Playing catch up

Long time no write huh? The truth is I haven't wanted to blog because I just haven't wanted to do much of anything lately. I'm not too fond of this time of year and would rather just crawl in a corner and come out when the sun does. But I must play catch up a bit and get back into this blogging thing.

We had a nice Christmas. Tom's parents came to town for the holiday and that made it extra fun for the kids. Santa arrived safe and sound with plenty of things to put smiles on faces.



Carter wasn't too into Christmas and after awhile started hitting the presents when we wanted him to open them. His highlight was getting socks in his stocking.


After recovering from the holiday we're now just trying to endure the cold and yuckiness. Carter is bumping his head anytime he gets and has had some massive battle wounds. First he tripped and hit the banister of our stairs with his eye.

And as soon as that healed up this past week he somehow knocked over my parent's piano bench and landed on it with his face (yet no one knows what really happened since there's only a 3 year old witness).

This picture doesn't really do it justice as it's the worst bump and bruise I think any of our children has ever had. It was a traumatizing experience for me as a mom because we I first found him the two places where he hit were so big, bulging, and blue that he looked deformed and I thought he had cracked his skull open or something. But now it's just a pretty bruise and he's alive.

Carter is a bit of trouble but so sweet too. Carter loves loves loves books especially ones with baby faces in it. A couple weeks ago I picked up a book and discovered he could read it all by himself by just looking at the pictures. So sweet!(just tilt your head to the left as I can't get it straight)