Easter

Finally getting around to posting from Easter. Carter didn't get much candy, instead, he got a much needed new bicycle helmet in his Easter box (which he made). 

He also got his first game for the Wii. A dancing game, of course!

This year we dyed and tattooed our eggs...

Friends came over to hunt for eggs in the afternoon. Silvie shared her Easter treats, including nail polish, which was a big hit with all the kids.

A good helper

Carter has become a very good helper in the shop. He helped Thomas with the headboard construction, and then used the scrap as the base for a work of art that is now hanging in the garage. 

Bedroom Improvements

We finally, finally got a king-sized bed. It's just as life changing as I thought it would be! I no longer mind having Carter pile in with us (except when he sleeps perpendicular to us; the bed is still too small for that). There's room for all three of us - and my expanding belly. It's a dream!

We constructed a new upholstered headboard for our new bed. The only hiccup was when we discovered that the headboard wouldn't fit up our stairs. It took Thomas, Park and Lance to heft it up through the top of our garage and into our master closet via a large access panel. I was really glad that worked so we didn't have to cut it in half after we built it!

It was the first time we tried tufting. It worked out great - and was much more cost effective than buying a headboard.

We have also transformed the nook in our bedroom. We didn't use it much before, so we put in a couch and installed a TV so we now have a secondary lounging area in the house.

King size bed, secondary lounging space... Trying to create space for our new family member. We'll eventually start working on his room, too!

Mother's Day Morning

A rare photo-friendly day

Recently, Carter hasn't wanted his photo to be taken, which is why these photos from a recent trip Thomas and Carter took to the zoo were so very surprising to me!

The boy loves to dance.

His "girl" dance



His "rock star" dance



The answer to your burning question...

Carter's (temporary) New Pet

While watching the AT&T guy (hopefully) fix our phone/TV/Internet, Carter found a new pet that has kept him entertained outside for almost a whole hour.

"Inchwormy"






Carter just decided to feed him a leaf and then lost him. He has now run inside to find his magnifying glass to hopefully find his buddy. I do not have high hopes, but I think it will all be okay.

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What the....?!

So, this evening as Elizabeth has just pulled into the driveway, but before she gets to the front door, a moving truck drives down our street, catches a wire strung between the telephone pole and our house and rips the cable off our house and dangling in the street. Thankfully, it was not a power line, but it was our phone, cable, internet. The fire department came, moved the broken wire out of the street, tied the cable still attached to our house to a tree so cars could drive under it "safely" and then left. That's it. No report, or call to utility company, or anything. So after several attempts, AT&T agrees there is a problem and will be out to look at it "hopefully before 7pm on Sat."



Cable still dangling from the house.




That blue and orange wire used to be inside a cable attached to a telephone pole.




Oh, there's the other end that should be at my house but is across the street...




...in this giant pile of wire.

No phone, TV, or Internet until Sat night for us. What will we do?!

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Elizabeth & the Boys

It's official. Carter's getting a baby brother, so I'll continue to be the only female in this family! We've been neglegent in blogging about the new addition, so here are a few funnies that have happened along the way:

• The day we told Carter about the baby, I asked if he wanted to call and share the news with his Mama Helen (who already knew). He agreed, so we called her and he very excitedly told her, "I won Chutes & Ladders!"
• As he's shared the news with other people, it tends to go like this: "I'm going to be a big sister!"
• One day, out of the blue, he said, "I'm number one! I'm number one! Wait. No... I'm infinity. That's the biggest number. The baby can be number one."

That's all for now!

Weekend in Arkansas

Carter and I got to spend last weekend in Arkansas, thanks to a work conference I had in Little Rock at the end of last week.

Box sliding at the riverfront park in Little Rock

Carter's first Jarritos

Exploring a cave at Garvan Gardens

Carter's new scooter



The bubble-bath - always a favorite at Mama Helen & Daddy Phil's house