Carter's Growing So Fast, and being Sick

Carter 1 year
Carter newborn

Becuase of the heckticness of Christmas, New Years, Carter being sick, now me super sick. I just haven't realy gotten the chance to talk about Cartr turning 1.

It's been 3 weeks now since Carter turned 1. WOW time goes by SOOOOOO fast. It's also been 3 weeks since Carter's real bad diaper rash. (Still just a little hint of it left, it looks like a bruise, but no bleeding for about 5 days now. Praise the Lord. ) Carter still has a respatory thing, but he's getting better daily. This cold weather isn't helping him much at all. We have a humidifier in his room that I think helped him a lot. On Monday I started to feel a little yucky too, but Wed. I had Carter's sickness full on. Coughing, sneezing, runny nose, headache. Last night my lungs hurt so bad we bought another humidifier for our room too, yes, another frog one like Carter's, that way we have 2 the same for both our kids. I don't know what I would have done without that. It was only 9*F this morning when we woke up, the air was so dry I thought my lungs were bleeding, and i could barely breath, I am afraid that I am getting bronchitis, or phnemonia (sp....public school child my dad always says.) Good news, I called by OB, as far as me being sick, poses no real threat to the baby. I just am so limited on what I can take for easying the congestion. Carter is too, since he's only 1.

Anyway enough about that.

Carter:

To this day, I don't know how anyone can see a child, and not know that God created them. I have NEVER knows a love like being a mom. Seeing Carter gives me a lot more understanding of how much God loves us. I was guilt of this too, but I know people who don't have kids say, "I know I'll love my kids so much", and you will....but you have NO IDEA...NONE. How much is So Much. The day Carter was born I thought I could never love him more, and everyday I do.

Carter has taught me so much, what it means to have fun, love life, learn. Talk about learning. Chris and I were saying that in a matter of 6 months Carter went from 100% nursing and not moving around at all to, sitting, crawling, walking, eating anything and trying to talk and understnad. that's learning. We were going over our goals for the year and what we can accomplish in one year, we are ever motivated by all that Carter accomplished that we have high expectations this year. But if you work on something everyday, like Carter has, it's easy.

It's been almost 1 year since I quit my job too. (my out of the hosue job) I know there are some people who wait to have kids till they are finished with school, or find the "right" job, or get established in their career, or travel, but you know what. I was one who thought like that too a little at one point or another. But there is NOTHING more fun, rewarding, accomplished than holding your baby. I would give up travels forever, money, a good job, or anything to hold my baby for just one day. Being a mom is more satisfying than anything.

At 1 year Carter is saying, (in his own way): Carter, mama, dada, yum-yum, cho milk, (yea I have given him chocolate milk, call me a bad mom, when you're baby is so sick like he was, you'll give him something yummy too.), water, duck, block, cat, dog, Koda, frog, ut-oh, help, grandma and grandpa, and more that i am sure I don't understand. He loves to pull the yogert out of the fridge, I think he must really like it. He knows our house so well. If I say grandma is going potty, he'll go to the bathroom door and pound on it. If I say let's go to Carter's room, he goes to his room. I tell him I am going to mommy and daddy's room, he practically beats me there. He's so fast now. He isn't really walking anymore, it's more or a sprint. I have steped on him, becuase I didn't see him right behind me. He eats well, breakfast is his best meal of the day. He loves grown up oat meal, yogert and bananas, mac N cheese, spagetteO's, peas, sweet potatos, corn, green beans, kiwi, cho strawberries, grapefruit, rice, chicken nuggets and lots more. He can stack blocks, cups, throw balls, get almost any toy I tell him to (he knows what they are called), He likes to play with his sports balls more than anything. He still has only 5 teeth, his hair is almost blond, blue eyes, the occational bruise here and there. He can point out toes, eyes, hand, nose and we are working on belly button, (he can show you yours but don't understnd he has one.), when his diaper rash was real bad we gave him lots of naked time and he found something else......he kept checking on it to see if it was following him. It was funny.

He still sleeps great. We are still on two naps a day, but I can tell sometimes the first nap is super short, so we might be moving to one nap soon. While he's been sick, 2 naps still work good.

I am 20 weeks pregnant today. I find out next wed what we are having. I can't wait. We do already have our names all picked out. We will reveal the name when we find out if it's a boy or girl. There are times I forget I am even pregnant. I think it's because I have a little "tornado" I am chasing all day long. I lost 5 pounds at my last doc's appointment, so I haven't felt guilty about those chocolat covered strawberries lately.