36 weeks!

Baby girl is due on Halloween, so we have 4 weeks left until my due date. To answer all the questions I get on a daily basis:

I'm feeling good.
I'm due on Halloween.
Yes, that would be a fun birthday.
It's a girl.
Yes, I'm ready.
Yes, I'm hot.

haha. I kid, I kid. But I am feeling a lot more 'ready' than I ever did with Carter; I think this is mostly because I have been pregnant the ENTIRE summer. I found out I was pregnant on February 20, and it got hot just weeks later. And then we had the hottest summer ever! Throw in the toddler factor and nausea for 17 weeks, and yep, I'm ready to meet my baby girl and gain back my stomach muscles ;) For now I'm going to just focus on enjoying the next four weeks as a family of three and just squeeze my baby boy while he still seems like a baby because I know it will seem like he's grown overnight the day his baby sister comes into our family.

Don't think I don't know what you are up to...

Since Carter and I stayed home today, I decided to take a short nap while he was napping. Ryan had come home at lunchtime since he doesn't work on Fridays, so I figured I could reserve a couple of hours to myself.

So about an hour or two into my nap, I hear the door open and tiny feet pitter patter into the room and climb into bed with me. Then I SMELLED it. The rotten stench coming from Carter as he tried to kiss me and love on me. So I kissed and hugged him, and tried to convince him to head out and go back to see Daddy...but no luck! He wanted only to hug and kiss me (stinky smell and all!)

So I told him Daddy had fruit snacks.

Before I could roll over and grab a new diaper, Carter had bolted from the room and shut the door behind him. And Daddy got the luxury of changing that stinky diaper!!

Mama: 1
Daddy: 0

Sick, AGAIN

Is this just how it's going to be for his entire childhood?

Carter and I went to Target yesterday (shocker!) to pick up a couple of groceries. As we were shopping, he randomly told me that his ear hurt, and eto his left ear (the one that still has a tube in it). I inspected it carefully, and he was acting pretty normal, so I just left it at that.

Well this morning, Ryan went into pick Carter up and he was acting very irritable and clingy (not all that unusual for mornings around here :) But then he told us that his neck hurt. So Ryan and I inspected and Carter just kept crying and fussing and whining anytime we touched his head/neck or shoulder. He's been really cranky and lethargic ever since.

So a dose of Motrin and a morning home from school later...we are heading to see Dr. Huval at 9:45am and hopefully find out that nothing is wrong, but I didn't want to wait until the weekend to find out that it's really something. Cross your fingers!

**Update: We had a lovely visit with Dr. Huval (or Dr. Cueball as Carter calls her), and after testing negative for the flu, we determined that it's just a viral infection with some congestion and ear fluid. So Carter's on ear drops (AGAIN) and hopefully will be back to normal soon.

He was great for Dr. Huval and listened intently when she looked in his ear 'for lizards' and had to listen to his 'heartbeep.'

Carter's new favorite game

Sutton and TT came to Lafayette this weekend for a little Tinsel and Treasures, and we were all hanging out this morning, enjoying some coffee and Sunday-morning cinnamon rolls. The boys were playing around the house, when suddenly I realized I hadn't seen Carter in a few minutes.

Now he's learned in the last few weeks how to open and close doors, and isn't afraid of the dark, so it isn't that unusual for him to disappear into another corner of the house and play for a bit by himself. But I since it had been a few minutes since I'd heard from him, I asked Toye and Ryan where he was.

Ryan said he thought he'd seen him head in the back into our closet, so he headed there to check. No Carter. He walked over into Carter's room, and Toye and I followed him. No Carter. Checked the closet. No Carter.

I started to panic a bit. Toye and I walked together into the baby's room and looked around. No Carter. I opened the closet doors. No Carter.

Then I heard a giggle.

He had perched himself behind the rocking chair in the baby's room with a couple of toys and stood up and said "boo!" from behind the chair! He's such a good hider! haha

We had a few minutes of worry, but overall, it just cracked us all up because he totally gave himself away with the giggles. What a funny boy :)

Carter's Sweet Dance Moves

Carter's Sweet Moves from Tricia on Vimeo.

Tinsel and Treasures!!!

We wait all year for this, and headed out there tonight for a little Christmas in September! I've been talking up Santa Claus to Carter for weeks, and he was so excited to see Santa. He kept telling me on the way there that we were going to a party at Santa's house! haha

However....we got there...and headed over to Santa...and...

He was having none of it! "NO SANTA! I go back to Amie! I go back to Nanny! Noooo!!" So we gave up and didn't get a picture with Santa :(

He seemed angry and upset for much of the rest of the afternoon, but finally perked up a bit. We all had fun shopping and will be heading back on Saturday with Toye!









Chugga chugga choo choo Santa! (much more likeable than the real Santa)


I think I might like that one...


Thrilled to be out of the stroller

Hanging around the house

Everyone watches tv like this, right?


How does this work? Maybe he'll be an engineer like Daddy...

Pasghetti, mmmm.

Thanks to Meme and Pop for bringing Carter home today...I had a meeting in Baton Rouge and I didn't get home until late. They were also nice enough to bring some spaghetti for dinner! Carter loooooved it!





Making his best sad face when I told Ryan that Carter's bug bites were bad...haha


Loving the novelty of those long noodles!


Aaaand back to being a typical two year old!




Nah! Happy again :)

Who's coming to visit? SUTTON!!

Anytime you ask Carter who is coming to visit, he always squeals, "SUTTON!" I guess he's just excited :) Well luckily this weekend, Sutton did come by on Sunday (Josh and Toye headed to the UL-LSU game on Saturday and passed through Abbeville on their way home on Sunday). So we had a great visit at lunch on Sunday, and Carter and Sutton had so much fun dancing and playing with all the great toys at Amie and PaRandy's house.

Look at those gorgeous curls!


Carter's sweet moves!




This could have kept them entertained for HOURS...


Who needs toys when you have bowls? And notice Sutton's tiny hands trying to get in on the action! LOL




Oh the dancing (I have it on video - will add later...)

I don't think this is a good sign...

I don't like my baby sister... from Tricia on Vimeo.