Carter's first Christmas

I can't believe my baby is three weeks old! One day seems to run into the next lately. This post is a little late as we have been having "issues" with our internet this week and I finally got hubby to fix it today. Here are some of the pics we took from Carter's first Christmas. For the most part he slept thru the day. We spent the morning at our house with Aunt Alex opening presents and eating breakfast. After we all showered and got ready we headed over to Jamie and Amanda's house to see the girls and have Christmas dinner. By the end of the day I think we were all exhausted! It was a great day and hope that everyone else had a Merry Christmas! We look forward to what 2010 will bring for us.

Elle finally gave in and held Carter

Elle, Alex, and Amanda playing Strawberry Shortcake.

Madi and Carter

Aunt Alex and Carter

The dogs get stocking stuffer's too!!

Our family on Christmas morning

What a difference a week makes...

In a matter of hours to go from this.......to.............

After his first trip to the pediatrician..

Grandma's first visit

First bath at home

First family portrait

Carter has arrived!!

What a whirlwind of a weekend!! After eating some Kung Pao Chicken on Friday night, Carter decided it was time to make his debut in this world. So at about 7:15pm my water broke and we headed to the hospital. After a long night, Carter Jason Locke arrived on 12/12/09 at 12:02 pm weighing 8lbs even! His head is a little cone shaped from the forceps, but gets better everyday. Jason and I are both still in shock that he is our son! Thanks to Jamie and Amanda for watching our dogs all weekend long. They definetly enjoyed it and were completely worn out by Monday night!

Carter is such a good sleeper and the best cuddler. And I think he is quite adorable.....

(I will post more pics in the coming days...it's just so hard to narrow it down)

ready to go home

proud Papa

Our family (after a LONG day)

8lbs exactly

ready to take on the world

update

Nothing too exciting to report. Had a good Thanksgiving. My brother came down from that other school down south and we had Thanksgiving at Jeff and Alyssa's since I didn't feel like cooking or cleaning up this year (I'll do it next year). We had a great afternoon of food, drinks, and games. I than decided to brave Target at 5am on Black Friday! I didn't get pushed even once!!! I got everything that we needed and am now done Christmas shopping :)! I was home by 7am and ABSOLUTELY EXHAUSTED!!! Probably wasn't the best idea being 9 months pregnant, but I got some amazing deals....Now we just have to wrap and mail gifts.....
As far as baby Carter, Doctor says he is doing great and is thinking he will make his debut about a week before Christmas (that's one week early!) As of yesterday I was dialted between a 2 1/2 and a 3cm!! He's head down and has dropped!!! I am anxious for him to come, especially by Christmas. I think God is really trying to teach me patience here as I have no control of when he arrives and that is so hard for me as I like to be in control of everything. So I just have to relax and let my body do what it knows how.....hopefully it knows how about the 15th.....

Maternity Shots

My friend Nicole took some maternity photos last weekend for us. Here are just a few of the ones I like..

Eviction Notice :)

I am issuing a 45 day notice for EVICTION. Tenant will have 45 days in which he can either gather his belongings and promptly vacate the premises, or wait until the final day. After this date, the tenant will be physically removed from the property.
Tenant is being evicted due to breech of contract and destruction of property. Expansions only to the FRONT of the house, within reasonable limits, were discussed. Not only have these limits been exceeded, but additions to the back and sides of the house were also made!
Remodeling and gutting of the home was never approved, nor were alterations to plumbing, changing the initial layout, or modifications to the base structure. Due to the damage by the Tenant, the foundation has been compromised, and the structural integrity of the house is questionable. Due to property damage, there are now leaks in both the upper AND lower levels of the home. On top of which the landlord has received numerous complaints about nightly disturbances.
After 45 days from the date provided in this notice, tenant's noncompliance will result in immediate and forceful removal at Landlord’s discretion.

31 weeks!

I can't believe we only have 9 weeks left!! Time seems to be slipping away from me. A friend of mine is going to take some maternity shots on Saturday for me and I'm kind of excited. It has been a really easy pregnancy (compared to other women--I have nothing to compare to) and I don't mind remembering this part of my life. I seem to have "grown" quite a bit in the last two weeks. Oh and I cut my hair off again last night....

My crazy dog (s)

So I will start this post out with a disclaimer...I tried taking photos of Dash on Monday afternoon outside and I left the door cracked just a bit by mistake and Gus ran out of the house and down the street. So being 7 1/2 months pregnant and trying to chase my dog was probably pretty comical to the neighbors. Thankfully one of the neighbors came to my aid and got in his car and helped me catch Gus about 1 1/2 miles away!! It's a good thing Gus is cute....

Dash

Gus