We have a birthday theme....

We took Carter to the party store a few days ago so he could pick out a theme for his birthday. We never invite a lot of people, usually just family, but like to make it special none the less. So we went up the isle with all the themes. We showed them to him all and he chose......CARS!

We bought the movie for him about a month ago, so he could watch a movie in the car. He loves "Mater". I think he is his favorite. He was very excited about his theme. We picked up everything that we needed. Mike even decided that he wanted to make Carter's cake. His very own cake and we will make cupcakes for the guests. He plans on making a test cake to make sure he can do it. If not we will order one from the store. I give him lots of credit for trying and even if it doesn't turn out the way he expected I am still so proud of him. I don't think Carter will care either way. He is just more excited about having cake. We need to go through our stashed away gifts to see what we want to give him for his birthday and what we are putting aside for Christmas. See we tend to buy things that we see are on sale and things that we were planning on getting him and then just put them to the side. We bought two art tables at Target after Christmas and got them for just $5 a piece. One is a table and the other is an easel. So he will get one this year for either his birthday or Christmas and one next year. We wanted to get him a motorized car for his birthday, but may hold out and get it for both the boys for Christmas as a combined gift. We will see. I just can't believe my baby boy is going to be 3 soon.

Carter's first appointment with the dentist

We had Carter's very first appointment with the pediatric dentist today. Well she really isn't pediatric because she is my dentist too, but she sees all ages. He did really well. He let them brush all of his teeth and counted them. He had zero cavities which made me feel good. They told him he had a beautiful smile and that he had great teeth. I let him have candy, but it is very limited. It is more of a treat then anything. I need to start having him brush 2 times a day instead of just before bed. I don't think it will be a problem because he loves brushing his teeth. He got lots of stickers, and got to pick a treat from their toy chest. He also got his picture taken which will hang on their wall of kids with zero cavities. Of course I took my camera along because I am one of those nutty mom's that likes to document everything.

I love this one. He is like Eeyore how do we get out of this one.

This is Carter meeting Bucky. He teaches you how to brush your teeth.

The cool shades he got to wear, but wouldn't' keep them on.

I love this onsie...

If they only knew. ha ha

Cool bib....

I saw this the other day while at Walmart. I think it is so cute. They only had 2 animals (monkey and lion) and wish they had more. Now that Peyton is self feeding this will help catch all those who did not make it to his mouth. I will have to watch to see if they make any other animals.

Self feeding...

Peyton is starting to feed himself puffs. It is great to see the excitement on his face when he gets one of those in his mouth. He use to get so frustrated when he would get it in his fingers and then it would fall down. He still does. There are times when there are more on the floor then in his mouth, but practice makes perfect. He is totally a lefty too. He does everything with his left hand. Mike, I and Carter are all right handed so it will be interesting to have a left handed child. My SIL (Mikes sister) is a lefty. She is the only one in his family who is. He could change, but I wouldn't be surprised if he is.

He has also started showing a lot of interest in his sippy cup. This is the only one that he will drink out of. The others he would just chew and blow bubbles on it. This one he will actually drink from. He drank almost a whole cup the other day. I have to give it to him after he has had his lunch or dinner or he will just drink out of it and not eat. I have to go to Target and get more. I only wanted to get one incase he didn't like it. We have gone though 3 different kinds before we found the winner.

Feel like a broken record....

I am just not sure what is going on with Bubs lately. He is just not his happy little self. He has been miserable for what seems like weeks now. He is just miserable with anything we do. It just seems like nothing will please him. I want to say it is teething, but I feel like a broken record. I feel like that is all I have been saying for weeks, no months. I am patiently waiting and will use that as my excuse till one of those pearly whites shows itself. He really hates being on his tummy lately too. Carter was the same way and I think that is why it took him so long to crawl. I put Peyton his tummy to work on his muscles and he immediately rolls to his back. He gives me this look like, I don't think so. Then when he sees his brother running around he gets mad. Oh and to top it off if he sees something he wants and he isn't suppose to have he gets so mad. I know this is his personality and I love him to death, but some days are just really draining. I just hope he gets back to being his happy go lucky self. I just don't remember Carter being this bad about teething, but then again he may have and I just permanently erased it from my mind.

Also wanted to add a picture of Peyton sporting his g diapers. They have been working really well and he looks so cute wearing them with nothing else.

I love it. It is like he is saying no pictures please. LOL

Fun couple of days...

We have had a jammed pack couple of days. My in-laws are in town visiting, so we decided to pick a few fun things to do. Yesterday we went to Watkins Glen. It is a beautiful hiking trail up through the gorges and waterfalls. We went up pretty early after we all had breakfast. It was a nice morning because it wasn't too hot yet, but after we were done man did the sun get hot. Carter and Peyton really enjoyed the fresh air and had a great time in their carriers. Carter walked some, but the steps and hills got a bit steep and he was defeated. Peyton enjoyed playing with my ponytail the whole time. He would giggle every time I turned my head. I didn't bring my good camera as I didn't want to chance it with all the waterfalls, so just brought my trusty digital. I think the pictures turned out pretty good though.

We then took a ride up past the Seneca Lake and looked at all the local winery's. We didn't stop because the boys pretty much were unconscious from the hike, so thought we would save it for another day.

Today we went to Downtown Corning to look at some of the local shops and have lunch. We also wanted to check out the paint your own pottery place that is down there. We thought it would be fun to take Carter sometimes so he can paint his pottery piece. We ended up eating at a restaurant.
They had great food, but Peyton was not in good spirits. He has just not been having a few good days lately. I don't know what is going on with him, but he isn't sleeping or napping well. He is just super cranky lately. I want to say maybe it is teeth, but I still don't see any sign of them. He is really giving mommy a hard time. We tried to make the best of it though. I found a great spot to bring the kids down to take pictures.
Mike and I will bring them down sometime when he has off of work and when we aren't' entertaining guests. I just love the pillars and they had some great benches that I could take some black and whites on. They also had this great fountain that we saw kids running through.

I don' know if Carter would be a fan of it though. He hates getting water on his head. Then we went into a local toy store and Carter was in love. All his favorite things to play with. We may have to make a trip back again. He loves dress up and hats so I got a few and took a couple of pics.

Now tommorow I get to look forward to getting a root canal. What a way to end a great couple of days. (insert eyeroll) It has to get done though...sigh.