Its-a Nice-a Place

Luigi Troy just wanted to stop in and say...Whats-a matter you, you gotta no respect.

Playoffs? Playoffs?

Although the Broncos lost to New England in the playoffs, Carter has still been sporting his sweatshirt (courtesy of Edie) the past two weeks.

New Years Eve in KC

We altered our holiday schedule this year in an effort to be on the same schedule as Carter's cousins. Since we were supposed to be in KC for Christmas, and it was Carter's first, we decided to head there for a couple days over New Years.

We headed up to the farm again. As usual the food was great and the company even better. Carter was big enough to sit and just fit in the rocking chair that was Great Grandpa Frank's when he was little. Sure wish he could have seen him in it.

It was a fast trip, but always great to see everybody.


Carter even got to ride the 4-wheeler and LOVED it. It might be a bad sign for the future.

Christmas Afternoon

After finishing up everything Christmas morning, it was time to get dressed for Christmas dinner. Grandma Bonnie supplied to the perfect outfit for the afternoon. Carter looked great!


Christmas dinner was at our house with the Troys and Mareshs and it was wonderful. Carter loaded up on some more toys. He definitely got a lot of great things for Christmas. He loves playing with them every day.


And, Carter got a new wagon from Grandpa Tom and Grandma Ann on Christmas, but we didn't put it together until the next morning. Carter loves it and we are just waiting for the weather to get a little warmer so we can take it out for a spin.

Christmas Morning

Carter's first Christmas started in the morning with his stocking, opening lots of gifts from Scott and I and from the Soltis side of the family.

It was just the beginning of his/our busy day. After opening gifts, we had some breakfast, watched Christmas Vacation and cleaned for everyone to come over for Christmas dinner...and do round two of gifts.

Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve this year we headed out to dinner with the Troy/Maresh side of the family. It was a great night with excellent company and good Italian food. It was just the start of Carter's Christmas extravaganza.




After dinner, we headed home to get some Christmas PJs on and go to bed so Santa could come.

NINE Months Old

Carter you are NINE months old. We can't believe it! Time is flying by so fast.

Carter at nine months you:

-weigh 20lbs, 10 oz (70th percentile).
-are 28 3/6 inches long (75th percentile).
-have a 45.8cm head circumfrence.
-went to the doctor this month as evidenced by the stats and weren't too upset by it, as evidenced by the photo below.
-are still in a size 3 diaper. You could move up, but we are finishing out the diapers we have.
-are wearing mostly 12mth clothes now. The length is still a little big so, we can get away with a few 9mth pants you have still.
-still have bright blue eyes.
-have more hair.
-are VERY busy.
-know your name.
-make it very hard to go out to eat now. Sitting still is not what you want to do.
-are very social, although you have started to have some stranger apprehension.
-have five teeth and we think a sixth one might be trying to make an appearance.
-roll all over the place.
-pull yourself around to crawl, kind of like doing the worm.
-love for us to hold you up to stand at something.
-are starting to pull up on things.
-still don't have any foods you don't like.
-love to drink through a straw. I think we are just going to bypass the sippy cup.
-have such a cute laugh.
-are very funny.