Nap time!

We are going out of town on Tuesday, so I thought I'd post something before we left! We've finally drawn the line and are making Carter nap on his own in his crib now. Previously he'd take daily naps with Daddy, but we discovered it took him a lot longer to get down at night after being used to falling asleep with someone. Carter's done great, and he's a lot happier when he's well rested. I don't know why we waited this long! He's also started sleeping better at night again. The past month or so he would wake up 2-3 times a night, but now he's sleeping really well through the night again, usually only waking up once. It's been really nice, but I'm sure this trip will probably mess it up for him again.

We're excited to be able to see family over the next couple of weeks and allow Carter some time with his grandparents. Happy Thanksgiving!

Daddy & Carter relaxing (not napping!)

Bath time! Carter can sit up on his own for short periods of time, now.

Happy boy! This is one of my favorite pics of him to date :)

Tyler & Carter again

Chewing on his exersaucer toys

Play time!

I also had a couple of videos that wouldn't post...one of him rolling from his back to his tummy (a few weeks old) and a recent one of him playing in his exersaucer. I love being able to blog but blogger can't really handle videos longer than 10 seconds apparently... Just imagine him being really cute!

Our Cute Little Giraffe

This year for Halloween we went down to Portland for Tyler's cousin's baptism. It was fun being able to spend time with family and we went ahead and dressed up Carter as a giraffe! We thought it was a little ironic since he doesn't have much of a neck...



...and some more pictures...




On the 4th Carter turned 5 months! It's hard to believe he's been around that long...he's getting to be so big and we love our little boy!



Carter also learned how to roll from his back to his tummy a couple weeks ago and does it CONSTANTLY. The problem is, he doesn't like being on his tummy but seems to have forgotten his previous skill of turning from his tummy to his back. So he'll sit there for a few minutes happy with himself, realize he's on his tummy, and then cry until we flip him over. Silly boy.







We had a few tragedies occur to people we love the last couple weeks and it's given us a new found appreciation for our little guy. Life is precious and every minute we have with him is a gift. We love him so much and are so grateful to have him in our lives!!

On another note, Carter went in to the doctor this week to get his skull checked again. The doctor wants us to go meet with a team of specialists at Seattle Children's Hospital to see if he needs to be fitted for a helmet. (For those of you who don't know, the back-left side of his skull is flat and the back-right side sticks out) She said it's all completely up to us, that it's a cosmetic issue more than anything, but that his skull will be hardened by 9 months so if we want to get it fixed we need to do it now. We're not sure what we want to do at this point, but will at least meet with the doctors. Any recommendations from anyone out there as to what to do? I hate the idea of having my little guy have to wear a helmet 23 hours a day for 3-4 months and I think he'll hate it too, but it is just a short-term thing. We'll keep you posted on what we decide to do.