Trip to Utah

Carter and I just got back yesterday from our trip to Utah. We had a great time! Unfortunately Tyler had to stay home and work, and we missed him a lot. Carter's first vacation went really well, though. I was really nervous to fly with him but he did great on the plane, sleeping the whole time both ways! I was grateful for that. My mom met us out there to help out with Carter, and my grandma even came, too. I was so glad my grandma could meet Carter! We were pretty busy the entire time we were out there. I got to spend some time with a bunch of my old roommates...Noelle, Colleen, Kirsten, and Heidi. It's weird that we're all married now, 2 of us with kids and 2 with kids on the way! It was so great to reminisce and catch up. I also got to hang out with my friends Kyle and Mark. The main purpose of the trip was to see my friend Lindsay, who I have been best friends with since I was 7, get married. It was a great wedding and I was so glad to see her get sealed in the temple to a guy that is just perfect for her. Other than that we visited all the Provo food places that I have been craving since I left, and enjoyed staying in the basement of our old house. It brought back some good memories! We were so glad to come back to Utah and see Tyler again. It was the first time he's been away from Carter, and he was so glad to see his little boy again.
Carter is continuing to grow. I can hardly believe it, but he will be 8 weeks tomorrow! Where has the time gone?! He had a rough time sleeping in Utah and unfortunately has not gotten back into his habit of sleeping through the night yet, meaning he's got a very tired mommy. But he is getting more and more playful, which is fun. He loves to kick and coo and is smiling so much more now! It's fun to see him grow and get to more entertaining stages of his life. He is really starting to interact with us a lot!
Other than that we are just trying to survive the insane heat wave that has hit Washington. It is supposed to be 105 today, and we have no AC! Even though it was almost this hot in Utah, it was much easier to deal with because there was no humidity...this Washington heat is killer!

Here are some pictures from July 3rd when Jamie, Patrick, and Connor came to visit us. Carter is 1 month old here:

Connor can roll over...all Carter can do is sleep!

Aunt Jamie & Cousin Connor

Connor is about to attempt to grab Carter's face...

Cousins Connor (5 1/2 mos) & Carter (1 mo)

Brother & Sister and 1st sons

These next pictures are from our trip to Utah. I didn't take too many but here they are. Carter is 7 weeks in them.

Carter doesn't particularly like riding in the car in his carseat, but in Utah we did a LOT of driving. This is driving up to the reception after Lindsay's sealing.

Me & Lindsay. She looked so beautiful!!!

Lindsay & Max

Carter always gets into positions like this when he's sleeping! It's like he's posing.

Carter's playtime

Trying to talk

Waving his arms around like a wild man!

He always has this wide-eyed/stunned look on his face when he's concentrating on something

When we got home to Washington it was HOT and our apartment was deathly. We did our best to not move a muscle and keep poor little Carter as cool as possible. If we weren't so scared of being peed on (or worse!) we'd have completely stripped him down!

Daddy & Carter trying to keep cool

I'm still waiting on all those pictures my mom took when she was up here, but once I get them I will do a mega-picture post.