Halloween

Carter was a lion and he wasn't too excited about his costume but we made him wear it for a few pictures anyway!

I love his little tale!

His cousin Coleton came over for a Halloween "party". He, of course, is happy to be dressed up and posses perfectly for the picture! Cole is a lot more calm and easy going than Carter :)

SO cute!

Crawling Carter

Today is big day for Carter!!! Carter is on the move which means busy busy busy from now on. Time to officially "babyproof" the house and be on the look out for anything that is worth more than $5 that he might want to destroy (I'm pretty sure babies are drawn to that kind of stuff). Here is a video of his big accomplishment! It's pretty exciting!!! Once again, you will get a climpse of my baby voice :)

For Allison

Cute Pictures of Carter

Where's Carter??
We were in the other room and heard Carter whining but when we got into the living room, we couldn't find him! And then we did and had to laugh because he was stuck.



Carter has learned to pull himself up in his crib and he loves doing it! Sometimes in the middle of the night he will do it and then he gets mad because he's really tired and for some reason doesn't understand the concept of laying down and going back to sleep.



This is another cute trick. While he is sitting in his high chair, if you are behind him, he will turn around and look at you through the little hole...so cute!

Ist Haircut

So you can't really tell but Carter got a haircut! It was just a little trim and I wanted to do it to even out all his hair. Some of it was sooo long and needed to be cut. The blue stripes are his before shot and his white t-shirt are the after shots.

He was so interested in the clippers and kept trying to take them from me.

He seems happy with the results :)

Camping

We took Carter camping for his first time. We went to Bear Lake for Raspberry Days and stayed at a KOA campground. I love spending time with my family so even though Carter wasn't the happiest little camper there, it was worth it! And he didn't do too bad, he would just wake up in the middle of the night and want to play. But he had so much fun with his cousins and we loved spending time with everyone. Here are some pictures:

My mom, dad, and I ran a 5K while we were there. My dad got 2nd place for his age group and ran it in 26 minutes (or something close to that). My mom and I took our sweet time.

Carter acting tough

The campsite

Carter being silly with Ethan

Summer Pictures

I haven't been very good at updating the blog...I was on a bit of a bloggers strike a.k.a I'm too lazy to update my blog. But here are some pictures of the fun things we have done this summer

This is Carter and his future wife, Bridget, just hanging out at the pool. We have passes to the North Park Pool so we have gone almost every week.

I'm not really sure what Carter is doing, but it looked funny. He is now 7 months old!!

This was taken on Mike's 1st father's day. Me and Carter made him a delicious dinner: steak and crab legs!

Mike was so sweet and surprised me with tickets to go see Jon Schmidt. Such a good concert and it was the first time i had ever been. And I also have to say thanks to our good friends Eric and Allison who were in on the surprise and babysat little Carter for us while we went.

I didn't get any pictures of the 4th of July but we had a really fun time with friends and family. We had a BBQ at the park the Allison made this delicious dessert.

And of course, Andrew is on his mission now. It will be interesting to see how much both Andrew and Carter will change in the next 2 years.

Missionary Man!

Just look at that face! Little Andrew is all grown up! We took him to the MTC last week and I'll be honest, it was a little hard on me. At least they do things different at the MTC now days so they don't have you watch the heart wrenching video, not that it made it any easier but the good bye was short and sweet. I'm so excited for Andrew and the experiences that await him in South Carolina!!

Carter Meets Green Beans

This is Carter's first encounter with green beans! Do you think he's a fan? I gave it one more try the next day and then switched to sweet potatoes, he liked those a little more. He still isn't so sure about grown up food but I'm sure he'll come around!

Julie's twins

For anyone who is wondering, Julie had her twin boys on May 8th!
Luke and Zach
My mom's blog has some great pictures of the healthy babies. All I can say is way to go Julie! She carried them almost full term and took them home 2 days later, what a blessing!

All of a sudden Carter decided he wanted to start rolling over. And I'm not so sure I would call this a roll, more like a fall over. Sooo cute. And don't pay any attention to my voice in the background. I've got my baby talk going on and I sound like an idiot.

