride. I think he wanted to show Daddy how much fun the carousel is.

After a long day at the zoo the wild animal was finally tranquilized. He slept soundly for quite some time and the real animals finally felt safe again.

Our Trip to the Land of Great Lakes

2008-05-29T07:55:00.002-05:00

We went to Michigan to see Great Grandma and Great Grandpa along with my uncle, aunts and cousins over Memorial Day weekend. We hadn't been to Michigan to see them since I was six weeks old (last Labor Day). This time Daddy didn't try to pack me in the suitcase. My cousins Kayla and Kourtney (now affectionately known as Ethel and Mertel) went with us so this time.

Here I am watching tv with Great Grandpa. Uncle Alan has one of those nice 50 inch lcd tv's that I keep telling Pawpaw that I want, but he still isn't listening. It was great watching tv on it!

Here I am with Great Grandma. She thought I was super cute, and rightly so. I mean, look at me. Who could think otherwise?

I'm showing Great Grandma how to use her walker properly. I'm a pro at using walking aides, so I thought I'd show her how it's done.

Here I am with Great Grandpa again. Maybe I get my hairline from him...

Here's the whole lot of us. Daddy, Great Grandpa, Me, Kourtney, Mommy, Great Grandma and Kayla.

The Modern Version of Peekaboo

2008-05-21T13:49:00.002-05:00

Pay attention everyone. I'm only going to show you this once, so look, listen and learn. Here's the new hip way to play peekaboo. I'm going in slow motion so you can take it all in, but remember when you're really playing peekaboo you have to go fast.

Step One: Hide behind the curtain

Step Two - Four: Move the curtain to the side and shout "peekaboo"

Pity Me for I was Sick

2008-05-21T13:44:00.002-05:00

Recently I was pretty sick. I had a lot of congestion in my chest and I was wheezing pretty badly so I had to start taking breathing treatments. Luckily I got to wear a pretty cool dinosaur mask. I'm feeling much better now so I don't have to take them as often as I was, but I am still taking one treatment at night for awhile.

Here I am attempting to play while I get my treatment.

It only looks like I'm smiling. I'm sick remember?

I'm adapting to wearing my mask and playing at the same time. I inherited my multi-tasking abilities from my Mommy.

I'm in my new house!

2008-05-21T13:43:00.003-05:00

I don't really have very good pictures of my new house yet, but I do have a couple of me showing off my room.

Where's Carter?

2008-05-14T08:49:00.002-05:00

Where's Carter you may ask? Well, he's busy reeking havoc in our new house. We moved last Wednesday, so you'll have to just wait to see new pictures of Carter until we're fully settled in and functioning again. We're hoping to get everything that's in the garage in the house and put away by this weekend so that we can start on moving the stuff from storage. At this time we don't have Internet at home, so that will add to the delay on new Carter pictures. It's not my fault! I can't help it that we're not in the postal system's database as a valid address and no one will give us cable/Internet until they think we are real.

Until then, just use your imagination and add a pound or two to how much he weighed last time you saw him and picture him walking and pushing Fudge's crate across the room instead of crawling everywhere.

Growing Up Carter

2008-04-17T11:06:00.002-05:00

It's hard to believe just how fast Carter is growing up. It's crazy to think that's he's closer to being one year old than he is being a newborn. He's now officially a crawler. Yes, he can crawl forward now. He's made great strides in this department over the past couple of days. He's gone from crawling only in reverse, to crawling sideways and rolling wherever he wants to go, to now being a big boy and moving forward. He's got eight teeth (yep, I said eight!). He's finally got more hair now than when he was born and he's starting to act like a big boy.

Spring Has Sprung...Cuteness That Is

2008-04-15T09:44:00.003-05:00

The weather is finally starting to be nice enough to let Carter venture around outdoors. Here are a few pictures from Carter's first real experience hanging out in the grass. I'm sure there will be many outdoor pictures to follow soon, but these will have to do for now.

Every rock star baby needs a sharp pair of shades. I guess since Carter's not a rock star (don't tell him that...he thinks banging on the table is the same as playing the drums), he's just have to look like a rock-star-wannabe.

