9 months old

Carter is 9 months old today!
Carter has learned this month to:
1. clap
2. play peek-a-boo
3. eat meat
4. be a ace at crawling backwards
5. sit up after being on his tummy

Carter is a growing boy!
Height: 27.25 inches
Weight: 17 lbs 5 oz

Clapping

Carter learned to clap this week. He will now clap (for the most part) when he sees other people do it.

Big Bang

On Saturday, Carter was reaching for something and hit his head on the kitchen counter. He has a nice bruise because of his head meeting the counter.

Mawwiage is What Bwings Us Togeddur Today

I saw this on a friend blog and thought that it was fitting because on Jan. 20, 3 years ago, we got in engaged.

1. What are your middle names?
mine: Megan
his: Allen

2. How long have you been together?
We met in May 2007, starting dating in August 2007 and got married on June 27, 2008.
So I guess 3 1/2 years.

3. How long did you know each other before you started dating?
3 months

4. Who asked who out?
Natalie asked out Ryan on our first date to the zoo on July 7th

5. Whose siblings do you see the most?
Natalie because we are living with her parents

6. Do you have any children together?
1

7. What about pets?
Never

8. Did you go to the same school?
yes, we both went to BYU

9. Who is the most sensitive?
Natalie maybe

10. Where do you eat out most as a couple?
Jason's Deli

11. Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Boston, MA

12. Who has the craziest exes?
Natalie, for sure

13. Who has the worst temper?
Natalie, Ryan does not know how to be mad ;)

14. Who does the cooking?
Natalie

15. Who is more social?
Ryan

16. Who is the neat freak?
Natalie, all the way

17. Who is the most stubborn?
Natalie for the most part, but Ryan can have his moments

18. Who hogs the bed?
Natalie and now sometimes Carter

19. Who wakes up earlier?
Ryan because he has to go to work, on the weekend Natalie is up first

20. Where was your first date?
The zoo in SLC, UT and then a pizza place. In total, it was 8 hours long

21. Do you get flowers often?
No, I do not want them

22. How long did it take to get serious?
3 months, after we started dating, that is when Ryan told me he loved me

23. Who eats more?
Ryan but slowly

24. Who sings better?
Ryan

25. Who does the laundry?
Natalie, my favorite chore

26. Who’s better with the computer?
Ryan

27. Who drives when you are together?
Ryan

28. Who picks where you go to dinner?
We decided together

29. Who wears the pants?
Natalie at least I like to think that I do

31. Who has the better sense of humor?
Ryan

32. Who eats more sweets?
Natalie

33. Who cries more?
Natalie, only because I have never seen Ryan cry

34. What's your favorite TV show together?
NCIS

Look what I can do...

Carter started like this:


And ended like this:

Carter was watching his favorite show last night, Blue Clues, but decided that he wanted to sit up so he made it happen. Now we are working on getting him to move forward.

Happy Birthday, Natalie

Yesterday, I turned 28 years old. My family and I went out to dinner at Olive Garden. I received many nice gifts.

Then today, we had cake and ice cream. Ashley and Robyn made me a very yummy chocolate cake.

Playtime for Carter

Carter loves to play, after dinner, without his clothes and shoes on.

Thanks 2010

This last year has been great to us.
Natalie was able to...
become a stay at home mom
retire from teaching

Ryan was able to...
finish his last semester on BYU campus
start a new job on Hill Air Force Base

Carter was able to..
learn to sit up
eat table food
We are grateful for all that we have be blessed with this past year and look for to the new year!