Baby Girl Carter - in 3D!

We went to get a 3D/4D ultrasound yesterday of our baby girl and got some pretty great pictures. She was extremely active the whole time so at least she was awake, but kept those hands up near her face a lot, so it was hard to get some clear shots. But we got a few! She was opening and closing her mouth, sticking her tongue out, opening her eyes a little, and smiling! The technician said you can already see that she has hair too!

Harrison came with us and was SO good the entire time, he was definitely entertained by the whole process. He was confused, however, as to why Mommy was laying up on that table! It was neat though, after the ultrasound, it now seems to click that there is a baby in my tummy. He now will walk up to me and lift up my shirt and SAY (not sign) "baby"! Then he sticks his finger in my belly button which he thinks is hilarious.

Here is our favorite shot. She is holding her hands up near her head, palms together like she is sleeping, and grinning!



I'm trying to go to sleep now! That was a lot of work!

Snow!

We don't get too much snow here in Atlanta (at least any that sticks), so when the wintry mix came through late yesterday afternoon, I bundled Harrison up and we went outside to play while it was coming down! He definitely enjoyed it, kept saying, "Snow! Snow!" over and over and "talking" all about it. After about 10-15 minutes he was pretty over it and wanted to get his wagon out, so I reluctantly hustled him in the house even though I could have stood out there and watched it for a while. It was so pretty coming down!



It was coming down pretty hard at one point. Harrison would try to "catch" the flakes, and occasionally one would get in his eye or something, and he would look at me as if to say, what just happened??



Here was our house and yard early this morning!

Kenley Elaine Carter

Susan and Jeremy Carter were blessed to have a healthy, baby girl yesterday! Kenley is 6 pounds, 15 ounces and 20 inches long. She is beautiful just like her mom, and tall just like her dad! Congratulations to the happy family!

Christmas with the Eschens

After the New Year, the Eschens and the Grimes' came to Atlanta so we could all celebrate our Christmas together at our house. It was a cooooold few days while everyone was here, but we still managed to get out and do some fun things, as well as spend time hanging out in the house. Harrison's favorite new discovery is the pool table! The boys spent a lot of time down in the basement playing, and he wanted to be right in there with them. He sits on table and racks the balls, and then "breaks" and puts them all in the pockets. Maybe he'll put himself through college one day hustling some pool games!

The Carter Family - 2008!



One of his favorite new gifts is a drum set from Poppy and Car Car! It came with a recorder and a kazoo, which he also loves playing.



Helping Poppy open one of his presents. It's almost like an adult Sleep Sack, so Poppy can stay warm in cool weather!



Watching Baby Einstein with Poppy and Mandy.



Car Car was a dedicated Hokie fan for the Orange Bowl, and even bought herself some Hokie gear to give Jason support!



Will and Megan brought their two doggies over to play, Vegas and Gracie love them!



All bundled up to play with Chris and Mandy!

Christmas in Montgomery

Happy New Year!!

Harrison had his 18-month appointment right before Christmas. He weighs 26 pounds (50-75th%), is 33 inches tall (75%), and his head circumference decreased from the 95% to 90%! Way to go Harrison, growing into your head!

We spent Christmas in Montgomery this year at Nana and Papa Carter's house, with Caitlin and Jeff too. We had many fun days there, including a trip to Autauga to do the annual Dirty Santa get-together with the extended Carter family. We must have been very good this year, because our car was packed to the brim on our way home to Atlanta with our gifts from Santa!

Harrison was enamored with Nana and Papa's Christmas music box.



He also loved watching Nana cook and wanted her to hold him all the time. We finally just pulled his high chair up to the stove!



Playing SO nicely with Hadley while we were in Autauga. They were so cute together, each one handing toys very gently to the other to play with and taking turns! Brooke and I were very pleasantly surprised (and a little dumbfounded)!



Christmas morning! Santa brought Harrison his own set of junior golf clubs, some books and DVDs, a cookie jar, and some sports balls.



Daddy showed him how to use his clubs, and he is a pro already!



He got a nice indoor set of plastic golf clubs from Jeff and Caitlin which he loves. He can whack that ball real good!



Saying bye-bye to Caitlin. He had so much fun playing with her while we were there, and loves her so much.



At home with his zebra, which Nana and Papa gave him for Christmas! He jumps on it like he used to jump in his Jumparoo when he was a baby.



Falling asleep on the couch right before naptime!! This NEVER happens! He must have been real tired from all of the Christmas celebrating.



Reading one of his new books with Mommy.



We can't forget about our Christmas doggies!! Here they are, looking so cute "posing" in front of the tree. It was such a rare moment, I was so glad they didn't move before I got my camera!