Monday, June 27, 2011

Carter's 2nd Birthday Bash

We had Carter's 2nd birthday party this past Saturday at the Sprinkler Park in Collerville. It was a perfect day for one precious little birthday boy.

The wonderful grandparents below were my saving grace that day. Eddie had to work and I was blessed with great help! My dad went to the park early that morning and reserved a table us.


Sweet brothers who ran out to the sprinklers when we arrived. Aren't they the cutest?!?!


My little 2 year old... Eddie and I are so proud of this adorable and sweet little guy.

Mom and Cash taking a drink break.


My little pouty lips... this baby boy would never need collagen.

After playing his little heart out, we sang happy birthday. Unfortunately, the wind was blowing and the candles would not stay lit... no worries, Carter told me that they were hot anyways :).

Singing happy birthday...!

Daddy feeding the birthday boy his cupcake.

Daddy and the birthday bug :)!

BEWARE... there is a whole lot of Carter cuteness below. I tried really hard to narrow it down to my faves, but there are still a lot. Enjoy!

Ready... set...

GO :). I can hear his sweet giggles by just looking at this picture. He melts my heart!

I thought I would post each side of his adorable face, along with his curls.

Again... I could suck those little cheeks off :)!

Carter playing with other kiddos... this was before the older girl covered up the water with her foot. Don't worry, no need for parents to intervene because Carter told her to stop. He thinks he is the boss!

Annnnd, at the end of his play fun, he looks like one worn out little guy. Sweet angel!

Below are pictures of all of his sweet friends/cousins that were able to come and share his special day.


Carter and Chase Gapen checking out the bucket

My sweet Cash and Colton. Love these boys!!!

Cash again :)... showing us his sweet little fake smile.

Chase enjoying some food... cuteness!

His big brother, Reed with a sweet grin.

This picture makes me laugh; sweet boy.

Chase again... love it!

Porter man... I had the pleasure of playing with him, Will and Carter all afternoon. Is he a cutie or what?!?!

And, don't leave out the adorable big brother, Will. It is hard to keep up with this busy little cutie!

After the party, the Tapps came to our house to grill and spend the night. Will, Carter and Porter had a blast playing outside together and the adults enjoyed catching up. This is how we found Will at 5:00 - he fell asleep during time out :)!!!

But caught his second wind after his nap...

We even had a water gun fight, while Carter went on to bed.

And, Will and Porter took a bath in the "big" bathtub

Sunday morning, we woke up and I let Carter open presents. Thank you all for his wonderful gifts. He racked up on Cars toys, which is his current fave :)!!!


His gift from the Gapens (and he does have slight bed head)!

MATER... yay :)! He and Will love this toy!

Thanks, Papaw and Mammaw for the bubble mater. It has been a hit!

Thanks to the Pollans for the Cars book. Will and Carter love all of the sounds.


Pushing Mater...

We ended this great weekend by watching Cars 2 and both boys did great. It was Carter's first movie; I was so proud of him:)!



Thank you all for coming to celebrate with our precious little spitfire and for the wonderful gifts. We love you all!

This is what happens...

When momma tries to get a group picture lately... little stinkers :)!

Do you think...

That my boys missed their daddy after not seeing him for 2 weeks during the tournament?!?!









Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Carter bug is 2!!!

Our precious little Carter turned 2 on Tuesday... TEAR! I can't believe that my baby is already 2. I had a class to take on Tuesday, so I took off with the boys on Monday. We went to the sprinkler park, had lunch at Chickfila, took naps and played outside in the pool. No pictures from the day, since I was chasing them around, but it was a blast.

This past weekend, this was Momma's date. We went to eat and went shopping. He was such a good boy! Cute little date, huh?!?! He fell on his bottom this night and in a dramatic voice said, "mommy, I hurt my booty", when I responded, he then said, "kiss it"! Hilarious!
On Tuesday when he woke up, he told me that he wanted fruit snacks to take to Nonnas that day. She had him a little party and his friends gave him some fun toys!

After dinner, Will and I sang happy birthday to him and...

He made a wish :). Not really, but that is what it looks like, huh? Will kindly helped him finish blowing out his candles.

He actually stayed really clean this year...

Especially when you look back at last year :). His first cupcake... sweet blast from the past!

Will enjoyed cake also!



Papaw and Nana came up to visit the birthday boy. They brought him a really cool weedeater.

And, Nana gave him sweet birthday kisses.

We went to visit Daddy and play on the golf course. Oh... how we miss Daddy this time of year. Will makes me laugh in this one :).

Daddy and his baby boy

Loving life...






Momma and Carter

Carter really loved the tee markers...

Daddy, can I keep it... please?

Relaxing... we love our opportunities to go and play with daddy on the golf course!

Papaw and Will... best buddies.

Carter had a wonderful day. Happy, happy birthday to my little spitfire. Momma and Daddy loves you to pieces :)!