Cutest Cowbaby Ever :D

Carter's Great Aunt Rebecca got him this adorable shirt and jeans outfit! I have been waiting for it to fit him...the shirt's still a little big, but I couldn't resist a photo session once I tried it on him! Carter's Granddaddy, my Dad, gave me the belt buckle when he knew we were considering the name Carter. It is a Carter Caterpillar - Heavy Machinery - buckle! Mr. Carter was a friend of my Dad's.


The cowboy boots were in an earlier post. The were knitted by Carter's Aunt Lauren!

What a cutie!
He even has the bowed leg look from riding all those ponies!

Yes, they are Wranglers!


Yeeee Hawww :) ....I love this kid!!!

Random stuff...

I had Carter dressed up to go to town with his little shoes on...the first time he'd worn them, so we got side tracked by a little portrait session:

He's all ready to go explore...

This past week my Mom, Carter, and I went to Granny and Grandpaws twice! One day we had Ayda with us too. We helped them put away corn, apples, and some peaches from their garden/property! They were VERY generous with paying us in food, so I now have something like 10 quarts of corn, 14 quarts of applesauce, and I made a peach pie with the peaches!!! Here is Granny working on the applesauce:

Carter has really gotten good at sucking his thumb...he's asleep in action here!

In the pool!

Carter loves the water! Recently we've been taking his bath tub (we call it his boat when it's in the pool!) out to the pool and he likes that too!

Captain Carter :)

Kicking his feet with his Daddy's help!

Looking at his reflection??

Just chillin!

Carter's boat engine = Mom (me!)

Lady, watching the fun!

Weekend Work...

This past weekend Aaron and Michael T. removed about 20 stumps from around the property! Here is Michael T. removing the huge old pine stump by the pool! Now we can start working on our fence!

Michael T. removing stumps from the center of the driveway! Now we won't have to worry about visitors hitting the stumps...or the lawn mower...or us.....

Michael T. would dig them up with the backhoe and Aaron would take them away and fill in the holes/grade the area with the tractor!

Aaron going to get the mail.

While the boys were out taking care of the stumps, I was taking care of Ayda (Michael T's daughter/my neice) and Carter and making spaghetti sauce to can! Here are the veggies I put in the sauce....probably the last of my poor tomatoes!...poor neglected tomato plants still produced a couple hundred pounds of tomatoes!!

Rooster Killing Time!

Daisy guarding the first one to go! We killed and cleaned 6 of 11 roosters for the supper table last weekend. Everything went smoothly...and the first one was very yummy!

The dogs were very interested!..but they behaved!

Scalding the chicken in very hot water for about 15 seconds makes the feathers MUCH easier to pluck.

Plucking...

Some random ongoings....

Daddy found a new way to hold Carter, and he loves it! ...although in the photo he appears a little dazed!

The new "holding position" gives Daddy a workout :) Carter now weighs over 14lbs!

In the last week Carter has been able to fairly consistently find his thumb to suck! I thought I'd be against this, but it just means he can sooth himself better! We'll deal with getting him to stop later! He deserves to suck it after weeks of working towards this goal!

Daddy lulls Carter to sleep in the glider!

Albemarle County Fair!

Carter in his cute robe! He LOVES bath time! ...really, I think he loves water, period.

Carter has started "playing" with things...grabbing and talking to his toys!!! It is so fun! This is his turtle.

David (Aaron's co-worker) meets Carter!

Carter Goes to the Beach!

We went to North Topsail Beach in NC with Aaron's family in August! This was Carter's first beach trip...first trip out of the state...first road trip! He did great and had a nice time! I think the photos speak for themselves...











Sleepy after a trip to the beach!

Taking it easy on vacation!

Zoe and Carter became good friends! Here's Carter sleeping on her lap!

A Family Get Together!

The following are photos taken at our family get together at my parents house. My cousins from Oregon, California, and Chicago along with their parents , and my great Aunts and Uncles all from my Mom's side were at the gathering. These photos are just the ones I was on the ball enough to catch! Sorry to those of you I didn't get :(

First Cousin Once Removed (abbreviated "O.R." from now on!), Virginia! FYI, for those of you who might not know, 1st cousin O.R. means she's my cousin, so she is once removed from Carter. Another FYI, if/when she has children, her children and mine would be 2nd cousins.

Sleeping with Uncle Larry!

Uncle John and 1st Cousin O.R., Brent!

1st Cousin O.R., Tara!

Great Aunt Cathe and 1st Cousin O.R., Tara making me smile!

1st Cousin O.R., Rhys!

First Cousin O.R., Brent!

Great Aunt Cathe and Great-Great Aunt Beth!

My Dad!

Michael T. (brother) cooked up the BBQ chicken, hamburgers, and hotdogs for our meal!