Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving:
We had a wonderful thanksgiving this year. I had the opportunity to make the meal which was a first for me. I bought the turkey and even though I thought it wasn't thawed it was and it was done by 12:00 which was what I was hoping for. I envisioned the turkey being done like the "Christmas vacation" turkey, but it turned out great. Chad also watched a video on the internet on how to carve a turkey and I have to say he did a spectacular job. Carrie and Erin helped me prepare all the food and Giesela and Karen brought over a few dishes. The food was great and the company was fun too! Carter was really good and enjoyed seeing everyone. That evening we went over to the Hardt family side and had more turkey and pumpkin pie there too! We had some snow which made it feel like thanksgiving and helped us get into the christmas mood when we put up our decorations the next day. Carter enjoyed watching us put up the tree and wished he could have had some eggnog instead of soy milk. For the rest of the thanksgiving pictures click HERE

Family Portraits

Here are some pictures from our family photo shoot last week.

Bucket Head take 2

Since I didn't update you last week I figured I would do a short recap of our week. As you can see Tatze has a bucket on her head. She had eye surgery to fix the entropion of her eyes. It is where the eye lashes grow on the inner eye lid and cause blindness. As you can tell by the pictures she had a small blue bucket on her head but she was cleaver enough to reach around it so we had to get a heavy duty one. The clear one works a lot better but it is heavy and she HATES it. She bumps into walls and scrapes it on the stairs and hits it when she tries to jump in our bed. She can't chew on her bones or play tug near as well. She is one sad puppy. Nase also has to put up with her laying on him with the bucket poking him. She will get it off this Wednesday and I think all of us will be happy. For whatever reason Nase also got injured this past week. Last Friday I came home to Nase limping and holding his right paw up in the air. He hobbled around and looked pretty pathetic. We checked out his paw and leg and it seemed ok. it did look like it might be a little swollen. So we put some ice on it and are happy to say we did not need to make another vet visit. He is healed and happy now! The other picture is of Carter and Faith at the building dedication for Frieden's Lutheran Church.

Routine, Routine, Routine

Carter smiling on the boppy pillow

Chad reading to Carter (Carter thinks daddy is boring apparently)
Carter with all the scratches on his face (self inflicted)



Big Smile!


Well I am happy to report that we are back into a routine and have had a really good week. Carter started sleeping through the night again! We are SO happy! He is going to bed a little earlier, around 7, and getting up between 6am and 7am. That is pretty good I think. He does wake up in the middle of the night sometimes and yell out just for a minute and then he goes back to sleep. He has also been taking naps. Not really long ones but he is taking them. He will take 30min to 1hr naps. He has taken a few that have been longer but he usually averages 45minutes. He is taking a couple a day and that has helped give me a little time to get some things done. The sleep has been fabulous here and I hope it continues. He had to go the pediatrician today though because he has had some problems pooping but we hope we got it under control now. He weighed a whopping 12lbs 15oz (with a diaper on)! I can not believe how big he is getting. I also think he has his first cold. He had a runny nose and a cough this morning but he seems to be doing fine right now. I hope it passes soon. Other than that we have just been hanging out. He is getting better head control and is doing tummy time a lot better now. We had a fairly busy week. He got to stay with family and friends while we went the the musical Annie at the lied center, and went shopping on Saturday for new clothes for Chad and I. We even took our first trip as a family to the dog park on Saturday. The pugs loved it of course and Carter slept the whole time but it was nice to get out and get fresh air. I did take my camera there but when I turned it on it said the battery was dead. So sorry there are no pictures of us there. Which leads me to the last thing we did this week and that was we bought a new SLR camera! It hasn't come yet but I can't wait to use and be able to take nicer pictures. That is Chad an I's Christmas gift to each other this year. Enjoy the pictures.

3 Months Old

Well Carter is 3 months old tomorrow! I cannot believe how fast time has gone. I was at work this week and I took care of a 6 day old infant who weighed 6lbs 12oz at birth and when I took one look at her I couldn't believe how small she was. It is amazing how soon you forget how small they were. Speaking of work, I had my first week back and it went pretty well. It was nice to get back to see my co-workers and to be in the adult world. Everyone had mercy on my soul and I actually had good nights at work that weren't so crazy busy. The winter season at my job is crazy. At any moment your night can go from good to bad in about 5 minutes. The bad thing about going back is that Carter has been out of sorts. It may have just been coincidence, but the night I went back was the night he decided to stop sleeping through the night. He was up a lot and made it a sleepless night for Chad and I both. He also decided that he missed eating in the middle of the night and has woken up every night since! :) I am not sure if it is a growth spurt, stubbornness or bad parenting, but we can't seem to get him back to sleeping through the night. We are still working on nap time as well which I am sad to say is not going any better. He is tired and falls asleep in his crib for 10-15 min and then wakes up crying. I go back in give him his binky and he goes back to sleep. Then 10-15min later he is awake again. I don't understand what he is doing. But if I pick him up and hold him he will fall asleep and stay asleep for 30min to an hour. He is such a stinker. I think Carter just wants to make us work hard! We will keep trucking along and hopefully our hard work will pay off. On the good side he is smiling a lot more and is looking at us and smiling on his own. He is developing a personality of his own and it is so rewarding to see him growing and changing everyday.

Carter's first Halloween

Well Carter made it through his first Halloween. Nights are never very good for him so he was cranky at times, especially when we put the hat on, but he was a trooper and Chad and I had a lot of fun. I am trying a new thing so that I can share more pictures. I am using shutterfly so just click on the link and you should be able to view the pictures. Click HERE

A new second cousin!

Here is a picture of the newest addition to the family. Chad's cousin Nick and his girlfriend Jessie had a new baby on Tuesday. His name is Myles Raymond. He was 6lbs 14oz and 19.5 inches long. Aunt Carrie and cousin Noah went with us to the hospital to visit and we got a picture of all of them together. As you can see they are almost all 3 months apart.