Giving Thanks

GIVING THANKS

My dad feeding Carter *eggless* pumpkin pie

cuddling with grandpa after his nap

Xander, Grace, Carter and Will

Xander, Carter and Will

Our family Photo

Carter with Oma

The boys with Opa

Taylor and CarterCarter and GrandpaTrae and CarterCarter and Noah

The Scribner family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We started the day by going to the Niebuhr grandparents house to eat a delicious turkey dinner and play with cousins. Carter ran around all morning enjoying his cousins and trying to *play* with all the toys they were playing with. He also really enjoyed Opa's cane. He carried it around a lot of the day. He was pretty tired by lunch and didn't eat that much but went down for a much needed nap soon after we were done eating. He fell asleep as soon and his head hit the mattress.
He is usually a belly sleeper but he was too tired to move. Unfortunately he didn't take a long nap and was awake after one hour. (we switched him over to 1 nap a day last weekend. He usually sleeps 2 hours or so) But he was raring to go once he got in some snuggle time with Grandpa. Plus grandpa got to give him some pumpkin pie which he thoroughly enjoyed. The grownups then got to play a few games before heading over to the Hardt family celebrations. We celebrated a few birthdays and had another meal. Carter had a good time with his *cousins* and was surprisingly very good despite the lack of sleep. He didn't go to sleep until his head hit the car seat at 9:30pm. Of course you are all wondering if he slept in and the answer is no. He was up at the same time as always. We had a first at our house the next day. He fell asleep eating his lunch. I don't have those pictures downloaded so I will post them later. All in all we had a wonderful day with family. We are grateful for all the amazing people in our lives that make the holidays so much fun. Thanks for everyone who helped us check labels and made food with egg replacer. It makes us be able to enjoy the holidays with a little less stress. Carter thanks you as well.

29 Weeks

Here are a few pictures from last week of my pregnant belly.

Trip to Linc Care

Our last two weeks has been pretty eventful around here. We had a birthday party for Erin and my Grandma and a bunch of birthdays on the Scribner side. We had a busy Sunday but is was a lot of fun. Then last weekend I got to go on my annual scrapbook weekend in Grand Island. It was so nice to get away and just scrapbook for hours on end. I did of course get sick but it wasn't too bad. Carter spent the first part of the week with high fevers from his immunizations and a cold. It didn't seem to phase him that much. That also meant he had his 15 month check up and it went very well. He was 23lbs 14oz which is in the 50th percentile. His length was 31.5inches which was in the 75th percentile, and his head was 48.5 which was the 75th-90th percentile. Dr. Davis said he is doing well and wants us to start working on potty training soon. :( yuck. I guess we will see what comes about. Some new things with Carter these past two weeks. He is really starting to copy what we say. It doesn't all come out right but you can tell he is trying. He is cracking me up every day with all his crazy antics. He will mimic what you do and try anything for a laugh. He has FINALLY realized what gentle is and is treating the dogs very well. He still has his occasional grab or hard pat but he now pets them and gives them *nice* hugs. He loves Nase the most in terms of petting and touching because he will sit there and let him. He loves Tatze when it comes time to play. They play tug of war and Tatze always walks away with the victory. He is also starting to say their names. I am also happy to report that biting is a thing of the past. Two weeks ago I would have said there is no light at the end of the tunnel and there is no way he will ever stop biting. But we cracked down and put him in timeout and I guess that worked. We felt a small victory when we realized that he was not biting anymore. There is still an occasional bite but all we have to say is "do you want to go to time out? no biting" and he stops. These small break throughs are few and far between in parenting so we are relishing in our accomplishment. He has found other things to replace the biting. He now likes to play in the toilet water or throw toys in the toilet. We usually keep the doors closed and the lids down but if you leave it for one second our little ninja has a sixth sense and will make a bee line to the toilet. He is understanding more and more each day. I asked him to go find his cup one day and he went and grabbed it and brought it to me. He has also done the same with his shoes. He proficiently waves and says bye anytime he thinks anyone is leaving or when we leave the checkout aisle of the store. He knows when Chad has his keys in hand, and jacket on that he is leaving for work. He will hear the keys jingle from down the hall while he is eating and he will stop eating and wave bye bye. He will do it until Chad is out the door. He also knows when Chad is home and he waits right by the door to see his dad. It is so cute! He also enjoys reading a lot! One day it was really quite and I looked around the corner and he was sitting in a pile of books reading. He will even talk out loud as he flips the pages. (this is what he is doing in the first picture) Then today I heard him go into his room and shut the door. I waited about 5 minutes and then I checked on him and he was *reading* sitting on the floor of his room. He got either his top right eye tooth or molar this past week as well. Last but not least he was able to show us how *boyish* he really is. On Wednesday night after dinner Carter tripped and fell and hit his head on the coffee table. He hit it just right to cause a cut above his left eye. It bled quite a bit in the beginning but then we were able to get it to stop and it was just oozing. Then we noticed it was pretty deep and the edges weren't together. My good friend Christy came over to take a look at it and said we should have someone look at it. So off we went to Linc care to get some dermabond put on it. (glue) He was a good boy and did well. It made for a little bit of a late night but over all it turned out fine.

