4 years ago...

 

and now we celebrate EVERY DAY with Carter in our lives! 

To kick things off, we stuffed over 50 balloons in his room overnight, so we were ready to party as soon as he woke up...who knew it would be at 5:45 AM!!! 

After a fantastic birthday breakfast,

 We headed to Odyssey Fun World, an INCREDIBLE indoor playground for parents and kids. 

Carter's adopted a semi-fear of heights, and was so brave to try everything, even though I could SEE his body trembling as he crawled across the tunnels and bridges so high up! I was very proud of him!

And Addison was zipping through with no fear (just like Carter when he was 2). 

And toting around a baby was so much easier than we thought! Alana was a GREAT sport as we climbed with her.

Next, Carter invited a neighbor friend to the primary party, where they learned about the Savior's life and "flew" to Jerusalem on an imaginary airplane.  It was a GREAT acitivity!

And Carter's birthday wouldn't have been complete without going to a Train Restaurant!  They deliver the food right up to you on a train!  THAT is the cool part, but the uncool part is that the food was terribly bland and surprisingly expensive with a total bill of $45. 

 But, Carter was SO happy when the WHOLE restaurant sang the Birthday song to him.  He even shouted "THANK YOU" to everyone when it was done, warming everyone's heart!

You'd think that was the end, but no, we still had cake and ice-cream to finish off the night at home!

Allow this to be proof that we LOVE birthdays

and we LOVE our Carter Man!!