the rest of november

matching christmas jams!


making a chocolate pie with daddy on thanksgiving


"i love chocolate!"


so messy...i never know how or where to begin to clean him up


and he now screams at dinner!


oh carter! what are you getting into now?


bathing beauties


they just love each other so much!


we spend a lot of time in our pj's if we have no where to go

pop comes to the rescue!!!

doing princess sticker book with pop


get you, get you pop


at first carter didn't know what to think of pop...i think it's because it's like looking in the mirror for him...they look so much alike!

Nick left for scotland on saturday and will be gone for 2 weeks. he is doing an international rotation over there to learn how medicine is practiced in the UK. He will also get to spend lots of time with his mom, which is a bonus! Nick called his dad a month before he left and asked if he could come help while he was gone and he booked a flight the next day...yay! He has been so helpful with the kids! Both emerson and carter got sick the day nick left...go figure. we have had fevers, diarrhea, and rashes. I am hopeful that today was the last day of the fevers because pop leave tomorrow and I have 10 days left until nick is back.

climbing monkey

carter is climbing up on everything! he is now climbing up all 13 stairs...scary! He started doing this just shy of turning 8 months. we keep asking emerson, "where did we get this boy?" and she says, "I think we got him at the zoo!" and i can't stop him from climbing up emerson's chair. we have had a couple of falls but it doesn't seem to stop him. he cries for a second and then climbs some more. i think he may be walking soon...double scary! he takes some steps while pushing a car (will have to take a picture). He is unbelievably strong and confident!