Dental Hygiene

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

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

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

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!

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

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

A Quick Trip To Oklahoma

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

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.