Carter vs. The Cake

I'm sure the suspense has been killing you, so here's the play by play of the matchup between Carter and The Cake:

The innocent Elmo cake; hereinafter referred to as "The Cake"


Helping Carter blow out the candle as he thinks about stepping on "The Cake"


Carter goes straight for the frosting


Carter obviously loves the frosting


Carter then realizes there's cake under the frosting. (The wonderful blue smiley face was added by Uncle Derek, as well as the big blue spot on his nose.)


"The Cake" has been destroyed!


We took away the tray, but Carter managed to find some frosting he had left on the arm rest...I guess he was saving it for later.

We had so much fun watching Carter eat his cake. I figured he would eat a little of it and then play with it, but I was very wrong. He definitely made a mess all over himself, but the majority of it made it in his mouth.

Birthday Teaser

We haven't finished uploading the millions of pictures from Carter's birthday party yet, so I thought we'd give you a little "taste" of what's in store.

So dainty...is that really our child?

Stay tuned for more birthday pictures and to find out how the Carter vs. The Cake match turned out.

Happy 1st Birthday!

It's so hard to believe that it was one year ago today Carter joined our family. We feel so blessed to have him in our lives and we're looking forward to many more fun years with him. Happy Birthday Carter! We love you!!!

Here's a look back at Carter's first year:


Carter Harrison Wood was born at 12:20am, weighed 8lbs 8oz, and was 19 inches.


So peaceful


Welcome home!


First bath


First trip to Legoland


First smiles


First video game


First Easter


Baby blessing...first time meeting a lot of family.


First time at the beach


First Dodger game


First Utah trip...first movie...first time meeting more family


First night in his crib


First Legos


First solid foods


First trip to the zoo...first time meeting more family


First turtle


First time in the pool


First time standing in his crib


First Halloween


First french fry


First Thanksgiving


First tooth


First time meeting Santa


First trip to Temple Square...first time in snow


First Christmas


First time meeting more family


First haircut

Carter's 1st Haircut

Carter's hair was getting way too long, so I started calling around to see how much it would cost to take him in for a haircut. I really didn't want to pay $20 for his haircut, but I didn't feel comfortable doing it myself. Fortunately, my dad still had his scissors from when we were kids and was willing to do the honors.

Before:

He's not sure what's going on, but he's not excited about it.


The back.

During:

Grandpa, what are you going to do with those?


This is not fun!


Carter was happy because Grandpa took a break.

After:

Such a handsome boy.


No more mullet!

Carter did not enjoy getting his haircut and was very happy when it was over. He doesn't look like a little baby anymore, but he's as handsome as ever and hasn't been called a girl since. A special thank you to my dad for putting up with unhappy Carter and to my mom for keeping him as still as possible.

Interviews

This post is mainly for my mom who seems to be disgruntled when she hears our news after everyone else.

I have two interviews this week for internships; one tomorrow, and one Thursday. Both seem like good prospects. The downside to the Thursday one is that I'm required to have an Apple laptop for the work I'll be doing, so we've got our eye on some cheaper refurbished Mac laptops just in case.

Also, next Monday I have an interview at KROQ, the big rock radio station here in southern California, and I'm really excited about it. I don't know if it'll pan out or anything, I'm not even sure they're offering any internships right now, but a friend of mine knows people working there, and he put in a good word for me, and they asked me to come in. Hurray for networking!