Giggles

Carter giggles alot now. However, we're never able to capture it on video. Well, today is our lucky day! We got 9 seconds of Carter laughing. Enjoy!

Lets Go Colts!

Random Pics

So Carter is doing all sort of new and fun things now. He can sit on his own (for about 10 seconds before face planting into the carpet) and he will stand up while you hold him. Somehow we haven't taken a single picture of his new tricks. Instead we'll share a couple of random shots taken over Labor Day weekend.

New bib from Nana:

Carter's buddy, James Kelker, pulling him in the wagon:Daddy's beer, yum!

Parent's Night Out

A big thanks to Nana for giving us a parent's night out. She won tickets to the preseason Colts game last night, offered the tickets to us and asked to babysit Carter while we were out. What a wonderful grandmother!

We enjoyed a great dinner at Palomino and then walked over to the new Lucas Oil Stadium. If you haven't been there yet, the place is pretty awesome. Here are a few shots of the building.

During the game we decided to walk around and check out the place. To our delight we ran into a few of our friends.

In addition to the field, there is so much to see. The Colts pro shop is in the stadium now. There are flat screen TVs everywhere. We had alot of fun with the little activities you can do like try to kick a virtual field goal for a prize and act like you're at a press conference. Here is our friend Tom showing off his press skills.

Traveling Weekend

The Meek family spent alot of time in the car this weekend.

We drove to Cincinnati on Saturday to visit our friends Jarmo and Erica Monttinen. They moved from Arizona last year and we haven't made it down to see their new place until now. We left two hours behind schedule but still made it there with plenty of time to enjoy the coolest backyard water toy we've ever seen.

This is a pic of the hostess and perhaps the tiniest dog we've ever seen.

Sunday we loaded the car again and headed to Evansville for an overnight stay at Grandma and Grandpa Meek's house. We packed everything imaginable EXCEPT the camera. Augh! Cousin Aidan turned 2 years old on Sunday and had a birthday party decorated in his favorite things: Spiderman, Batman, Thomas the Train and Sponge Bob Square Pants. We are now educated in Thomas the Train. Kyle can even name several of the train characters! Before heading home we made a pit stop in French Lick to have lunch with Kyle's Aunt Pat and Uncle Butch (who were in town from Maryland). Dad and Grandpa Meek played a few hands at the casino and both left big winners.

A funfilled traveling weekend, indeed.

Swimming at Nana and Papa Big's Pool

Great Weather, Great Fun

This weekend was beautiful in Indianapolis - sunny and 75-77 degrees. We took full advantage of the nice weather. Saturday there was an outside baby shower for Kristie Johnson. It was a fun afternoon talking about all things baby. She's having a baby girl and we can't wait. All of Carter's friends are boys so it will be nice to have a little girl in the mix.

Saturday night we put Carter in the stroller and walked to Marc and Sarah Ancel's house for a BBQ. We ate, drank and hung out with friends. Kyle played a round of corn hole. This is a pic of our friends' little girl checking out the corn hole set - so cute!

Sunday we spent the afternoon at Holiday Park (about 5 min. from our house). They have 3 miles of hiking trails and an awesome park. Carter got a kick out of walking around looking at the trees. He also loved laying in the grass.