Sunday, November 20, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Our little walker and other "tricks"--movie time!
Carter is learning so many new things! Here are videos of his new "tricks" :)
Walking:
Friday, November 11, 2011
Joy, yes. Peace...not so much
Last night Carter was especially needy, especially from 4-7 pm. If I was not trying to keep him awake until Caleb got home, he would have been in bed by 6 pm. It was one of those nights---lots of screeching, holding onto my legs as I attempt to make dinner, crying anytime I put him down. Whew. So, Caleb gets home and usually a new energy switch goes off and Carter becomes so happy because he LOVES being around Daddy. He definitely got happier for a while so we attempted to all sit down and eat dinner together. Carter quickly let us know that he was not about sitting in his highchair eating puffs (he eats his dinner about an hour earlier) by screeching, pushing puffs off the tray, throwing his sippy on the floor etc, so Caleb went and put him to bed. Caleb came down and said "now we can eat dinner in peace" and I jokingly replied "Carter doesn't bring you peace?". I loved his reply..."joy, yes. peace? not so much". Hence the title of the post and getting these everyday moments on the blog. Carter's definitely been testing my patience this week but he does bring so much joy to our life and we wouldn't have it any other way. Cherishing life as a family of 3 with an 11 month old :).
Friday, November 4, 2011
11 months!
With all the pumpkins and cooler weather, I daily think "this time last year..."which in today's case is, this time last year we were in NYC with Caleb getting ready for the marathon! Crazy! It's amazing to look back at previous posts and see Carter's growth phsically but also cognitively and socially. I was told yesterday "you have such a social baby!"...yes, folks, I do. Which is good *most* of the time.
Onto the monthly post...
Stats:
size 3 diapers
12 month shirts, 6-9 month pants (he has a long torso, but legs are shorter--I had to go on a shopping spree for pants, as all his pants were 12 or 18 mos!)
EAT:
Not a whole lot new in this department the past month. All table foods, 3 meals and 2 snacks/day. He was still getting bottles all month but yesterday (his 11 month birthday) we attempted the transition to sippy cup! He's already won once getting the bottle, but we're 3 for 4 so I'm hoping we're on the route to dropping bottles!
SLEEP:
All was well until about a week ago. I would say 3 of the last 6 nights or so he has woken up screaming. One time it was valid....apparently I didn't put the diaper on quite good enough (his squirminess is to a new level these days) and he had wet himself and his bed. However, the other nights I'm assuming it was teething? Not sure, but really hoping he goes back to being our consistent little 7p-7a sleeper (I hear daylight savings is a beast though...he may be doing 5:30 am stroller rides with Daddy next week!). He's consistently taking a good 1.5-2.5 hour afternoon naps. Morning naps are hit or miss, but he still goes down about 8 and may play in bed or sleep for 45 minutes or so.
PLAY:
The squealing is back. Oh, is it back. So much so that they now take him out of the class at MDO during naptime b/c he will wake the other kids up. I had a talk with his teacher yesterday about it, I'm sure the first of many parent/teacher talks :). Of course being a SLP, I am constantly trying to think of ways to help him communicate in ways OTHER than screaming. But, it's effective...and he's a smart little guy so why change if it works? We try ignoring but it is very difficult to ignore. Grr. He does now consistently sign "eat" and wave hi/bye. He is about 70% of the time able to sign "all done" in his own little way which is very similar to waving bye :). He will babble with phonemes /b, /d/, /n/, and /m/ and I think is inconsistently using /dada/ to refer to Caleb--only when Caleb is in the room. Otherwise, the block is /dada/, the cheerio is /dada/, etc. He is crawling everywhere, cruising the furniture, and will go from coffee table to couch without bending down. He is a climber--will climb all the way up the stairs and up his little slide. His new thing this month is bathrooms. I'm not sure what it is, but he LOVES bathrooms. The toilet flushing, the toilet paper roll, the handles on the vanity that he can pull up on, the faucets going. If you open the door to the bathroom he will get the biggest grin and immediately crawl in. He also now knows that after dinner he gets a bath. The other night after dinner we went up to his room to get something but was going to wait on the bath. Oh.my.goodness. The boy crawled to the bathroom door, pulled up, and waited. When I picked him up to bring him back downstairs he started screaming and kicking. I think he had his first (of many I'm sure!) tantrum :). We are loving the cooler weather and he loves to be outside. Our neighbors have an outdoor baby swing in their front yard they let us use, so we go over and swing in that a minimum of once/day.
