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.

We're off to see the wizard...and chew gum!

Carter in his gum ball machine costume
Xander as the tin man

Will as the scarecrow

Grace as Dorothy

Enjoying their Halloween treats

I just wanted to post some of this evenings pictures. We went over to great grandma and great grandpa Niebuhr's for Halloween. We met the triplets there and ate some snacks and opened presents from the grandparents. It was pretty cute. Carter was tired so we didn't get the greatest pictures but the triplets were so adorable. Here they are...enjoy!

Video of Carter

Here is a short clip of Carter. It really isn't that interesting I was just trying to learn how to use the video part of blogger. I posted an update below this entry so check that out for updates on Carter.

Working 9 to 5

Well it really should be working 3 to 3. I go back to work starting tomorrow. I am going back part time and will be working two 12 hour shifts. I am looking forward to being with my co-workers but I am sad to leave Carter and the nice routine we have now. We have had quite the news here. Carter slept through the night 2 nights in a row. He goes to bed after his 8pm feeding and he slept till 7am. I am not sure if this will be a trend or not but we are all hoping so. We really need to put him to bed earlier because he is grumpy and ready for bed at 7pm. We are going to start trying to put him down earlier each night and see if he is happier. That last hour is a bear anyway. We are also working on nap times. Now that I am going back to work it will be nice if he is actually taking naps instead of cat napping all day. He is such a happy baby when he is well rested. We worked on nap time this weekend and will continue to try to put him down this week. We have a busy week with Halloween coming up and lots of people to see so I will post more of his Halloween pictures soon. The pictures are of Carter sitting in his bumbo seat (trying to catch a smile on camera), all lubed up after a bath, falling asleep in his bouncy seat and him hangin with the pugs.

Pug-O-Ween

Carter's sneak peak at his gum ball machine halloween costumeNase and Tatze are gumballs

here is a 'rooster' pug

my camera is too slow to catch the actual smile but this is the end of one

Carter loves his mobile

We had a very eventful weekend. I got a chance to get away for a little while and do something I love...scrap booking. I stayed over night in Omaha with my co-workers and then scrap booked all day Saturday. I was able to get started on Carter's baby book and the event was super fun. I got a ton of new stuff and won a bunch of door prizes. That meant Chad was on his own with the baby and he did awesome. Carter loved me being gone so much that he slept from 8 till 5:45am and then went back to bed till 8. I guess he wanted to take it easy on his dad. After my trip we went back up to Omaha on Sunday for the annual pug-o-ween. It was cold and windy and not optimal for taking pictures so I will post better ones of the costumes later. We of course did not let you down. We won best homemade costume and got a treat bag for the pugs. We also got a call yesterday that we won the raffle prize! I guess I am on a lucky streak. We then went over to our friends Abby and Jason and hung out with them for a while and went out to dinner. It was a lot of fun. Carter is starting to do more now too! He can hold his head up for long periods of time and can sit in his bumbo chair a lot easier. He also smiled for me for the first time on Friday October 19. Now grandma Niebuhr will claim that he smiles for her all the time but I never saw it until Friday. Now he is doing it a lot more. He is awake a lot more and is discovering his fists and realizing he has control of his body. It is amazing how fast they grow and do new things.

Tatze Turns 2!

The back bend
Maybe he will be a gymnast
Our evening walk
The first cool night
Tatze with her birthday present


This week has been pretty productive. We celebrated Tatze's second birthday with family trip to PetCo so we could get Tatze her present. Carter slept through the trip and the pugs loved it. We also went over to grandma and grandpa Niebuhrs a few times to work on the Halloween costumes. On Saturday we watch the game with grandma and grandpa Scribner and Carter was awake and happy for most of the game. He must be a Husker fan already. He must not care that our team is not good this year. Chad and I got to go out to dinner without the baby on Friday and it was nice to eat a meal without a baby in my arms. The most eventful thing we did this week was change Carter's bedtime. Our pedi said it would be better for us to start putting him down after his 8:00pm feeding instead of waiting till 11:00pm. Even though he was sleeping good we thought it would be better in the long run to try it out and it has worked out well. It usually takes a half hour or so for him to fall asleep but we have a routine that helps I think. This gives Chad and I a few hours to get some things done around the house before bed. He does wake up once in the night around 3 but then goes back down till 6 or 7. The doctor said he will eventually drop that middle of the night feed and then we will have a baby that sleeps from 8 till 6,7 or 8. That sounds like a pretty good plan to me. I am also very happy that the weather has gotten cooler so that he can wear some of his fall/winter outfits before he grows out of them. This weekend we are going to the annual Pug-o-Ween so I will have some pictures to post of that soon. I will also post them on Nase and Tatze's blog.

Baptism

Carter in his baptismal gown

His sponsors Erin and Brian

Him with Pastor Maas

Him with us by the font

The Dessert table

We all had a very eventful week. Carter had his baptism on Sunday at church. It went really well and we had a lot of friends and family there to help us celebrate. Carter did well and didn't cry but he did spit up right before being baptized. Thanks to everyone who brought food. It was wonderful. We are happy to report that switching to soy formula has done wonders for him. He is a lot less fussy and seems to be more comfortable. We hope this continues. The only weird thing is that he spits a little more than he did before. I guess we will just keep an eye on it. He also went to his pediatrician today for his 2 month check. He weighed a whopping 10lbs 10oz. I believe that put him in the 25th percentile for age. He also was 23 inches which is in the 50th percentile, and his head was 39.5cm which was in between the 25th and 50th percentile. The doctor said he looked good and didn't have too much more to report. He wants us to continue to do lots of tummy time and says not to be so surprised if he is behind on things like social smile and rolling over since he was over a month early. He also got his dreaded shots today. He got four shots but he was a trooper. He cried for about 30seconds and then he was fine. I was surprised at how well he did. It was not nearly as bad as I heard it was. That is all I have to report. Only a few more weeks before I go back to work.

Are you my mother?

I have been working on Carter's baby book a lot lately, and I realized that even though Carter looks a lot like a Scribner he does have a few features of me. Here is my hospital picture and his hospital picture...