The thoughtful-sunglasses-in-corner-of-mouth pose.

Similar thoughtful pose. We definitely have a thinker on our hands.

Carter wondering if the grass tastes good.

Trying to find out for himself just how good it tastes. Too bad he's not that great on the hand-eye coordination thing yet.

He finally got it in his mouth.

Happy Easter

2008-04-03T09:53:00.003-05:00

Carter enjoyed his first Easter. He didn't get his Easter basket until after church, but I don't think he minded waiting.

Carter playing with his Easter card. He loves opening cards (hint hint hint).

Checking out one of his eggs.

Fudge and Carter inspecting an egg.

Carter's first peep. I think he liked squishing it between his fingers moreso than actually eating it.

Carter squishing his peep while checking out his new books.

Still squishing his peep and playing with one of his eggs.

Dental Hygiene

2008-03-31T13:25:00.004-05:00

Good dental hygiene is a must for everyone. It's not like you get multiple sets of teeth where you can just start over. Well, you do get a second attempt, but it's better to get it right the first time around instead of trying to teach an older child new tricks. It doesn't work well for dogs, so I doubt it'd work much better for children.

The steps to good dental hygiene:

Step One: Find a cute baby with teeth.

I think this baby will suffice. He's cute and he has teeth.

Step Two: Find an appropriate sized toothbrush and toothpaste and then brush brush brush!

Carter is demonstrating the brushing technique. While he may not have teeth in the gummy area he is brushing in the demonstration picture below, he is ensuring that he has healthy pink gums for a lifetime.

Sunday at the Park

2008-03-03T09:31:00.007-06:00

The weather was finally warm enough to have a family fun day at the park.

Here's Carter before going to the park. He doesn't seem even the least bit excited about going to the park does he?

Carter posing on the slide. He's still too cool to actually slide down the slide on his own, but he definitely makes sliding look like the cool thing to do.

Here he is just a swinging away. He's still not sure if he likes this swing or not. It doesn't have a fun activity bar like his swing at home had.

Action Shots

2008-02-01T09:27:00.000-06:00

Here are a few random shots taken of Carter over the past few weeks. He's growing so fast that it's hard to keep up, but he's still as cute as ever.

Carter posing on his changing table.

Carter playing with his feet. He loves to be naked and play. Silly boy!

Carter and Daddy

Carter proudly raising his pacifier.

Catching ZZZ's

2008-02-01T09:23:00.001-06:00

Carter is well known for his creative sleeping habits. For about a week or so he decided that it'd be fun to sleep with part of his body sandwhiched between his bumper pad and his crib railing. While some people would find this scene alarming, we found it cute and very Carter-like. No worries...no small children were harmed in the taking of this picture.

Here's Carter's most famous sleeping pose. He loves to spoon his bumper pad. We're starting to notice a little dip in his mattress because he always sleeps in the exact same pose.

Ride Along Little Carter!

2008-01-23T19:16:00.000-06:00

Check me out....I'm famous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsGOG50WRr8

A Quick Trip To Oklahoma

2008-01-11T16:22:00.001-06:00

The day after Christmas we left for Oklahoma so that Carter could meet his Aunt Misty, Uncle Rocky and their foster kids (Burgundy, Brandon and Lori). Carter was an excellent back seat rider and only used his toy sirens when Pawpaw wasn't driving correctly.

Here are Carter, Aunt Misty and Lori

Uncle Rocky and Carter

They were great friends especially since Carter didn't have more hair than his uncle!

Mason, Carter and Aunt Misty playing with Carter's new drums.

Burgundy helping Carter ride his first pony.

A Carter Christmas

2008-01-03T15:54:00.000-06:00

Carter really enjoyed his first Christmas. He didn't really care much for the boxes, paper or bows, but he sure loved the actual gifts themselves (even the clothes!).

Here are the three of us just before church on Christmas morning. It's a bit of a blurry picture, but that's what happens when don't crop from the original file.

