holidays

What a great Christmas season! Carter was so fun to watch this year. He learned that Santa says Ho, Ho, Ho and Carter says it every time he see a present or an image of Santa. He also became obsessed with the movie Polar Express. There were days were we watched it 2 or 3 times a day. He just couldn't get enough of the train!

Christmas Morning: Santa brought Carter a work bench and a trike (Carter calls it his bike). Both were big hits! Mom and Dad got a flip digital video camera. Expect lots of video in the future. I'm lovin' this thing! We spent Christmas day with Nonna, Papa Big, Aunt Lisa, Uncle Vince, Cousin Morgan and Cousin Mitch. Carter loves spending time with his cousins. He wouldn't let Mitch out of his sight.

Over the weekend Kyle's family got together at our house to celebrate Meek Christmas. It was a full house to say the least! We had family visit from Anderson, Evansville, Massachusetts and Florida.

We were lucky enough to have snow while the family was here. All the kids (big and little) enjoyed.

Needless to say, we were exhausted by NYE and did nothing! Catching up on some much needed sleep was quite relaxing. The holiday season was busy and crazy but it extremely special to be able to spend it with so much family and to watch Carter experience the wonders of Christmas. It is still hard for us to believe Carter will have a 10 month old sister next year. 2010 promises to be a big year of change for us and we are looking forward to every minute of it!

swim lessons

Carter completed his first session of official swim lessons. It was a mommy & me class and our little guy totally enjoyed it. The classes were designed to get the kids comfortable with the water. Carter loves the water so the lessons were a piece of cake. He loved singing songs, kicking on his front, blowing bubbles and jumping in from the side. He also thought it was fun to swim around gathering the rubber ducks the teacher would throw into the pool. The two aspects of lessons Carter didn't like were floating on his back and having to get out of the pool when the lessons were over. I think he could play in there for hours! Here are a few pictures from class.......well, actually I got the dates mixed up and class was already over so really here are a few shots of us just swimming in the pool.

P.S. I am 7+ months pregnant AND I'm wearing a swimming suit in the middle of winter. Yikes!

twilight parade

Broad Ripple Village had a, well, less than impressive twilight Christmas parade on Saturday night. We decided to check it out because it was close by, free and would keep our holiday spirits high. Carter liked waiving at everyone. He also enjoyed the fire trucks and Santa who was in a horse drawn carriage. Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy.

Happy Holidays!

then and now

30 weeks pregnant with Carter

29 weeks pregnant with baby girl

My oh my there is a difference!

Amy Winehouse? Maybe not.

What do you do when your 20 month old son loves to say, no? Well, turn it into a song of course.

Maybe not the best song to sing, but rather funny nonetheless.

Amy Winehouse, "Rehab"
Chorus:

They tried to make me go to rehab, I said, "No, no, no".

Yes, I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know.

I ain't got the time and if my daddy things I'm fine He's tried to make me go to rehab, I won't go, go, go.

Carter Meek, "Rehab"
Chorus:

They want me to go to rehab, and I said, "No, no, no".

Thanksgiving Trip

The Meeks spent Thanksgiving in Massachusetts visiting Uncle Kevin, Aunt Amy and cousin Grayson (10 weeks old).Carter was great around the baby. He liked to point out his nose and give him lots of hugs.
Grayson is a baby who loves action and noise so this little guy was in heaven most of the weekend. Here's a pic of the little guy enjoying Thanksgiving dinner.
Carter spent most of time playing with his 3 year old cousin, Aidan.

The boys had fun playing the piano and running through the house. Aidan loved to chase Carter around and would try his hardest to get Carter to wrestle with him(which only made Carter cry). Aidan also showed Carter how to climb out of the pack n play. (Because of his escaping skills, Carter is officially into a big boy bed now).

Our daughter is going to have her hands full with the older boys for years to come!
Other vacation highlights include: a trip to the bowling alley, playing at a couple of local parks, going to see the most awesome Christmas light display imaginable and having the boys get their picture taken with Santa. Sorry, all of those pictures have not been downloaded yet.

We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Happy Holidays!!

laundry basket

Somebody likes laundry baskets!And sometimes he even falls asleep in them.