when you’re 10 weeks old:

tummy time starts to get a wee bit more enjoyable. you can’t tell it by the look on his face but trust us, this is improvement. :)

the stuffed animal that looks pretty scary to most adults becomes your best bud.

Swaddling blankets start to feel like straight jackets. time to bust free.
hand/arm control [...]

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happy boy.

click here to see the little man smile. :)

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grandparents rock

I can’t describe what it’s like to watch my dad and Rhonda love on Carter. It’s the best, most overwhelming feeling in the entire world. I miss them, i miss them, I miss them and I hate that this isn’t the kind of thing that can [...]

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snow day…

I looked out the window earlier to see our neighbors driving down the street on their ATV. Snow is gathered on the tree limbs and it looks like a powdery snow globe out there. yay for snow! We actually have a few inches of it–and the best news?? It’s [...]

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free birds.

Yesterday we got out of the house and left the baby with a friend for a few hours. WOO HOO. Ohhhh, my, how we needed that. 8 weeks. He’s 8 weeks today and this is the first time we’ve left him!! Once upon a time I might have scoffed at [...]

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fussy baby?? clueless parenting??

7 weeks ago we brought a teeny tiny baby home who slept all the time-well, with the exception of eating every two hours. When his eyes were open, he was always this quiet content peaceful being. I remember saying, “we have the most content baby” and feeling a smug sense of accomplishment about [...]

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happy 2009!!!

happy New Year!
We’ll always be grateful for all that God provided in 2008. What an amazing year but, now, on to 2009!!
This was definitely a new kind of New Years celebration for us. ;) This is the first time we had to think about diaper bags and bedtimes [...]

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