Following in Daddy's Footsteps

Quite literally, I may add. Despite the fact that I am neither technologically- nor blogger-savvy enough to turn this video the right way, I had to post it. While I was in North Carolina yesterday for work, Nick and Carter were snowed in with 12.6 inches of snow. Nick took this video of Carter to share with me when I got home.

It would appear that he is definitely related both to his Uncle Steve (who has a weak spot for shoes and coats) and his cousin Mary Reese (who definitely has a shoe fetish). Not only does Carter like to try on any and all shoes, he also likes to take our shoes off and put them back on our feet. Nick and I laugh that he is headed for a career in the Nord.strom's shoe department!

It's the Little Things

...like juice boxes that make life so good!

Carter thought he was BIG STUFF drinking from his juice box all by himself!

Under Protest

This is how nap time under protest manifested itself today.

The view from the door. Look through the slats on the left side of the bed to see what I saw when I peeked in on him.

Of Course

Carter has a nice, cozy play area in our basement with LOTS of activities, toys, books, puzzles...you get the picture. Plenty to entertain him and endless options for play. {don't worry, he doesn't use the exersaucer anymore, that was out for a friend!}


Carter, however, would rather play in the bookcase that we recently emptied because we replaced it. He loves taking the pegs that held up the shelves out of the holes and putting them back. I promise you, he was entertained for a good 30 minutes with this!

Doesn't taste so good, though.

All into it.

Just think of all the money I can save on toys!

What's goin' around

For the past two days, my sweet little fella has been fighting some cold/fever bug that he picked up. I feel so badly for him!

Luckily, Wednesday morning we had a well visit scheduled with his doctor for his 16 month check up. She checked him out, but didn't give any shots because he already had a fever. She was able to tell me the specifics of his cold/fever bug which was essentially that he would have a fever for about 72 hours and it would fluctuate between a low-grade fever and a fever that could get as high as 104! Fortunately, I don't think Carter has made it to 104, but it has been high.

Since Carter hasn't been feeling well, he hasn't been his usual busy, playing self {and we've been home the last two days from work/school}. You can see in the picture above what he has spent the majority of his time doing. In between the high fevers, I've gotten a glimpse of my typical Carter, but suffice it to say that Ty.lenol has been our best friend.

In well-visit news, Carter now weighs 24lbs, 8oz and is 32 and 3/4 inches long, which puts him in the 50% & 85% {that was for Nick!} respectively. She was very pleased with his development, though rather than showing off these skills, he fussed because he was feverish!

Hopefully, tomorrow will round out our 72 hours and Carter will be better by the weekend!