Hippopatamus

Over Christmas, the theme song seemed to be "I Want a Hippopatamus for Christmas" and Carter sang it all of the time. I finally got him on video so here you go:

Happy Birthday Cartay!

Today is Carter's 2nd birthday, wow! I can't even imagine that he is old enough to be 2 and at the same time I don't quite remember life without him. He is such a sweet little guy and has this gift of making all right in the world. Those big blue eyes sparkle like the sun and must melt everything around to goodness.

I feel so blessed to have him in my life. I think of being pregnant with him and not knowing whether he was a boy or girl, it was so much fun to be surprised to have another boy and I wouldn't change it for a second. There is a lot to be said about these little spirits that come to us and Heavenly Father knows what is right and he sure came when I needed him. His birth was during a hard time for us and he got me through it and still does. I love you my Mr. Carter!

In the hospital, only a day old

Almost 1 year old

Christmas 2010, almost 2 years old

Last minute snowman

Leilani is missing preschool so today after I put Carter down for a nap we worked on some writing and then made a little craft. Nothing big, but enough to entertain a 3 year-old for a little bit. I was pleased to watch her cut it out all by herself and then decorate it, we improvised becasue we only had a few cotton balls so we used toilet paper to represent snow. Over Christmas we read a book about a snowman and when they added a broom the snowman came to life and became mean. She had to think about adding a broom, but she eventually did it. Nothing happened!