Happy Birthday Carter!!

I can't believe my Carter is 8! 8 going on 21! My crazy, yet loving boy, he has the whole package!
His birth story is quite funny (please don't judge me, my pregnancy hormones made me crazy)
Carter was a surprise baby. Tanner was only 7 months old when I found out I was pregnant. Needless to say I freaked out a bit! Not only did I not want to be pregnant a second summer in a row, when I found out he was another boy, I really freaked out! I didn't want him. I wouldn't name him, and I never talked about the baby growing inside me. All I knew was that I was going to be having another boy, when I wanted a little girl sooo bad!
He made his entrance so fast, barely after Halloween! I made it to the hospital just in time, no time for an epidural, and he hasn't stopped since! He was potty trained at a year, riding a two wheeler at two, and ready for kindergarten at 3!
My only baby that had hardly any hair, he now has a beautiful head of long, blond hair! He had a perfectly round face with no marks, he was gorgeous. I was instantly in love!



Jaxson wasn't my first experience with hospitals. Carter was found to have asthma at just 7 months old. He was hospitalized 3 times in his first year. His last hospitalization was when Jax was a baby, they ended up there together with RSV!


Carter was athletic pretty much since birth! He always loved baseball, and now plays on competitive teams with 9 years, at just 7 years old.

I call Carter my student body president! Everyone at his school knew him when he started kindergarten. He talks to anyone, and is friendly to all. Teachers adore him, and girls follow him around. He lets other kids that are not as athletic go before him, and he helps other kids that are having trouble! Special needs is his specialty. He can pick someone in need out of a large crowd. At school his class helps the preschool, where of course he picked out the little Down syndrome boy to mentor. Carter is the kind of kid that you will see on TV when he gets older. He is the type that wants to change the world!
My only kid that will ride roller coasters with me. This picture is my favorite. He did beautifully at pretending to be asleep with us for the picture!
He is the most excited of all my boys to bring his baby sister home. He will probably drive me crazy, wanting to do everything for her when she gets home!


Happy happy birthday to my sweet boy! I know one day you will change the world, like you have changed mine already!!