Big Brother, Trevor

Being a big brother has been so good for Trevor.  He loves to help with Carter and gives him hugs and kisses any chance he gets.  And he's had lots of time with him, since it's just been the two of them here at home this year.  

I came across all of these sweet pictures of them together.

Trevor (4 years old) and Carter (3 days old)

 

Carter - 3 weeks old 

 

Trevor loved Carter's little scowl and thought he'd join in.  :) 

 

Carter - 2 months old

I especially love Carter's face here!  :)

 

I sure love these two boys.  :)

New Year's Eve

We had a great time celebrating the new year.  We started off with some yummy Chinese food and then Daddy introduced them to "Nacho Libre."  They thought it was hilarious, of course.  Every half hour, we would pause the movie and the boys would open a surprise bag with something to help them celebrate the new year...glowsticks, treats, noisemakers, and finally, Sparklers!  They loved it and were very excited to celebrate at "midnight," which was really 8:00.  :)  After we lit Sparklers, toasted with Martinellis, and made lots of noise, the boys were off to bed.  Then Derek and I got all dressed up and ready for a New Year's Eve party at our friends' house.  It was a "Decade Party," so we celebrated 80's style.  :)

It was such a fun night for all of us.

Here's to 2013...it's going to be another great year!

Here are the pictures of our FUN:

 

 

 

 

Even Carter got in on the action!  :)

My handsome New Year's Eve dates.
I'm a lucky girl!

 

 

 

Here's the photographic evidence of our embarrassing outfits.
We look ridiculous, but we had tons of fun!

Carter's First Taste of Food

You wouldn't guess that Carter isn't a big eater, but it's true.  He loves nursing, but is not such a big fan of baby food.  We first tried to feed him at 4 months, but since he didn't go for it, we waited until he was 6 months old to really start feeding him baby food.

Here's what his first couple bites of rice cereal looked like:

All smiles!

First bite.  And not so sure about this...

Not a fan...

Eww...you want me to eat more of that?!

 I love his expression in these pictures!
Such a cute little, disgusted face.  :) 

Christmas 2012

PLAYING CATCH-UP...

We had a great Christmas this year.  Every year seems to be more and more fun with these boys.  We spent Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Allen's house with lots of cousins, food, and fun traditions.  Then we headed home to wait for Santa's visit to our house.  Isaac and Trevor were excited about every single thing.  Little Carter just sat back and took it all in.  :) 

Our little family
Isaac - 6 years old
Trevor - 4.5 years old
Carter - 4 months old

The awesome boys' table  :)

Sweet Carter's 1st Christmas

Big smiles!

Grandma's traditional gift exchange

Jammies for all the grandkids

The Allen grandkids...so many fun cousins!

Back home to get ready for Santa!

Can't you just feel the excitement?!  :) 

Christmas morning

Checking out the loot  :)

They got just what they wanted...
Trevor with his "Daddy-size basketball"
Isaac with his "Cardinals football"

My handsome guys

Lots of gifts to open

Carter's first Christmas present
(And Trevor was pretty excited about it!)

Hugs for Daddy after he opened his "Hulk" movie.

Mommy and her boys

We love the Christmas season!
We have so much to be grateful for.

Say "Cheese!"

Since we added a third little man to our pack, it was time to get new pictures again.  Thanks to my very talented sister-in-law, Jenna, for taking these adorable pictures of the boys.  I love how she captured each of their little personalities so well!

 

 

 

 

 

Isaac
6 years old

 

 

Trevor
4.5 years old

 

 

Carter
2.5 months old

Such handsome little guys.  :)