Sippy Cups & Toes

This is how Carter likes to sleep now...with his booty up in the air! It doesn't matter how many times we flip him onto his back, he throws those legs up & over and is on his tummy in seconds!

Before you get too excited, the cup is empty :) We're working on making the Sippy cup not seem too invasive before we actually add liquid to it. One of the best sounds in the world was hearing the "slurp" of him sucking on the empty valve. Yay Carter! He grabbed the cup by the handles and immediately brought it to his mouth like he's been waiting 7 months for us to give him a Sippy cup. (in reality, he's teething and the soft spout probably felt good to his gums)

If you won't give me sweet potatoes, I'll just eat my toes!

The Secret to Tummy Time

We've been trying to get Carter to tolerate "tummy time" for longer periods of time. A few nights ago, he was in his crib while Brad and Lucy were playing. Lucy was running around Carter's room, being a silly dog, so Carter rolled right over in order to get a better look! Carter started hysterically laughing, pushing up on his arms, and lifting his head. After taking pics of Carter, we remembered that there is a similar photo of Brad as a baby, so I included it (the second picture). I think we have found the secret to tummy time....Lucy!


The rest are just some cuteness we thought we'd share.

Thank you

We wanted to send a HUGE THANK YOU to our Church family. The members have started bringing us dinner one night a week (or more) to help relieve some of the work. It truly does take a village to raise a child! We look forward to the "safe season" when we can bring Carter out of cold season lock-down and introduce him to you. We had Carter baptised in the hospital when he was born because we didn't know what the future held for him. Once he's able to be in Church, Pastor Connie is going to do a service welcoming him to the Church.

P.S. More pictures b/c Aunt Minimarie was right...the pictures keep everyone satisfied until they can visit in person :)

As you can see, his scar is disappearing! Dr. H did a fantastic job closing the wound.

Roly Poly & Boo-Boos

Carter has started rolling A LOT (thanks to that last visit at Duke). Now when we put him in his crib on his back to sleep, it takes approximately a nano-second for him to flip right over onto his tummy. It makes us a little uneasy for him to sleep on his stomach, but no matter how many times you flip him onto his back, he throws that leg over and is right back on his tummy! At least he knows to turn his head to the side. We've tried swaddling, but that seems to make it easier for the Roly Poly to roll. One of us always sleeps in his room at night and we have a video monitor to keep an eye on him.

Little LuLu has a Boo-Boo. Apparently during one of her wild tirades running around in the backyard, she splintered one of her dew claws. I'll save the gory details except to say that it looks VERY painful. She licked it so much, that she wore a spot on her muzzle that is also now bleeding. She's due to visit the vet this afternoon (how am I going to juggle Lucy and Carter, I don't know). Here's her sad face.

Just hanging out with Daddy on the couch.