Valentine's Day!

This New Year has been crazy so far. At the end of January I was lucky to be able to watch my friends four kids while her and her husband went to Hawaii for ten days. Mike and I had a lot of fun having five kids for a week and a half. After that I had another opportunity to watch my sister's three kids while she and her husband went to St. John's. Maybe next time it will be Mike and my turn for a tropical get away. But it has been very busy in the Williams household and many others this year. I miss my ward, however I have only been to church in my ward a couple of times. It has been fun to see how other wards work and meet different people. It is always so amazing to me that no matter where you are the Spirit is always the same. I am not going to lie I am very excited to be done babysitting I miss my house and my simple life with just one little guy crawling around. It is like seeing into the our future.  

 This picture is of my nephew and Carter drinking their bottles. I now can say without a doubt that twins is a wonderful job and whoever can do it full-time is a truly amazing person. Carter was crawling around my sister's kitchen and he got stuck in the chair   It was funny to try and watch him figure it out how to get unstuck. He got really frustrated and I finally had to help him out. He loves to get into all sorts of things now his favorite by far is our DVD cupboard and throwing them all over. We love Carter he is such a happy baby he smiles at everyone and doesn't mind being held by anyone. Very friendly and I hope it stays so happy and kind throughout life.

 

Making messes

Mike in his new office. He is excited about the move!

future  Mozart!

 Carter loves to play the Piano he crawls over to the piano and pulls himself up and plays the best he can. Then I put him on the bench and he goes crazy hitting the keys and dancing to his own music.

Carter loves splashing around and diving out of my hands which scares me to death.

For Valentine's Day I was at my sister's house in Utah babysitting, of course, and Mike had to work so we just planned on celebrating after I got back. Then while I was changing a diaper (which is a good percentage of my time with two) there was a knock at the door, there was Mike. He drove all the way down to spend Valentine's Day with me. And he bought me what I have wanted for a long time!! A CAMERA!! None the pictures on this post are from my new camera but soon enough. I love Mike so much and he is so thoughtful and kind. I am so lucky to have him in my life.  

Our little man is Growing up

Carter is standing up. He likes to pull himself up on all sorts of things. He is so fun and we love him. I had to email this picture from my phone the download it onto mike computer and the upload it to blogger. For the last hour I have been trying to connect my phone to my blog and it is just not working out for me but hopefully I can figure it out then i can add more pictures from my phone aka my camera until my other camera can be located and we have a computer cord to connect it.

Happy Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year

Well needless to say I am not the best blogger. Not because I don't want to, but because after summer my computer refused to charge resulting in the fact that it wouldn't turn on. Mike called to see how much it would cost to fix it and it was pretty ridiculous how much it was just to diagnose. My hubby being the handy man he is, thought it would be easy to do it himself. You see Mike is a self proclaimed youtube expert he has learned everything on youtube from fixing our sink to playing better ping pong. So Mike got on the all-knowing youtube and found a video where he was able to take apart my computer and he did, and then we got busy with holidays and life, and the parts of my computer laid forgotten for a good couple of months. After the New Year Mike started to work on my computer again and after buying a new power jack and putting my computer back together (which is pretty amazing) it still doesn't work and mike's computer doesn't have the accommodations for my memory card  from my camera which wouldn't matter anyway because my camera is no where to be found. So Carter will have about a zillion pictures from birth to seven months then only bits and pieces. It sounds like I am complaining but really life has been awesome lately (minus our technical difficulties) Carter is a ball of fun and loves to crawl around the house mostly in the kitchen to pick up what I've dropped I feel like I am constantly checking his mouth. He can find the tiniest things when I think the floor is spotless he still manages to get something in his mouth. He can now pull himself up on things and loves to look at himself in the mirror. I'm sad to say it but his full, fat cheeks are starting to slim down making him look more and more like a little boy, instead of  bouncing baby. He brings such joy to our little family and we love to spend time laughing and playing together. His favorite thing to do give mike and me kisses although they are slobbery we love them and he thinks its hilarious. Its so fun to watch him grow and figure things out. I feel so blessed to have my husband and son and my beautiful home.

Summer Lovin'

We have had an amazing summer camping, swimming, spending time with family, BBQs, and now recently Disc Golf. We went to Redfish Lake with my family at the beginning of August and had a great time. It was Carter's first camping trip and he did awesome. I woke up and checked on him every hour to make sure he was warm enough. We had a good time Mike came up on Friday night and surprised me which is always fun! A couple of weekends ago we went camping with our friends, The Davis' up at Wade Lake. We had an amazing time and a perfect camping spot!! we had a great time we also went up to Cliff Lake and went on a giant rope swing it was super high, and super fun. It has been a fantastic summer here are a couple of pictures of our summer.



