Utah for a Week

Our first stop was Price. We visited with Grandma and Grandpa Potter. Carter LOVED the dogs and thankfully we left before he figured out how to climb out the doggie door (See movie below).

Carter had so much fun with all the things around my mom's house that he only played with "toys" for less than 30 minutes. He got to carry around the phone and page it on the base. Anything with buttons is a hit!

We had a picnic with some friends from high school Natalie and Merri and their kids. What fun!


Carter is mastering being a little boy so quickly with the whole getting dirty thing.




Next we went to Logan. The entire family was there for Jeff's farewell and Jade's baby blessing. Here we have Ava, Quincy, Jen, Bergen, Jamie, Jason, and Carter.

Carter can't resist a good vacuum, and got to help Grandpa.

Carter started saying "nay, nay" all the time at Grandma and Grandpa Jorgensen's house. He LOVED visiting the horses and usually went with Grandma.

Carter had so much fun with his cousins and they were so cute with him. Ava took him down the slide or caught him at the bottom. She is so cute!

We got to see Kiera and her 1.5 children.

Easter + Cherry Blossoms

We went to the Cherry Blossom Festival in DC. It was incredibly busy to where you walked single file most of the time, but very pretty. Carter got to "talk" to lots of new people and play with sticks, so he was pretty happy. At one point, he was petting a dog and there was a guy with a big camera that started taking pictures of Carter and the dog. Kind of funny, but some guy has pictures of a random dog and kid that he doesn't know. Going home was a riot. It took like 2.5 hours to get home when it should take like 45 minutes. We timed it perfectly. There was a bomb threat at a metro stop, so all the trains were messed up since they shut that 1 stop down. We finally got on a train and made it to Pentagon at which point we could ride a shuttle or walk 2 metro stops down (about a mile), so we walked. There were hoards of people waiting for the shuttle. In the meantime, the threat was resolved and the stop was opened at some point while we were walking. We finally made it home, very tired, and vowed not to go back next year. It was CRAZY and slightly comical!







Brett and Carrie came to visit over conference weekend. This is them at the Iwo Jima memorial, at least you can see them. There are several reasons why I'm not a photographer as a profession and this is one of them. They are expecting their first baby in October. We can't wait for Carter to get another new cousin!


Sarah Black, a friend in our ward, had a really fun Easter egg hunt at her house on Wednesday. Carter had so much fun picking up the eggs and walking around shaking them. He LOVED the whole thing especially all the kids, finding bright toys (i.e. eggs) all over the ground, shaking the eggs, and eating strawberries, his newest favorite fruit, afterward.



The 2nd Easter egg hunt at Cheryl's house on Saturday morning. This kind of explains how that went for Carter. He was so tired, he fell asleep right after we stuck him in the car to go home.


Carter in his duck shirt last year for Easter.

#1 Pictures

Thanks JCP! I had his pictures taken about a week ago. It turned into action photography as with any 1 year old.








Carter is just busy learning. His favorite word it "uh-oh" and loves to practice with real life situations (i.e. dropping things from his high chair or dropping things in the tub on purpose). He says "mama" in moments of distress and used to say "baba" for his bottle. He signs all done, shakes his head no or if he wants you to dance based on context, and loves to greet people and bid farewell with waving. He is really good at reaching and grunting for everything else that he wants. Unless he's thirsty, then he has a whine or if he is hungry, he finds me. When we sing "If You're Happy and You Know It", he claps his hands. When we sing "Five Little Monkeys", he dances for the jumping part and waves his hand back and forth for the "no more monkeys jumping on the bed" part. He loves to experience free falling instead of being thrown up in the air we hold him in the air and drop him and then catch him. He shares food with Mommy and Daddy and toys with his friends that he is playing with. He fake cries when Owen, his 2 year old friend, barely touches him or pushes him. Carter giggles a lot especially when he plays with Daddy and loves to be tickled. Buttons are one of his favorite things especially all the TV remotes and TV gadgets (Play Station and DVD Player). He knows how to turn on our TV with the button on the front. With remotes he pushes buttons until something changes on the TV. Then when nothing is playing, he hands the remote to Daddy usually to fix it. The keyless lock for the car is another big hit. He can turn the alarm off and on and has figured out the trunk opens. Carter is addicted to visiting the dogs across the street and going in his swing. He is a master relocator like when mommy's cellphone turned up in the fridge.