Little man is 17 months and doing well after surgery

Here are some pics of CWH playing in sand at his BeBe's house. It's been an exciting time for him this month. He started at the UT Child Development Center June 1, and as expected, the first few days were a transition for both of us. He's adjusted quite well. It's been almost a month and no illnesses. They have fun activites like splash time and popsicles. However, we surely appreciate all the love and kindness that his previous sitter showed him before he went off to "school". We do hope to keep in touch!

CWH spent three nights at his BeBe and PopPop's house while Steve and I went on vacation. It was our SEVEN year anniversary, can you believe!? We had a lovely time at La Canterra in San Antonio. CWH apparently didn't miss us too much, and even slept good away from home, which is unusual. He even had a play date.

CWH had surgery on Friday (June 26) for bilateral inguinal hernia and hydrocele repair. We were headed home after the 8:15 am operation by 9:10 in the morning! CWH did great, although we were all quite anxious to have it over with. He was chasing the cat after about an hour of being home.

New words that I can think of off the top of my head - apple, happy, abby (abby cadaby on sesame street? dunno.) He likes to play peek a boo, and sometimes uses his feet for peek a boo when in the car. He will sort of slap your face and laugh, which, of course, is not funny. He has learned to pull the cat's tail, and takes his Lighting McQueen car all over the house. He can work chunky puzzles. Still a picky eater, but favorites are chicken rings, oatmeal, cheese, and he likes to suck the juice out of apples and spit out the rest. He now takes one long nap after lunch. Not sure how long he would sleep, because we wake him after it's been three hours!

That's enough for now!

16 month old little mister!

Mr. Carter turned 16 months old this past Sunday. Thanks to Jeremy for taking our pictures! The bottom one is a pic from the zoo today. CWH is more interested in touching signs, trash cans, and climbing on things than watching the animals.

This week we found out we got a spot for Carter at the UT Child Development Center near our house. Carter has been so well cared for by his sitter, and she and her family have given him so much love. We have been really blessed to have a place like that for Carter to go. I always knew it would be emotionally hard to transfer him to "school", but it seems to be time. We will at least give it a shot.

I have missed my little man recently as work has taken up all my energy and then some. I think things will get better in the next few months at work. My family deserves more of my time than I can give them right now. Carter is growing into a little boy too quick to not cherish more of this time wtih him!

Check-ups and Crayons

Little man had his 15 month checkup on April 23. I was nervous that such a picky eater would have fallen off his growth curve. Sure enough, he went from 25th percentile down to 8th percentile. I was thinking of ways to add heavy cream and fat to all his meals, but when the pediatrician came in, it turned out that the nurse had just plotted his weight wrong on the growth curve. He's still actually 25th percentile! The numbers are:

Weight: 22 pounds 14 ounces (25th percentile)

Height: 31 1/2 inches (60th percentile)

Head circumference: 19 inches (85% percentile) (His head is bigger to hold his extra-intelligent brain :)

He is still a sweetie. We're anxiously awaiting some new words. He does blow kisses and wave "Hi" to strangers. The pictures are him drawing with his first set of crayons. Apparently toddler crayons are triangular now. The middle pics are a father/son trip to the zoo while I was working today. The last pic is Carter playing with his bath letters his ZeZe bought him.

CWH gives good hugs, and still wants mommy to rock him to sleep. I am a little embarrassed to say we still use the bottle at times, but it's the only way to get milk into him. Otherwise, he will occasionally sip from the sippy cup, and the milk gets warm and I wonder if it's still good, and spill-proof isn't really spill-proof.

We're back!

After a long hiatus, the Carter Chronicle if finally back online. Our camera had stopped communicating with our computer, and we just got a new Canon Elph, so we are good to go.

Today's was Carter's 2nd Easter, and he spend it in Cleveland/Coldspring with the Hightower family, including his great-grandmother, MawMaw Hightower. He had a good time playing on the piano and hanging out with his cousins Lauren Jillian. When we got back to Houston, we went to the Garden Center for some photos. 15 month olds don't stay still long, so there were lots of shots of him running off. Today he discovered a new favorite food - cucumbers! He's got a lot of back teeth coming in, so I'm sure it feels good on his gums. The temper tantrums are getting a little more intense, and are most likely to occur when it's time to get in the high chair!

Carter's First Birthday!

Gymboree Day

We had a coupon for a Gymboree class so we though we would check it out. Carter had a blast, and we had a blast watching him! It was a nice break from Carter's condo-life. He loved the bubbles, the parachute, and just wandering around in general.

Carter's First Haircut

Carter had his first haircut yesterday, after much resistance from BeBe and Pop Pop. He slept 95% of the time! He even slept through much of the clippers. His Dad had a haircut first. We went to TGF Haircutters b/c they had a cute car you could sit in, but I just held him the whole time.

In other news, we are going to a class at gymboree today for the first time! Carter is broadening his food menu - yesterday was the first drive-thru chicking nuggets! His favorite is tex-mex. We're also transitioning to whole milk and off the bottle.