Historic Train Ride

While we were in Kansas City for Christmas we headed to Union Station to look at all the train displays.  It also gave Carter a chance to ride on a little piece of history. 

For the holiday season, the Historic Jones Store train was in Union Station for kids to ride.  We thought this would be fun for Carter, not just because it was a train, but because both his Grandma Bonnie and Grandpa Joe both rode it when they were little too. 

Fortunately, Carter had his cousins there to help him out and Ella took one for the team.  She was able to ride with him, with her long legs completely folded up, and he loved it. 

 

 

 

He also loved all the model train displays he got to see and hanging out with family. It was a great day.

 

 

TWENTY-ONE Months Old

Carter you are 21 months.  At 21 months you:

-are definitely-getting more independent, but will let us help you with things.
-are starting to test the limits of certain things we tell you
-are snuggly at night and we love it.
-love to read.
-love fruit.
-love to fix things with your tools.  Your crescent wrench is one of your favorites.
-are a little OCD about things.  Mom is not complaining.
-need a haircut.
-give everyone high fives, hugs, kisses, etc.  If one person gets one, everybody gets one.

As usual, we love you so much.  No pictures this month, they are all in with the Christmas posts.

Visiting Santa Claus

We decided to go to Larimer Square this year to visit Santa Claus.  We planned on quickly seeing Santa Claus and then having lunch.  When we got there we were pleasantly surprised to see the line wasn't very long.  Little did we know, it was the slowest moving line ever.  Mrs. Claus was a little longwinded and all the other kids had a lot more to tell Santa Claus than Carter did.  When we finally made it to Santa, Carter was scared at first, but did end up warming up to him a little when it was discovered he had bells.

 

 

 

Gap Tooth Christmas

Christmas decorations were at a minimum this year since we had just moved in.  We decided to go with just the essentials and next year plan to do a little more.  We may have to invest in a few more things, but this year it was perfect. 

After getting some decorations and the Christmas tree up (with the help of onsite management),

 

 

we tried to get some pictures of Carter for our card this year.  After taking MANY shots we got a handful that worked, including one with the cutest little gap tooth kid we know. 

 

 

 

A Star is Born

The weekend after we moved in to the house, Broomfield had their annual Christmas tree lighting.  Part of the show was Santa Claus arriving by helicopter.  Times have obviously changed for Santa Claus. 

Although it was cold, we decided it would probably be something Carter would love.  We weren't there very long, but did get to watch the tree lighting and the helicopter come in and take back off. 

It also led to Carter getting his picture taken by the local paper and making the online version.  Pretty good night.

 

 

 

 

New House

We finally got to move in to our new house and we love it.  Our first morning there required some creative seating, a box of dry cereal and cartoons set up before any more unpacking could be done.

 

By the third evening, we at least had something to sit on and relax before bed, while watching our floor TV.

 

 

 

 

Poor Sick Kid

After traveling all over for Thanksgiving and staying in many different places before moving, I think Carter's little body picked up lots of new germs.  The last couple days before moving in to the new house, Carter came down with croup.  It didn't last too long and he fought it off like a champ, but he was pretty sad with sick little eyes while he had it.