Family & Good Friends

So now that I'm back at work it's been really hard for me to keep up with blogging so I'm a very behind! On the 13th we had a very very busy but fun day!! My Aunt Gail got married that morning so we attended her wedding at 11am. My sister came into town with her youngest, Teagan, and it was great seeing them both. The wedding was beautiful and just perfect. I just love when we have such wonderful events in our family that brings everyone together outside of the basic holidays. It's great seeing and catching up with everyone.

After the boys got a nap in we headed back to the Frisco area for David's grandfather's 80th birthday. I got to meet some more his family on his dad's side that I haven't met yet. Trent as always had fun playing with his cousins and of course having a "little" piece of cake...

From there, we headed home, repacked the boys bags and headed to drop them off to my mom's house for the evening. We then went to my Aunt's house for a little get together. We only were able to stay for about an hour or so because David's best friend, James, was in town that night only. We then ventured to meet up with him to hang out for the rest of the evening. It was a very long and busy day but such a great time seeing so many people!!

We are hopeful!

So we went to the doctor yesterday and am excited by the advice she has given us to help our little guy out! But first here are his stats:



Height-27inches-95%

Weight-17lbs 13oz-90%

Head-17 inches-75%



The doctor said he was about the size of a 6 month old. So we talked to her about his sleeping habits and how we were concerned that he was still waking on average every 4 hours. She checked him out and found he has sore throat. She said to give him Tylenol before bed to help with that. Then we went over that he has eczema. She recommend Cortaid twice daily along with Aveeno or Aquaphor; this will help relieve the itchy skin which could also be waking him. I told her he also seemed like he has allergies; she said to put a humidifier in his room as they are in door allergies since they don't have outside allergies this early. Also keep it well vacuumed and no dust and the animals out of his room. She said it also could be that he's been fighting a cold after cold. Last but not least, she gave us an awesome hand out on how to train you baby to soothe themselves to sleep without being held or a bottle. We think he is a trained eater meaning when he wakes up he doesn't know how to put himself to sleep without a bottle. She said in about 2 weeks if we follow this we should have a new baby!!

4 months old

Carter turned 4 months last Friday and is just getting so big!! His doctor appt is Thursday so I'll post his stats after that. He is in size 2 diapers and size 3-6 month clothes. His sleep patterns are all over the board! He has slept 9-11 hours a handful of times but still wakes up at least once a night...sometimes twice. He is already eating solid foods twice a day and eats 6-7 ozs in his bottle (so we are blown away he still wakes up to eat but he does!!) Carter is starting to try to roll over (he can get on his side) and has found his feet. He is super ticklish and smiles a lot. I know they grow up right before your eyes so I am really trying to take in every minute I can!!