Carter's Blessing

What a great weekend! Carter was finally blessed! I say finally because he's already 4 months old and he just barely got blessed. Both sets of Grandparents wanted to be there so we had to wait until last weekend in order for that to happen. But it was worth the wait. It was so special to have everyone there and Mike gave Carter the sweetest blessing. He is such a calm little boy (when he's not crying) and such a blessing to our family! Just as a little update, he weighs 17 pounds 4 ounces, which is the 90-95%. And he has a bigger head than 97% of the kids his age. Ha ha!! I LOVE it! He's growing fast...almost too fast for my liking. He's at a cute age and I don't really want him to change. But we are so lucky to have him. We love you Carter!

Our poor car

Here's the story: We went to the T-mobile store to get a new phone and apparently a FedEx truck parked right next to us (we didn't see it happen). As he was leaving he forgot that our car was there and banged right into us!!! I felt bad for the guy, he was pretty young and was shaking so bad when he came to talk to us. $2,000 worth of damage and we are driving a rental for a week! I blame the new license plate. Our Colorado license plate would have protected us!

Lots of good news and some bad...

First the good news....

Andrew got his mission call!! He is going to South Carolina, Columbia. He is really excited and is going to be a REALLY great missionary! We are going to miss him but I already can't wait for him to get home. He leaves July 1st. The funny thing is that my older brother Jeff actually lives about an hour away from his mission home. So we may have to make a little trip out to Jeff's house soon!!!
Also....Carter had his pictures taken! First we went to Kiddie Candid and the pictures turned out ok but I will NEVER go back again. First of all the lady kept screaming in his face to get him to smile (3 month olds aren't usually into that) and the entire mall can walk by and watch you take the pictures. Then they only take about 10 pictures and make you chose 6 on the spot and they delete the rest. THEN if you want to keep any you have to give up your first born! Just kidding about that last part but seriously, they are so expensive! So I walked out of there disappointed and then the other day we went to Target. WAY better experience. The studio is behind closed doors so it's nice and quiet with no distractions. They are so much more personable and take about 50 shots, all of which you can keep. The lady holds the camera in her own hands so she can shoot from any angle and if you can find a coupon, which you always can on their website, you can get a great deal! We ordered $75 dollars worth of pictures and paid $30. Here is a small preview with more pictures to come!

More good news...
COLTON DAVID LINDDQUIST
was born on March 25th. He was a bit stubborn getting here but he is SO cute and we are glad he is part of the family! Mike's side of the family has almost doubled in one year! All his brothers have had a kid in the last year, including him!

Now the bad news....

We had to get Utah plates on the car. We officially own the car and the Colorado registration was going to expire so we had to bite the bullet and change the plates. Now I have no way to distinguish my car from all the other Corolla's out there. We are now "one of them" and it's been really hard on me and her(meaning the car). But it has given us a new motivation to get out of Utah!! The sooner we do the sooner those plates go away!!

2.5 months old

It's amazing how fast babies grow! Carter is already 13.9 pounds and has grown 3 inches since hew as born only 2 and 1/2 months ago!! He is learning new tricks and is constantly exploring the world around him...he's pretty cute!

My little escape artist...he always escapes from his swaddle!!

A blank stare..that usually means he's tired.

Just chillin
Gooo Cougars!

Mr. Tough Guy

His cute smile

Daddy put bubbles all over his face!

"Wazz up?"

Carter discovers his tongue

I thought I would put up a few more pictures of our cute little monkey. He is now 6 weeks old! Can you believe how fast time flies! He now weights 11 pounds and 5 ounces. He has been a fussy little guy but is starting to figure out life and making it a little easier for me. We love him to death and can't believe how stinkin' cute he is!!!

Our little champ!! I thought I swaddled him pretty tight..apparently not. He likes to sleep with his arms above his head..another reason why he sooo cute!!

He also loves to just chill with his dad. I hate that he cries all day long and then as soon as Dad comes home he is a little angel.

Asleep in his swing! Seriously, swings are so great! They save me from hours of rocking and he responds way better to them than his own mom!

His little puppy lips, he totally gets that from his dad and it gets me every time! He definitely has me wrapped around his little finger.
I love that his binky is almost as big as his face!