What's New With The Carter Family

It was time.  She's been standing up and trying to walk for a few weeks now, and if that wasn't enough, it's starting to get colder outside.  No more putting it off.  It was time for shoes.  Expensive, outgrow sizes at alarming rates , baby shoes.  Of course they're cute as can be :)  And I did have to get a second mortgage on my house to pay for them.  More on that later.  Here she is with her spiffy new shoes.  I hope she enjoys them (all of what, a month or two).

She loves it.  We probably shouldn't encourage it......but it's so darn cute!  Watching her grab it in her hand, manipulate it and shove it back in.  Feel around for another one and stick that one in instead.  So stinkin' adorable!  She loves her "binks"  :)   Actually, she loves all 4 of them ;)

Ok.  So technically this is her birthday present.  Which I wasn't going to give her until, well, her birthday.  But I couldn't resist.  It was so nice out today, and her birthday is in the middle of winter....so....I asked daddy to put it together and off we went for a walk!  Or a drive :) Finley LOVED it!  She kept her hands on the steering wheel (like a good driver does) and enjoyed driving around the neighborhood.  Brother Jem and daddy both took turns pushing her, while I (of course) snapped a million and one pictures.  Happy early birthday Miss Fin xoxox

I was really wanting a Sunday lunch like my mama used to make. Roast chicken, peas and carrots and cream potatos. Mmmmmmmmm. So yummy! We made it for lunch today and it was so good - even Finley enjoyed it! I love that she is old enough now to eat what we are eating....in small, tiny pieces of course :) She ate a good amount, though most of it ended up in the chair (underneath her bottom). Nothing like some crushed peas and chicken stuck to her pants when we were done haha!

Time is FLYING by!  Little Miss Fin is now EIGHT months old.  Yep!  Can  you believe it?  Look at her!  She is now crawling around EVERYWHERE, still tries to stand up all the time and walk while holding on to things, and can say the words Mama, Dada and GO!  Such a smart little cookie :)  Love her to pieces!

Ahhh....my oldest niece.  River.  Crazy, zany, makes me laugh, love her to death.  Pretty as heck.  Harass her for photos, to which she so sweetly still obliges.  A month away from turning 13.  Yikes.  The teenage years.   Love you Riv xoxox  

I'd been looking at buying a baby swing for Finley for a while now....I thought it would be so fun for her to have a little outdoor swing to....well....swing in :)  I almost bought one last week (on sale!) but chickened out at the last minute - seeing as we don't even have a level back yard yet, it didn't seem like a smart purchase.  But then I saw it.  At a yard sale down the street.  A little infant swing.  It was like a sign, telling me it was OK to get one.  So I did :)  Three dollars, a trip to the hardware store for some mounting accessories, a few more dollars later....and the swing was mounted to our porch.  We put baby in it, and SHE LOVED IT!  Just look at her face...priceless!