Here is a video of Carter laughing. The night before this video we had a great dinner out with the family. Carter found the drink/dinner menu the most hilarious thing ever. We would open the menu and he would just crack up. He stole the hearts of a lot of the other diners and wait staff with his giggles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYdDZ8TqTMI
Friday, December 3, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Eight Months!
Wow...it is so hard to believe that he is eight months old!!
- He still loves to stand and can get up to standing with little difficulty. He has started cruising around the furniture and loves to walk with help. Sometimes, he thinks that he already can walk. Quickly, he realizes that he is wrong.
- He is a great eater. He gets 4 bottles a day, 3 solid food meals, and a snack. He really loves puffs and crackers. We are going to start and try more small pieces of soft fruits/veggies. I am still nursing/pumping, but have not been able to keep up with him for the past month so we are supplementing with formula. I don't feel as guilty about this as I thought I would.
- Pretty much his favorite thing in the whole world right now is doing the "Hokey Pokey." Nothing really greater in his world.
- He is a supper giggler. He has the most amazing, from the gut giggles. We should try and capture these on video to share.
- Diaper and clothes changing really can be an all out wrestling match. He also thinks that this is hilarious. Sometimes, I have to put him on the floor so that I can use more of my weight to hold him down. It really amazes me how strong he is.
- He has a frog blanket thing that he snuggles with everynight. So cute!
- At day care he has completed his first two art projects. The first is his footprints made into ghosts for Halloween. The second is finger paint. You better believe that they are on the fridge!
- We were a little slow to move on getting crib guards, so our crib has some lovely teeth marks. At least we bought the cheapest crib!
- He has thinned out a lot. He still has some chub, but definitely not as much. He pretty much does not hold still unless he is sleeping, so I'm sure that he burns record number of calories. Matt and I are still amazed when we see babies of all ages holding still. Carter pretty much never held still. Not in the womb. In his early weeks, yes. But, even early on you had to be moving while holding him, and he did not stand for not being held out to see the world. We see babies in the carriers out and about and laugh thinking about if we tried that with Carter. We are predicting a climber. Mom said that I never tried to climb and get as high as he already does, so must be a Matt trait.
- Above are bath time pictures to really embarrass him when he is older. Can you say yearbook and rehearsal dinner slideshow?!?! Doesn't he have such a cute little tush?
A Lucky Day
Good morning. Yes, it is 5:30am. No, I do not have to work today. Yes, I have already started laundry. Yes, I am my father's child. Such is the life of being on a schedule of getting up at 4:30 in the morning.
I wanted to share with you my lucky Tuesday. On Tuesday, I had clinic so I did not have to be at the hospital until around 6:30 so there were actually people on the road when I was driving to work. I was going a wee bit too fast and got pulled over. As soon as I saw the cop, I knew that he was going to pull me over. Our conversation went something like this:
Cop: I got you driving a little fast this morning, ma'am. Are you late for work?
Me: Yes, I'm sorry sir. Um....exactly how fast did you get me going?
Cop: Well, let me just put it this way... (long pause, gulp) I'm going to get you information and if everything checks out I'm just going to give you a warning.
Wow....this was lucky! I later learned that in NC if you are going 15 over the speed limit you automatically lose your license for a month. Let's just say this was lucky event number one of the day.
Later that night Matt, Carter, and I were heading out to get haircuts at our local Great Clips. When I walked in the garage I heard this "shhhhhhhh" noise. It seemed to be coming from my car. In Matt's optimistic-nothing is ever wrong-perspective he states, "I think it is the leaves blowing the wind outside." I tried to convince myself of this but then noticed a huge nail in my tire where the noise was originating from. A quick trip to Firestone and tire fixed. What a mess it would have been if I did not realize this and had a flat tire at 5:00am.
So, some people may look at these events as bad luck, but Tuesday I really felt like someone was looking out for me.
Happy Saturday!
