Personality!

Everyone has told me from the start that 6 months is their favorite age for a baby. I never believed them because I was so convinced that the newborn stage was the best. (I know, I'm weird), even though he was up every couple of hours, he would just lay in my arms so peacefully and sleep. I loved that! Well anyway, I think I'm starting to see what everyone else was talking about.

I've been so lucky to be able to be around the Conrad family a lot lately. Me and Ash will just switch babies for a little bit and I'll get to hold baby Emmet in my arms! (My favorite!) Well anywho, I had to change Emmet's diaper and clothes the other day and I seriously thought I was going to break him. It's crazy how so much changes in 5 months! I don't know how to change a newborn anymore! I should videotape my adventures of trying to change Carter's diaper these days. I tell Keith that it's an obstacle course. I have to roll him back over, make it through the kicking scissor legs, try and find the new diaper, which Carter seems to always have. And just as I grab the diaper....It starts all over. I have to roll him back over and make it through the scissor legs. I'm just grateful he's not crawling yet... :)

He really has developed quite the personality. This kid could keep you entertained for hours. The only bad thing is I think he takes after his father.... Can you say trouble maker? I'll share some stories so you can see what I'm talking about!

#1-  One day when I was exhausted, Keith let me lay down and he took care of Carter for a while. I woke up to banging noises so I went and checked it out. He had Carter sitting in his bumbo and banging my pots and pans with different kitchen utensils. I thought it was pretty cute and harmless so I let Carter do it while I made dinner one night. Epic fail! He broke two of my mixing bowls. These weren't even glass, they were plastic! Yeah... no more pots and pans and wooden spoons for Carter!

#2- This one isn't bad but it shows his personality. When we were packing to go to San Diego, I found these cute baby sunglasses. I figured he'd pull them off right away but they were $5 and I couldn't resist. Surprisingly, the kid LOVES them. He thinks he is such a cool kid. I love it!

#3- Carter rolls SO much! He likes to be on his stomach so I can never keep him on his back. The other day, I had him in his infant bathtub, which he's pretty much out grown, and I don't know how but he managed to roll over in it. I saw him trying and I thought, "He'll never be able to do it.." But sure enough, he did! Crazy boy!

#4- When Carter is being fussy, the one thing that never fails is water. The kid is seriously a fish. I usually will just put a little water in the sink and just let him kick his feet. He's now discovered how to turn the water on and off. He thinks he's so funny too. It's a good thing he can't climb up there. :)

#5- Carter can sit up all by himself now, which is actually really nice! I'll sit him on his bum and put toys down for him to play with. It's turned out to be hazardous though. I'm pretty sure I've almost gotten a fat lip a time or two!

I love this kid so much! Every day is definitely an adventure. I'm so grateful that I get to be his mom. 

I have one last picture I want to share. This poor guy has been trying to get his first tooth and I've gotten a lot of suggestions of different solutions to help ease the pain. However, the one thing he loves, no one suggested. He was playing in his bath tub one day and just gnawing on his rubber ducky. If you know Carter, you know he absolutely hates the binky, but the rubber ducky, not so much. I just take that thing every where and pop it in his mouth when he gets fussy. Works like a charm. :)

Summer Begins!

This past month has been a little bit crazy! I think every day of May has something written on it in the Calendar. I'm exhausted but I love staying busy.

I took my parents to the airport at the end of April to go to Japan and a few days later, Emmet was born. We drove out to the hospital to see him that night. He is so cute. I tried convincing Ashley to just let me take him home, but apparently she wanted to keep him. ;)

I drove out the next day to pick up Cooper and Hudson and take them home with me for the weekend. We had a blast! We went swimming and played at the park and played the Avengers! Those boys kept Carter so entertained.

All 3 boys crashed out on the way home from swimming. :)

Watching a movie Saturday morning. Carter thinks he's such a big boy!

