Happy Birthday Carter.

Happy Birthday Carter!

Our little baby turned 1 today. I can't believe how quickly this last year has gone. It feels like just yesterday we were holding him in our arms for the first time. Today I've been thinking a lot about how much he's grown and how wonderful it's been to be his mother. I remember being pregnant with Carter and wondering what he would look like, what kind of personality would he have and how much our lives would change once he arrived. I feel so blessed to have spent this past year at home with him. Getting to know his little spirit better and being there to make him feel better, care for his every need and to cover him in hugs and kisses.

Milestones Reached

• First Smile, 7 weeks
  
• Moved into his own room and out of ours, 8 weeks


• Started sleeping through the night, 3 months
  
• First Haircut, 3 months
  
• Clasped both hands together, 3 months


• First solids, 4 months


• Rolled over, 4 months


• Sitting by himself, 5 months
  
• First finger foods, 6 months
  
• First tooth, 6 months
  
• Got up on all fours, 6 months
  
• Climbed out of crib, 7 months
  
• Crawling, 7 months
  
• Started pulling himself up on furniture, 8 months
  
• Switched to formula and starting holding his own bottles, 9 months
  
• First pair of shoes, 10 months (He has chubby feet I was holding off as long as I could)
  
• Started clapping, 10 months
  
• Walking, 11 months
  
• Crawled out the doggy door, 12 months
  
• Drinking whole milk from a sippy cup, 12 months

Carter Loves

• Chick-fil-a nuggets and fries
  
• Milkshakes
  
• Feeding himself
  
• To be tickled
  
• Taking showers
  
• His piggy bank toy with coins that you put in a slot and it makes noise
  
• Binkies
  
• Pushing chairs or other objects around the room
  
• Going to the kids club at the gym
  
• Watching the dogs and playing with the dog kennels
  
• Raisins, gold fish, hot dogs and yogurt
  
• Playing with my cell phone, he now opens it and holds it up to his ear just like me
  
• Driving in the car on the highway


• Keys to anything, but specifically my car
  
• Anything yellow... ducks, lemons and our outside hose
  

Carter Dislikes

• Fresh bananas (He likes the baby food bananas just not the fresh ones)
  
• No longer likes hooded towels
  
• Getting out of the bath or standing outside of the bathtub when you turn on the water
  
• Having something taken away from him (he has a stubborn streak)