Tub Time

Cooper loves taking baths! He especially loves to splash the water in the tub everywhere. Whomever gives him a bath usually winds up with more water on them than Cooper had on him in the tub!! Here he is enjoying a bath in his new bathroom.

We've Moved!

As most of you know, we have moved into a new house. We are somewhat settled and are loving it-now if only our old house would sell! It is such a relief to know that Carter and Jackson can go outside and play without me being scared to death that they will become an afternoon snack for some rotweillers-which happened a lot at our old house!

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

This fall, Carter was FINALLY old enough to play baseball. He barely made the cutoff and was the youngest on his team. He was so excited to finally be able to go out onto the field like his cousins Will and Mason. His team was the Marlins and he had a wonderful coach who had a lot of patience with Carter. Although he had never really played other than in our back yard, he did fairly well and got better and better with each game. By the end, he was throwing well and was making contact with the ball. The very first time he got a hit, he carried his bat with him all around the bases. He didn't really have a clue as to what to do other than run (forget listening to the first and third base coaches!). He made it to second fine but instead of slowing up there, he decided to keep running and was tagged out just before he got to third. However, he didn't realize this in all of his excitement, so he kept running and made it home. He came into the dugout and proudly proclaimed that he had made a "homerun". It was too funny!! His team was really good and only lost 3 games. They ended up in second place in their division!
Here he is "down and ready" playing his position in the outfield.

Here he is at bat!

The Marlins (Carter is in the very middle in the front row)

This is a picture of Carter receiving his trophy from Coach Sam

Stitches

Carter fell off of his BeBe and Stu Stu's bed in October and had to go to the hospital for his first set of stitches. The boys and I had planned to stay at Mimi's house that night because Todd was out of town. We had just finished supper and I was about to give Cooper a bath when he came running into the kitchen covered in blood. He says that he was rolling on the bed back and forth and rolled off and hit the door of her armorie. Mama and I took off with him to the hospital and Lenetta came to sit with the boys. Daddy, who had been at our new house making cubbies for the boys bookbags, met us there and actually sat in the room with Carter while they stitched him up-mommy and Mimi waited right outside the door! I was so worried at how he would do, but he was such a trooper! He got three stitches and never cried while they were doing the procedure! We are so proud of him for being so brave! We know that with three boys, this will probably be the first of many trips to the ER!