New Habit

     Since we have started putting heavier restrictions on the pacifier Carter has developed a new little habit.  Finger sucking.  There are just a couple of things that really bother me about it. 
1.) Thinking about everything he has touched and then putting those little fingers in his mouth, yuck!
2.)  The massive amount of slobber it creates..which runs down his hand and onto his arm.
     When he does finally take his fingers out of his mouth, it's kind of funny because he won't do anything with that hand and leaves his fingers spread until I wipe it off or until it dries (blah!..as you can imagine, I try to wipe it off instead of let it dry).
Here are a few pictures that have captured him in action with his new habit...

Quickly, here are a few new things Carter is doing since I have slacked on blogging:

Says "there" after he does something.  He is copying me because whenever I do something for him I say "there!".  It is one of the most precious things I have heard him say.

Will now Roar.  He was going to be a dalmation for Halloween but all the cousins decided to do their own thing, so Carter is now going to be a Dragon.  Apparently, he thinks dragons are much cooler than dalmations, since he will keep the dragon costume on for up to an hour and in the dog costume all I got was kicking and screaming.  He will admire himself in the mirror for a good length of time and will roar when I tell him to.  He thinks he is hot stuff...which he is ; )

Will eat his chicken nuggets with a fork AND dip them in ketchup.  He doesn't use his hands because he doesn't like to get them dirty.

Says "NO" all the time and points that little finger at me.

Obsessed with stickers and magna doodles.

Says "WOW" and "Heys"...for some reason it is plural!

Can put his shoes on.

Sits on the potty before bath...but nothing else has come of it so far.  Just getting him used to it.

That's all I can think of for now, and Chad has gone to bed already so you know I am up late...he never beats me to bed!  Soon I will upload a video of C in the dragon costume.



Sorry!

Not sure who all I'm apologizing to out there...but, obviously, I have been a terrible blogger.  I have been kind of finicky with the computer lately.  If I get on, I only get on long enough to check email and maybe get on facebook for 5 minutes and that's it.  I don't know what it is, just in a mood where I am un-interested in the computer.  I started selling Avon back in August and that really has taken up some free time, so maybe that is why I've gotten off the blogging path.  I hope to do better...I also realized that I am not taking near as many pictures as I used to and that just has to stop because Carter is growing so big and I don't want to miss a minute.

We had our beach trip in September and I highly recommend going once school is back in session.  It was a nice, non-humid, un-crowded trip.  Not to mention the place we stayed at was pretty much as close as you can get to a pent house, but without the price...since we went after the rates dropped. 

We stayed on the 14th floor of the Pheonix West and we saw a shark from the balcony.  I felt so helpless!  The wind was blowing and no one could hear us yelling and that shark got within feet of swimmers and they never even knew it and all we could do was watch.  Luckily it was not looking for a snack so it headed back into deeper water, but I bet we have all been that close to a shark at some point in time and never knew it.  A mental note was made by myself to never get further than shin deep in the water ever again- check.

Let's see...since I have last blogged we (meaning Carter) have had the stomach bug, and the croup.  I love being covered in throw up at 3:45am.  It is the best.  Croup was short lived, the barking seal cough lasted one night, got a steroid the next day and it didn't happen again...but he has still been a little snotty.

I have purchased the Instyler and I am a fan.

We have attempted Carter's first spend the night away from home at Mom and Pop's (Chad's rents).  Note the word "attempt".  I know, I know, we (or I) have taken a while to try this one.  But I don't care what anyone says, I was not ready until now.  He is my first baby and I will do as I please : )  The next one will be different I'm sure...not like spend the night off when they are a tiny baby though... but before 21 months of age.  If anyone remembers my post from back in the summer about VBS and we started a little bit (or a lot) of separation anxiety?  Well, it has somewhat continued to a degree.  We went to a wedding (congrats Tyne Olkie if you are reading this!), and as soon as we left we get a call that we have to come and get him b/c he has woken up and is crying so hard he is gagging.  Pop took him outside and Carter refused to go back into their house until he was in our arms.  A bit opinionated, I know.  And I was JUST then getting excited about a night off too!  Figures.  We took the little stinker home and he also refused his crib since he has been so "traumatized".  Got him to sleep at about 10:30 and he woke up at 4am not happy.  I guess he wanted to make sure we were still there.  Oh well, we will try again in a few weeks.

If you made it through the post, you are rewarded with a few pictures that I have taken and havnen't gotten to share yet.

September Beach Trip

 Daddy, Carter and the slide

 My Family

Still sleepy.  Preciousness.

He will play golf like his Daddy.  And hopefully get a full paid golf scholarship to college like his Daddy...that would be great.