Happy Half Birthday

Carter turned 6 months on Saturday and he received a gift from the tooth fairy. Yep that's right, he cut his firth tooth. It's been a rough week, but baby Tylenol seems to be taking the edge off. Sorry no pics of his pearly white yet. He won't even let us take a quick peek in his mouth without screaming.

Short and Sweet

Since everyone in our house has been sick the last couple of days, this post will be short and sweet. For those who voted in the laundry basket poll, let me explain. I brought a case of beer home one afternoon (upon my husbands request). It's football season so it's important we have beer on hand these days. I was greeted at the door by my beer-requesting husband who was holding our baby. I asked my husband to get the beer from the car while I unloaded the rest of the groceries. Excited that I remembered to buy beer, Kyle decided to put Carter (who couldn't sit up on his own yet) in the closest and safest place: the laundry basket. Of course we both thought he was pretty cute sitting there so we had to take a picture. Really, the picture doesn't do the moment justice. If you voted that Kyle put Carter in the laundry basket to get beer (like almost all of you did), then you are correct. If you thought Carter's parents found putting him in the laundry basket cute, you are also correct.

Now onto some recent pics:

My new hat from Uncle Kevin and Aunt Amy's trip to Amsterdam - thanks guys!

Playing the bongos and sitting up on my own!

Me and my Sponge Bob ball that Mom and Dad got me for my upcoming half birthday

Just a picture of me being cute as always!

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.