Newest Addition

Clara Elaine

July 12th, 2011

7lbs 12 oz

21 inches long

Brittany and Cody's new baby girl!

A few hours after little Clara was born, I was able to go see meet her and even see her get first bath. She is SO beautiful and I was am so happy for my sister and that every thing went well. I could not believe (well, yes I can) how pretty my sister looked sitting in her bed holding her newest daughter. Seriously, WHO looks that good after having major surgery just hours before?!

Luckiest aunt EVER!

Clara ended up having to go to NICU for a few days because of low blood sugars but was once she was doing well and home, Landon got to go see her. He was absolutely thrilled. He does so well with babies and has such a tender little heart.

Welcome little Clara! We are so glad you are here!

Independence Day 2011

Let freedom ring!

Monkey Party!

[My friend Dana, who is 38 weeks pregnant!, made this cute little invite for us. Thank you again!]

Carter finally got to have his birthday party yesterday! We wanted to wait until Landon and my parents were back from Washington so we could all celebrate together. So we did just that! It was also a little party for Evie who just turned one! I had so much fun decorating for this party-mostly with stuff I already had. We had hoggie sandwiches with sides, opened presents, and ate cupcakes and icecream. A perfect party!
We were so happy to be able to celebrate Carter's birthday as a family! Chris didn't get to stay the whole time but was there while we were setting up for a bit.

For our little monkey!

I think one of the highlights of his party was that fact that his big brother was finally home. When they first saw eachother, they hugged for what seemed like a minute straight. It was really cute.

Carter eating his birthday dinner!

My beautiful sister (38 weeks) with baby Clara

Carter and his Pa'Pa who is follows around like a little puppy!

Evie is one! We were finally able to give her the pig pillow pet we picked out months ago-she really liked it :)

Uncle Travis and the birthday girl!

Opening presents!

Thomas book from Grandma and Grandpa Wagner. Pa'Pa recorded his voice reading him the book so when he is far away, he can still read a story to him!

Others fun presents he received was new Nike shoes and shirt from Uncle Travis, side walk chalk and money for his bank from the Taks, and a ride on bike from the Wagner grandparents, a Thomas boat for the bath from his big brother, and of course, the train table. Grandma brought his SUPER cool Seattle Sounders jersey and matching ball from Washington that everyone couldnt wait for him to wear :)

Another Thomas book from the Wagners. My mom actually HAD to buy this buy this one because Carter picked it out and ripped it at the store haha

Great Grandma and Grandpa Mayne gave Carter a Elmo book that has a timer on it that helps him get ready for bed along with a new Elmo hand towel and jammies!

Carter isn't really into cake but really likes dipping things so he shared with Travis, dipping his gumball into the frosting. Evie shared too :)

Here is Carter with his new bike that he got a few weeks BEFORE his actual birthday.. What a lucky boy! Hope you had fun at your party little monkey!!!!

Choo-Choo!

Carter's birthday fell on a Wednesday so on Friday before Chris worked, we all went to get Carter his birthday present-a train table! Since Landon was out of town with his Grandma, we thought it would be a good idea to get it all set up before he came home. That way, Carter would have something fun to play with and have some alone time with it since the boys like to fight over everything. I had no idea how much time it would take to put together...it took over 5 hours but it was so worth it.

Bugs was SUPER excited! This is before...
During...It doesnt look like a ton of peices to put together but there really was.

Ta-Da! After!

It only took Carter a few minutes to climb up on the table and make himself comfortable.

Haha...boys will be boys!

Birthday @ Boondocks!

For Carter's 2nd birthday, we took him to Boondocks fun center! He had a nasty virus and an infection so we almost didn't go but once he started to perk up a little bit, we headed out before Chris had to head to work.

We played video games for a few minutes while we waited for Uncle Travis to arrive. Carter really liked the car games.

It was SO stinking hot outside!

We pretty much went just for the miniture golf since Carter loved it so much the last time we went. Sometimes he uses his feet to get the ball in :)

It was 100 degrees out, I swear so after golf, we went back inside to play some more video games and roller ball. Poor Carter was sweaty and getting tired but he had a lot of fun.

It was really nice to spend a few hours with Carter and have that one on one time with him that we don't usually get. Hope you had a fun day little guy!

June

Here are some things that went on in the June. Some pictures were taken on my phone so they aren't the best but gives ya'll an idea of what we've been up to for a month!

Holding hands in the car. My kids can be pretty dang sweet sometimes!

Carter thinks he is still a little baby sometimes. I feel the same way about him!

We visited Daddy A LOT at work. We love going to his new store and getting a yummy snack or just to say "HI" for a few minutes.
Cheese! Carter is such a little cheese ball. We think he is pretty cute!

Brothers :) Most of the time, they get a long great.

Chris and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary with Dairy Queen (while the kids slept) which for us was a special treat!!

Story time with Daddy before bed.

Chris loves to take the boys to his work and buy them a little toy or treat. I think their favorite thing ever is the plastic ball and bat. Landon would stay out all day and night "practicing" if he could. He can really hit that ball!

C is sleeping without a pacifier! For the most part, he doesnt need his binky at all but every once and a while, we give it to him when he is having a serious melt down. So maybe once a week!

Landon transitioned from a toddler seat to a booster! We think he finally weighs enough...we think! I was a little sad at first but Landon LOVES sitting in his big boy seat.

The weather finally warmed up (for a day) and the kids and I took full advantage of it!

Grandma Wagner took Landon and a friend to the aquarium. Landon has been obsessed with sharks and was so excited to go. He insisted on wearing his shark tank :)

Carter finally got to bust out his cool shades he got from Easter and man, he looked cool!

After work one night, I met Chris and the kids, my mom and Travis at Boondocks to play a little miniture golf. It was Carter's first time ever and he LOVED every bit of it (except the Tiki guy who spit water out at us at the end if you missed the shot)

I always love seeing what outfits Chris chooses for the kids hahahaha

Uncle Travis and Cart-man

After mini-golf we all shared a yummy pizza and played video games. Little boy heaven!

Uncle Cody and Aunt Brittany brought their new cotton candy maker to the Wagners and we got to be the first to try it out. It was a huge hit!

Carter cuddling with Brittany (36 weeks here) and baby Clara who is due next in just a few days now!

We had a BBQ to celebrate Fathers day at the Wagners. Chris AND my dad could not be there but we thought of them!

With Great Grandpa (Red Truck)

Evie and Brit (plus Clara!)

Just to show how BOY Carter really is...he is constantly falling down and getting scraps on his legs. Poor kid!