HEALTH:
Praise the Lord he is one healthy baby and we have had no bouts of asthma all month! That oral steroid worked its miracle! We still do flovent 2x/day for prevention, have a f/u appt with the pulmonologist Monday. 2 upper teeth, 3 lower teeth, lots of drooling.
A general look at our schedule these days:
6:45: wake up, Caleb gives bottle, gets him dressed, gives inhaler puffs, and plays while Mommy makes breakfast
7:30: breakfast
8: Carter morning nap (or quiet time in crib!) , Mommy does Bible study/gets ready for day
9: snack
9:15-11:30: play/errands
1145: lunch then play
12:30-2:30: nap
2:30: bottle/snack
2:45-5:30: play
5:30: dinner
6: bath, play
6:45: daddy gets home! more playtime!
7:15: bottle, read books, prayers, bed
Of course it's not always that structured, but that's generally the sequence of events. We have playgroup on Mondays which we go to about 50% of the time, other times we just need some time at home or Mommy needs to use that time for errands. Every other Wednesday we go visit our friends at the nursing home--Carter LOVES this and all the attention and of course they love their baby therapy! Tuesdays and Thursdays he has MDO from 9-2:30 and Fridays we typically try not to schedule anything so we can just hang out :).
I feel like I always have SO much to write...but I love having this chronicle because I already find myself going back for reference.
11 month pics:
Onto the monthly post...
Stats:
size 3 diapers
12 month shirts, 6-9 month pants (he has a long torso, but legs are shorter--I had to go on a shopping spree for pants, as all his pants were 12 or 18 mos!)
EAT:
Not a whole lot new in this department the past month. All table foods, 3 meals and 2 snacks/day. He was still getting bottles all month but yesterday (his 11 month birthday) we attempted the transition to sippy cup! He's already won once getting the bottle, but we're 3 for 4 so I'm hoping we're on the route to dropping bottles!
SLEEP:
All was well until about a week ago. I would say 3 of the last 6 nights or so he has woken up screaming. One time it was valid....apparently I didn't put the diaper on quite good enough (his squirminess is to a new level these days) and he had wet himself and his bed. However, the other nights I'm assuming it was teething? Not sure, but really hoping he goes back to being our consistent little 7p-7a sleeper (I hear daylight savings is a beast though...he may be doing 5:30 am stroller rides with Daddy next week!). He's consistently taking a good 1.5-2.5 hour afternoon naps. Morning naps are hit or miss, but he still goes down about 8 and may play in bed or sleep for 45 minutes or so.
PLAY:
The squealing is back. Oh, is it back. So much so that they now take him out of the class at MDO during naptime b/c he will wake the other kids up. I had a talk with his teacher yesterday about it, I'm sure the first of many parent/teacher talks :). Of course being a SLP, I am constantly trying to think of ways to help him communicate in ways OTHER than screaming. But, it's effective...and he's a smart little guy so why change if it works? We try ignoring but it is very difficult to ignore. Grr. He does now consistently sign "eat" and wave hi/bye. He is about 70% of the time able to sign "all done" in his own little way which is very similar to waving bye :). He will babble with phonemes /b, /d/, /n/, and /m/ and I think is inconsistently using /dada/ to refer to Caleb--only when Caleb is in the room. Otherwise, the block is /dada/, the cheerio is /dada/, etc. He is crawling everywhere, cruising the furniture, and will go from coffee table to couch without bending down. He is a climber--will climb all the way up the stairs and up his little slide. His new thing this month is bathrooms. I'm not sure what it is, but he LOVES bathrooms. The toilet flushing, the toilet paper roll, the handles on the vanity that he can pull up on, the faucets going. If you open the door to the bathroom he will get the biggest grin and immediately crawl in. He also now knows that after dinner he gets a bath. The other night after dinner we went up to his room to get something but was going to wait on the bath. Oh.my.goodness. The boy crawled to the bathroom door, pulled up, and waited. When I picked him up to bring him back downstairs he started screaming and kicking. I think he had his first (of many I'm sure!) tantrum :). We are loving the cooler weather and he loves to be outside. Our neighbors have an outdoor baby swing in their front yard they let us use, so we go over and swing in that a minimum of once/day.
