Lonely Nights

I am not a fan of my husband traveling. It gets lonely. Even when he works late hours it gets lonely. I am not a fan of family dinner without him, especially tonight. Drew, Carter and I sat down to delicious, moist, slow cooked chicken, gravy, homemade rolls, steamed veggies, mashed potatoes, and jello-o. Carter ate a bite of his roll and jello-o while Drew had some jell-o and ketchup. *Sigh* Good thing Bry is coming home soon!

The Cast is Off!

Last Friday was a much anticipated day for Drew. We had been talking about getting his cast removed all week. He would always say "sand and water". He knew once that thing came off he could FINALLY play at the park again and take a real bath. He was thrilled. I tried to prep him for the removal, reminding him that it would be loud but it was okay. I told him it would be a loud buzz and he would promptly respond with "tiny buzz". Apparently he thought he could control the noise level. *smile*

All was well at the doc office until we went back into the casting room. There I was, by myself with Carter and Drew. I sat on the table thing with Carter in my right arm and my left arm around Drew. The LOUD buzzing began. Needless to say there was screaming, squirming, kicking, flailing, and tears. Carter was beginning to get a little upset as well because of all the commotion. For some reason no one came to help. It was just me and the cast remover guy. We survived and I was sweaty.

Drew had stuck a little rubber stopper down his cast at some point and has three wounds on his leg, but luckily they were not too bad and are healing up nicely. He is such a little stinker!

Now - let me tell you - I would do all of this over again....all the lack of park play....sponge baths....bruised calves from being bumped with his cast.....screaming at the doctor's office.....this casting was AMAZING! Drew's good is flat on the ground where before he was always up on his toe. We have new issues to address with the whole situation, but I am so grateful for this opportunity and that it worked. He is such a trooper.

He has since played in the sand to his heart's content and ooooh bath time. His first bath he was SO excited to be able to actually get in and not shiver at the side of the tub while I attempted to bath him. Bry had been out of town that week and on the way home in the car Drew says to Bry - "missed you". Totally spontaneous and about the most cute thing ever. Then I was telling Bry about the bath experience and Drew chimes in with an "amazing". He sure did think that bath was amazing!!! He always makes us smile!!!!

Boys.....

Regardless of the bugs, bees, dirt, sticks, and thorns....my boys are starting to get adventurous. Suckers and all they were back behind the bushes. They have since learned which bushes have very pointy thorns. I so love these boys!

18 Months Young

Carter is now officially 18 months old as of November 8th! I can hardly believe it, but I have to say that I am so in love with this child and the age he is at right now. He is so much fun and just adorable.

He went to nursery all by himself this past Sunday, instead of me staying in there with him and he did great. Not one tear! This was the only picture I got of him before we headed out the door to church.


For some reason he loves the bumbo chair. It is so funny to watch him sit down in it.


The kid has a sweet tooth. His current obsession is suckers. He turns into a sticky mess, but they make him so happy.

I made cupcakes on Monday night to celebrate his birthday. The colors are not the best, but the icing was oh so divine. I tried a new method I learned from ourbestbites.com (my favorite recipe blog) and it turned out pretty good. I need to get the whisk attachment for my kitchen aid and I think it will be better.

Carter still naps everyday for about 2-3 hours. He loves to be rocked with his noise maker on and blankie. I love it when he lays his sweet little head on my shoulder and falls asleep.

He is starting to talk. If you ask him what he wants he will say "this" and point. He signs please all the time and I think I caught him saying ball and bubble. He will meow like a cat and bark like a dog if you remind him.

He loves to read books and is getting quite fond of Baby Einstein.

He gives kisses on command and spontanously, which are the best. They are closed mouth with a bit of a lip pucker - LOVE IT!

Andrew and Carter love to play chase, especially at night after bath time. I love to hear them giggle together.

Carter has some seriously fuzzy hair. After the shower or bath and I dry it...it looks like this....

STATS:

Weight: 22.0 lbs

Height: 31.5 inches

HC: 48.0 cm

Halloween Bugs

Halloween is not my favorite holiday. I hate the scary stuff...gross stuff....yucky stuff.....etc, etc, etc. I am learning to get better with my kiddos. I do love the fun stuff like the pumpkin carving, cute costumes, and themed food! This year we went with a bug theme for the boys. Drew was a caterpillar and Carter a spider. Bry and I were going to dress up as pest control people, but I never got around to getting things put together for that.

We went to the pumpkin patch to get our pumpkin. We were going to pay the $7 a kid or whatever the outrageous price is to get in, but the boys had enough fun just walking around with all the pumpkins that we skipped the hay ride and petting farm.

Carter thought it was fun to ride the pumpkins while Drew wanted to climb on everything.

They sat nice to take a picture with Dad....but no so much for Mom.

We went to a neighbor's house the day before Halloween and had a BBQ and pumpkin carving contest. We had lots of fun and won.....most traditional. It was my fault our pumpkin was so boring. I wanted Bry to do something Drew was recognize and associate with what he has learned about pumpkins and such. Next year we will try something more exciting! Bry did a great job carving though and it looked great on our porch.

I am SO glad everyone was healthy and the weather was not too warm for their fuzzy outfits Halloween night. Carter did not like the spider hat with the Velcro under his chin, but left is alone when it was just sitting on his little head (I was so surprised he didn't pull it off).

Drew loves going trick or treating and did great. He was a little nervous at any mask or slightly scary house, but was so brave. Carter made it walking to about three houses and then refused to walk. His legs turned to Jell-o and we had to carry him the rest of the way. Our neighborhood was quite busy and we had fun. Shell and Rich came and joined in the festivities with us and it is always a treat to have them around (and for Rich to help carry a munchkin).

We got lots of candy, but not as much chocolate as Bry would have preferred...*smile*. It is slowly dwindling down and the boys are coming off their sugar high. I finally had to hide it from off the counter because Carter would keep pointing to it and signing please. Funny kid!

Next year maybe we will do a family theme of something. We shall see! As for now - I am glad this holiday has come and gone. Now onto more happy and fabulous holidays!