Go ??????? Go!

While looking for a newborn picture of Lincoln I found a video that I know my dad would like to have for his viewing pleasure right now. This was from last fall when my parents had Carter for the afternoon and taught him some anti-Hogan-Bears slang so to speak.

So in light of football season - Go Packers Go & Go Bears! The boys and I may always wear 4 colors to keep the Grafs & the Hogans happy, although watch out Mimi the boys will likely be Bear-washed before too long!

Our word of the day is Incredible! Carter has decided his bouncy ball is incredible but it sounds a little more like in-creb-able - everywhere it goes it's increb-able. Sorry I don't know how to rotate the video - you'll have to turn your head!

Learning to Drive!

Well now that he is 3 Carter is learning to drive! Grandma and I found a little truck this weekend for the boys to drive. I must say they looked pretty cute on their tour of the neighborhood today. Carter doesn't really realize he must steer but I think we will get that taken care of - Lincoln on the other hand is going to be lucky to not get whiplash from his brothers tendency to break! Enjoy the pictures.

Our baby is 3

Well I could have posted long ago had I not been trying to figure out how to make a slide show! I hope you all enjoy the trip down memory lane of Carter's first 3 years. He and I went through some baby pictures on his birthday and it made me a bit weepy! I can't believe how quickly 3 years goes, he was 7 lbs. 2 oz. and 20 inches just moments ago in my mind.





He had a wonderful birthday and was spoiled - it is so fun to watch him enjoy each and every gift he received - from the expensive to the cards that play music and even money to buy a shake - he just loves every last thing. He went back to "school" Mother's day out today and seemed to have a good day. I even got some cabinets and drawers organized which felt great.





That slide show has worn me out so I'll have to update more later!

C is almost 3!

We can't believe that Carter is almost 3 but it is sneaking up on us! He is really excited about having a Lightning McQueen cake. We had his pictures taken today.

Both boys are interested in the toilet these days - Carter in using it (yay!) and Lincoln is splashing in it (not so yay!).

We are going to have to build a guest house for Sean - his alarm is becoming a problem! It goes like this, Sean's alarm goes off, Lincoln wakes up, Lincoln talks as loud and happy as he can & Carter wakes up - then everyone is up, today around 5:45! The Olympics and these early mornings aren't mixing!

Living with Boys!

I think that my life has officially changed living in a house full of men! This week I've suffered a bruised foot from a plastic baseball and have been hit with a plastic golf ball so hard it left a mark - not once but twice! Once was off the club when Carter hit it (and hit my arm so it was a pretty good shot) and the other time Sean thought he'd practice with toddler clubs for some reason and got me in the ankle! Boo-hoo for me, I guess! Here are some pictures of the activities and for the record Lincoln has not hurt his mommy this week.

Carter has been a little upset after having daddy all week last week that he isn't here in the morning when he gets up and asks for him every morning. He also has picked up some prime daddy language - he says "Girdy pood" like pig-Latin for Pretty Good, that is no good & told me that the #8 on his computer this week was the "Ocho" - you just never know what he is going to pick up these days!

Summertime

Carter and Marah watching Cars





Linc showing off his new chompers - 7 & counting




Being a big boy standing on the patio












This is Carter bounding after Marah - I love how his feet are in the air!





On our walk by the boats








We had a nice time at the lake, Carter adores his cousins and can officially now say all the names of his family! This is big stuff since he said "Samantha" to me this morning - this shampoo smells like Samantha's was the actual conversation and it was ok to use because it was like Samantha's.





The boys both love being outdoors which is going to present some problems for me in the upcoming years because I don't particularly like to be hot! Carter went on the tube with me behind the boat (very, very slowly) which was big stuff for him! And he swam in the lake for a little while. I went tubing with Samantha and I was certainly more afraid of crashing than she was! It was so nice to get into the lake since I wasn't able to last year because I was rather pregnant! We all enjoy being around the water and like normal Sean comes home NEEDING a boat.





We made it through the ulcerated throat illness but found Lincoln in a little bit of puke this morning. We've made it about 6 hours without getting sick but I'm not certain it is gone yet. So we've been enjoying (?) the comforts of home for a few days and it is a good time to do so because it is still ridiculously hot outside but we are to have low 90's over the weekend.





Carter is busy learning to use the potty and does pretty well most of the time and Lincoln is busy learning to walk - he stood for a few seconds last week alone and made a lap around our house with the laundry basket yesterday so that will certainly be here before we know it. He was walking behind his walking toy yesterday and Carter said "That is such a good job, Lincoln, I'm so proud of you" it was damn cute!