I wanted to share with you my lucky Tuesday. On Tuesday, I had clinic so I did not have to be at the hospital until around 6:30 so there were actually people on the road when I was driving to work. I was going a wee bit too fast and got pulled over. As soon as I saw the cop, I knew that he was going to pull me over. Our conversation went something like this:
Cop: I got you driving a little fast this morning, ma'am. Are you late for work?
Me: Yes, I'm sorry sir. Um....exactly how fast did you get me going?
Cop: Well, let me just put it this way... (long pause, gulp) I'm going to get you information and if everything checks out I'm just going to give you a warning.
Wow....this was lucky! I later learned that in NC if you are going 15 over the speed limit you automatically lose your license for a month. Let's just say this was lucky event number one of the day.
Later that night Matt, Carter, and I were heading out to get haircuts at our local Great Clips. When I walked in the garage I heard this "shhhhhhhh" noise. It seemed to be coming from my car. In Matt's optimistic-nothing is ever wrong-perspective he states, "I think it is the leaves blowing the wind outside." I tried to convince myself of this but then noticed a huge nail in my tire where the noise was originating from. A quick trip to Firestone and tire fixed. What a mess it would have been if I did not realize this and had a flat tire at 5:00am.
So, some people may look at these events as bad luck, but Tuesday I really felt like someone was looking out for me.
Happy Saturday!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Ear Infections x 4
I have the best husband. He spend his Saturday first taking Carter to the pediatrician - diagnosis: double ear infections. Then, Maggie to the vet - diagnosis: double ear infections. Despite the ear infections, Carter and Maggie are feeling just fine! Carter has had a bit of a cold which seemed to be getting a bit worse. The only reason that we decided to take him to the doctor was because he started to have gunk from one of his eyes. We both thought that we were dealing with pink eye, but, surprise, ear infections. We were amazed because he really has not been acting that sick at all. The doctor said that one side was really bad and she was surprised that he had slept the night before. Well, the night before he slept 13 hours. We are lucky to have such a great son!!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Surgery is Over!
Things I learned on my surgery rotation:
- I am soooooo glad that I am not a general surgery resident
- Places to sneak away and take a nap
- Where all of the surgeon lounges are with free food
- Surgeons really can be as intense, malignant, egotistical as people make them out to be
- Eight 24 hour ++ calls in one month are WAY too many
- I have the best husband to sacrifice as much as he had to the past month
- Did I mention that I am glad I am not going into surgery?!?!
Thank goodness that is over! Now, back to the OB world tomorrow morning. 1/3 of the year is over!
- I am soooooo glad that I am not a general surgery resident
- Places to sneak away and take a nap
- Where all of the surgeon lounges are with free food
- Surgeons really can be as intense, malignant, egotistical as people make them out to be
- Eight 24 hour ++ calls in one month are WAY too many
- I have the best husband to sacrifice as much as he had to the past month
- Did I mention that I am glad I am not going into surgery?!?!
Thank goodness that is over! Now, back to the OB world tomorrow morning. 1/3 of the year is over!
7.5 Months
So...I missed 7 months, but here is the 7.5 month update:
- Carter's world right now is UP! He always wants to stand and can pull to a stand very easily. Once he stands, he is always looking up and trying to find a way to get higher. I think that we might have the beginning of a climber on our hands. In the past few days he has become much better at lowering himself from standing, but still has a number of crashes.
- He has started eating puffs and crackers. I read in my parenting book that 7 month olds "should be able to" eat a cracker. Really? I had no idea. I thought, well he must be behind in that area because there is no way that he could feed himself a cracker. Well, this is perfect example of giving your children room to grow. Yesterday, Matt and Carter visited me at work and we gave him a saltine, and he had no problem eating it! Who knew! So, the only reason that he was not able to do this was because I never even thought to try. He really enjoys the little puffs too and they are good for his fine motor skill development.
- Carter has decided that standing in his crib is much more fun than sleeping. Yesterday, Matt got him up from his nap to find the mobile in pieces and thrown across the room as well as Carter's pants and socks off! He will talk to himself and play happily in his crib for a long time before falling asleep. And, we were not fast enough with the rail guards and now have some lovely teeth marks in the wood of the crib. Good thing we bought a cheap crib!
