Thanksgiving Day

Uncle Steve, Aunt Sandy, Ryan and Sara (aka Cubby #1) came for the Thanksgiving Day celebrations.

They arrived shortly after we were finally able to persuade Carter to get out of the shower.

Aunt Sandy was in charge of turkey . . . fresh from some hoity toity store.

Uncle Steve named himself "The Official Dishwasher"

Ryan became the Babysitter, entertaining both little ones.

Lots of hard work in the kitchen . . . (notice in the first picture it was light outside, now dark)

made for lots of hungry tummys waiting to eat. . .

and the end result was a fabulous dinner!

Butter in the shape of a turkey . . . what will they think of next?

Perfect turkey in the shape of a perfect turkey. . . 18lbs for 6.5 people . . . we were stuffed!

The Petersen Four (Minus Uncle Steve) and Shepherd Four

Ryan and Sara were incredible with the boys!
Kept 'em out of my hair for most of the day!

Carter loves Uncle Steve

Camden turned 7 weeks old

He got cuter and cuter . . .

Cousins and 2nd cousins.

The Happy Family.

What Carter does when you aren't watching . . .

Thanksgiving day started with a rush to get food prepared. I thought I'd warm up the shower while I pulled a pie out of the oven. When I returned 2 seconds later I found Carter in the shower . . . in his jammies . . .

Normally, I don't let him in our shower

(with the tile, I'm soooo afraid he will slip and bump his head)

but it was a holiday so the normal "rules" went down the drain.

He would've stayed in there forever. But his little hands got all pruned and I had stuff to do.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Remember this . . . Just last year, Carter was 3 1/2 months old here.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

One cute turkey

Mom, this is for you . . .

Flip-flops and a mop. Just a normal Sunday around here.

Tea Time with the Girls . . . and Camden

Jeff's cousin Heidi is in town with her hubby from Australia. We went to Treasured Time Tea House for a little lunch and tea. Camden came along for the fun.

Grandma Vi, Glenna, Karen, Jessica (with baby Roo - only 3 months to go!!!) and Kari
All the girls . . . Heidi is at the back right
Grandma's flowering tea, it was hand bound tea that opened up with hot water and ended up looking like a flower.
My Pot Pie, very cool crust.

Quick trip to Paris

Jeff and I went on a date to the Eiffel Tower this Friday.

No, we didn't travel to Paris, France, we just drove 15 minutes to the Strip and went to

THE Paris hotel, they have a mini Eiffel Tower with an awesome restaurant.

Dave and Elise were in town and joined us.

We decided not to have the 1 oz of Caviar for $340.00 - go figure.Instead I had the beef tenderloin with lobster crust - this was my dinner.

It was ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL! (and no where near $340.00)

Jeff's chocolate plate dessert
Renee's dessert
The Chef and crew. Our waiter was a super cute elderly french man.

Carter and the Basketball

Carter likes to play with the basketball and recently started to try to put it throught the hoop that my parents bought him for his birthday.

He doesn't quite get that it goes through the top of the hoop not the bottom.

Fish??? Well Kinda . . .

Amanda's parents (AKA "Grampy Steve and Grammy Pearl") were in town for a couple days . . The 3 of us took the boys to the dolphin habitat at the Mirage yesterday.

Carter proudly announced after we got home that we saw "FISH"

Well kinda, but it was hard to explain to him that they were really dolphins.

Dane decided he was tired of walking so he got in Carter's stroller.

Thus, Carter was leashed by "Grampy" Steve.

Monday Night Football

"Seriously Mom, I said LETS GO!!!!"

Camden doesn't want to go, Carter reassures him he will like football.

Alright, ready to go! High five Camden!

Brotherly love

Carter has taken a big interest in Camden lately.

We are teaching him to hold Camden "nicely"

Giving Camden his binki.
Oppps, it fell out again.
" Nice Camden" - Carter pets his brother like he's the family dog.

This week in pictures

Some sleeping . . .

Some smiling . . .
Little hands . . .
Birthday plans . . .
and awesome burp rags . . .
(Made by Elaine . . . totally cute)

5 weeks

Hmmm, life looks pretty serious for only 5 weeks old.

Randomness

We always get such awesome cards in the mail, handmade, sweet thoughts, helpful advise etc, but this card has to be the very coolest we received.

It says, "Congratulations on your newest fan"

and for those not familiar with football the baby is wrapped in a Seahawks blanket.

It was perfect for us . . . until Sunday, that is, when they lost pitifully and Jeff considered giving away his Alexander jersey.

I came home last night from a girls Bunco (sp?) night to find Camden sleeping on Jeff with his little feet dangling off Jeff's side. I just wanted to kiss those little piggys . . . but I also wanted to sleep so I didn't chance waking Cam, I just took a picture instead.

15 months old

Carter turned 15 months yesterday . . . he loves to put on Daddy's shoes and try to walk around.

He also loves to make a mess. He will help clean up if asked though. He likes to throw things away and can say "trash." He can also say mama, dad, juice, cacker (cracker), eat, cat, hi, dog, woof, raaahhhh (for a bear sound), tweet (for a birdy). He has 10 teeth, 2 more on the way. He loves to dance and tries to jump but his feet haven't made it off the ground yet. He gets bigger by the minute and never ceases to amaze us.

One Month Old

Camden is 1 month old today, he still sleeps quite a bit. . . Thankfully. But he has become a little more alert in the last week or so. He stays awake for a couple hours at a time and actually cries now when he is hungry or has a tummy ache. (Before he just grunted.) He sleeps about 5 hours straight at night and wakes to eat about 3:00am and then back to sleep till about 6:00am. His neck is getting stronger and he turns to follow voices and likes to watch Cubby run by.

Dancin' Fool

Carter has been dancing like crazy lately, in the car. at home, at the grocery store . . . this was just a bit of what we caught after the halloween party last night.