Then it was Mother's Day! My parents got back from Japan a few days before Mother's Day but we decided to celebrate with them the Monday after. We went over to Jared and Kristen's house for Alyssa's birthday on Saturday and then again on Sunday for Mother's Day. It was nice to spend a lot of time with them over the weekend. My boys took good care of me on Mother's Day too. I woke up with smiling faces from both of them and breakfast in bed. I was pretty impressed. :) On Monday, we went over to my parents house to celebrate. Thanks to my sisters, we got a pretty awesome gift for my mom. :)

We still need Brayden's hand print but we'll get it when he's here in a couple of weeks! :)

Then Thursday, we were off to San Diego for Lincoln's baby blessing. Carter did so good and we had a lot of fun! It was fun to see all of the Monroe girls together. It made me miss all of my sisters! We took Carter to the beach for the first time and he loved it!

Now it's Erica's wedding on Friday and we're celebrating Keith's birthday on Saturday! We are keeping very busy but loving the opportunity to spend so much time with family and friends. :)

Birthday Celebrations!

These past two weeks have been crazy busy but so much fun! Lindsay and Dis came down last Thursday for her birthday and we had so much fun spending time together as a family. The only thing missing was Bre, Chris, and Brayden. I'm super jealous that my parents get to go to Japan next weekend. They better give that little boy tons of hugs and kisses for me! :)

Friday we had the chance to go to opening game! My dad took me and Lindsay to opening game 6 years ago and we've kept the tradition ever since. I absolutely love it! The dbacks won this game to and are off to a great start this year! :)

On Saturday we threw Lindsay a baby shower. It was a lot of fun for her to see all of her friends and get some cute baby gifts along with it. I can't wait for these little boys to just get here already! :)

Sunday was Easter! We had the chance to go and listen to my parents speak in their ward. The spirit was so strong and I'm truly grateful for the amazing parents that I have. We had Easter dinner over at their house and celebrated Hudson, Linny, and my birthday. Then the boys had a little Easter egg hunt. Even Carter got to get an egg! 

We got Hudson Transformer masks for his birthday so this is Carter being Optimus Prime. :)

Monday we went out to dinner for Lindsay's actual birthday. It was a lot of fun but I was sad to say goodbye to them. Next time we see them, they'll have a beautiful baby boy! :)

Friday was my 21st birthday! I had told Keith that I didn't care what we did, I just wanted it to be something different and fun. He surprised me with taking me to a ballroom dance lesson! We weren't by any means good, but it was a lot of fun. He's a great husband to do little things like that for me. :)

Carter will be 5 months old tomorrow! I can't believe how fast time goes by. But here's a Carter picture because every blog needs one! :)

My growing boy!

I feel like I just blink and Carter gets bigger and bigger. We took him in for his 4 month check up last week and he weighs 15.4 lbs (42 percentile), is 26 inches long (72 percentile), and I don't know his head size but it was in the (13 percentile). She said because he was a little below average in weight, we could go ahead and start him on rice cereal. So last night, we introduced it to him for the first time and to my surprise he did really well. I can't believe how big he is. I seriously do not know where the past 5 months have gone. Here's a video of him eating his rice cereal. (He did really well, mom however did not do so well...I think half of it ended up on Keith's leg...)

Last week, Carter caught some bug and was sick. It was sad to see him not feel good, but I did love the extra snuggles I got. This kid hasn't fallen asleep in my arms since he was like 1 month old but he did it a couple of times last week and I loved it. :)  It's moments like these that make everything worth it!

My Poopy Day..

So yesterday was what I would like to call a poopy day! I woke up and the day was going just as it normally does. Around lunch time, Carter woke up from his nap. I went and picked him up and we started playing for a little bit. Then I heard him poop... So I decided to wait a few minutes because sometimes he's not finished. So I finally pick him up and carry him to the changing table. But to my surprise, there was poop everywhere! Poop all over his clothes, poop on two blankets, poop on him, poop on my hand, poop all over the changing table. It was a disaster. Carter's screaming on the changing table, and I was considering doing the same. So after about 20 minutes, I finally got it all cleaned up. I made him a bottle, fed him, burped him, and then we started playing again. And then just guess what happened... He pooped again! So this time I wasn't taking any chances, I pick him up by the armpits and carry him to the changing table to make sure everything is still in there. I clean it all up and am putting the new diaper on when.... Yep, more poop comes shooting out the bum. I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry at this point. I look down at Carter and he's just laughing. Boys!
Well here's a couple of pictures of our adventures lately!

