giggles and smiles

Carter is now 20 months old and he continues to
be such a joy to us! He loves entertaining
and being entertained! He loves
his poppa,playing outside, playing in water,
wearing sunglasses, standing in and
on everything, dancing, looking at the
world through any container
or lid or anything, and he is so very silly! He
has always been learning to share and to play
nice because we have had some changes
around our house. Three weeks ago we
moved Celina a 16 year old teen mom and her
18month old daughter into our house...
long story short is they didn't have a safe
secure place to live, so we prayed about
it and moved them in. I've known Celina for
a little over a year, and have
been mentoring her through the program I run for
teen moms... YoungLives
she is a sophomore in high school and a
great mom! She just got her drivers license on
Thursday and we are proud of her and all she
is striving to do in her life! Her daughter Lilly
couldn't be any more dainty and girly
and it's fun to watch Carter
and her learn to share
and how to play and love each other.
Yes our house is now twice as crazy, noisy
and messy but it's worth it!

Mom teaching Carter her signature smile...

Carter practicing the signature smile:)

Carter and Lilly dancing in the kitchen!

Lilly is a very silly girl and can get really hyper!

Lilly and her mom Celina

bubble bath time... Lilly loves bath time!

Precious moment...

then more silliness:)

Carter getting his dance on...

while we were downtown handing out water for
Bloomsday- my favorite road race that I
forgot to sign up for this year:( But we gave the runners
a drink and had a great time:)

Mr. Song and dance

While I was making dinner
they were sitting together eating snacks

Then they began dancing

Carter standing in a drawer

and his picnic basket...

Dancing in his car seat- oh yeah!

He has discovered the stool and can
now play in the water:)

Scrub, Scrub, Scrub

Mr. Explorer

Look at me, I can see through this container!

I love Krochet Kids and the cute hat they made me!!!

Hunting for eggs = so much fun!!!

A brother for Carter!

The Edwards Family found out a little over a week ago that we are having another
BABY BOY!!! We are super excited
and can't wait for Carter to have a little brother to
pal around with! The ultrasound was super clear because this little guy wouldn't show his face...
he was spine up and legs
apart so there wasn't much chance of keeping it a secret- we aren't the secret type anyways!
Some boy names we like are
Hudson & Easton:)

Here he is with his legs apart telling us
who he is!

Near the end they tipped the bed down and we got
a couple profile shots!

Here's a leg!

This one is sideways because it's easier to see his face
with his arm ... almost sucking that thumb:)

Carter these days!

Now we know what the medal is for...

we can tell the nice checker at Albertsons that
no Carter is not an Olympian after all but rather
that Carter's medal is for toy cookie eating!

New talent removing diaper and running away while
it falls off...

Funny big head baby picture that is so cute
kinda looks like a bobble head Joe:)

The stroller burrito baby

Carter is now giving a ham it up smile
and I caught one on film- well sort of
it's actually a jpeg but whatever...

"I'm a lion with mitten paws!" roars Carter

Carter is now driving, they grow up
so fast!

Getting ready to roll

Cruisin' in his hot ride, it's not a tractor
but the chicks still dig him!

Baby Edwards numero dos

Well we have some ultrasound pictures from our doctors appointments with
baby numero dos. We will find out later this month or early next month what
type of friend Carter will be enjoying come next August! There are less ultrasound pictures
this time around due to the fact that Carter was with me and was standing next to the table
trying his best to get up on my lap- at both appointments- so the tech was moving
quickly to get some shots and measurements!
The little Jelly Bean at 8 weeks old!

At 12 weeks a jelly bean no more... there is a
profile, little feet, fingers, so amazing!

Nick has already decided it's another Honcoop
nose, because he's convinced a baby with
his nose would be much more pronounced!

Accessorizing

Carter is smiley, wiggly, and full of noisy sounds as ever!
He's now 18 months old and he is everwhere! Because he's
into everything he keeps finding funny things he wants me to put
on him such as turquoise earmuffs straight out of the 80's, sunglasses,
hats, Molly dog's harness, a medal- which I'm asked all the time what
his medal is for when I forget and we head to the store medal and all,
he even uses his bike as a prop for standing on and
for making a show out of, oh and did I mention the dancing
( oh man what a crack up)... We think he's working on
being the youngest YL program director ever! We are having a lot of fun
at our house, and poor Nick now has two crazy people to put up with!
Accessorizing pictures are coming your way!

BUT FIRST... Carter's special announcement

Hey Everyone, in case you haven't heard!

August 23rd, just in time for my 2nd Birthday!

Bear hat

His bike show...

next he stands on the seat but I didn't want
anyone to call CPS on us so I left that one out...

Sunglasses just like J-lo would wear!

Earmuffs!

Showing off his John Deere pride!
We hope you enjoyed accessorizing with Carter!