Afton and Carter playing with mike after playing Softball in Idaho Falls.
Mike went to IF every week to play on Brittney's Softball team. It was fun because
Mike got to play softball which he loves, and I got to hang out with my family which I love.



Kalli and Carter playing. We spend a lot of time with the Davis'. We take turns
making dinner for one another and just hanging out. This is their daughter.



Say CHEESE!!
Mike has been working really hard this summer and he is taking a Lunch break
in this picture. Carter and I love when dad comes home for lunch!




 



Our CarterMan just taking a nap.



I was getting ready for church and I sat down for a one second and
he fell asleep. It was so cute!



Camping at redfish with my family.

Pratt and Carter hanging out! We were excited to hang out with our Omaha Williams
in August. We had a great time and went horse back riding, had a fire and hung out.

Kalli and Carter playing together.



This is the probably the cutest picture ever they were playing so cute!



BABY you're a FIREWORK!!

Well, it has been a month since the fourth of July but i did want to post our ventures on this great holiday. We spent the fourth with my family in Idaho Falls. On Saturday we went to Rigby Lake with my family it was fun but very crowded because Rigby does their fireworks a day earlier than the rest of the world. On Sunday our sweet little niece was blessed and we hung out at my brother's house most of the afternoon. Then on Monday Mike woke up super early to go golfing with my dad and brothers, and Carter and I slept in, it was very nice:) After the boys got home from golfing we went to my parents house to have a BBQ and played on their slip'n'slide that went down the pit in their backyard. It was fun and painful all at the same time. I got some lovely grass burns on my legs and Mike got some on his stomach. We then went down to Freeman Park to watch the Fireworks. We got to see my best friend and her family and Mike played catch with my niece for about an hour and a half. I was a little worried about Carter being fussy at the fireworks because he was having a hard time all day just crying and being fussy, but fortunately he was a champ he stared at the fireworks and when there was a bright one or loud "BOOM" he would kick his legs and get really excited, he loved them. We had a very enjoyable time. It was a great Fourth of July weekend!

Sleep, Eat and Play

These last couple of weeks have been pretty fun we have just been hanging out and having a great summer. Mike started his job working as a home loan officer. He passed both his state and fedral tests this week and is excited to get started. I also returned to work at the gym coaching Preteam, I work for six hours a week which is fun, because I get to see the girls and stay close to those at the gym, but I don't have to leave Carter for very long. Carter is a super cute baby we had his two month appointment where he weighed 11lbs 7oz and is in the 20% for weight and measured at 22'' and is in the 4% for height, which wasn't too surprising see that his parents aren't the tallest kid in class. After his shot naturally he was unhappy but he did pretty good he cried right after and then toughened up quick. That whole day however he was so tired and slept all day and all night waking up enough to eat.  



We found out that he loves to sleep on his tummy but of corse only for naps.














 He does great at night he gets his bath and then nurses, wrapped up tight and put to bed by 9:30 then he wakes up at 5 or 6 and then eats and goes right back to sleep till 8 or 9 he is getting really good at it.Carter loves to sleep here is a couple of funny picutes of him sleeping.



Mike took this one morning after he went running. He wakes up early and goes running almost every morning.



Well we have been playing alot this summer going horse back riding, four wheeling and shooting. We love to stay busy and take Carter with us he does really well. When we went horse back riding he was watched by Grandpa Williams as we rode around for a while. During shooting we kept him in the car so the sound wouldn't bother him, he was just a couple of feet from us where we could check on him every so often. For fourwheeling we strapped him to my chest and he loved and cuddled with mom and slept the whole time.



After Mike and I went on our ride he took Carter and a short little walk around the barn.




Carter loved to look at the leaves on the trees.



We have alot of fun with our little man!! We  love his smiles and his cooing, sneezing and everything between.

Blessing Day!

Well, it's official his name is Carter Michael Williams blessed on June 5th 2011. We had a great day my whole family was able to come up and support us and we had a great time.

Carter is a very sweet baby, he is demanding for sure and seems to want to eat all the time, he has started to smile and make some pretty funny faces. He really enjoys taking baths (so long as he's not hungry). I always wanted a cuddly baby but Carter is not. He loves to look out and lift his head off my chest and see whats going on, it's pretty adorable really!! He has big blue eyes. We love our little man. Here are some pictures of him throughout the last two months.

bath time           

taking a nap with daddynaptime with mommy

   Ready for church