Circles

It is hard to believe that our Will will turn 3 years old in 4 months! He is such a handsome and smart little boy. He is finally out of the terrible two stage... :), he loves his little brother, who he now sometimes calls "bubba", he is all boy - loves trucks, 4-wheelers, dirt- you catch my drift. He also loves watching movies lately; Kung Fu Panda, Toy Story and Shrek 2 are his current faves. He has also enjoyed seeing the Christmas trees and lights. I think he is going to be one excited little boy when Santa visits him.

I am also amazed at how much progress he has made the past few months with his speech. He takes occupational therapy for speech delay, and this past week Ms. Dawn taught him about shapes. He was sick Friday night, so I slept with him. When he woke up on Saturday morning, he was holding one of his blankets and said "Momma, look Circle". He was SO proud of himself and of course, his momma was, as well. Tonight, we were looking out our front door and I said look boys, there is the moon. Will said "The moon, circle". When I told him good job, he grinned from ear to ear and said "yay". I am very proud of him for making these associations.

He tries to repeat everything that we say and it is so great to hear his sweet little voice when he catches on to the word or sentence. I taught him to say, Happy birthday, Jesus, and it melts my heart each time I hear him say it. Another cute item is that when he toots, he says "I tickle" (he is normally sitting with his daddy HA :)). I could go on and on, but my point in all of this is that I am very proud of my sweet angel's speech progress, and I thank God for answering my prayers. I know that his speech continue to progress as time passes!!!

Here are a few pictures of our big boy! He looks SO much like his daddy to me lately. Their mannerisms are very similar.
So here is a blast from the past... Will has always loved it when his daddy puts his hat on his head. He was almost 1 in the picture below... (in the old apartment, watching Blues Clues - pretty stinkin cute, huh?)

And here he is about a month ago... Still a little cutie!

18 Months Old

Carter was 18 months old on December 7th. We went for his 18 month checkup this past Wednesday, and we not only were given his stats, but the poor babe had the croupe... MAJOR boo. Will caught it, as well. It was a rough week and weekend, but they are both back to 95 % today :). A special thanks to NANA for driving up and watching our sick boys Thursday and Friday. Work has been crazy busy for me and I appreciate you SO MUCH for helping me!!! Will and Carter love their nana VERY MUCH!

So back to my 18 month old... Here are his stats:

Height: 34 inches tall 95th percentile
Weight: 30 lbs 90th percentile
BIG BOY!

Other than his sickness, the doctor said he is a perfect child. Annnnd, Eddie and I agree :). He has the sweetest personality and is such a loving and precious baby boy. He LOVES everything to do with Christmas this year. To say he is obsessed with our tree is an understatement, and he loves looking at Christmas lights. His vocabulary has continued to expand also... His newest sentence this month is "I turn it on"... and he is referring to lights, the faucet to wash his hands, etc., which he learned from his big brother. He is a little sponge right now and we love him so much! Here are some pictures:

In front of "his" tree :).
Ta-da :)!

We are also very obsessed with his "paci, paci, paci" as he calls it... oh ME. It needs to go soon!

We adore and love our Carter bug!

My First Haircut (x 2)

I took my little Carter bug to get his first hair cut this past Saturday. I have been putting this off for some time now, since he is my baby. The milestones seem to go so much faster and are so much harder with the baby :).

The haircut was a success. He did very well, as long as he was in his momma's lap and he had dum dum suckers in tow. Here are some before and after pictures of our little cutie!

This was taken Thursday night. Since it has been freezing outside his hair loses some curl during the day. This is Friday after his bath...
And Saturday morning at 8:00 am, here we go to Ann's shop. She cut Will's hair for the first time when he was 9 months old (see this post - http://chittoms.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-first-haircut.html). She has cut my hair since I was very young and I would not trust their first hair cuts with any one else. We love Ann very much!!!

Ann packaged up several of his beautiful blonde locks for me.

Sweet angel.

This is the finished product (taken Sunday night). His hair looks adorable. He looks so different now, but I love his haircut! I will post more shots in his upcoming 18 month post :).

Rocking Around the Christmas Tree

Or maybe sometimes almost knocking it down... :). My boys are slightly obsessed with our tree this year. I feel like I am on all fours searching for wire hangers on a daily occasion (due to a certain one year old in my house). It is very sweet how excited they get about Christmas trees, lights and all of the decorations that we have put up this year. We are making lots of sweet memories and I can't wait to see their sweet faces when Santa comes here. When they see pictures of Santa, they say "Santa, Ho Ho Ho" :). Enjoy some pictures of them playing in our tree.


Carter looks really innocent... but oh does he have everyone fooled :)

Will loves to turn the lights on and off... He learned to do it when he and I put the tree up a couple of weekends ago. He was a great helper.

What, Momma? Can't I climb under the tree?!?!

And kiss the glitter off of the balls... What a little stinker. An adorable stinker, I might add.

Will had just told Carter no... he does that a lot lately.

Will said "Momma, MOVE Car-Car". Little boys... sigh :)!

We can't wait to go and visit Santa, see Christmas lights at Shelby Farms and ride the train very soon. Stay tuned!

The Collierville Square

Eddie and I took the boys to the Collierville Square this afternoon to get them out of the house and let them see the train. It was a beautiful afternoon and we got some sweet shots of our boys. I loved the scenery so much, we might try and take them back next weekend for a Christmas card photo shoot... we will see :).

Will tried really hard to open the door to the log cabin.
This 5 seconds for this picture may have been the only time that they both of them were still at the same time!

Little Carter bug... he was having a bit of a bad hair day, but I still love his curls and baby face.

Angel...

My handsome little Will... he looks so much older now!

Our sweet boys

It was a great afternoon!

Happy Turkey Day

On Thursday, we headed to Booneville to celebrate Thanksgiving with our wonderful families. The boys had a blast riding 4 wheelers, playing with cousins and being spoiled rotten by grandparents and aunts :). We are so blessed and very thankful for everything that God has given us.

Will and his big cousin, Brandon. He and Jordan gave back rides and shared their Sprite with the boys; they were popular :).

Sissy and Jordan

Carter in my mom's playroom. This clapper was a big hit.

Papaw and Carter on the 4 wheeler

Me, Sissy and Amy... love my sisters!

Will, Brylin, Amy and Carter. My boys LOVE Brylin. He is a darling and extremely sweet baby.

Amy and her sweet boys, Cash and Brylin.

Daddy and Will on the 4 wheeler. Will was loving life. He was still talking to me today about riding 4 wheelers at his papaw's house :). Sweet boy!

Carter at Uncle Robert and Aunt Reba's house

Papaw, Nana, and all of their grands. I thought it turned out pretty cute. I bribed my boys with cookies so they would cooperate for the picture. Hey, whatever works, right!?!?

Carter loved his cousin Cammie... she is about 4 months older than him. Sweet babes

I hope that everyone had a wonderful week... work will be tough tomorrow for me :).

A Week of Firsts

Being a mom to a 2 1/2 old and 1 1/2 year old little boys, as you can imagine, gets a little crazy around at times. A couple of weeks ago, I left the boys outside for a split second and when I came back out, well...

Will apparently decided that he didn't need any pants or shoes on anymore.

Running from momma....

Again...

Almost there

You can't get me, Momma :). Next year, I will probably be double teamed with this type of thing.

Annnd, Carter was sick last week and went on a mean streak with his brother. Below is my poor Will's first shiner to prove it! Eddie says it is the first of many for our little guys; momma might not make it :(.