- Last week, Carter went on a two day nursing strike. I was very emotional and thought that my nursing days were coming to an end, but he picked right back up. I was very relieved!
- He is a great solid food eater. Mashed kiwi has been the only food that he has rejected so far. I think the consistency with the seeds and the bitter texture was not appealing.
- Carter loves blankets. Whether in his carseat, crib, or stroller he gets really excited when you cover him with a blanket. When he sleeps in his crib now he cuddles with the blanket and sucks on it some (takes after his mother).
- I think that Carter is starting to look more and more like Matt. They really are two peas in a pod to me.
- Riley is slowly but surely warming up to Carter and has been letting him get closer and crawl on him more.
- His first Halloween was uneventful. I had to work all day/night, and Matt wasn't overly excited about a costume, so we went with an orange striped onsize and called it a day. Carter helped Matt pass out candy to the trick-or-treaters.
- I think that he weighs around 18 pounds. Our scale in the bathroom is one of his favorite toys. He loves to crawl over and bang on it and watch the red numbers.
- He is definitely all over the place and can destroy something in moments. It is getting harder to multitask when watching him.
- Carter is still a very happy kid. He really does not cry much at all. Strangers are always remarking on how happy he is because he just loves to smile at everyone.
He is a wonderful, amazing child and it is so intriguing to watch him grow and develop! We love you so much little buddy!
- Carter's world right now is UP! He always wants to stand and can pull to a stand very easily. Once he stands, he is always looking up and trying to find a way to get higher. I think that we might have the beginning of a climber on our hands. In the past few days he has become much better at lowering himself from standing, but still has a number of crashes.
- He has started eating puffs and crackers. I read in my parenting book that 7 month olds "should be able to" eat a cracker. Really? I had no idea. I thought, well he must be behind in that area because there is no way that he could feed himself a cracker. Well, this is perfect example of giving your children room to grow. Yesterday, Matt and Carter visited me at work and we gave him a saltine, and he had no problem eating it! Who knew! So, the only reason that he was not able to do this was because I never even thought to try. He really enjoys the little puffs too and they are good for his fine motor skill development.
- Carter has decided that standing in his crib is much more fun than sleeping. Yesterday, Matt got him up from his nap to find the mobile in pieces and thrown across the room as well as Carter's pants and socks off! He will talk to himself and play happily in his crib for a long time before falling asleep. And, we were not fast enough with the rail guards and now have some lovely teeth marks in the wood of the crib. Good thing we bought a cheap crib!
- Last week, Carter went on a two day nursing strike. I was very emotional and thought that my nursing days were coming to an end, but he picked right back up. I was very relieved!
- He is a great solid food eater. Mashed kiwi has been the only food that he has rejected so far. I think the consistency with the seeds and the bitter texture was not appealing.
- Carter loves blankets. Whether in his carseat, crib, or stroller he gets really excited when you cover him with a blanket. When he sleeps in his crib now he cuddles with the blanket and sucks on it some (takes after his mother).
- I think that Carter is starting to look more and more like Matt. They really are two peas in a pod to me.
- Riley is slowly but surely warming up to Carter and has been letting him get closer and crawl on him more.
- His first Halloween was uneventful. I had to work all day/night, and Matt wasn't overly excited about a costume, so we went with an orange striped onsize and called it a day. Carter helped Matt pass out candy to the trick-or-treaters.
- I think that he weighs around 18 pounds. Our scale in the bathroom is one of his favorite toys. He loves to crawl over and bang on it and watch the red numbers.
- He is definitely all over the place and can destroy something in moments. It is getting harder to multitask when watching him.
- Carter is still a very happy kid. He really does not cry much at all. Strangers are always remarking on how happy he is because he just loves to smile at everyone.
He is a wonderful, amazing child and it is so intriguing to watch him grow and develop! We love you so much little buddy!
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