Carter reading his books

The cut eye right soon after it happened

Waiting for the doctor to see him

All glued back together

at my moms house for the b-day party

Chad and I after dinner

our messy eater!

27 weeks

Here are my 27 week photos. I will post later this week about Carter's 15 month appointment and some weekly updates.

Carter's New Room

Checking out his new room
(those bins will have labels on them soon)
(the striped one is what the comforter will look like)

Don't mind the white spots

Changing table and book/toy area

First night in his new room
(sound asleep)

"helping" us put his room together

He loved the ladder

He was excited to bring his books out to the kitchen this morning
he was sitting down and reading but I didn't get to my camera in time.

Well we finally decided to get in gear and finish up Carter's new room. We spent the weekend moving things over and setting things up and I am happy to report it is finish. Well as finished as it is going to be for now. The walls are still a little bare and we have some spots that have been spackled but need to be painted. I have a few things to add to the walls and we will put more toys in his room to keep it from getting so cluttered in the living room. The room seems kind of boring right now but since he wasn't ready to go into a big bed yet we decided to borrow one of Brian and Erin's cribs and plan ahead for when he does get his big bed. My mom made the comforter for the bed and the curtains. The comforter is going to have a stripe on one side, almost like the striped basket under the changing table, and the other side is going to be a check of some sort. The colors are going to be a dark brown, light brown, a teal like blue and tan. I will also add some more pillows and things like that to the room as we find material. We just wanted to get him moved over before the baby comes and since we weren't expecting an early baby last time we thought we would plan ahead and give Carter ample time to get used to his new room and not feel like the baby took his place. He seems to like it a lot and loves that he has access to almost all of his books. He played in his room for awhile this morning. He didn't have any trouble falling asleep last night and has seemed to have made the transition just fine.

Trick-or-Treat

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Well Carter had a very eventful second Halloween. He went dressed as a clown (a costume my mom made for him) and he really like the costume. He even didn't mind the hat. We went to a few neighbors homes while it was still light out and then we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Niebuhr's for some more trick or treating. He met up with the triplets for a little bit and then we headed north to Grandma and Grandpa Scribner's house. He really did not understand the trick or treating thing. He just wanted to go inside peoples homes. He also didn't like it when we turned him around to leave and go to the next house. Once we got to the Scribner's Carter got to have his first bite of pumpkin pie. A pie made especially for Carter by grandma with egg replacer. It tasted delicious and Carter was a huge fan. He also has his first experience with staying up way past his bed time. He didn't go to bed until about 10ish. Since it was a Friday night we didn't mind so much. He did however wake up at the same time this morning but took a long morning nap to make up for the missed sleep. All in all we had a great time! We are also happy to report that there was no allergic reactions which we thought might happen with all the kids/peanuts around. We hope you all had a great Halloween!
Here are the rest of our pictures. click on the picture below for more photos!

Halloween