A couple of new videos.....

Here are a couple of new videos of the boys. The first video is of Collin saying The Pledge of Allegiance. He's been saying it since this summer, but I finally got it on video! The second video is of Collin chasing Carter. It's so much fun to watch these two play together now. Just makes my day and I hope watching these makes yours too. :-)

A Day on the Farm

The boys and I headed over to my mom and dad's farm last week in Green Forest for a day. My mom was on a cruise last week, so dad was all by himself. We decided to go keep him company for the day and had a great time! We had lunch, Collin made Pa-Pa some sugar free chocolate pudding and then we went on a tractor ride down to the creek to throw rocks in the water and then fed hay to the cows. We packed a lot into the 6 hours or so we were there!

One of the many beautiful views on the farm....

Pa-Pa and his littlest farmhand, Carter.

Pa-pa and the boys on the tractor....this was
Carter's first tractor ride.

Not too sure what Carter thought about
his first tractor ride. He was pretty relaxed
and quiet the whole time.

Throwing rocks in the creek

Just looking at this makes me want
to go kiss his sweet little cheeks
right now!

Carter Evan-9 months

Carter turned 9 months old yesterday. Can't believe I'm already starting to plan his 1st Birthday party! One word to describe Carter.....sweet! His has such the sweetest demeanor. Everyone always refers to him as our "sweet little Carter" because he is just that! He is walking around things and even walks around while pushing some of his stand up toys around. Collin took his first step at 10 1/2 months, so we may have another mobile one pretty soon. Carter is such a cuddler too! I just love that about him. He wants to just hold on to you and nestle his little head on you. I also love kissing all over those chubby little cheeks! I do it as much as I can because one day he won't care too much for me doing that. I love those moments. Looking forward to many more great moments with you Carter. Happy 9 months!!

Cabin Fever

Ok, so I was as pumped as a little kid to get all this snow, but I have to admit that I'm over it now....in fact, I think I'm over the whole idea of winter right now. Seems like we have been cooped up in this house forever! Now that I'm a stay-at-home mom, I am definitely feeling the effects of cabin fever. Looking forward to spring already so we can get outside in the sunshine and play!

Anyways, to curb our boredom, here's a few of the things we like to do on snow days......

Of course, play in the snow with mommy and daddy. Collin loves throwing snowballs and making snow angels. It was a little too cold for Carter, so he just had to watch from the window.....next year Carter.

Collin decided to have a "dance party" with all his animals one day, so they each got their own tile in the kitchen to dance on while we blasted "The Wheels on the Bus". Pretty fun even though Collin didn't like me dancing with him.

Giving piano lessons to Lexi on the new keyboard Pa-Pa and Me-Ma got him for Christmas.

And of course, building forts with daddy in the living room!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! (a week late) :-) Seems like this year was a complete whirlwind, passing us by so fast. We had a great 2009 with a wonderful addition to our family.....sweet little Carter Evan. Here he is ringing in his very first New Year!

We spent our New Year's evening at our wonderful friends' BJ & Wendy's house. We are so glad to have them back from San Diego! We had a wonderful spread of food and had a great time with everyone there. BJ's parents joined us, as well as, Shane, Stephanie & Caroline. Collin and Caroline had a great time together. Collin is only 5 months older than Caroline. They spent the evening playing Ring around the Rosie, playing with slinkies, playing on BJ's elliptical machine and playing under BJ & Wendy's new bed. They were quite the pair!
Caroline & Collin

Carter & Daddy

Carter & Wendy

Our wonderful hosts, BJ & Wendy

Shane, Stephanie & Caroline

BJ's parents, Bob & Irene

and finally, The Siebert clan ringing in the New Year!

May the Lord bless each of you during this New Year!

Christmas 2009

What a busy few days we have had! Love this time of year, but it seems to go by sooo quick with all the traveling, etc. We always stay at home on Christmas Eve so the boys can wake up Christmas morning at our house. Christmas Eve we went to the Christmas Eve services at our church and then we came home, made our cookies for Santa and then celebrated Jesus' birthday with some yummy cupcakes!

Here's Collin singing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus

Here are our cookies & milk for Santa....notice that Collin took a bite out of one of them! ha!
We also threw some oats out in the yard for the reindeer. :-)

Our sweet friend Misty came by on Christmas Eve to drop some gifts off for the boys. She made Collin's night with some Lightning McQueen slippers! Misty works at the daycare Collin used to go to and we just made her a part of our family too! :-)

Here are a few highlights of our Christmas morning here at the house....

Collin and his Big Wheels trike! Unfortunately, his legs are still a little too short for it. He asked if we could take it back and get a smaller one. ha!

Carter got some wooden musical instruments and a sock monkey.

We got Collin a kids digital camera. He loved it and took about 150 pics in less than 5 minutes. I'm going to blog about those some time soon. :-)

We had a beautiful White Christmas this year! So, the boys headed outside for a snowball fight. Although, trying to hit mommy through the glass was a lot more fun!

We then headed to my parents Christmas afternoon. I felt like we were at Toys R Us! Yikes!

Collin and his new weedeater! I love that he's putting safety first by wearing his goggles!

My nephew Hudson and his new ride-on Elmo airplane!

All the boys got this new Elmo that tells jokes and stuff. He's pretty funny.

My aunt & uncle Bob & Brenda joined us that evening for dinner and then all us girls and kiddos gathered around the piano and sang Christmas carols. So much fun!

The next day, we headed to Josh's parents' house where the gift giving continued.....

Carter of course, was more interested in the paper and bows.

Josh's brother Joey and our future sister-in-law Heather

Joey and Heather really outdid themselves this year and got Collin this four-wheeler! He loved it of course and was really riding it well and using a lot of precaution. He wasn't too thrilled about Carter sitting on it with him as you can see in this picture. :-)

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas as well! We are already looking forward to next year when Carter will be a little older and will really understand what's going on.
May the Lord bless each of you and your families in this upcoming New Year!

Carter-8 1/2 months old

Poor Carter doesn't get blogged about enough. I keep forgetting to blog each month about his latest accomplishments and by the time I remember, we are already around to the next month! Time flies with two kids, that's for sure!

Carter is so sweet and seems a little bit meeker than Collin was. His smile and laugh are infectious! He loves his bro-bro Collin (that's what Collin wants to be called) and our dog Lexi. They can always make him smile. Collin loves to tickle Carter's belly with his mouth and Lexi loves to sneak in kisses when mommy's not looking. Carter is all over the place now. He's been crawling for a couple of months now and pulling himself up and walking around objects while holding on. I caught him the other day, and he had climbed up and was standing on top of the fireplace banging on the glass! Talk about almost having a heart attack when I walked in and saw that! He says "Da-da" and "Momma" now. He got his first tooth the day after he turned 8 months and now has a 2nd! He loves his bathtime with bro-bro and loves to eat his puffs for snack. I just love watching my two boys interact with each other now. They are so sweet to each other (most of the time)! ha! Looking forward to seeing what Carter does next!

Love you little man!

Ok....seriously....doesn't this shirt say it all??? :-)

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.....

He loves to stand up and look out the back door.
Lexi stealing a kiss. :-)