We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Christmas greetings from Carter and Fippy!

A Boy and His Doggies

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

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

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

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

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

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.