Our Little 19-Month-Old!

Carter celebrated 19 months of life, laughter and RUNNING on Monday, November 7th! Although his mama is hopeless at capturing her little man in a non-blurry photo, Carter's Mimi is in town, so you know what that means. Great pictures galore AND someone to entertain Carter while I frantically post the pictures.

We love you, Carter! Thanks for slowing down long enough to hug us and blow us kisses with an exuberant "Mwah!"

Carter's 18th Month Doctor's Appointment

Do not let this picture fool you, Carter is a "Beast." He had his 18th month doctor's appointment today and measured in at a robust 33 3/4 inches and 28.6 lbs (90th and 75th percentile respectively). Dax and Kathleen have made the executive decision to stop saving money for Carter's college education as he is clearly going to get a football scholarship :) Besides, it appears that they will need those nickels and dimes for food and clothes.

Long Overdue Update!

Even though we haven't posted in a while, that doesn't mean we haven't been up to anything (quite the opposite, actually). Can you believe our little guy (who is not so little by the way) is already 18 months old?!? Here are some recent pictures of Carter's first Pumpkin Patch (complete with first pony ride), and our trip today to the park.

What can we say, we cannot get enough of this guy!

Celebrating a Daddy and a Beagle

Happy Father's Day 2011 and happy birthday to our seven-year-old beagle, Killa! The man of honor wanted a hike on his special day, so hike we did, at the Sag Valley Forest Preserve, a mere 30 min drive to the south side of Chicagoland. A thrilled Dax shared his love of nature with his son (and his wife.) We trekked a heavily wooded trail that seemed more like rural Ohio than anything we could get to after such a short drive from our house! A nice change of latitude for us city folk.

Upon arriving home, we trekked again; this time to Scooter's, a Roscoe Village frozen custard institution, to get for our birthday beagle her annual "doggy cone" (a miniature vanilla frozen custard cone) and properly celebrate her seventh birthday. After all that hiking, Carter was also excited to try his very first dairy treat... although you can see from his tired eyes that he had skipped his second nap and was a little confused as to how to eat his cone. I guess licking takes a little practice!

Early bedtimes for the family White tonight! And Happy Father's Day to all of our incredible fathers - we love you!

Carter's First Year

Here is a collage of Carter's First Year. Many of these pictures have been shared at other times and places, but Dax was bored and consolidated them in this fun format. When you see them condensed like this, you realize just HOW MUCH we did with Carter the first year!

Carter and his Great-Grandparents Walsh

Don't misread Carter's yawn in this group photo; our little guy was pretty darn enamored with his Great-Grandma Nancy and Great-Grandpa Jim. He just wishes we would have let him pull their potted plant completely apart. (We are at the beginning stages of teaching Carter that he can't do absolutely everything he wants to do, all the time. What a rough life lesson... and a necessary one!)

Thanks for the great visit!

14-Month-Old Carter!

How is it possible that our sweet baby boy hit his fourteen month milestone today? We don't have a "day of" picture to share just yet, as we're currently enjoying family time in Augusta, Georgia with Carter's Great-Grandparents Walsh, but we promise to post more pictures of our busy toddler soon. It's hard work, all this wooing of great-grandparents: waving to them, hugging them, pointing out every breakable object in their house...