He's Not Zero Anymore

****When Rylee found out Carter turned one.....she responded with "he's not zero anymore". She is so cute!****

OOoooooh I love that face! We had a party for Carter on Saturday with pizza, presents, and cake. Who could ask for more!?

   

To start things off....Jared was SO excited about the cake pops that he popped one right in his mouth. He knew we were supposed to wait, but it was too tempting and to avoid losing his chance to get one he stuck the whole thing in his mouth. The picture is blurry, but rest assured he got the whole cake pop in his mouth!  Jayce found a leaf bug outside, which was pretty cool and attracked a lot of attention. I don't think I had ever seen on before!

   

Carter got some stacking cups, which he likes to bang together. And yes, I bought him a tube of tennis balls. I read somewhere that babies really like to dump them out and put them back in. We will see how true that is in the days to come. He also got some cute new outfits from Grammy and Poppy! 

   

The definite favorite present was the Little Einsteins Rocket toy. Carter was VERY excited about it....as were all the other kiddos. Poor Carter got pushed aside....but that did not last for long. We made sure he got a turn before everyone else. 

He was so cute sitting on there. He was SOO excited. He kept sqeualing and screaming! I can't believe how big my baby is getting. He is doing really well pushing the toy around the house now. We put a 5 lb weight in the seat so that it didn't go so fast. I am sure walking is not too far off. He is just too cute!

The idea was to have a bubble themed party.....well, that didn't quite happen as I had planned, but we did have cake pops, mini cup cakes and other cup cakes, plus a Carter cake. 

    

Carter was not shy when the cake first came down. We put him on a white tablecloth and let him have at it. He stuck his hand right in. He was a little more hesitant once he got messy and I helped a couple times by squishing his hands in. He sure did like all that sugar. 

Andrew was pretty worried about his brother being so messy. He wanted nothing to do with eating that cake. He is such a funny kiddo. 

Carter is so cute when he puts food like this into his mouth. It is more like a shoving motion. I just love his little hands. 

He was done after a little while and wanted nothing more to do with that messy cake so off to the sink we went. Carter is SUCH a water baby. He loves it! He does this thing where he likes to "lap" the water out of the facet. He does this in the bath and now the kitchen sink. It was SO funny!!! His little tongue would seriously lap the water up - he is just too adorable!!!

   

After the party was done all the kids were in the office/playroom playing together. I just thought it was a moment to record with all five cousins in that little room together playing so nicely! It is so fun to have family close by - wish there were more that lived close by!!! After everone was gone Shell stuck around and we played with the boys. Carter loves his little ball toy, as does Andrew. I love this picture of Shell and Andrew. Drew just adores her and loves to play. 

We had a great one year celebration and it is crazy to think a year has already come and gone. Time goes by too fast. I am so grateful to be able to be home and spend time with these two little munchkins everyday. They change and grow so much and I am right here to watch, record, and snap pictures of it all. I could not ask for better kiddos - they are so much fun and give me so much to be grateful for!