Rain Boots Baby!

That's right! Linkin got himself some pretty amazing rain boots! The only problem is, he will NEVER take these shoes off. It is hilarious! I seriously have to hide these shoes from him so he doesn't wear them everywhere. We have gone to the store with them on, and even to our friends birthday party. He will wear them around the house all day long and even wants to take a nap in them. He loves loves loves his rain boots. I don't mind if he wants to wear them everywhere, I kinda think it's funny. When we go out people just laugh and I smile. He looks like the kid from the movie Big Daddy! haha. Link loves his boots!

Rain, rain, and more rain!

We have been getting sooo much rain lately! It seems like every other day has been a rain day. The parks have been pretty wet so we have been making up other fun things to do. Many days were spent at different play places at fast food restaurants. Linkin has now learned to love chicken nuggets (mostly if they are dipped in sweet and sour sauce). He has always been a fan of french friend, but chicken is finally on the menu! yeah! The other rain days have been spent at the mall and stuff like that. Doug and I (and by that I mean me. haha) thought it would be fun to take Linkin out in the rain and let him go crazy! He mostly got distracted and mad because I had the camera and an umbrella. Both of the things he wanted. Up until than he thought it was fun to play in the rain. Doug did not think the adventure was very fun. You can definitely tell in the video! haha. I remember to this day playing and dancing out in the rain in a monsoon with my mom, sister, and dad (who was actually checking to make sure our house didn't flood why we all played in the rain.) I think it's fun to get all spontaneous once in a while. Doug was not a happy camper. It was hilarious! The only problem with the playing in the rain was Link got way cold fast because he didn't have rain boots. Better get him some!

There is a Yo Gabba Gabba episode that is about rain and flowers growing and all that stuff and for days after playing in the rain Linkin only wanted to watch that episode! He also kept running to the window looking outside for rain. He's so funny!

Peter Piper Pizza Birthday

(here is the party crew! WAY fun group of friends we have!)

I know it may seem a little ridiculous that our 2 year old had 3 parties, but we didn't really mean for it to happen that way. I was only planning the one at Peter Piper Pizza with his friends, and the others just kinda fell into place. It was a way fun party for Linkin to have with his friends. There was pizza, cupcakes, and skeeball! What more could that little boy ask for?! Nothing! I did this party for him on his actual birthday, so it was during the week. I asked Doug ahead of time if that was okay, and he said it was fine since he had been to the other two. On the day of Linkin's birthday Doug was a little bummed he wasn't there, but he had to work. We have been back to Peter Piper several times since, and now I can't even drive by the place with out Linkin freaking out and saying he wants a party. haha.

Linkin ate 2 cupcakes that day. Mostly he just shoved his face in the icing and had at it! He left the bottom half of the cupcake alone and moved on to his next one.

Linkin spent almost the entire time playing skeeball. He is a total and complete addict!!! Anytime we go anywhere with this game he is glued to it! The best thing about it is one coin lasts him about 30 minutes because he can't get the balls over the hill very well. ;)

Linkin is way into blowing out candles. This is him blowing out his "2". It was nice to have a 2 since we only had a 4 at his other bday. haha. Not confusing for him at all, right!

Family Birthday

( He got a little overwhelmed with the singing with the lights off. Once he ate the cake he was "all better". It's a lot cuter when he says it though!)

Over the weekend we had such a fun time over at Doug's families house for Linkin's 2nd birthday. Rick grilled up some amazing food and the other dishes that were prepared were equally good. We always have such good food over at the Carter's house! :) We even threw in a quick game of two hand touch football. It was sooo much fun and absolutely hilarious! Doug was our all time quarterback (of course) and the rest of us tried not to screw up too bad. haha. The game ended with me throwing an interception and everybody screaming making Linkin freak out and not let me put him down. I DECLARE A REMATCH!!!!!!!! :) Next time we are taking this to the park! Linkin had cake and opened up his presents. He had a great time. He hasn't stopped playing with his basketball hoop or his little people airplane.

2 hoops to choose from! How could life get any better?

I couldn't help posting both of these videos. They were too funny to pass up with Linkin stopping to say, "cheese" and telling Doug "thank you" for rebounding for him. It was priceless! I also couldn't pass up showing all the funny Doug moments. Dunking on a baby hoop and blocking the shot of a 2 year old are just one of the many fun Doug moments! I love you baby!

So cute!

I walked into the family room at my parents house the other day and I saw Linkin watching Montorey and imitating everything she did. He wants so bad to be one of the big kids, it's adorable! I had to snap a picture of him trying to cozy up next to her and pretend to watch a show he would never watch on his own EVER! So stinkin' cute!

Family Party

My dad's brother and sister came into town last weekend with their spouses and we had a way fun family get together. It was my grandma and grandpa's wedding anniversary, and a bunch of people birthday right around the same time, so we made it a "catch all" party. Part of that "catch all" was Linkin's 2nd birthday. We had such a fun time catching up with the aunts and uncles we don't get to see very much and celebrating with each other. Thanks everyone for coming! We had a great time!

Linkin blowing out the candle on the cake. You may notice the candle is a number 4. We had an number 2 somewhere but we couldn't find it. Luckily Alexandra turned 4 a few weeks ago so we just used her candle. Linkin didn't know the difference he was just excited to blow out the "fi-ow."

The piece of cake he thought was still on his fork had actually fallen and is sitting on the edge of his plate. He is keeping his mouth open wide just in case there's more cake somewhere on that fork!

All of the cousins at Linkin's birthday party. This is them posing and being adorable. The second this picture was over, this happened.....

DOG PILE ON DOUG!!!!! They had a good time doing that and Doug was stuck for a while. 7 kids on you is pretty heavy!

This is a picture of my dad's side of the family. Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt Suzie, Dad, Mom, Aunt Neta, Uncle Arnie, and Uncle Dennis.

Mr. Rodgers

One of my favorite things to do is dress Linkin up for church on Sunday. It just cracks me up to see him in these cute little dressy outfits. I think it is hilarious and he looks freaking adorable! I have also been addicted to bargain shopping lately. I get this crazy thrill when I get something for ridiculously cheap. This outfit would be one of my amazing conquests to find adorable clothing for cheap. I think he looks a little bit like Mr. Rodgers in his button up sweater, but it is cute regardless!