TWO!

It's hard to believe Carter turned two at the end of August. He is growing up into such a wonderful and intelligent little boy. His personality is very sweet and funny mixed with plenty of mischief. At his two year appointment he was 33 and 1/2 inches tall (25th%), weighed almost 25 lbs. (18th%) and is in great health. He knows all the letters of the alphabet and he can count to 20. His favorite toys are his cell phone, remote control, lap top computer (pretty much anything electronic), and books. We still struggle with getting him to eat, he seems much too busy to bother with that, but he's getting better about trying new things.


We had three birthday parties for him over one weekend:

Party #1 was a joint party with Elsa. Lee, Bob, and Elsa came from Milwaukee, Grandma Baldwin and Grandpa Pries joined us, as well as Great Grandma (Gigi), Aunt Nancy, Cheryl, Abby and Joe. We had so much fun with Elsa and Carter together - they play so well together and it was so nice having Lee, Bob, and Elsa stay with us for a few nights!


Carter is opening his giant dinosaur (complete with lots of sound effects)




Elsa opening her presents

The kids enjoying their birthday lunch at Carter's brand new table (thanks Grandpa Pries!)

Blowing out the candles

Carter actually ate most of his cupcake this year!

Party #2 started at the beach in Grand Haven. We met Grandpa and Grandma Jernstadt there and we had a fun morning (once the sun came out!). After some time at the beach we headed to Grandpa and Grandma's house for a nice lunch, more cake, and of course - lots of presents!

Checking out the water

Carter and Elsa loved digging in the sand

Once it warmed up, we couldn't get them out of the water!

More cake!

Opening up his presents






Party #3 was back at home with Grandma Webb, Uncle Josh, Uncle Mark, Deb, Bridget, and Sean. We had pizza and cake and more presents!

Uncle Mark was showing Carter how to dip his finger...

...and then he showed him how to shove frosting in his Dad's face!

Lots of cool presents

Thank you to everyone for helping celebrate his birthday and for all the wonderful presents!