Lazy Rainy Saturday

So yesterday it rained...ALL DAY LONG. I had wanted to go shopping and try to find Carter's Easter outfit, but I know better than to try to take a 3 month old out in the pouring rain. Instead we just stayed at home, cleaned up a bit, and practiced Carter's napping without his swaddle. Although I love swaddling Carter (and he loves it too), that boy is so hot natured and I think it is making him too hot at night. He took two one hour naps without his swaddle, but didn't want to sleep longer. Hopefully in a couple of weeks we will have him sleeping all of the time without one. We'll see.


Friday I was able to hang out with some of my girlfriends from church. Corbin and Carter had some man time! I must admit that it did feel strange not being there to put Carter to bed!

Here is some of Carter's cuteness from this past week:

Buster and Carter are starting to notice each other a lot more lately. They will just stare at each other - it is so funny! Buster would kiss him all over if we let him!



Carter and his daddy jammin'...his baby voice cracks me up!!



Church this morning was good. Carter seems to be lasting longer and longer in the services. I actually got to hear the majority of the message this morning. Carter and Daddy got to take a nap this afternoon while I ran to the grocery store. I think this is one of Corbin's favorite things to do with his little boy.

Love them!!

Fun Family Weekend!

This is how excited Carter was on Friday about meeting his cousins:

This is how excited he was about a mini photo-shoot with mommy:


We had a great weekend hanging out with Carter's Uncle Phillip, Aunt Nicole and cousins Baylie and Brenna who were in town from Tennessee. Brenna was born 18 days after Carter, so we have only met her via pictures/video. Look at this cutie:

I know her and Carter will have lots of fun playing when they get older. Poor Baylie was a little confused with both of the babies. She was sweet to "Tarter" though and even enjoyed playing in his bouncer:
We of course had to get a few shots of the cousins all together. Baylie was giving Carter sweet kisses!
Sunday was Carter's 3 month birthday! I cannot believe that he is already 3 months old - he is growing so fast. Here is a cute picture of all of the little ones in their Sunday best. Carter was passed out and I was not about to wake him for pictures.

I couldn't resist taking some close ups of my newest niece in her cute hat:

Lord help our bank account if we ever have a little girl!

Tomorrow Carter is having his 3 month portraits taken! I hope he gives us some pretty smiles. I got the cutest outfit for him to wear, too! You will have to stay tuned for those, though. Hopefully I'll be able to post some of those next week.

He is such a happy baby and has been smiling so much lately! I can't believe how much I love the little fella! I am excited to show him off to some of my side of the family who hasn't met him yet in a couple of weeks - we are having a mini family reunion type thing.

My Little Leprechaun

Sorry it has been so long since an update! Things have been busy around here. Last weekend was packed full as we went out to eat with friends on Friday night (Carter was a perfect gentlemen until the end as he got a little restless in his car seat), went out to breakfast on Saturday morning - daddy was craving pancakes, and then went to a Murder Mystery party at church on Saturday night. Sunday was pretty standard with church and Carter sleeping through the morning service and not wanting to sit through the evening service.

Carter has slept through the night every night since he first started - sometimes going 7 hours, sometimes going 10. It is wonderful! We are certainly blessed to have him start this at such a young age.

Today was little man's first St. Patrick's Day and he was VERY excited to wear the cute outfit that my Aunt Gail got for him! Check out the cutest leprechaun you'll ever see:

Can you tell that I got a little picture happy? It was actually hard to get a decent picture because Carter was a regular chatty Cathy. He talks so much these days - it is hilarious. So, halfway into the photo shoot I decided to switch to video mode so you could get a feel for how talkative he is. I think he got that trait from his Aunt Kristen.



I was messing around with him again this evening and managed to catch one of his cute sneezes on video too!



Uncle Mitchell is in town for spring break and Carter is excited to hang out with him tomorrow! And then we have MORE family coming in town this weekend...stay tuned for cute pictures!

Drumroll please....

Carter slept through the night!!! We put him down at 9:00 last night and he woke up at 6:45! That is almost 10 hours, people! I actually woke up at 5:30 and ran to his room to make sure he was still breathing (he was).

Buster, however, did not sleep through the night. He woke us up numerous times crying for his girlfriend. Sigh.

Spring Fever!

