All About Carter

This weekend Carter is feeling what it is like to be an only child. Nana called on Saturday and wanted to know if Tyler wanted to come stay the night with her which has turned into 2 nights because of Labor Day! Our plans were to head to the lake this afternoon, but it does not look like we will be laking it this Labor Day so we are headed to their house on Monday which means Tyler gets one more day of spoiling and so does Carter!!! Yesterday after we dropped Tyler off we headed with Carter to eat Pizza and do a little shopping at BC Mall. Today he has already rode his bike around the block with Daddy, gone to Dino Dig and a picnic with Daddy and will be soon heading my way (it is my Sunday at work) to eat dinner at Waterloo with some of our friends! Here are some pics of the dino dig (he spent more of his time in the water, I don't blame him it is like 100 deg!!!!)

The Circus is in Town!!!

I have a perfect view of the train track on 79 while running on the treadmill at the gym and the other day I saw the coolest thing! It was the circus train coming to town! Cheri and I talked and decided we had to take the kids. We loaded up the car Saturday night along with the Thompsons and headed to the circus! Our first stop was to P Terry's for some awesome hamburgers and shakes. Then it was SHOW TIME! We herded into the Frank Erwin Center along with about 5000 other circus goers and headed for our seats. We did have to pull the kids away from the $18 programs, $20 lighted swards, $15 snow cones (but you get to keep the cup mom!) and $12 cotton candy with a hat you get to keep! WOW!! The boys were in awe, it as an awesome experience! I had no idea it was a 2hr show, so at 9:30 when it was over the boys were exhausted. Here are a few pics from the event!

1st Successfull Sleepover

Once again, Tyler is growing up TOO FAST! Last week Brad was out of town and I had my Chaps meeting so I asked Cheri (our neighbor for the next 3 days :( )if she could help me out and watch the boys for a couple of hours. This turned in to an awesome pizza, cupcake, Sleepover! The boys had a blast while I was gone, you can read about the night on Cheri's Blog. When I got home I came right over to get Carter thinking he would be missing me! NO!!! He wanted to stay too! As I was getting him ready to go I was asking Tyler over and over if he was SURE he wanted to stay. He was so excited and ready for his 1st sleepover, so off I went! I was totally thinking I would get a call in the middle of the night telling me to come get him, but when Carter woke me up at 6:30 the next morning I realized he had done it!!!

No Training Wheels and Underwear!!

Both my boys are growing up so fast! Tyler decided the other night he no longer wanted those silly training wheels on his bike so off they went. It has been a tough go, but I think he finally has it. I took video of his work in progress, he is so proud of himself! I decided for Carter that is was time to get rid of those diapers! We went straight to brothers underwear drawer and got some undies for Carter to start the traning process! He is not going to be as easy as Tyler was, we already had 3 accidents in one hour! How is that possible that he tee tee's that much in 1 HR??? We will be heading to Target next week for Carter to pick out his own super hero undies, maybe that will help. Update: Tyler is a pro at the bike, only 1 day later he is all over the place on his bike! I went for a run last night while he rode his bike and I could not keep up with him!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today we celebrated Brad's birthday out at my mom and dad's house. We went to lunch at our friends BBQ restaurant then went back to my parent's house for a super red velvet cupcake made by Nana! YUMMY!!! Way off my diet, but worth every bite. Then we went swimming to work it off! Me and the boys got Brad a new GPS and my parents got him a awesome beer can chicken holder so he can make some of his famous BC Chicken at the lake!!! Don't worry, he got some golf time in on Saturday! This was Brad's Birthday WEEKEND and he did not let us forget it!!!
Happy Birthday Old Man!!!

Jungle Java

Now that everyone is well (for now!) we headed for a much needed day out of the house to a new place that just opened a few minutes from our house, Jungle Java! It is wonderful, they serve yummy drinks and food and the kids play on this huge jungle gym while the moms hang out and talk! We had a little mama drama with another mom, but that made it that much more fun!! I went with a 3 other moms and together we had 7 boys and 1 girl, poor Katelyn. They had a blast!

Sea World Adventure

On Thursday the four of us headed for Sea World San Antonio for hopes of a fun little vacation! Right as we entered San Antonio my poor little Carter gets sick (pukes all over himself). This did not go over very well with big brother! Tyler was practically hanging his head out out the window and would have jumped out if I would have let him! We pull over to probably the grossest gas station San Antonio has to offer, but when you have to pull over you really have no choice. We cleaned Carter and the car seat up as good as we could with what we had! Tyler the entire time is crying telling me he does not want our car anymore, he wants a mini van???? what??? crazy kid! We got back in the car and called the hotel to see if we could get early check in, our original plan of going straight to Sea World was no longer an option! The Omni was so great to let us in our room early. We hung out there for a few hours to see what would happen with Carter and decide what we would do next. We all took a nap and when we woke up, he seemed to be much better so we decided to try Sea World for a while. We had a great time, everything went well much to our surprise! Everyone slept well that night we thought it must have been car sickness or something?? We headed back for a few more hours of Sea World before we went home. We saw the Shamu Show, a 4D Pirates movie (the kids were so freaked out!!!) and all the animals that they had to offer. Tyler and Brad went on a water ride, while Carter and I hung out in the toddler water area! All in all it was a fun vacation, with a little hic up, but I think traveling with kids that is to be expected! Our tickets were season passes so we look forward to going back soon when it cools off a bit.
As far a Carter goes, we are not sure what is wrong with him. He has gotten sick 2 more times since then, but randomly. We are going to take him to the Dr Monday morning to have him checked out. Hopefully nothing more than a bug!
Brad and Tyler before the Shamu Show!



Before our 4D experience



The boys in front of our hotel