Dear Carter,

I will never forget the fun we had in Utah together or the closeness that I had being with you. Sometimes it's hard with the business of life and it was nice just to spend time with you in Utah with nothing to distract us or bring us down. My favorite memory from our trip will always be the time we spent together Sunday August 28th in American Fork at the Timpanogos Temple. You were so beautiful and happy running around the temple and smelling the flowers. Being the youngest, you have been surrounded by people since your birth that have given you love and attention and it was nice to have all your attention and love for 9 days and that I was able to focus all my love and attention just on you. You started saying, "baby", "what's that", and "no touch" while on vacation. You are really starting to repeat words that you hear and what use to be baby babble is starting to come out as real words. It makes me sad to see you transitioning from a baby to a toddler but it makes me happy too that you are growing and healthy. One day you may be angry at me, and you may even think that you don't like me but I will ALWAYS do my best to tell you and make you feel how much I love you and love having you in my life. I got the strongest feeling when walking around the temple with you that you were born into this world to be something very special. You are deeply loved by those around you.

Love

Mom