UGH...weird Christmas!

So, Scott and I both woke up about 1:30 am Sunday night puking our guts up. Montezuma came and exacted his revenge! It was so horrible, we woke up every 30 mins to an hour to get sick. We finally quit puking at about 8am the next morning but we still felt terrible. Thank goodness my sister-in-law and her husband were staying with us, because they were such a HUGE help with Carter. It's hard to take care of a little one when every time you get out of bed you get sick! I don't know what I would've done if they weren't there. At first we thought it was food poisoning but now we are pretty sure it's that nasty 48 hour bug that's been going around. I finally started to feel normal again on Thursday!

The absolute worst part is that we have effectively passed it around to Scott's family. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy but now 4 of them have had it too. Even our poor little nephew who is only 2 got it and it was soooo sad to see him sick! What a pitiful Christmas with everybody sick!!

I will be posting pictures from Christmas as soon as I get back home. I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas!

Santa Monster

I've been wanting to take Carter to get his picture made with Santa. He's such a laid back baby that I really didn't think that would be a big deal. On Friday, we got him all dressed up in his Christmas sweater and headed out to the mall. Apparently Santa looks like a monster because as soon as Scott put him in Santa's lap Carter started wailing. It was the biggest most pitiful frowny face you've ever seen, so this was the picture....

Merry Christmas everyone!

Carter's Visit to the Doctor

On Monday Carter had his 6th month check up with the pediatrician. First of all they have to weight and measure him to get all his stats so here they are.....

weight - 18 lbs 13 oz. (75th percentile)

height - 28 1/4 in. (Off the chart or basically the 99th percentile) maybe that means he'll be tall!!

head circumference - 17 1/4 in.

He also had to scrap some wax out of Carter's ear which did not go over very well and Carter had to have FIVE shots. He recovered fairly quickly though, thank goodness! The doc gave us the go ahead to start phase 2 baby foods which means exciting new options for dinner. The doc also said it was early that Carter can sit so well by himself without any support. Yea Carter! Overall he said Carter was a beautiful baby and doing excellent.

Tagged!

Tagged: "I Am..."

Tagged by Heather!

*i am ready to finish watching this movie
*i want to stay home with Carter
*i have a beautiful son!
*i miss mom (she went home today)
*i fear not being able to provide for my family.
*i hear Scott playing with Carter as he is getting him ready for bed.
*i search for ways to make my grocery bill less.
*i wonder what my family will look like in another 5 years.
*i regret little, but sometimes I do wonder how my choices effected the outcomes. (I agree with this one, Heather!)
*i love my family, my friends, and a good milkshake
*i forgive easily because I don't want to hold a grudge, it waste energy.
*i ache after doing anything physical...I'm sooo out of shape.
*i always want to be right.
*i try to admit when I'm wrong.
*i seem to be on the right track.
*i know I am lucky to get a job when so many are losing theirs.
*i feel anxious about starting my new job and putting Carter in daycare
*i dance not nearly often enough.
*i dream of watching my babies grow up.
*i give to the march of dimes when they send you those address thingys
*i listen to my mom and dad....their opinion is important to me
*i sing Carter songs in all the wrong keys, but he doesn't mind.
*i laugh when Carter laughs and at funny movies, oh and when Krissee does her fake laugh
*i can't believe Christmas is almost here.
*i write note cards and grocery lists that's about it.
*i cry not very often but will when I'm emotionally drained or hormonally ramped up
*i sleep on road trips. ditto, Heather!
*i am excited and nervous about starting my new job.
*i see great thanks to mom and dad for the lasik eye surgery!
*i need to do laundry and seriously clean house before company comes!
*i should try not to worry so much, but it's in my blood.

I tag Krissee, Dawn, and Holly and anyone else that wants to play! Just fill in the answer with the FIRST thing that comes to your mind.

How Do You Like Them Apples

You can't turn your head away for a second! After feeding Carter his dinner, I went to put his bib in the hamper and when I returned I caught him and his little octopus arms red handed in the cookie jar (or the apple basket). I thought this was too cute!

Here he is again trying to get his little octopus arms on some Christmas decorations. I know he only wanted to help.

Here he is ready for decorating!

An Early Merry Christmas!

So, I found out today that I GOT THE JOB! What great news to go into the holidays! They still have to do reference, sled, and drug tests and checks, but once that all clears my start date is January 5th. It's so bittersweet because I'll have to leave Carter and I have loved every minute of being home with him. But, we all knew I couldn't stay home forever, and this is a great job with a great company. I really couldn't ask for more. Thank the Lord for answered prayers!!

Thanksgiving Treats

Wow, what a jam packed Thanksgiving! We spent Thanksgiving this year with my side of the family in Myrtle Beach. We drove down on Wednesday and since Scott had to return home on Friday, mom said she would bring me back to Columbia on Tuesday, which equaled tons of fun with the family. Thanksgiving was actually pretty typical. Mom made a great meal and everyone came over to enjoy the food and family. Carter got his first taste of sweet potatoes and boy did he enjoy that. Then Scott and Carter had to take a little nap after all that eatin'! Next, the girls got around the table with all the sale papers and mapped out our plan of attack for BLACK FRIDAY. We always have so much fun, but I'm always super exhausted afterwards. We started this year by meeting at Wal-Mart at 5am. Let me tell you, those are some crazy people at Wal-Mart; you could barely even move in the electronic section!
Here is Carter and Holly hanging out on the couch after a busy busy day.

One night while I was home Maggie and Teagan decided to spend the night. Well, Teagan didn't want to sleep with me so she made a pallet on the floor next to Granny and Papa's bed which worked great until about 4 in the morning. Teagan woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep on her pallet, so this is how I found her and Granny the next morning at 7am.

Saturday we went to Carolina beach to visit my Aunt and cousin. We went to the mall and all got pedicures for my mom's birthday! Here we are hanging out on the bench while the other girls rode the two story carousel in the mall.

Here is Auntie Dawn and Maggie playing with Carter while we were shopping.

And finally, one of my favorite pics.....we had to make a trip to wal-mart to get some baby food for the kiddo and I ran across dad on the printer aisle "sit shopping" (a term I coined from this photo). I feel you Dad, shopping is such hard work!

Anyway, it was so much fun to get to spend so much time with the family. Mom brought be back on Tuesday and stayed until Sunday and boy did we get some sewing done!! I'll post pics soon of some of our projects.