Busy Busy Busy!

Hello friends! Sorry it's been soooo long since our last post. The beautiful spring weather has us spending tons of time outside, not leaving much time for the computer! However, Carter has made some amazing leaps and bounds in just the past two weeks!

Last weekend, I got out his Bumbo seat to see if he was ready to sit in it yet. They say you're not supposed to use them until baby can hold his head up all by himself, but he's SO close so I thought, why not give it a try! He does really well sitting in it. He does a pretty good job of keeping his head up, but I do catch him looking down a little bit. For those of you who don't know, a Bumbo seat is this AWESOME invention for little ones that helps ease into the process of sitting up on their own. I highly recommend them for all babies :)

Bubba has become quite the talker over the past few weeks! He just babbles on and on forever and it's sooooo incredibly cute! He's really doing a great job of making out most of the vowel sounds too. He's also smiling TONS and even laughing now. Of course, every time I get the camera out, he won't smile for me! I think he gets that from his dad :P

We've discovered that our little man isn't too fond of day-time naps. If we can actually get him to sleep, he usually will only nap for 15 or 20 minutes and he's awake again. I guess he thinks he's going to miss something! However, I shouldn't complain too much about naps, b/c he is finally sleeping completely through the night, which has REALLY helped Mom & Dad :)

Last Friday, we had a very surprising thing happen....Carter started teething, which has really turned into a nightmare! I couldn't believe that a 3 1/2 month old could already be teething, but sure enough, he's got a tiny little tooth starting to poke through on the top. My grandma informed me that my mom got her first tooth at 4 months, so maybe Carter is following in Meema's footsteps!

Memorial weekend found us very busy and Brent & I attended a BBQ at Courtney & Moises' house on Saturday night. So Carter enjoyed his first overnight stay with Grandma & Grandpa Gibson and he did WONDERFULLY! Especially considering he was teething! I guess G-ma & G-pa must have that special touch b/c he hardly got fussy at all and he slept through the night for them too! Carter also got to visit his Great Grandma Mardell on Saturday night!

Thank goodness this is a short work week b/c we are all exhausted! Hope everyone enjoys their short week too :)

Happy Mothers Day!

What a great weekend we've had! Our little Carter turned THREE MONTHS OLD on Friday!! I can't believe he's growing so fast! We enjoyed a nice relaxing day at home on Saturday and an even better day today. My first Mothers Day was awesome. I feel so blessed to be a mother! Carter, Maggie, and Brent got me a beautiful bouquet of roses, a movie, and a new Swiffer vacuum! (supposedly they work wonders on dog hair, I sure hope so!) Brent also cooked me breakfast this morning...pancakes and bacon, my favorite! We had a very busy day...we went to Osage to see Great-Grandma Mardell and Grandma Gibson and had lunch with them & the rest of the fam. Then we went to visit Great-Great Grandma Ruby & Grandma Janette. Then back to B'game to see Great-Grandma Jean & Meema. It was so great so see everyone and of course everyone just loved seeing little man! Hope everyone has a great week!

Better late than never right??

Sorry it's been so long since our last post! Life with a little one sure does keep us busy! Carter is doing great, growing like a weed for sure. He's in such a fun stage right now and seems to do something new & exciting each day. He's awake much more and always so alert (in fact, we call him our little insomniac b/c he's awake more than he's asleep!) I can't believe how squirmy he is now! He's constantly on the move, I swear he's going to be crawling before we know it! He is doing an awesome job at holding his head up too. He's also mastered the art of sticking his tongue out! He will mimic us when we stick our tongue out at him, it's so cute!! I can't believe he will be 3 months old in just a few days!! Ok, ok, now for the good stuff, the pictures (I know that everyone looks forward to the most!) Have a great week :)