I'm a terrible blogger...

I haven't updated our blog since July 2011. I'm a terrible blogger. But that's because my internet is such a terrible uploader. It takes me FOREVER to upload photos. And I have other things to do in addition to sit and wait for a slow upload. I put a lot of photos on Facebook, but some of my blog readers don't have Facebook. To those of you that fit in this category, I apologize. Here are some recent photos to update you all. I promise that i'll try to update this more frequently.

These are of my sweet little Blake at 19 months old. My plan was to take some adorable snowy outdoor photos for his 18 month photo shoot....but we didn't have any snow. Then I had surgery to have my tonsils removed and was down-and-out for almost a month. It didn't matter...we still didn't have any snow. On the day that I took these photos, we played outside all morning. It was a beautiful day. Carter pulled Blake around on the little inflatable sled, and pushed him down the hill in our yard. Then I pushed Carter down the hill a few times. We made snow angels and we built a snowman. Carter said "Ok, now we just need a carrot for his nose, sticks for his arms, and some eyes." He went inside to get a carrot, then placed it carefully on the snowman's face area. Blake got excited...grabbed the carrot...and took a bite. When I took the nose away from him, he proceeded to take a bite out of the snowman. Geesh. After playing, we went inside for lunch and a nap. When we woke up, it was like a spring day. Our snowman was suddenly a pile of sticks, rocks (eyes), and a half-eaten carrot. We put our spring coats on and went for a walk/bide-ride. It's been a weird winter weather-wise. I never complain about weather - afterall, I choose to live here. But, I am anxious for warm weather :) The kids look just as cute in summer clothes as they do all bundled up! But aren't these pictures SO sweet???? (Nevermind Carter's pirate eyes and crooked smile - it was sunny!)

Picking Strawberries with the Strawberry Monster

We had a relaxing morning celebrating Evan for Father's Day - and then we decided to hit the strawberry fields and do some serious strawberry picking. Last year, Carter and I picked berries 3 days before Blake was born - and it will always be one of my most treasured memories. Carter is passionate about picking berries for some reason...maybe it's the tractor ride, maybe it's the wide open fields, maybe it's just spending time with people he loves. Whatever it is, it's a tradition now! It was fun to add our little Strawberry Monster this year. Wow, does he love berries!! The signs at the fields say "One free sample - all other picked fruit must be paid for." Oops - we broke the rules - to keep the Strawberry Monster happy!

Here we are (minus me taking the picture) on the tractor ride back to the strawberry fields

Carter was very good at picking only the ones that were BIG, RED, and WITHOUT HOLES.
This is the one he chose for his free sample.

He spotted a strawberry and it was all over...we took turns giving the Strawberry Monster berries to keep him happy. He reaches and says "Meeeeee!" - his way of saying "more."

A VERY happy, and VERY berry stained baby boy!

Seriously impossible to get a photo of everyone looking at the camera.

Picking ONE MORE BERRY

The end result. YUM!

Carter is very interested in knowing what words say - "Straw-berry. Strawberry."

Daddy's Day

Here he is...THE WORLD'S GREATEST DADDY!!

I love Carter's face in this picture (even though he's glancing at the TV - you can see the love he has for his Daddy)

I love them!

Mr. Blake and his obsession with tags :)

The "All About my Daddy" project from school - very cute :)

Goofball - he climbs all over Mya's bed and wants us to laugh. This is his shy silly face.

Practicing his stethoscope technique - future doctor???

This is why...

Carly is BACK from South Africa! And we're so happy...especially Carter. He told me the other day that "me and Carwee have a name that match." Hmmm...sorta. He makes it very clear that he loves Carly more than anyone - Carter, how much do you love me?? "This much...but I wove Car THIS much." Gotcha. So this was Carly's first day back with us - and this is how she entertained Blake. This is why they love her so much!

Life and Love

Evan was gone for a weekend in June participating in a triathlon, so I had a weekend with just me and the boys (and work...BOO!) If you know anything about us, you know that our kids are NOT "natural sleepers." We struggle, to stay the least, in that department. With just me, both kids, and 30 hours of work in 3 days, I didn't bother struggling to make Carter or Blake sleep in their own beds. Shame on me. However, the time we spend snuggling together is priceless. While I was getting ready for work, this was my view. It doesn't get any sweeter than this. Well...maybe except for when they both woke up, smiled, and laid back down to snuggle with each other. Life (and love) is good in the Sutton House. These are the days that I'll remember.

Spray Park Kind of Day

Every morning, Carter wakes up and says, "So, Mom, what you wanna do today?" It was a HOT one...so I suggested THE SPRAY PARK! And that's what we did. I packed a picnic lunch, and we headed out for an afternoon of fun.

After the spray park, we had some corn on the cob with dinner - YUM!

OREOs :)

Blake's knees hurt from crawling around on them, so he does this cute little bear crawl everywhere outside.

LOVE!

The Zoo

Well, i've uploaded additional photos 3 times now and they just won't upload. I'll try again another day. I'm annoyed. In the meantime, enjoy these photos of our trip to the zoo with my dear friend, Stephanie, and her little guy, Owen.