The weather here has been gorgeous the past few days! I love it! I also love that I can just throw a onesie on Carter and go! My hot natured boy likes to be naked, so who am I to hinder that?

Things are going very well on the baby front. At the risk of jinxing Carter's good nights - he has been sleeping wonderfully the past few nights! He usually goes down around 9, wakes up to eat around 3 and then wakes up for the morning around 6. I can definitely deal with that. We had a great weekend and were reminded how blessed we are with a good baby. We went out to eat on Friday night and Carter slept all through dinner and through a little shopping afterwards too. Then we all hung out in bed together before we went to sleep:


Saturday morning he slept through our grocery shopping trip and then got to hang out with daddy in the evening while I was at a photography seminar for work! Of course on Sunday he was quiet during Sunday School and during the first part of the service, but as soon as the preacher got up, Carter decided to get mad at me and proceeded to scream his little head off until we got out of church (it always happens like that!) As soon as we got into the overflow room he was all grins and giggles!

My OTHER boy, on the other hand, is driving me crazy. I must tell you, my friends, that Buster is in love. He is pining after our neighbor dog like you would never believe. When his shock collar battery was low last week he decided to jump the fence and visit her...lets hope that she is fixed or there will be some lab/white fluffy dog mix grandbabies in our future. Now that he has a new battery, he just stands at the fence and paces and whines. Here is Buster this morning - I caught the tail end of his whining, but that first bark you hear he was seriously doing for like 15 solid minutes before I started filming.



Corbin is having me call the vet in the morning to see how much it will cost us to have him fixed. Did I mention that Buster has stopped eating since we fixed his collar? Ridiculous. I've already told Carter that he will NOT act like this when he falls in love!

Separation Anxiety!

I'm SURE inquiring minds want to know how the big move went. The first night was definitely harder on Corbin and me than Carter! I stared at the baby monitor for at least a good 30 minutes before going to bed - and Corbin kept telling me that Carter "wanted to sleep in our room". I am happy to report that Carter seems to be doing quite well in his crib! The first few nights he woke up a bit more than normal and seemed to be restless, but each night seems to be a little better. In fact, he only woke up ONCE last night! I'm not expecting the same tonight, but I did enjoy getting some nice solid hours of sleep.

Sorry I don't have any pictures for you - I am posting this from work. (Employee of the year, I know) I am hoping to take a video sometime soon of Carter's newest trick - he can hold his head up by himself! He is of course still a little wobbly, but he just looks like such a big boy. I also don't know if I ever mentioned this, but he has definitely found his hands. He will just hold them up in the air and stare at them - it's so cute. His newest way of telling us that he is hungry is by sucking on his fist. That's actually how he woke me up at 2:00 this morning - I could hear him sucking!

Snowy Sunday!

Well we are currently under a "Winter Weather Warning", so as we wait for the blizzard of '09 as Corbin is calling it, I am going to update the blog!

The weekend was full of birthday festivities for my dad who turned 50 today!! My sister, Carter's Aunt Kristen came into town and got to see Carter since the first time since he was born. She babysat Carter on Saturday afternoon while Corbin and I ran some errands and even cleaned our kitchen! Definitely will let her babysit whenever she wants!

Here is a little video that Carter made my dad for his birthday! Happy Birthday Grandpa!



The week was kind of a crazy one for us. Carter caught a little bit of a cold and had a slight fever on Wednesday night, so between the shots on Monday and the cold, he was a fussy baby. He seemed to fully recover by Friday, which I was very grateful for because he didn't sleep so well when he wasn't feeling good. I went to Target on Thursday and bought some sick baby supplies. Can you guess what this is?

Only the cutest humidifier ever!! The steam comes out of the elephant's trunk! Hopefully this will help Carter to breathe a little easier at night. Between his reflux and a stuffy nose, he really has a hard time.

We are enjoying a lazy Sunday evening at home since church was canceled. I even got in a little nap! Carter was having a grand ole time in his bouncer, so I took another little video. It is so fun to watch him enjoy his toys and learn! Sorry it's sideways!!



Tonight the plan is to put Carter in his big boy crib for the first time at night. I am kinda nervous about having him so far from me (15 feet is a big change from 3 inches), but I know that he can't be in the bassinet forever. I'll keep you posted on how that goes (IF I have the courage to do it tonight).