Carter with all of his stocking stuffers from Santa. Don't worry, he gave equal attention to each gift.

Carter opening presents.

Playing with some of his new toys.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

2007-12-17T08:10:00.000-06:00

Christmas greetings from Carter and Fippy!

A Boy and His Doggies

2007-11-29T08:35:00.000-06:00

Carter gets along really well with Fippy and Fudge. Fippy does get a wee bit jealous of him at times, but in the end she really seems to like him. She also likes eating what food doesn't make it into his mouth and stay there. She's the clean up crew. Fudge is very protective of Carter so far. She loves to sit near him and watch over him when people she doesn't know hold him. She's definitely Carter's muscle.

These pictures of Carter and Fudge were taken this morning. They were hanging out together in the chair. Here's Carter petting Fudge.

Here's Fudge kissing Carter's ear. I'm not sure what he thought about it, but he's making a cute face.

Fudge is doing the clean sock check. Like I'd put him in dirty socks?

Sorry, Fudge. No food on his hands this morning.

They make a cute team.

Fippy and Carter just laying around on the floor.

Fippy is always super nosey.

As long as Fippy's getting petted, she really doesn't care who's doing it or how.

Random Pictures of Carter

2007-11-29T08:26:00.001-06:00

Carter playing with his burp cloth.

Carter and Daddy

Carter playing with his caterpiller. He loves this toy more than any of his other toys. He even loves to play on it in his sleep when he wiggles down to that end of the crib.

Carter in his onesie from his Aunt Kim.

Eating breakfast...most of it did make it into his mouth.

Trick or Treat

2007-11-01T08:56:00.001-05:00

I think Carter enjoyed his first Halloween. He didn't get to dress up for daycare, but he did wear a seasonal outfit at least. After daycare Carter went trick or treating at my work and then off we went with our friend Susan and her son Aiden to go trick or treating around town.

Carter in his seasonal daycare attire.

Here's me and my little monkey Carter at Susan's sister-in-law's house right before trick or treating.

We were out on the town trick or treating. We saw a couple of other monkeys, but none were as cute as my little monkey.

Trick or treating wore Carter out. He was really alert and happy during the walking part of our trick or treating experience, but when it came time to drive to a few specific houses he didn't last very long. Soon after we stopped at my boss' house, he gave up the fight and was off to dream about bananas and swinging through the trees.

A Day at the Patch...The Pumpkin Patch That Is

2007-10-22T10:06:00.000-05:00

This past weekend we took Carter to the pumpkin patch for the first time. We've been going to this patch for a couple of years now and we thought it'd be fun to take Carter with us. (Did you really think we'd go without him?)

Here we are on the hayride that you take out to the patch.

Here's Mason and Carter. Both of them dressed in their Halloween orange. Carter loved the tractors.

Here's me and Carter at the patch. That pumpkin made a good seat.

Carter's trying to pick out a pumpkin. He narrowed it down to three.

So we put the three in the cart to let him decide which one he wanted.

Then, once in the cart with the pumpkins, Carter decided he didn't really like any of those three pumpkins.

So off we went in search of a Carter-approved pumpkin.

Here's Mason and Carter with the pumpkin we ended up picking out. Not too big. Not too small. Most importantly, a good stem.

Where's Carter?

He's the bald pumpkin in the middle!

Even on his tip toes, he's not quite 2 feet tall yet.

Here's Carter and Mason after the carmel apple sundae. Next year Mason will have to share his sundae!

A Visit with the Great-Grandparents

2007-10-22T10:04:00.001-05:00

Mamaw and Papaw came to visit this weekend and to see Carter.

Here's Papaw with Carter (his first name is Carter)

Here's Papaw, Mamaw, Carter and Fippy. Fippy knows she's not supposed to be on the couch. I guess that's why she's acting so meek here.

Here's Mamaw with Carter.

More Random Pictures for This Week

2007-10-19T10:00:00.000-05:00

Carter first thing this morning.

Carter and his bear. I think he was trying to eat his bear...

Carter playing air guitar.

Carter sitting in his chair eating his hand.

