Carter was a Michigan State Spartan Football player for Halloween. He loved being in his football pads and running from house to house. He was a little top heavy w/ shoulder and thigh pads and we had a few spills, but nothing would keep him from getting the candy he had been promised for more than a month.
Chris has been busy at his new job. He has been there about 6 weeks now and things are going well. Carter goes to a babysitter 4 days a week for now and I am still working 4 days a week as a dietitian at a local hospital. Carter loves going to Mary's and Jeanie's and loves playing with their kids. I am now 26 weeks pregnant and this little guys continues to grow. He is busy kicking and playing all day.
Carter is excited about his baby brother. Although he may be a little confused. He said one day after picking him up from the sitter's "Mommy, I name him Suzie!" Funny, we don't know anyone named Suzie. I am glad he doesn't get the final decision on the baby's name. Carter amazes us daily on the things that he says. He told his dad in the church pew when Chris was telling him to be reverent...."I no want to talk about it DAD!" He has quite the personality and determination. The time-out seat is in use though we don't use it much, he knows right where it is and that when the timer goes off he can get up. He loves his nursery leader Kathy Adams. He runs to her after sacrament and says "Come-on let's go to class!" I hope she likes him as much as he likes her! He talks about her all week long. Today he told me he learned in nursery on the way home. He said "Jesus get baptized in water, Mom" He is learning everyday. The other night he was laying in his bed singing his ABC's...mind you it was not perfect and he repeated the same letters over and over, but he is picking it up.After the ABC's he proceeded to say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to everyone his little mind could think of..."Happy Birthday Mom....Dad...Nana...Pepa...Grandpa...Grandma...Brysen...Brady...etc. He went on for quite some time. We giggled listening to him on the monitor. Colors are coming along too.
(is picture is the way we found him one night before we went to bed...poor kid must have been HOT)
He is growing up way too quickly and before we know it we will have two little boys on our hands. What will I do? We had Thanksgiving here at the house. My parents are still in Romania, but we had all of Chris' family here for the big day. It was nice and we enjoyed each others company.
We are very busy with our fabric business and Hilary Brooke Collection. We started August with 17 small sales for fabric....now as of today we have 236 sales. Chris and I will work a long day, make dinner, put Carter to bed and then start our part-time job of filling fabric orders. I also had my annual craft show this year on Nov 19th and 20th. It went well and I increased my sales from last year. I also received about 10 custom orders that I need to finish before Christmas. So I have a full plate for the next few weeks. Things are taking off and we enjoy working on this small business venture together. Chris even built a fabric shelving unit for all of my bolts of fabric.
Things are great here and we are very excited for the changes that are coming our way with baby number 2 arriving in about 3 months. So much to do before he comes, but we can hardly wait to welcome him into our family. Mom and Dad are coming home from Romania from the 16th to January 2nd. So we are excited to have them and everyone else here for the Holidays. Emily and Niko will be coming, Jon, Becca and Lillia will be coming, and Jamie comes in the 12th until the 28th. We will have a full house! Carter can hardly wait. He keeps asking if Jamie will help him build a snowman at Christmas.
