What We're Up to These Days...

Well, I thought it might be time for my quarterly update :)*

*I might do this more often if it didn't take half a day to upload the pictures, and then decide to delete all of the text before I pressed "publish post." Brilliant.

Ranch Life: This little momma, who loves Carter to pieces is about to have a baby calf. Since we have a few hundred of these, ranch life is about to get busy!

Cocoa, the puppy, is not much of a puppy anymore.

Family Life: the last family picture we took on Christmas Day 2010

A visit from one of the best girls I know (and possibly Carter's future wife???)

I am taking an online photography class in hopes of learning to use my new camera. Here are a few shots...

Our hay barn

One of the windmills

An old barn by our home

A nightly view

Carter's Life: He's on the move, army-style and is getting into everything! He eats any book he can find and loves to make us laugh. He's such a good-natured little boy and the joy of our lives!

Someone adores his daddy...

6 months...

Well, we have a big boy on our hands. At his 6 month well-check, these were his stats:

weight: 20.1 lbs (95%)

height: 28 in (97%)

head: size of a 16 month old

His dumb mom also agreed to a flu shot for him on top of the cold he already had. All that did was give the poor little guy a 104.8 fever in addition to his congestion. He is much better and happier now, but it was a tough couple of days.

Other things he's doing:

rolling over and over

sitting up (maybe I should call it "leaning up")

eating veggies and fruits and cereal

screaming for fun

wearing 9 month or larger clothing

pursing his lips

blowing bubbles

babbling

clearing his throat all the time

smiling and giggling at his friend in the mirror

loving pictures of his family

adoring his daddy

laughing without being tickled

and overall, being a content and happy baby!

Ready for winter...

Mom dressed me (all about the warmth)...

An outtake...