Even Carter has a Napoleon complex sometimes.

Another picture of story time.

Carter being perfectly cute.

The Latest Mason "Fashion"

2007-10-19T09:03:00.000-05:00

Apparently I need to remind Mason that when he gets old, Carter might just be picking out his nursing home! When will he ever learn?

One Day Carter will get his Daddy for Taking this Picture!

2007-10-17T10:06:00.001-05:00

Mason thinks it's funny to make silly hats out of Carter's clothes when he's getting him dressed. His favorite is to make a nun style hat (the kind with wings). I chalk it all up to him being an English major. This morning was no exception. I'm sure that when Carter gets older and sees these pictures he'll be after his Daddy.

Welcome to my Crib

2007-10-17T10:05:00.000-05:00

Preparations for Fall

2007-10-17T09:35:00.000-05:00

It's beginning to look and feel a bit like fall finally. It's been a lot warmer than usual this fall, so we've been dressing Carter in mostly summer clothes. These pictures are from the first morning that Carter needed a coat to go to day care.

Homecoming Parade

2007-10-17T09:31:00.000-05:00

This past weekend was MSU's Homecoming, so we decided to take Carter to his first Homecoming parade. Overall, I think Carter enjoyed the parade. On a side note...if you want lots of candy, bring a baby to the parade. Everyone throws the candy your way when they see the cute baby and because it's a baby, you don't have to share.

Carter and I waiting for the parade to start.

We're still waiting.

Apparently Carter isn't fond of loud noises. I'm sure he'll like fire trucks when he's bigger though.

Here's Mason protecting Carter's ears from the loud sirens. There were quite a few fire trucks in the parade this year.

Snuggle Buddies

2007-10-17T09:29:00.000-05:00

Since Fippy isn't a very good nap time guardian, we decided to rely on our little lion friend to watch over and protect Carter during nap time.

The Carter-Sized Chair

2007-10-12T11:00:00.001-05:00

Here's Carter trying out his new seat. It's specially designed to help babies who can't quite sit up on their own sit up. It's made so that the baby's own body weight helps him to sit. Here's Carter trying out his new chair for the first time.

It's Nap Time Again and This Time Carter has Company!

2007-10-12T10:20:00.000-05:00

Nap time is one of Carter's favorite early evening hobbies these days. Of course, the extra nap means he wakes up more at night, but I don't mind.

Here's Carter with his guard dog Fudge. She likes to protect him while he's vulnerable.

Fippy's turn at guard duty.

Fippy asleep on the job. No wonder Fudge watches out for Carter so much. Fippy can't even stay alert on her watch!

She must have heard me complaining about her guarding skills!

Fippy's back asleep on the job again. Luckily Fudge was around to take over for her. I don't know why we keep Fippy. She doesn't earn her keep at all!

Up Close and Personal

2007-10-12T10:17:00.000-05:00

Here are a few shots of Carter up close. He's such a cutie, doesn't matter whether he's close or far away he's still a handsome little guy.

Grandparents are Grand...Hence the Name GRANDparents

2007-10-11T10:05:00.000-05:00

Carter thinks a lot of his grandparents. Not only do they come and visit him often, they also put money in his piggy bank, buy him clothes, toys and promise to one day put in a swimming pool at each of their house's. Mommy and Daddy like that last one a lot! We're still working on the 50 inch-hang-on-the-wall LCD tv, but that'll come in time I'm sure :)

Here's Pops, Nana, MawMaw, Carter and PawPaw

Carter and PawPaw

Carter and MawMaw

Carter and Nana

Carter and Pops

Carter's New Best Friend

2007-10-04T09:30:00.000-05:00

Every little boy needs a best friend. Maybe Carter was inspired by story time the past two nights because his new best friend just happens to be a bear. The bear's almost as big as Carter, but I'm sure it won't be that way for long.

Random Scenes

2007-10-04T09:29:00.000-05:00

Here's Carter being cute sitting on the couch. Mason calls his pants pirate pants.

Getting his morning work out in. I think this day must have been an upper-body workout day. Looks like he could use an ab video...

