Carter-pillar

I know many have asked to see a video of Carter doing his inch-worm crawl...so I finally did it, and it only took 6 tries! haha...not bad, eh?

And another one just because Alex is so cute in it, and Carter much prefers him over me:

Amazing Family

This family is one that both Jason and I hope to be some day. They are amazing and motivating in their faith and love in God. I just wanted to share a song they sang in our church (Altus Christian Fellowship) on Sunday morning. I just love seeing how they devote every single aspect of their life to serving Christ. So thank you for being an ispiration!

Here's the link to the video...you will not be disappointed!

God Is

This is it!

There is no going back now. I went on a diet (weight watchers) and an excersize plan ( You've Gotta Start Somewhere!! ) last Thursday and I am determined to get down to my goal weight by my birthday. I am laying it all out here to keep myself accountable. I figure, if y'all know, then y'all will keep bugging me about it, right?
So I started at 171.5 (yikes!) and I hope to be at 135 by May 28th so that Memorial Day weekend we can spend the night down in Grapevine Mills shopping for my new wardrobe :) Oh, and Jason will get to go golfing too...it's part of the bargain LOL I'll weigh in on Thursday's or Friday's depending on my mood and post updates for you.

Now here's the really embarrassing part...before pictures:

ugh...can't believe I just made those public!

It's less than 2 pounds a week, so it can be done. I WILL accomplish my goal!

On a lighter note

Carter turned 7 months on Friday! He is getting more daring, and I am starting to put him in some of Alex's 12 month clothing already..yikes! He has begun pulling himself up on stuff...he's not very good yet and falls a lot, but it's still pretty entertaining :)

(Please excuse the mess of toys surrounding him)

In case you were wondering...

I figured out how to get desitin cream out of fabric...would you care to know?

1. Leave the desitin cream in your toddlers room overnight (good job, daddy!).

2. Find your toddler cowering in the closet at 7:30am covered, once again, head to toe in desitin.

3. Make daddy wash the whiney toddler while you get all the sheets, blankets, and pillowcases off the bed

4. Put each into the sink (or bathtub in my case) and get wet. Squirt dishwashing soap directly to affected areas and scrub away.

Finally, spray the affected areas with Shout and wash in the washing machine...Hot/Cold, Heavy Duty, Heavily Soiled, Pre-Soak, and Extra Rinse.

You can still see some spots, but at least it no longer smells like Desitin.

Lesson Learned? Probably not...I am really beginning to despise Desitin...

Can't complain!

I think January is the only month around here that I don't complain about the weather. Maybe because my family in Grand Forks has to warm up their cars for at least 30 mintues before driving (a good 45 if you want it to be luke warm inside) while we get to go to the park today and take our jackets off! Carter, Alex, and their friend Madison had a blast at the new park we tried out this afternoon...I think it's going to become our new hangout. Carter loves the swing...giggled practically the entire time!

We're home!

We are back from our trip to Portland to visit family over the holiday. It was everything we had hoped it would be and more! It's sad that we only get to see some of them every couple of years, but I suppose it makes these get togethers even more special and important. I am busy uploading pictures to our picture website , I will not post any here, just because it will take way way too long! Thank you to Kate and Steve for opening your home to us and the rest of the family, we miss you guys already!