Ohhh...animals!

What Carter is up to. He dances when he hears music now. He loves to shake it and twirl and get down or just watch me do all those things. He is trying to climb everything, including stairs sometimes. He wants to be able to walk up and down stairs, he went down a few steps by himself a few days ago. That's a little scary. He likes to move things around. Lots of times its my baking spoons or things from my kitchen drawers. He got a bubble lawn mower (which doesn't work like it should), no bubbles come out when he pushes it, but he still drags or pushes it around. I also got him his own sized chair, one of those plastic ones....I found him standing on it the other day. Once again, scary, those things aren't stable. He drags that chair around too. He hugs things, toys, animals, and us. It's pretty cute. He can understand and follow directions. I have asked him to pick things up for me or get things for me and he does. Amazing! He babbles a lot still but still nothing we can understand. He likes pickles and marshmallows.
He thinks he can pat and poke all dogs because both our neighbors dogs are really good with kids touching them. Carter loves to see them and has gotten more comfortable going up and petting them. 

He says ohhh when he likes something. He says mmmmmm when something tastes good. Here he is trying to get the camera saying ohhhh.

He likes his new sand/water table. Problem is it is a bee and wasp magnet. They think it is there water source and swarm sometimes when we are out there. That is when we head in doors. At first it only had water, but then I added sand. He has tasted the sand a few times...I think he is over eating it now.

Last week we went to a ranch and Carter loved it. We saw a baby horse and two baby dogs. Carter, Jim, Kristeen, and Megan chased a goat around. Kristeen and Jim roped the goat. It was a little scraggly and didn't like being chased or roped.

Here is my cute niece Megan riding a horse. She loves horses and took a few turns riding. Cowgirl at heart! She did awesome.

Here is Carter on his horse ride. Just chilling with dad.

This little girl loved Carter and held his hand, then he became buddies with her for a while and they walked around. So cute!

Carter loved looking at the new foal. He is getting pretty big and daring. 

Here we are watching the men brand cows. Glad it's them and not us!

Aunt Kristeen took Carter for a ride on the barn swing and he LOVED it. I think it was a work out for Kristeen to keep them both on as Megan tried to push them as high as she could.

This is our summer set up outside. Shade for me, not that I get to sit much. A pool, water and sand toys to occupy the boy. 

Here he is draggin his chair some where new. 

He is starting to notice things that he wants when we are out now. Like balloons or balls at the grocery store, or treats he brings me. It's amazing how smart they are....but his personality gets more fun all the time. I love being his mom!