Here's Carter watching Daddy play on the computer. Carter loves to help him play his computer games. Of course, his version of helping usually involves him pushing the keyboard tray away from Daddy when he's using it.

Here's me and Carter.

Morning Happiness

2007-10-04T09:27:00.000-05:00

Carter has started to love the mornings. These pictures are from this morning. I went in his room to wake him up to get him ready for daycare and he opened his eyes right before I reached to wake him up. Here's what he does every morning (at least when he's not crying because he's hungry!).

Story Time

2007-10-04T09:18:00.000-05:00

We've started reading to Carter every night right before bedtime. He gets his bath, puts his pj's on, one of us reads him a story, he eats and then it's off to bed for the little guy.

Wednesday night's story time featured Mason reading to Carter all about Pooh eating too much at Rabbit's house and getting stuck in Rabbit's door.

Thursday night I finished up the story about Pooh getting stuck in the hole at Rabbit's house and read him a story about Pooh and Piglet hunting for Woozles.

Friday night's story apparently appealed to the masses...at least the masses in the house with tails. Friday's story was about Eeyore losing his tail and Pooh helping him find it. I guess Fippy and Fudge decided it'd be worthwhile to listen just in case they ever find themselves in a similar situation.

Fippy didn't make room for Fudge, so she had to sit on the floor for story time.

Carter and his Peeps

2007-09-29T22:06:00.000-05:00

Every important baby needs his own servants and I guess that'd be us, me on the left and Mason on the right, more commonly known as Mommy and Daddy...if he could talk that is. Oh the life of a baby...having someone carry your bags, fix your food, feed you whenever you want and being carried everywhere and he doesn't even pay rent!

Splish Splash

2007-09-29T21:56:00.000-05:00

Carter was taking a bath. He still loves bath time and it's part of his nightly routine. He's starting to become more active during bath time now and even hits the water with his hands.

Carter has a new bath time buddy...er ducky that is.

Bath time is more fun with bubbles.

Tiny bubbles...

I feel all bubble-headed suddenly

It's important to always dry off after a bath...especially one where you've had bubbles. And what better way to dry off than in my frog towel.

Ever the Gracious Host

2007-09-29T21:43:00.000-05:00

Carter loves to have visitors, so if you're in the area feel free to give us a call and stop by. He loves to play host and tell you all about his day.

Here's Carter resting today so he'd be refreshed for his company this evening.

Carter and Nana

Carter and Pops

Carter, Nana and Pops

Carter and Mommy

2007-09-28T11:23:00.000-05:00

Carter just lounging around on the couch.

Me and Carter

Carter Loves his Daddy Too!

2007-09-28T11:18:00.000-05:00

Here's Daddy and Carter hanging out.

Carter's growing so fast! He takes up a lot more of his Daddy's lap than he used to.

Apparently there was something very interesting to look at on the ceiling.

Me and My Chair

2007-09-28T11:14:00.000-05:00

This is me sitting in my chair. It's convienently located next to my changing table and near my crib. This is where I hang out at night when I'm not sleeping.

This is me living life on the edge...of my chair that is!

And this is me drooling on my chair. I thought I saw a spot that needed a drool cleaning, but I was wrong. Oh well...drool happens.

Hands...the New Food Group

2007-09-28T11:06:00.000-05:00

Carter found his hands last week and loves to chew on them now. He's upgraded from bottles to hands these days.

Carter loves his Mommy!

2007-09-21T09:35:00.001-05:00

Usually I'm the person behind the camera and the video camera, but every now and then I find someone else to take over camera duty so I can have some pictures of me with my little guy.

Even Big Boys Take Naps

2007-09-21T09:33:00.000-05:00

Carter likes to nap and he naps just about anywhere and everywhere except where you want him to when you want him to. Go figure...he's just like his Daddy!

He's partial to Daddy's side of the bed

He must have been dreaming about bubbles because he's blowing them.

He loves a good shoulder to nap on whenever someone will hold him long enough.

I'm a Big Boy Now!

