Four Days in the Making

I do not (fortunately for all) have a picture to share regarding the latest comical Carter moment, but I thought that it was worth sharing anyway.  Prerequisite information for this story is that Carter's diapers are generally filled with what I lovingly call "poop soup" and that he loves to have audience when making his soup.  So, apparently around 2 months old the digestive system starts to mature and so it is normal for their to be some more time between poops.  Well, I was beginning to get a little worried after Carter had not pooped since Sunday...it was Thursday.  He did not seem to feel bad.  I had decided that if he did not poop by lunch I would call the doctor just to make sure there was nothing I needed to do.  Vaughn kept Carter on Thursday and he reported two poops...so we thought we were in the clear.  Well, I was feeding Carter on Friday morning and he decided to poop again.  We ran to the changing table and while I was changing him, he continued in his mission.  I yelled for Vaughn because someone else needed to see the sheer amount of poop.  We had filled two diapers without even getting them on him and thought surely we were finished.  NOPE!  Carter then squirted poop over the diaper I was holding around him and onto his changing table.  I am telling you...it went a good 8 to 10 inches.  It was AMAZING!  Vaughn and I could barely focus on getting him cleaned up we were laughing so hard.  So, the moral of this story is....four days without poop....four days worth of poop.  Thank you for indulging my story of Carter's poop soup.  

Carticus

When I went in to get Carter after his nap one day, this is how I found him.  He looked like a character out of Julius Caesar or Sparticus, so I had to take his picture in his "toga".  

Two Months Old Already

I have been a little delayed in writing anything lately because things have been so busy.  Carter had his two month "birthday" on the 21st and we went to the doctor.  He had to have his first real round of shots and it was pure torture for me.  He weighed 12 pounds 10 ounces which is in the 75th percent for his age.  The real kicker is that he is 24 1/2 inches tall/long which is in the 93rd percent...meaning I have somehow had a tall kid.  Carter was deemed perfectly healthy except that he hated getting his shots.  Carter is smiling all of the time now and is so much more interactive than a month ago.   More and more of Carter's personality shows everyday and it is so fun to get to know him.  Carter is getting into more of a routine and we are all adjusting to me going back to work.  We have survived my first week back and seem to have a sort of method to address the madness that is being working parents.  It was hard to leave Carter, but thank goodness he is getting to stay with his grandmothers while I work.  

My Funny Valentine

Carter dressed for the occasion today to celebrate his first Valentine's Day.  He was a pretty good sport while I took a ton of pictures of him.  Apparently I just needed to become a parent to turn into to an obsessed photographer too!  Carter and I hung out at home today together and he was all smiles (until I started taking pictures) so I guess he enjoyed Valentine's Day!  I could not have asked for a cuter valentine.  

Power Lunch

Carter and I met Aunt SheShe (Shelby) for lunch this week. Shelby, of course, held him almost the entire time... she is getting pretty good at eating one-handed.  

Vaughn and Carter

After my last post Vaughn was really hoping that anyone who had not met him would think that was him in the coyote hat...but that was just the photo from the Cabela catalog.  I have decided that in order to ensure that no one mistakes that awesome lumberjack guy for someone I would marry, I would include a few photos of Vaughn and Carter.  The first photo is my pick--Vaughn and Carter in the nursery.  The second is Vaughn's pick--yes he is pretending that our son is a gun.  

Already Living Through His Son

For the past few years at Christmas, Vaughn has talked to me in depth about wanting to buy a certain hat from Cabela's for himself or his brother as a gag gift. (Yes, Vaughn likes to buy gag gifts for himself.)  As this hat is the head and skin of a coyote and as it is EXPENSIVE, I have, of course, vetoed any thought of purchasing it.  This possible purchase is automatically vetoed anyway due to the sheer ugliness and distaste of it.  Vaughn's dream came true a little bit the other day when Carter took this photo with his new puppy, Smitty.  Carter beat his Dad to the punch with this puppy hat and has thus proven to already be cooler than his father.