OMG!! Baby Carter is FIVE months old!!

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Height:

Clothing Size:  he is MOSTLY in 3-6 month clothes, he can still fit into his 3 month onesies, and they fit PERFECT I'm thinking that within the next couple of weeks they won't fit anymore, but right now his 6 month ones just fit so big.  AND all of his t-shirts, like the stretchy material ones are 6 months, idk he just doesn't fit into the smaller ones.  AND his shoes he's in size 2 still, but I always buy at least size 3 or even 4 because I get so nervous that he'll just grow overnight and then he won't get to wear them at all.

Diaper Size:  welllllll he SHOULD be in size 2 still, because that is what fits him BUT I order his diapers on amazon and since we order by the hundreds, I was so worried that he'd outgrow his size 2 diapers before we got to use them all, so I ordered size 3...now I'm thinking I messed up and should have just stuck with the 2's because the 3's don't fit his waist at all....what to do what to do...still haven't figured it out...BUT he'll probably just be in size 3 FOREVER since we put him in them so early.

Feeding:  He is still EBF BUT at six months we are going to start giving him food....is it bad that I seriously CAN NOT wait!!  I can't wait to see how he reacts to food...and to not be the only one to feed him....soooo by next month update he should have already tasted his first food, and I'll be SURE to post lots and lots of pictures :)  (i'm sure you would love that right?)

Sleep:  hmmmm well for the MOST part his sleep is good, BUT my poor little dude is teething because he'll randomly wake up at night screaming his head off!    If we stick some orajel in his mouth his is instantly fine, and goes right back to sleep...my poor baby :(  I hope those teeth pop out SOON!

Milestones:  He can sit up for a couple of seconds now, maybe 30 and then he'll throw himself over to the side.  he also can get around anywhere on our floor, he'll figure a way to get there by turning and spinning and rolling, it's so funny!  He knows his  name now and will turn when someone calls him :)  he gets distracted when eating, so if someone's talking he'll turn his head like they're talking to him (funny but kinda annoying when I'm trying to feed him discreetly).  he laughs at all kinds of stuff now, makes things so much funnier then they are because he's busting up laughing.

Adventures:  this month carter helped his dad celebrate his bday :)

Mommy & Daddy could NOT get through this month without:  Baby Carter, we seriously can't get enough of his bald head.  Oh and our swaddle blankets (still) all of our cute clothes AND The Black Keys!  Carter loves loves loves them :D

I know that I have heard people say over and over again, BUT it truly does get better & better every single day!  Right now he learns so much!!!  He can copy lots of things we do.  and he pays so much attention to us!  I never in a million years thought that motherhood would be THIS amazing!  He really brings so much joy to us, and I can't believe that he's been here for ALMOST 1/2 year!!!

my little bald headed baby is getting more hair, and it's even more funny that it grows funny so it looks like he constantly has bed head :)  I PROMISE I brushed it before these pics!

is march really 1/2 way over already?

I KNOW that everyone told me that once I had Carter time would ZOOOM by and boy oh boy were they completely  RIGHT!! I mean I have NEVER EVER had an ALMOST five month period go as fast as it has FLOWN by right now.  LITERALLY!  I'm still in disbelief!

I just looked at my sad lonely blog and saw that the last day that I wrote was when Carter turned 4 months old and low and behold he's ALMOST 5 months (next week).  I miss you blog.  I miss writing.  Even if it was about ABSOLUTELY NOTHING at all.

It's Okay Thursdays!

Friday letters?  

LOVE

and I greatly want to tell you all about the baby products that I'm currently OBSESSED with.  I mean there are lots and THOSE were (I mean ARE) my FAVORITE posts to read!  I love seeing all the cool stuff out there, because MOST times I have no idea, what to get for Carter and either buy something OR read or saw somewhere something cool.

Like, for instance, has anyone heard of Mini & Maximus?  I hadn't!  and I'm currently OBSESSED with 

I mean is this shirt NOT the cutest thing ummm EVER?  It reminds me of the husband!  Maybe it's the beard?  Or the glasses?  IDK but it does and I WANT IT!  BUT @ a cool $24 plus shipping, I'm NOT positive baby Carter is going to be rocking it, ummm any time soon.

Is it me, or do all moms have a million and Ummm 1 things to do on their to do list and DAILY get done about ummm 1.  leaving the million for tomorrow.  Ya, me either.

I want a NEW blog layout desperately, I want something so simple and clean...but don't have the time to do it, and I don't really have the funds to pay a million and one dollars for a new layout either, for this hobby of mine.  Who wants to make my blog completely white for me?

P.S. I wish I wouldn't have wanted to want to change childrens lives when I was young and decided to do something cool in college instead like graphic design...it's so much cooler, and when I'm using AI I feel like a badass!  I LOVE THAT program so much!

