Preview of Carter's 2nd birthday party

Yesterday we had Carters birthday party. I can't believe our baby is 2!! It was a very successful party! I don't have all of the pictures yet but I keep getting hassled that I haven't updated my blog in a really long time recently so I thought I'd do a teaser post. Haha!

I promise to update as soon as I get more pictures.


Today Carter is 1 year, 11 months, 2 weeks and 5 days old

Terrible two's have hit a little early

'They' weren't kidding about the terrible two's. This boy knows how to throw a tantrum!

Here's some of the things he's up to nowadays:

• He likes to loudly sniff things, mostly our feet or Coco's paws, and say "Pew". Although it sounds more like Poo.
• Climbs all over everything. He can climb on the couches and dinning room chairs.
• He says all kinds of new words/phrases, like; I want that, I touch that, I fall, it broke, manana (banana), bye-bye, pa-pa, ma-da (pretty sure this means grandma). And today he said 'flower' clear as day. There's a lot of things he says but I can't quite understand, for example, I'm pretty sure he's been trying to say 'thank you'.
• He's getting pretty good about telling us when he goes poo-poo. Now we just need to work on him telling us BEFORE he goes. 
• He points at any scrape or bruise he has and says "boo-boo"
• He will throw a piece of food on the floor, point to it, look at Coco and make a clicking sound with his mouth to get him to come eat the food. Haha, it's hilarious! 
• He likes to tease Coco by dangling a piece of food in front of his nose but not letting him have it. 
• He like to undress himself. Sometimes we'll go in his room to get him from his nap and he's has his clothes off (sometimes even his diaper). He also tries to dress himself, but that's a little harder for him.

I'm sure there's more but that's all Grant and I can come up with at the moment. I can't believe I have a son who's almost 2!! I'm in the beginning stages of planning his birthday party. But on top of that I also have my birthday party in July (I don't usually have a birthday party but this year, since I'm turning the big 3-0, I'm having a huge party) and a baby shower I'm planning in June. Not to mention just about every other weekend until then is fully booked.

We've been doing some work on the house. We done some work recently to the wall with our fire-place.

Before


During




After

Munchkin on the loose

Who needs a T.V.? Carter is so entertaining! And he loves his Coco.

Sometimes he's nice to Coco and gives him hugs

 But sometimes he uses Coco as a stepping stool to see out the window

Carter really does love Coco though. And for the most part Coco loves Carter. Mostly because Carter feeds him. Sometimes Carter purposefully saves little pieces of his meal so after he gets out of his highchair he can run over to Coco and feed him. If Carter isn't in his highchair and gets any sort of food it goes to Coco. For this reason I have to give him two of everything; one for him, one for Coco.

Carter is also talking a lot more. His new word is poo-poo. He saying it while and after he does it. We're working on him telling us before he needs go poo-poo so we can start getting him on the potty for it. I think he's almost ready to being the potty training, not quite yet though. He has gone pee-pee in the potty once but I think that was a fluke. No rush though, he's not even two yet.

In other news Grant has his interview on Wednesday. Everyone pray or keep your finger crossed or whatever you do. This job would be a great thing for him.

I think that's about it. Carter is turning two in three and a half months. Then shortly after I'll be 30!! Ahhhh... I can't believe how quickly time is flying.

Things are different

Well, if you haven't already heard, Grant got laid off last week. It came very unexpectedly to both of us. I really freaked out at first, thinking about all of our bills and the lack of income we're going to have but Grant has helped calm me down. I think it will be okay now. He'll get unemployment and we've already started drastically cutting our spending. Since he's staying home Carter won't have to go to day care and we won't have the huge gas bills from his work commute. I really think we'll be okay for a few months. Please keep your fingers crossed that he gets a job soon though.

On a brighter note, Carter is getting so big. I know I always say it but he's at such a fun age. He copies everything we do and he's starting to be able to communicate with us better. Aside from that though he's going through a I-will-throw-a fit-and-then-hit-you-if-I-don't-get-what-I-want stage. Fun times!

Here's a picture of Carter and his friend.

And here's a video from the other day. This is the first time Carter has seen/played with a piano. I thought he did pretty well.



I will try to update more. I'll see if I can even get Grant on board with maybe updating the blog with some posts in his spare time.

Hasta!

18 month check up

Carter had his 18 month check up the other day and he's healthy and doing well!

Height: 31" (16th percentile)
Weight: 22 lbs 12 oz (15th percentile)
Head: 87th percentile (haha)

As you can see he's still small. But, this are some of the highest percentiles for weight and height he's ever had. And his head continues to be in the 80th percentile. The pediatrician said he's doing well. He's excelled at his gross motor skills; he can walk really well, run, jump with both feet off the ground (she said this usually isn't accomplished until 3 years old). So now it's time to really work with him on his fine motor skills. What we're doing with him is coloring, teaching him to use utensils, and playing with smaller blocks and toys.

She was really impressed with his language development. He says 20-30 words which is above that of the average 18 month old. Half the words a stranger wouldn't be able to understand, but I know what they mean. Lol

And so, now I'll leave you with some pictures;

He's growing up too quickly!

I can't believe how fast time flies. I have a 18 month old!!

He's learning so much And he understands almost everything we say. I can ask him to look for things for me now and he does it. I couldn't find the remote earlier so I asked him and he ran around until he found it. It was cute.

And he can tell us if he's hurt now and where he's hurt. If he bumps his head or stubs his toe he'll show me where it hurts.

And he's cutting his incisors right now. These have been the worse teeth so far. He's never really been a bad teether though. He's just not sleeping that well, he's drooling a lot, sticking everything in his mouth, and whines while holding the side of his face to tell us it hurts. Poor guy.

That's about it for now. His 18 month appt is in a couple weeks so I'll update after that, if not sooner.

Have a merry Christmas everyone!!




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Hello? It's me again!

Hey everyone! It's been awhile so I thought it'd be time for an update.

Everyone here is doing great. Grant is working ALL THE TIME but he still finds time to be a great father and husband. And he's been doing a lot of studying for certification tests at work. He has another test to past tomorrow then it's on to the next cert. These certificates wood definitely look great on his resume.

I'm doing great also. I got a promotion at work so I'm doing a totally different job now. It's more difficult but this job suits me better. Plus I like a challenge. Overall work is going great. It's nice to have a job that you enjoy doing. And in my spare time I'm playing with Carter.

As for Carter he's doing great as well. He's learning so much it's so surprising. He's able to tell me when/where something huts, which is great, he's able to understand what I'm saying and even communicate back to me when he wants something. He's just so much fun.

Today Carter is 17 months and 13 days old.