Loving EPS1!

These are pictures from Carter's first day in his new Early Pre-School classroom. He is doing AWESOME!

18 months old...

Yesterday, Carter turned 18 months old! Where has the time gone?! In such a short time, we have seen our baby turn into SUCH a little boy. Who knew that several months ago, when he started saying words, we should have been recording them. Nana Stephanie told me we should! But we didn't...and all of a sudden, he has hundreds of words. No, not kidding. The pediatrician wanted to know if he knew 8...seriously...8. Tim and I sat down last night and started trying to make a list. It's silly. We stopped. It felt like we were making a list of words that WE knew. So when I say hundreds, I mean it! (And he still does tons of sign language as well). It's adorable to hear him talk...He even speaks in sentences. For example: "Mama shoot ball?" "Baby shoot ball?" "Oh no! Where is it?" And he says "I love you" now. MELTS MY HEART!!

Moving on...he just moved up a classroom at school too. Generally they don't move the kids up until they are closer to 2, but they thought he was developmentally ready...and he was getting a little "restless" and "aggressive" with the other 1 year olds. Haha! So he is the youngest by several months, but doing great so far.

Favorite things...Carter LOVES school. He talks about Emery and Andrew in the mornings - his best little buddies, who he has been with for quite some time. At home, he has always got a football or a basketball in his hand. Yes, still a ball obsession. He also LOVES books. Especially his Elmo book. OBSESSED with all things Elmo. And his other favorite books are actually Little Golden Books. Bought them at Half Price books - didn't really know if he would be interested in them. And figured he would tear them up since they have "real" pages. He loves them! His 2 favorites are Count on Sesame Street and The Pokey Little Puppy. He loves playing with Tyson - and Grace. Although he mainly just chases Grace and tortures her with a flashlight. Learned that from Daddy. He loves to dance. He loves to sing songs - ABCs, Row Row Row Your Boat, Bumblebee Song, Ten Little Monkeys, Hot Dog (the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse song) - just to name a few. He has also really started to notice airplanes. He loves to point them out in the sky when he sees them, or hears them. But when one flies by, he usually looks at me and says "More please?" Or "Again, again!" So cute. He has a little play airplane that he flies with his hand - even tries to make the right noises - adorable. (I think he learned that from Cousin Alex).

This is already so long - I should stop - although I could think of a million other things to say about our amazing little boy! Some fun random pictures below...from church (with his friend Park), playing at home & outside & with Jack, and even a few from the Fort Worth Zoo! YES - HE PETTED A SNAKE! Yuck!!!