Carter's First Trip To The Beach

They were both having fun. Honest.

We took Carter down to KVI Beach on Vashon. Of course, we didn't think far enough in advance and failed to bring his sun hat.

Carter Spends A Weekend With Grandma And Grandpa!

Carter likes being read to!

Nom Nom Nom

Well Hello!

The other side of the hanging toy is a mirror.

Jim showing Carter some plants.

Sleepy boys!

Sandy and Jim were nice enough to keep Carter at their house for the weekend of our anniversary so Jason and I could have a little time to ourselves. We THROUGHLY enjoyed ourselves, and Carter did too! Here are some of the pictures Sandy took over the weekend.

Uh oh... We have a problem.

It seems that Mr. Carter is quite a flirt. You should see the way he acts when there are pretty ladies in the room! This behavior MUST be curtailed by the time he hits puberty. Not cool. Please see the above photographic evidence. He spent the entire time he was awake flirting with Jeni the other night. Not good.

Watching Football With Daddy

Very important manly bonding activity...

Carter Cuteness

Daddy and Baby

A little too close...

Jason thinking, "Is this thing working???"

The one mommy took. :)

I am a huge slacker

It has been pointed out to me that I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping the blog updated. Yeah.... Our camera battery charger sorta broke. So there haven't been that many new pics taken. Here are a couple of recent ones. Carter's newest trick is rolling over. He accomplished this feat for the first time at exactly two months old (on August 5th). He's cuter than ever. :)

Smiling Baby!

Bad Kitty!

Yes, our cats are in fact this ridiculous.

Getting ready for the day

Post Bath Pics

Mr. Stinky Pants loves bath time!

Nap Time

Carter is just like his mommy and very much enjoys his naps!

I can't believe how big he's getting.... As of last Thursday (7/2) he weighed in at 9lbs. 6 oz. and was 22 inches long. So he's up 2 lbs and 2 inches from his birth weight.

Professional Photos

The rest of Carter's professional photos are now online. They were taken when he was 6 days old. To view them, go to http://www.capturedbycrystal.com , click on the "show me the proofs" tab, then enter "BabyC" into the password space.

Prints can be ordered directly from Crystal online. :)

"Hello World"

This outfit was so damn cute, I just have to show you pics of it. I REALLY wish Carter had accidently flipped off the camera. That would have been greeting card worthy. For sure.

Adorable outfit courtesy of Auntie Layne.

Carter's First Friend

Jason and Carter

Tiny baby!

Carmen and Jacob brought Jackson over to visit Carter last week (they also brought us dinner, which we greatly appreciated!). For those of you who haven't met Jackson, he's the cutest, most well behaved toddler I've ever met. He's an absolute dream. Jason and I hope Carter turns out just like him. We also hope they end up being the best of buddies. :)

First Bottle

Carter had his first bottle today. I continue to be amazed by how easy going he is. After all the horror stories I've heard about babies who refuse to take a bottle (especially if the milk factory, AKA Mom, happens to be in the room), I was totally prepared for him to look at us like we were nuts to expect him to drink out of one. Nope. He happily chugged the thing down as if he'd been doing it forever. We won the baby lotto.

Jason's First Father's Day

We did Father's Day at our house yesterday. Both of our families came up and we ate more food than anyone ever should. Man it was good though!

We also managed to take some rather adorable pictures and videos of Carter. :)

Andy's High School Graduation

Mommy and baby.

Uncle Duane with Carter. Why do I suspect that it'll be Duane who gives Carter his first beer and box of condoms??? Hahaha. Lets just hold off till he's at least, oh I dunno... 30 or so. Mmmkay?

4 generations of Didricksen men.

Great Grandma Rosie, Grandma Sandy, and Carter.

Well, I'm a little out of order here. The graduation ceremony and party were actually last Saturday (6/13), but I left my camera at Jim and Sandy's so I've been unable to upload them until now. I've also been unable to take new pics all week. Awesome.

Anyway, the ceremony was great and the party was a blast. I think the highlight of the ceremony (besides the fact that Andy graduated of course) was the student speaker who made several "That's what she said" jokes. Hilarious.

Let me tell you... Jim and Sandy throw one heck of a party! They turned their backyard into one big party area. It was excellent.