2007-09-20T14:27:00.001-05:00

Carter's really starting to grow like a weed. He's already grown out of some of his 0-3 month clothes (because he's too long), his 0-6 month socks never fit and now he's sitting up like a big boy. Granted he'd probably fall over if left unattended, but doesn't he look so grown up?

Here's Carter in his "Jason" shirt. One of our bestest friends Jason is known for his collection of plaid button up shirts and this is the one he bought for Carter. He looks so grown up in his Jason shirt too...very thoughtful and serious.

Carter's Baptism

2007-09-20T11:09:00.000-05:00

Carter was baptized on August 19, 2007, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Murray, KY.

Here's Carter during part of the baptismal ceremony.

The family and Carter's God Parents. From L to R: Nana, Pops, MawMaw, PawPaw, Pastor Chad, Me, Carter, Daddy, Roger and Linda (Carter's God Parents)

Play Time at the Tudor House

2007-09-20T09:44:00.001-05:00

Carter loves play time. A lot of the toys we have he didn't like in the beginning, but now he's starting to warm up to them.

One of his favorite activities it to watch television or play on the computer with his Daddy.
Like father like son.

Same expression and same pose
Carter enjoying his underwater activity bar while Fudge sniffs out the new kid on the block.

Apparently Fippy thinks she needs to sniff him out too...monkey see monkey do!

Carter enjoying some time in his bouncy seat

He's starting to smile more often now

He loves hanging out in his boppy pillow on the couch with Mommy.

It's hard work hanging out in your boppy pillow on your belly!

He's still too small for his newest toy, but we had to let him try it out a bit. I think he'll like it more when his feet actually touch the ground. Then he'll be off and running.

Of course, every child has his or her moments, and at this particular moment Carter was not enjoying his bouncy seat. Isn't his pouty face too cute though? I love it when his little lower lip starts to quiver.

Our Trip to Michigan

2007-09-20T08:38:00.000-05:00

We recently traveled to Kalamazoo, MI to visit our family. It was Carter's first trip...he was almost six weeks old at the time.

Here we are preparing for our trip. He fits perfectly in to the carry-on size luggage.

Apparently Carter doesn't like being packed in the same luggage as Mason's socks. I'm not sure why...they were clean.

Here's Carter with his Great-Grandpa

Here's Carter with his Great-Grandma

Carter and his cousin Jason

Carter and his cousin Mike

Carter with his Cousins Andrea and Matthew

Carter with his cousin Adam

Carter and his Aunt Brenda

Carter's First Bath

2007-09-20T08:08:00.000-05:00

Carter had his first real bath about two weeks after birth. We had to wait for his circumcision to heal and for his umbilical cord to fall off. We were warned that he might not like his first bath, but he really seemed to enjoy it. He didn't cry once. He still loves bath time and has only cried once during a bath since then, but that's because he was having a bad night.

Carter's First Family Reunion

2007-09-20T08:07:00.000-05:00

A lot of the family came to our house on Sunday, July 29, 2007 to meet Carter and/or to see him again. He'd only been home since that Wednesday.

Carter waiting for his guests to arrive.

Mommy and Carter

Daddy and Carter

Four generations on my side of the family. Me, my Grandmother, Carter and my Dad

Carter and his PawPaw

Carter and his Pops

Carter, Pops and his cousin Kourtney

Carter, his Mamaw and his cousin Kayla

Carter likes his carseat

The Hospital and the First Days Home

2007-09-20T08:06:00.001-05:00

George Carter Tudor was born on July 23, 2007 at 3:22PM at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, KY. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and was 20.5 inches long.

Here we are waiting for Carter's big arrival. At the time we didn't know if the baby was a he or a she. That's right, we didn't find out at the 20 week ultrasound.

Carter's big arrival.

Daddy and Carter

Daddy making the big introduction to the anxiously waiting grandparents

Carter sleeping in his bassinet at the hospital. He was trying to suck on his blanket...the little sucker!

Carter's first night home. This picture was taken after Carter deciding he didn't want to sleep alone at 5AM.

Carter with his great-Grandfather...Carter.