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Since he's doing better with controlling his head, we decided to pick up a Bumbo seat so he can sit up and be big, rather than always having to be on his back or his stomach.  He really likes sitting up and prefers being upright when you hold him.  Here in a few weeks he'll be good to sit in his chair on his own and play with toys! 

 Sporting the ball cap, loves it just like his mom!  (I usually throw one on on the days that I don't feel like doing my hair or just don't have the time to get to it)

Unfortunately, and you can really tell from this picture, he's losing all of his strawberry blonde/reddish hair!  He's got quite a bit left in the back, but he's lost it almost everywhere else.  His new hair is coming in light blonde!

He LOVES it when his dad comes home from either work or school to play with him!  Those two are pretty cute together... there's nothing sweeter than seeing dads play with their kids and Chris is so so good with Carter!  He told me the other day that he enjoys getting up in the middle of the night to feed him!  Don't get me wrong, I don't mind getting up with him, but there are times when it's almost painful to get up at those hours of the night!  Luckily he goes right back to sleep after his tummy is full!

Growing Up Way Too Fast!

Carter is closing in on nearly 3 months old!  Time goes by fast, but it's been exciting to see him change and develop more and more everyday.  Some of the most fun things he's started doing is definitely smiling more, starting to hold his head up better (though it's still a bit wobbly), reaching for and hitting toys, and giggling!  Chris and I were in heaven when we heard him giggle for the first time and we were fortunate enough to record it!

 We love taking Carter on walks while the weather is still warm.  We go to different parks around Logan because there are just way too many bugs at our place, we'd get eaten alive if we did!

 Don't mind the red socks with the brown outfit... his legs are getting some mass/chunk on them so these were the only clean option I had until we buy him some bigger ones!

 He was a pretty happy kid during tummy time.  Our pediatrician told us that if we didn't work with Carter he may need physical therapy to help prevent Torticollis.  If that didn't make me feel like the worst mother in the world!  That's my profession and I didn't pick up on it soon enough.  Basically Carter wasn't turning his head to the right very much, if ever, so we've really been trying to get him to look that way and do stretching and positioning to prevent Torticollis.  He wasn't too fond of us always being on his right side, his toys positioned on the right side, noises coming from the right side, and tummy time w/ his head turned to the right, but he's gotten so much better with time!  He'll now look to the right on his own... such a relief!

Hanging out in the diaper... he liked being free, able to kick around for a  while! 

We love this smiley, happy boy! 

He still loves his bath time!  What a stud! 

He's getting bigger all the time, they don't stay little for too long!

1 Week Old Pictures

Lyndi, a good family friend of ours, came to our house and took some pictures of our family and Carter at one week old.  She did an amazing job, I thought I'd share a few of my favorites!  Enjoy!

Future baller for sure! I can't wait until he's old enough to play ball! Poor kid's gonna have his mom teaching him basketball, soccer, baseball, football... if he wants to play, that is...

Future hunter/fisherman thanks to his dad!  His shorts were about 3 months too big for him here, but you get the idea! His dad was pretty proud of these pictures! 

Play Time... Also = Sleep Time (so they say)

Chris and I have really tried keeping Carter awake for longer periods of time after he eats during the day so that he'll sleep more at night... plus I've really enjoyed interacting with him and using that time to bond with him!  I think he's started to recognize my voice more and more, which has also been fun!

He's starting to look around a whole lot more so I've liked getting on the ground with him and  introducing him to all sorts of different toys, sounds, etc.

Thanks to Britni and Jared for letting us borrow this swing, he's pretty content swinging away! 

Just chillin' with dad! 

When Chris gets home from work he's so good about spending time with Carter!  I love seeing those two interact! He's so calm around his daddy!

We hope this is the result after play time!  We absolutely love this baby boy!

Sleep? Who Needs Sleep?

I think it's safe to say that both Chris and I have reached a zombie like state these past couple of weeks... As much fun as being a mom and dad have been, it's exhausting!  No matter how much people tell you to enjoy your sleep now, or enjoy the peace and quiet, there's no way of preparing for parenthood until that sweet little bundle of joy decides to make their way into the world!  I've had nights where I got a whole 2 hours of sleep and others that I got about 5 and it felt like heaven!  I never thought I'd die to see the day where I'd do anything for just 5 hours of sleep at night.  However painful it may be, Chris and I wouldn't have things any other way!  We are loving Carter more and more each day! He's such a healthy, mellow baby, we're very lucky and blessed to have him in our family!

We spend a lot of time burping... Good father and son bonding time! 

Tummy time
I was under the impression that Carter was still too little to be doing tummy time, but Chris was reading through a booklet from the hospital and they stated doing tummy time as early as the day you bring your baby home.  We've tried this a few times a day... Carter's pretty mellow so he'll just lay there and look around for a while.  I try to stimulate him to look at toys to get him to raise his head, which he will do on occasion, but the little guy is pretty content just chillin there on his tummy for a few minutes. 

Britni and Anessa stopped by on their way through town and Anessa saw baby Carter for the first time.  She was a little hesitant at first to hold him, but warmed up after a few minutes.  It was fun having Brit and Ness at the house to visit!  

 

She wasn't quite ready to hold him here... she was fine sitting next to him though

And finally, she broke down and decided she could handle holding her new baby cousin.  By their second visit to our house she was antsy to hold baby Carter... it was killing her having to wait to hold him while he ate because he was, "eating forever!"  She was cute with him!