Breaking out some old friends

Matt, Ella Catherine and Carter in the bjorn ready for a nice morning walk
Carter in his new friend the bouncer! He would just smile and chuckle when he would kick his legs and it made the bouncer bounce.

Well Carter is finally old enough that we decided to break out some of Ella Catherine's favorite activities/toys...the bouncer and the bjorn. He had such a great time this morning bouncing in the bouncer. I think he really liked being upright and acting big. :) It was such a beautiful day after weeks of rain that Matt took the kids for a walk while I got some things done around the house. He loved the bjorn and the walk so much that he fell asleep almost right after they left. He goes back to the doctor for a checkup Friday so will post his new stats when we get them.

By the way! For those followers who didn't know, Ella Catherine is now in big girl panties. August 22nd we went shopping for our panties and August 23rd was our first day wearing panties. She has done FABULOUSLY! She even gets up in the night to potty...tiring for Matt and I but very good that it wakes her up. Now we are working on the appropriate cutt off time for fluids. :)

A day out with Thomas

The Main attraction...Thomas!
Ella Catherine and Matt with their Thomas Tattoos
Ella Catherine and I riding the small train
Ella Catherine making her very first purchase EVER! Some popcorn please. The greatest thing was she asked Matt for more money later and stuck her little hand out and said, "Please daddy" Oh man are we in TROUBLE!!
Ella Catherine with Murdoch
Ella Catherine and Emily
Ella Catherine and Spencer
Carter with Spencer
Carter with his Godfather
Ella Catherine on Thomas
Ella Catherine and Lewis...So Sweet!

Saturday September 12th we met our good friends the Thomas family at the Railroad museum for a day out with Thomas. Ella Catherine was soooo excited to see Lewis and Thomas the train. While waiting for the train ride they had a multiple activities for the kids. They had a petting zoo..of course Ella Catherine took one look and saw a big goat head butt one of the smaller goats and decided it wasn't for her. :) Can't say I was too disappointed. They had an imagination station that had legos, multiple trains set up for the kids to play as well as coloring stations. A tattoo tent where both Matt and Ella Catherine were able to pick out the tattoo they wanted. She was a little apprehensive but after seeing daddy get his she was all about it! They even had a little train set up for the kids to ride. One of Ella Catherine's favorite parts about the whole day were the refreshments. She made her very first purchase, a bag of popcorn. She LOVED it!
Carter was as good as ever. He just took it all in riding in his stroller and actually fell asleep on the train ride. It was a great family day with great friends.