Birthday, Christmas, and More

Sorry for the lack of posts. I have been hunting down old photos for weeks it seems like. I lost everything. So I was trying to go all the way back to college. I don't even have pictures of my college roommates, friends, classes, my old house, it's kinda sad. But then on Carter's birthday he started to act sick, of course right.....!?!?! He had real bad diareha (he won't care about me telling you that yet, he's only 1) Due to taht, he got a diaper rash soooooo bad, it covered his wole bottom, red, oozzzy, and bleeding, we don't even wipe him, we just give him a bath every diaper change. He is actually better health wise, but we are still getting rid of the last bit of rash. It really it so hard to hear him just SCREAM in pain every time we have to change his diaper. We have been giving him lots of naked time, as much as we can. Yes, we do a lot of cleaning.

His birthday was fun. He gets a little unsure when there's a lot of ppl watching him. He doesn't love the attention yet. In small groups he does, but not larger ones. There were about 10 ppl at his party. I got a glace at what it will be like in years to come, fighting for time with the Christmas parties. We will have to think of a solution for that. He got great things, he loves the balls, blocks and slide. We didn't get any annoying toys, you mom's know......the ones without an off switch.

Christmas was fun. It snowed about 4 inches here on Christmas eve......wierd. It was so windy and cold, Carter was still sick, and that bummy was soooooo red we didn't even make it to Christmas eve service, but we opened gifts with My dad, Chris' parents, and the three of us. Once Carter was all diaper creamed up and in bed, we played some games taht we got for Christmas, Scrabble, Wits and Wages (very fun) and Chris and I stayed up half the night playing our new Wii.....(cool huh, we didn't even ask for one, and yet, we love it....Chris' Wii age is 36, mine is 46 (I am pregnant), hey it's alot better than last week, I was 77)

Christmas day, CHris went to get gas and test the roads for ice, it was safe enough he said for us to drive to plano. So my dad, Carter, Chris and i all laoded up in the cold, and drove to Frisco/Plano. (about 1 hour NE. by IKEA) We enjoyed the day with (as my dad says it) The elder Stuewe clan. It was great to be around family, and meet some I have never met before, or it's been ages. Suzzie (my dad's aunt, who's home we visited) she is just a remarkable hostess. She had all the fod made, table set, snacks out, a place for coats, and never once did I see her "working" she was mingeling just like us. She was so great. It was great to listen to stories about what everyone is up to. Most were from elsewhere, so there was much to talk about. The snow was a surprise for us all. It was a great day. We creamed up Carter's booty again, loaded him up and headed home.