Carter has been loving bath time lately! I let him stay in for a few extra minutes to play the other day and he just kicked his legs, splashing the water. 

He's figured out how to make farting noises with his mouth. It's pretty funny. He kind of makes bubbles when he does it, so there's a picture with all his spit bubbles from making farting noises.... I'm doomed with a boy. 

He amazes me sometimes. He's getting so strong and I just have to hold him for balance. So the other day I was practicing having him sit up. He can do it for a few seconds and then he falls over. But I managed to capture the picture of him doing it. :)

I decided this month to start making birthday cards for my family. Today is Dis's birthday, so we took this picture and made a card from him. It turned out pretty cute! :)

Desiree and Easton have been helping me keep sane by going to the park with us every once in a while. It's nice to just get out of the house. I don't know if he enjoys it a whole lot yet, but he will one day. Here's a picture of us on the swings!

After me and Keith went to dinner one night, we stopped by Target to get some stuff for Carter (see what date night turns into after you have a baby), and Keith saw this bouncer for babies. He wanted to get it so bad for Carter. We knew he would love it, but it was like $100, so I said NO WAY! He kept bugging me about it and I kept saying no. He's been wanting to have a garage sale so I told him that if he could make enough money, we could go get it. So he starts looking through all of our stuff, trying to find stuff he could sell.  He opened a box that we hadn't unpacked yet and to our surprise, it was the jackpot. Apparently we still had a gift card to Target, a prepaid Visa card, and a 20 dollar bill from our wedding. So since he managed to make enough money in his garage sell (without even having one) we went and got it for Carter. I think we paid 6 cents for the thing. Not bad! :) He wasn't a huge fan of it because he's a little young and can't quite reach the stuff on it yet, but the other day, Keith came home from work and we were watching him play. He managed to get his hands over there and started grabbing things. It has a little piano on it, that when you press a button, it starts playing music. He managed to do that and we were so proud! The next day, I put him in there while I was eating breakfast and I heard music playing, so I knew he hit the button. It made me so happy. But then I kept hearing music going off over and over and over again. It was only cute for about 1 day and now it drives me crazy. But I know it's a huge learning toy. I'm so proud of him! :)

Life as a mom..

I'm so grateful that I get to stay home and be with Carter everyday. I'm amazed at how fast he's learning and growing. I started packing up the clothes that he doesn't fit into any more and I couldn't believe how tiny he use to be. He'll be 3 months old next week. I can't believe it! He's been doing so great at sleeping at night. He sleeps about 8 hours, wakes up to eat, and then goes back to sleep for another 4 hours. Last night me and Keith woke up at 1:00 in the morning to noise on the baby monitor, however it wasn't crying, we stopped to listen and realized he was just playing in his crib, just laughing and talking to himself. Although I didn't exactly want to wake up at 1:00 in the morning, it was really cute. He talked himself back to sleep about 15 minutes later. He's getting this little personality already and I just love it. He loves when we sing to him (his favorite is Old McDonald), he loves playing with his dad, he loves lights, and being outside.

This weekend is mine and Keith's 1 year anniversary. It has been an amazing year and I fall more and more in love with him everyday. He's an incredible husband, father, and best friend. I can't wait to spend the rest of eternity with him. :)

Baby Carter is Here!

Carter Harmon Farnsworth was born on November 17, 2011 at 3:14pm. Our 5th trip to the hospital finally did the trick and he was born 5 hours after getting to the hospital. Words can't describe the feeling you get when they hand you your baby for the first time. It feels unreal. But the first thing I thought when I saw him  was "He looks just like Keith." I haven't stopped hearing that since. It's crazy how much he looks like his dad.

I can't believe how fast he's growing up already. He's such a good baby too. We moved him to his own room and his own crib this week and he's done an awesome job sleeping in there. We'll lay him down when he's wide awake and he'll just talk to himself in there until he falls asleep. Mom and dad have never slept so good either. He's such a happy baby. I just can't get enough of him.

2 weeks old

6 weeks old

7 weeks old