HEALTH:
Praise the Lord he is one healthy baby and we have had no bouts of asthma all month! That oral steroid worked its miracle! We still do flovent 2x/day for prevention, have a f/u appt with the pulmonologist Monday. 2 upper teeth, 3 lower teeth, lots of drooling.
A general look at our schedule these days:
6:45: wake up, Caleb gives bottle, gets him dressed, gives inhaler puffs, and plays while Mommy makes breakfast
7:30: breakfast
8: Carter morning nap (or quiet time in crib!) , Mommy does Bible study/gets ready for day
9: snack
9:15-11:30: play/errands
1145: lunch then play
12:30-2:30: nap
2:30: bottle/snack
2:45-5:30: play
5:30: dinner
6: bath, play
6:45: daddy gets home! more playtime!
7:15: bottle, read books, prayers, bed
Of course it's not always that structured, but that's generally the sequence of events. We have playgroup on Mondays which we go to about 50% of the time, other times we just need some time at home or Mommy needs to use that time for errands. Every other Wednesday we go visit our friends at the nursing home--Carter LOVES this and all the attention and of course they love their baby therapy! Tuesdays and Thursdays he has MDO from 9-2:30 and Fridays we typically try not to schedule anything so we can just hang out :).
I feel like I always have SO much to write...but I love having this chronicle because I already find myself going back for reference.
11 month pics:
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
What a week!
Whew! October was FUN but oh so busy. Every weekend of October we hosted either friends or family and this last week topped off the fun with Caleb's 30th birthday and Carter's first Halloween. Although I did not document Caleb's birthday in photos, he had a week-long celebration. The weekend before his birthday we went out on a fancy date to a movie and dinner at Fearing's at the Ritz to celebrate. That Monday night the guys went out to celebrate "man-style" with shuffleboard, beer, pizza, and watching the World Series. Tuesday night he had his favorite homemade meal of turkey loaf (if you would call it homemade?), stuffing, white gravy (and I finally called his Mom to figure out why mine always turns out so runny...and what do you know, extra boiling time is the key to thickness!) , broccoli/rice/cheese casserole, fruit salad, and yummy cake balls (not homemade). Carter got real creative this year and sent his Daddy on a treasure hunt to find 30 things he loves about his Daddy. Wednesday he woke up with breakfast in bed but then wanted to spend his actual 30th birthday night as a Daddy with Carter at the fall fun festival at our church. So the photos begin....
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| Carter very confused on why he is in this outfit and what in the world are we doing? |
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| Birthday boy with our little lion. Carter was oh so cute but did NOT like the headpiece. |
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| This picture melts my heart. Just look at those boys looking at each other with those smiles. LOVE it. Carter's first pony ride! |
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| Concentrating... |
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| From running days to halloween carnival with our little boys...many more memories ahead for these 4! |
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| Carter's ready for his first train ride! |
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| family photo |
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| We found Courtney and Max! These boys have fun together (or atleast chew on each others toys while the Mamas have fun together)! |
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| Cute little lions! |
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| Carter has the best Daddy ever. Cotton candy for the birthday boy? Yes. For the 10 month old?.... |
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| Yes. He wasn't so sure about it! |
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| Petting zoo... |
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| Carter and Caleb both get monthly photos :). Happy Birthday Caleb! |
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| Flash forward to actual Halloween night....here is the full lion costume and Carter did much better this time keeping the headpiece on! |
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| Crawling lion |
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| Follow the yellow brick road! Yes, we are the Wizard of Oz. Shout out to Al B for letting us borrow costumes :). |
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| We celebrated at the Kerr's fabulous party in the OC per tradition. Carter lasted about 45 minutes then went down in his pack and play while Mommy and Daddy enjoyed the rest of the evening. I think there were 2000+ (yes, thousand) trick or treaters? Always a crazy time...and some GREAT people watching! |
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| Is that candy in his hand? Yes. Caleb decided he needed to trick or treat...granted, it was at the party, but he got Dots and I think Daddy ate them :). Happy November! Carter's Bible verse for school this week is "be thankful in all things"....a good reminder for all of us! |
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