Simming Pool!

Today Carter and I joined Miss Juju (aka Julia) and her lovely and very pregnant mother Lindsay at the pool! We got to Red's around 3pm, and Carter started to wail and cry once we pulled into the parking lot :( He just hates the gym daycare so much that he thought I was leaving him there and he couldn't deal with it. I tried and tried to reassure him, and eventually he calmed down.

I had to change him into his swimsuit in the car, and first had to strip him down and then put on a swim diaper. As soon as I pulled it out of his bag, Carter said, "ooh, panties!" haha

So we got changed and then put on our sunscreen in the bathroom...and hit the splash park! The new area at Red's is so nice and big, with lots of moving sprinklers and even a baby pool with little fountains in it. It was so nice to sit out today and enjoy the glorious 84 degree weather and sunshine. We even got in the big pool and Carter loved when I threw him up and down, let him walk on the steps, and walked through the lazy river. We had a great time and I know Carter and I will have lots of fun there this summer!

Cheese!!!

Free ice cream at Jason's Deli! haha

Good thing he warned me...

Mama: Carter, what is the Easter bunny going to bring you?
Carter: M&Ms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:(

Carter's fever seemed to be better today, so we headed back to work/Meme's house...but I guess Carter's still not feeling great because he crashed on the way there! Poor little guy :(

Sick boy

Carter started running a little fever on Saturday, but I gave him some Motrin and he seemed to be ok. Well, Sunday he seemed even worse, cranky and clingy and overall not happy, even though he had his beloved Sutton here.

So I took a Mommy and Carter day today and we headed over to visit our friend Dr. Huval. We walked in this morning and Carter knew immediately this was not a place he wanted to be :( I had to carry him in the doory way and he cried the moment we walked into the exam room!

Dr. Huval checked his ears and happily everything looked great there. His tubes are still in place and perfect, but then she took a look at his throat and asked me to look back with her. It was awful! I saw huge white spots on his tonsils that looked like large ulcers. OUCH! Poor little guy! No wonder he's been snoring like a freight train and feeling so irritable.

So we headed on home armed with Benadryl and Maalox (who knew! to coat his throat...) and he's napping peacefully now after almost falling asleep in his high chair. Let's hope he's feeling better soon!

Not a morning person

This morning I went into Carter's room to wake him up, and he was slow to move and kept laying around in his bed. So I rubbed his back and said to him, "Come on, buddy, it's time to wake up."

He tucked his legs underneath his body, turned his head to me and said, "LAY DOWN!" and then turned his head back and buried it under his blanket.

Imagine when he's a teenager!!

Tantrums at 6:30am, anyone?

Before I even lifted him out of the crib!

Mama: Good morning baby!
Carter: Noooooooooooooooooooooo! :runs to corner of crib:

Mama: What's wrong buddy? Still tired?
Carter: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! No! No! NO!!

Mama: Would you like to change your diaper?
Carter: NO!!

Mama: Would you like to put take your jammies off?
Carter: Nooooooooo!

Mama: Would you like a snack in your snack trap?
Carter: No!! NO!!! :shakes head:

ACK!!!

Carter sings his ABCs

Carter surprised me today by singing this in the grocery store, and then I was lucky enough to convince him to do it for the video camera later. I've been singing this song with him, but he must have been hearing it at Meme's house too because I've never heard him sing it before. What a cutie! :)


Carter sings his ABCs from Tricia on Vimeo.

Another cute picture just for the fun of it.

What kid doesn't love to push buttons?

Speaking of Tajuns...

Carter has a hard time with using his 'inside voice.' :) We were shopping last weekend (aren't we always?), and I was looking for some sandals for him to wear. I put a couple of pairs, and somehow (ok, maybe it was from me), he learned to say 'too tight!' This wouldn't be so bad, except that every.single.pair of shoes I put on him then forced him to shout (in plain hearing of all other shoppers who then thought I was abusing my child) "TOO TIGHT! SHOES TOO TIGHT MOMMY! TOO TIGHT!!"

So I took all of the shoes off. But then. We went to Old Navy and tried on a pair of navy blue flip flops. I got the expected "TOO TIGHT!! TOO TIGHT MOMMY!!" but then my mom saw these:



And Carter saw them and said, "All right!! Go Tajuns plip plops!! Put em on!" My mom has really done a fine job of brainwashing a little Cajun.