This weekend is St. Patricks day!!  Hip Hip Hooray!  Maybe, I'll actually drink a green beer this year!  Last year we went to a bar (because I was like ummm 6 weeks pregnant) and I was tricking everyone into making it seem like I was drinking because I carried around green dye and was dying my water :)  I can't help it I LOVE green colored anything for St. Patty's Day it's just SO MUCH FUN!!  And every single year for St Pats day the husband and I dye our drinks.  I mean it's just more fun to drink a beer if it's green!

P.S. can I give Carter a bottle on Sunday and dye it green because it would be funny?  Probably wouldn't be good to give a 5 month old food coloring ha?  Something to ask Mr. Google.

I love Kohls.  that is all, it's literally my favorite store.

Oh and my name is Jade and I'm a little tiny bit addicted to shopping on IG.  first step to admitting you have a problem is to admit it.  I know.  I'm addicted.

Please, tell me this is not the most random post ever?  No, okay cool.

March 13th, 2012

so last year on this exact day I wrote this post.  Well at the time I was just a few weeks pregnant, hadn't told ANYONE yet!

And in the beginning of my pregnancy I was (might be TMI) but spotting, I thought at first I was having a miscarriage.  It was terrifying.  Literally.  I prayed every single day that god would not take away the gift that he had given us, and that me and the husband wanted so desperately.

the gift that I had prayed for every single week in church.  I longed to have a baby.  longed to be a mother, and every day that I was having problems I was so scared that it would be taken away from me in an instant.

while I was at work I started spotting more then normal, and had a meltdown.  so i had to tell my NEW boss (I literally found out I was pregnant ONE day after I started my job) that I thought I was having a miscarriage, and didn't have insurance.  It was literally the worst day of my life, I was so scared.  Shaking I headed to a woman's clinic and they told me that there was nothing they could do because being that early in your pregnancy you can't do anything...if you are going to have a miscarriage, there is nothing we can do about it.  (never felt so helpless in my life) but they told me to come back in two weeks to meet with a real doctor and to go to the hospital if the spotting got worse and was gushing.

I went to check out prenatal pills in tow, and they said okay, your appt is in two weeks on March 13th :)  Right away I got a good feeling, because I knew that, that was my gpa's bday and he would be watching out for us that day!

I still had spotting but, I continued to pray that god keep this child inside me safe.  Besides during my grandpa's time in the hospital, I don't think that I have EVER prayed so much in my whole life.

March 13th came, and I went to my appt. they had told me it would just be a routine exam and it was at 2 pm, so I didn't bring the husband with me, but when I go there the doctor, (I guess he could feel my nervousness) said, well if you want, you can come to my office later today and get an ultrasound to see what's actually going on with the baby, if we see a heartbeat then you're good, if not well we'll talk about that if we need to.  then he said, only if you want.

I didn't even have to think about it.  I immediately told him YES!  And scheduled an appt with him.  I left the doctors and went back to work.  I think my appt was like 2 hours later, and literally the entire two hours I looked at the clock waiting for it to be time, so I could see my peanut.

It was finally time to go and I went to the doctor and he did an ultrasound.  I don't think i've ever had as sweaty palms as I did that day.  I laid there thinking the worst but praying for the best, praying to my gpa to watch over us.

and the doctor said..."okay there it is.  you're about nine/ten weeks pregnant" huh?  really?  I looked at the screen (because I had been to scared to look before) and there was the BLOB.  He said theres the heartbeat and I could see the tiniest itiest bitiest flicker, and he said "let me see hold on" and he started playing my babies heartbeat!!!  He said "okay everything sounds really good. take care of yourself and if you have any severe bleeding head to emergency" he handed me a picture.

So, when I wrote the entire post about my gpas bday one year ago today, it was because I KNEW that day that my gpa was watching over me and carter that day.  It was as if he was saying, don't worry mija I got this, I'm not going to let anything happen to this baby.  I can't even begin to explain the sense of calmness that I felt that day, because it was incredible.  When I got in the elevator that day and was telling the husband all about the baby my eyes would not stop crying, I was so happy.  I remember distinctly telling him over and over again we don't have to worry anymore babe, my grandpa is going to take care of our baby.

we don't need to worry anymore.
it was amazing.
and now a year later, my eyes still tear up thinking about that day.

I was so happy, and looking at Carter sleep and think that a year ago I was worried for him, and a year ago today I was actually able to see his tiny little heart beat and today I get to hear him laugh, and see him roll all over our floor.

and today, on my grandpa's birthday i could not be more happy.

today on his birthday I could not be more grateful that i have an angel watching over carter in heaven.

Reveille Reveille Grandpa!
well all miss you every single day!

Thank you for continuing to watch over us!  We love you!