This week Carter decided he likes his mother more than he likes me.
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My Smart Hubby
We attended the "Honors Convocation" at Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday night where Ryan was given a medal for graduating "cum laude", which means he has a cumulative GPA between 3.4 and 3.6. I'm so proud of him for doing so well in school. I know it hasn't always been easy to juggle school, work, church callings and family, but he's done such a great job and in less than 5 weeks he'll be a college graduate!
His fancy medal. (front)
His fancy medal. (back)
Happy Easter!
Yes, we're *finally* posting our Easter pictures. We really didn't do much this year, but Carter had fun playing with eggs and we had a nice dinner with my parents.
Carter thinks it's all for him.
Carter's basket.
Carter was happy with his gifts.
Carter figured out one way to open the eggs.
And the more conventional way.
Denise's Birthday and First Meetings
Carter got to meet more of his extended family a couple weekends ago when we went to my aunt and uncle's home in San Clemente to celebrate my older sister's birthday. Denise and her family were there, as well as my cousin Jake and his wife Jen. Even Mom was in town!
Meeting Auntie Jill and cousin Jen
Meeting cousin Jake
And finally, meeting the dawgies
Singing Happy Birthday to Denise. From her expression, we must be terrible.
Aiming for the sky with Uncle Derek
Playing wif the pups. They really *really* liked Carter, but at first he wasn't so sure about them.
Vacation and Dieting Don't Mix!
Our trip to Utah was wonderful, but part of what we love about vacation is food. We told ourselves we were going to try to be good, which never seems to work. So, here are our embarrassing weights for the week.
Ryan's starting weight: 172
Ryan's current weight: 168
Ryan's goal weight: 155
Pounds GAINED this week: 1
Pounds lost to date: 4
Pounds to lose before June 1st: 13
Katie's starting weight: 140
Katie's current weight: 137
Katie's goal weight: 123
Pounds GAINED this week: 3
Pounds lost to date: 3
Pounds to lose before June 1st: 14
Can someone please explain to me how I gained 3 pounds and Ryan only gained 1? I know he didn't eat any healthier than I did!
Spring Break in Utah
Ryan has this week off from school for spring break, so we decided to take a road trip to Utah. We left Thursday night after Ryan's class and got into Utah early Friday morning. Carter did such a great job with the drive...he slept most of the time and when he was awake he was happy. We had a great time with family and wish we could have stayed longer!
Mommy and Carter playing on the trampoline.
Daddy and Carter playing on the trampoline.
Carter made Mommy tired!
Crazy hair!
Carter helping Auntie Lo Lo with her camera.
Carter on his way to take Grandpa's remote.
We woke up to snow on Monday morning. This picture was taken after the snow on the street had already melted.
We didn't play on the trampoline that day.
Carter and Daddy.
Carter's excited because he thinks Auntie Lo Lo is going to share with him.
They didn't want to say goodbye.
Carter loved climbing the stairs.
Carter learned to play the recorder.
Early Weigh In
We're getting ready to drive to Utah tonight to visit family, so we figured it would be a good idea to weigh in today. Hopefully we won't do too badly with our weight loss on our vacation!
Ryan's starting weight: 172
Ryan's current weight: 167
Ryan's goal weight: 155
Pounds lost this week: 1
Pounds lost to date: 5
Pounds to lose before June 1st: 12
Katie's starting weight: 140
Katie's current weight: 134
Katie's goal weight: 123
Pounds lost this week: 2
Pounds lost to date: 6
Pounds to lose before June 1st: 11
Biggest Loser...Again
Well, we've decided it's time to jump back on the Biggest Loser bandwagon. We want to look amazing in our bathing suits on our cruise to Mexico, which starts June 1st. That gives us just over 2 months to lose some much needed weight, so a couple weeks ago we started trying to focus on eating better and exercising. Now we've decided to give ourselves more motivation by tracking our progress here for everyone to see. Keep checking back for our weekly updates and feel free to give us advice and encouragement!
Ryan's starting weight: 172
Ryan's current weight: 168
Ryan's goal weight: 155
Pounds lost to date: 4
Pounds to lose before June 1st: 13
Katie's starting weight: 140
Katie's current weight: 136
Katie's goal weight: 123 (still trying to get to my pre-pregnancy weight)
Pounds lost to date: 4
Pounds to lose before June 1st: 13
Teefs, Hurrcut and Walkins
Carter's up to six teeth now (4 up top, 2 below) and he enjoys having them brushed.
He also got his second haircut today, and this time Katie did it with clippers. Buzz buzz! He was a bit better behaved than the first time Grandpa Bradley came at him with scissors, but he still wasn't a happy camper.
Also, his walking has improved quite a bit these last two weeks. It's frightening what he can get into now. And his latest trick is climbing onto the couch.
Here's a new video of me and the boy playing around in the living room.
I'm trying a different video embed this time because my mom couldn't see the most recent videos of Carter.
Look at Him Go!
Carter decided it was time for him to start walking on Friday. Ryan was at my parents' house doing laundry and watching Carter while I was at work, so I was pretty sad when Ryan called to tell me Carter was walking around my parents' family room. What made me even more sad was that Ryan didn't have the camera with him. We managed to get some video of Carter walking at a Lego meeting on Saturday, so here's our little walking machine.
3-17-09 updated with another video: