2013

Wow can we just say how FAST 2012 went by??  I know I'm a WHOLE day late, BUT whateva...(I still HAVE NO idea how all these bloggy new moms do it, when Carter is sleeping I'd much rather be sleeping too, what does 6 hours of straight sleep look like again?)

BUT

Happy New Year Friends :)

I for one am SUPER excited for this year, I am POSITIVE that it's going to be amazing I mean, 13 is my FAVORITE number!  :D

AND Baby Carter is going to learn SO much this year, eeek I CAN NOT wait!! :D

However, before we continue on into 2013, I just want to go back and reminisce about what an AMAZING year that 2012 has been to us :)

January

I wrote this post reminding myself to be grateful, AND I remember thinking MOSTLY about being sad that I hadn't gotten pregnant yet, and if my calculations are correct I got pregnant VERY shortly after writing that post :)

February 

we found out we were pregnant with Baby Carter :)

March

I wrote this post, about being in LOVE with the number 13, because on the 13th of March my grandpa's bday and that was the FIRST time that I had heard Baby Carter's heartbeat after thinking for weeks that I was having a miscarriage...such a wonderful day :D  I remember calling the husband crying so excited that everything had looked AMAZING on the ultrasound.

April

we told everyone about Baby Carter and it was the MOST amazing time EVER!

May

Marlee Muffin had puppies AND we found out Baby Carter was a HE!

June

I introduced you to the chipmunks :) and we got ready to move.

July

we MOVED, AND we went on Vacation actually, ONLY vacation we went on all year...this MUST change in 2013!

August

I realized Carter was going to be LUCKY #13!  AND we recovered from the vacation, the move and got ready for our Baby Shower in September.

September

we had our FIRST baby shower, and I reminded myself what an AMAZING husband I have :)

October

it was a BIG month!  We went to a concert, we went to the pumpkin patch, baby Carter was BORN!!!  and he celebrated his FIRST holiday! :D  P.S. YES I'm still working on his birth story ALMOST 3 months later :l

November

we celebrated our FIRST thanksgiving (which I NEVER blogged about :() and Carter turned 1 month old!!

December

we went on our first trip to disneyland, and then our second, 1st Christmas WHICH I will blog about, and got ready for the new year :D

We can't wait to see what 2013 has in store for us :)  so much is going to happen and so many fun things already in planning :D

so

Welcome 2013! :)

The Scariest Day of My Life-Thus Far

FYI this is a pretty long story, so if you get bored I completely understand that you skip ahead!


When I started this blog I thought it would be cool to just write about random things that were going on in my life, I mean when I was young I LOVED writing in a journal but stopped because I felt like it was dumb and I didn't ever want anyone to read through my thoughts, so once I started this blog I would write about what was going on, UNTIL I found out I was pregnant and then I REALLY REALLY wanted to write down everything that I was feeling so that I could remember exactly how I felt when things happened, or I was able to look back at exact details of events!  Sooooo I like lots of bloggers that I read thought it only appropriate to not only read about the good things that happen in my life BUT also the terrible.  BECAUSE those things are the ones that are easily forgotten (and for good reason, I mean who wants to remember the bad things?)

Soooo before I start, when I had Carter Kaiser told me that I had 30 days to add him to my companies insurance, so I got home from the hospital and I had a letter from my job telling me that it was OPEN ENROLLMENT time so I figured that I could add him through open enrollment as long as I did it within the 30 days, SO I immediately added him, and that was that.  WELL a couple of weeks later Kaiser called me and told me that I had NOT scheduled his 2 month check up, and I told them I know I would like to schedule it, so they tried but said Carter was NOT covered under my insurance....hmmm weird right?  I mean I ADDED him!  I was SUPER confused so I went through all of the paperwork that my company had sent me about maternity leave, I mean did I miss something?  Well as I was going through it I found a paper that said "if you are on leave for maternity please call blah blah blah within 30 days to add child" okay cool, first thing in the morning I called the lady NO ANSWER left a message, no call back so I called her back later that day NO ANSWER okay cool maybe she'll call me tomorrow well she did the next morning and I explained to her that I had ADDED him and wasn't sure why he didn't have insurance, it was 8:30 or so am you would have thought this lady was up all night with a newborn because literally she was one of the biggest bitches EVER!  (so frustrating dealing with people ESPECIALLY that work in HR that are ridiculously RUDE!!) she told me that my baby was now 6 weeks old so it was too bad I had added him through open enrollment and COULD NOT add him until the beginning of the year.  I explained to her that I was confused because I thought I HAD added him, her response?  WELL IT WAS IN YOUR PAPERWORK SEVERAL TIMES (it was in there ONCE) that I had to CALL her within 30 days (can I tell you again how ridiculous this lady was?)  I informed her that it was only in there once and I had missed it since I thought I could add him through open enrollment and that he would be added immediately.  She said NO too bad I couldn't add him THERE WAS NOTHING SHE COULD OR WOULD DO and I would have to wait until the new year for him to be added!  I immediately hung up on that EVIL lady and called my mom to explain to her what had happened she told me that, that was CRAZY because how could they tell me he couldn't be added just because I didn't add him within that small time frame BUT since it was only 3 weeks away until the new year that it would be okay....bad idea.

Soooo fast forward to December 18th (my parents 30th wedding anniversary, Happy Anniversary Guys!!)  it was a normal day, my grandma and I had spent the day shopping and it was a good day!  WELL Me & Carter got home around 5ish and we walked into our kitchen COMPLETELY covered in water, I mean the WHOLE entire floor!  I called maintenance and they immediately came over here, well it was time for Carter to eat so I took him to the room to feed him and put him down for a nap while maintenance cleaned up the mess, apparently the line was clogged beneath us and the people above us ran their dish washer or washer machine or something with LOTS of water (it smelled like pine-sol, could have smelled worse) and all that water had come into our apartment!  It was crazy so me and Carter were in my room we took a little nap and then I woke up while he continued to sleep and I decided it was time to put away some of the CRAZY pile of laundry that we had.  The husband came home and his brother & girlfriend came by I continued putting clothes away and me and his girlfriend were talking about idk probably kim k being pregnant (psychics I know) when all of a sudden Carter woke up SCREAMING he has always done this, usually when he's naping randomly he'll just start crying in his sleep BUT this time he did it once like normal and then all of a sudden screamed LOUDER so loud that it scared me, it seemed like someone pinched him or something.  So I picked him up and when I did he immediately turned BLUE!!  YES BLUE!!  I of course started freaking out and I HATE even thinking about it because it was so scary!  I started patting him in his back and blowing in his face saying Carter breathe, Leslie also said Carter breathe and I KNOW that it couldn't have been MORE then 10 AT THE MOST 15 seconds I don't even think that long of me freaking out and trying to get him to breathe when ALL of a sudden all of his color was back!  I couldn't believe, how fast he had turned blue was exactly  how fast his color came back.  It was so scary.  and he was acting like everything was completely FINE.  I couldn't believe it, and I was still in shock.  He was hungry so I fed him, burped him and watched him carefully and nothing seemed completely fine, I didn't know what to do.  So I called Kaiser to ask them if I should take him in?  After speaking with the Nurse she told me that I should in fact take him in and when I told her he wasn't covered under my insurance she transfered me to the insurance people who informed me that IF I DID take him into Kaiser because he wasn't covered under my insurance anymore whatever it cost for him to be there would be completely OUT OF POCKET (can I just tell you again WHAT A BITCH THAT LADY was for not adding him?) I immediately called my mom and by now I was KINDA okay A LOT freaking out (I think I was in shock at first and didn't know how to feel) she of course didn't answer so I called my dad, who told me that I NEEDED to take him in NOW, but my Mom told us NOT to take him to Kaiser since Kaiser is private I needed to take him into a regular emergency room.  (BY NOW I WAS COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT) we loaded him into the car and can I just tell you that he was cooing and hanging out the whole time I really think that the way he was acting was making me feel like he didn't need to go to the hospital because he was so calm and so happy.

Well we got to the hospital and they IMMEDIATELY took us in, YES I was in tears now, freaking out that something might be wrong with my brand new baby actually just writing this story is making my heart ache.  They asked us a MILLION questions and told us that he needed LOTS of tests to see what happened.  and then it started they had us there from around 8:30-11:30 doing test after test (if I had thought it would be hard to watch him get his two month shots those are going to be a CAKE walk after what they did to him) they poked him what seemed like with every single thing they could they took blood, added an IV line, gave him a catheter to get a pee sample, took an x-ray, stuck things in his nose, throat, butt, everywhere it still makes me so sad thinking that my poor baby had to go through all of that at such as such a tiny little baby :(  the doctor finally came in to tell us that they received ALL of his test results and EVERYTHING came back normal he was fine, BUT they wanted him to stay overnight to MAKE sure that it wasn't something that they had missed.  So we did, at 8 weeks old my baby had his first overnight hospital stay and it was rough.  I don't think I slept really at all, and it was freezing and the whole night he had an IV line in and ugh it was the WORST night of my entire life!  BUT the next morning the doctor came in and said that EVERYTHING was fine, his vitals were perfect the entire night and that some babies sometimes just forget to breathe if they're upset or frustrated and that since he woke up crying he might have just forgotten to take a breathe and that it was normal in infants but they had to be sure that it was nothing, better to be safe then sorry.  did I also tell you that the entire time we were in the hospital Carter was AMAZING he was cooing and smiling at all the nurses can we say flirt already?  and they all kept telling us how cute he was.  AND while we were there Santa Claus came to visit and brought him the cutest bear.

he loved looking at the machines lights

The Husband had a friend that he went to high school with that worked at that hospital so he had come in to see Carter and he told me that his son would do the same thing all the time, and that he did in fact see that happen all the time, but that his stats did look really good and that the doctor had told him too that MOST babies only do it once and realize not to ever do it again, whereas his kid decided to do it until he was 2!  (please pray baby Carter doesn't EVER scare us like that again).

We were finally released and were so happy to be home.  But while we were leaving I couldn't help but think of all of the kids that were in the hospital and were not so lucky to go home that day and the ones that weren't so lucky to find out that there wasn't anything wrong with them.  It hurt my heart knowing that another mom has to be as scared as I was for ONE night for much much longer.  :(  Really makes you realize that health is the MOST important thing of all because without health we really have nothing, and I'm so grateful that Baby Carter got a clean bill of health.  AND as of today he has insurance again.  thank you god.

P.S. anyone that says Universal Healthcare has NEVER lived without healthcare, and DEFINITELY hasn't lived without healthcare with a baby because we got an ESTIMATE of our ER visit (not including the hospital stay) and it was $1,300 and I'll tell you AGAIN what a BITCH that lady was for NOT adding Carter to my health insurance!  Constantly praying for my families health, AND that Obama Care gets passed sooner then later!

Carter & his Best Friend :)

It's Okay-LAST ONE OF 2012!!

Helloooo omg! Have I been MIA or what?!? If you would like to see more or get daily pics of Mr Carter Jax then add me on IG! I post lots of pics! (Can't help it!)

Okay...soooo my New Years resolution is to keep up with blogging AND the husband bought me a BRAND NEW iMac sooooo maybe I can get baby carter to sit at the computer with me sometimes to type up a blog post? Maybe?? Wishful thinking I know! BUT a girl can dream right?

Soooo now onto its okay...

....that I bought my baby lots of books for Christmas (he WILL learn to love to read)

....that I was so sick on Christmas Eve that I thought about staying home and avoiding people (I didn't end up doing it but I was NOT feeling it) thank goodness I felt 100xs better the next day!

....I was super duper excite for my new computer from the husband! He's AMAZING!!! Now I just can't wait for it to get here!!! P.S. does anyone know when it will ship? The website just keeps saying January.

....that I haven't had a desktop computer in my life since I left my parents house after high school and I'm excited to have a stationary computer zone!

....that Mr Carter is kinda fussy most days but I couldn't love him more!

....I refuse to take down my Christmas tree until AFTER the new year! It just doesn't make sense to me to take it down before!

....that I have some stuff to return to the stores but ugh I don't feel like it

....that I got 4 1/2 hours of uninterrupted sleep the other night and I woke up worried because I couldn't believe I'd slept so long but yep Mr Carter was sleeping away :)

....that Mr Carter reminds me of an old man that falls asleep for short periods of times it makes me laugh so much

....that the day after Christmas always makes me kinda sad :l

....my house is NEVER clean because as soon as Carter falls asleep 101 things run through my head that must be done and I end up doing about 1 of them! :/ I WILL get the hang of this I promise Husband

....it's cold and I like it

....I'm excited for 2013! I felt like I was pregnant the entire year of 2012 so I'm excited to spend a year not pregnant and soaking up ALL that mr carter has to offer! I swear he's so cute! :)

Sinceeee I haven't been on here much

MERRY CHRISTMAS blogger friends!!! AND if I forget to write again...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :)

My New Years resolution starts soon! :)

Disneyland :)

While I was still pregnant our old neighbors/friends/new neighbors invited us to eat @ Club 33 in Disneyland...if you don't know what that is its a kinda exclusive kinda undercover restaurant in Disneyland that you MUST have a membership to in order to eat there! Soooo of course when they invited us we jumped @ it because I mean being the Disney lovers that we are of course we wanted to go! Welllll they got the reservations for December 1st and we were excited! Only thing I wasn't excited for was leaving baby carter (yes, I have become obsessed with my baby & NO I do not want to leave him With anyone!) soooo thank god our friends said he was welcome to join us and we were ready for baby Carter to spend his first day @ Disneyland :)

We had reservations for noon so we of course were running late & around just in time we didn't even have to take the baby in with us to eat because lucky for us the husbands brother (Carter's soon to be god father) and his wonderful girlfriend also came with us so they stood in the park with baby carter while he slept & the husband myself & our friends went to eat! Let me say club 33 is AMAZING the steak was delicious and it was pretty cool being somewhere where not a Lot of people are allowed! And it was cool looking out from the balcony! We ate a delicious lunch and spent the rest of the day walking around looking @ the cute Christmas decorations that Disney has to offer! AND it was Carter's 1st time soooo of course we HAD to get his 1st time pin, his Mickey ears and take a family pic! It was so much fun! We actually didn't mind having a brand new baby with us at all!

AND I'm so surprised I didn't know this already BUT Disneyland has a nursery where you can change the baby (on a nice soft changing pad, not in a cold bathroom), nurse a baby, feed a baby in a high chair, they sell baby food, bottled and lots of other stuff you need for a baby it is so cool! And I really can't believe in ALL of the times I've been to Disneyland I had NO idea this place existed! :)

We DID end up going back to Disneyland the following Sunday to see the husbands sister perform in a concert it's called candlelight and its BEAUTIFUL if you're at Disney during Christmas I definitely recommend it!

p.s. the Baby Bjourn is amazing! I love how easy it is to travel with him and you still have free hands! Loooove it!

And now lots of pics :)

Happy 6 Weeks Baby Carter :)

Baby Carter Weights:  I weighed him last week and he was already 10.2 lbs :-O he's growing so fast!!  BUT I'm pretty sure that this week he's almost if not 11 lbs by now!

Height: we measured him last night and he was 22 ALMOST 23 inches!

Clothing size: he is wearing newborn sized onesies still BUT all of his newborn outfits are way too small :(

Diaper size:  We switched over to ones and the other day I found a couple of newborn diapers to put him in and they were SO small there was NO way they would fit him!  It was hilarious!  So he's OFFICIALLY in size 1 diapers now!

Feeding:  he's in a growth spurt right now and eating ALMOST every two hours (terrible for me at night) but he's a growing guy!

Sleep:  his sleep is still all messed up BUT he's sleeping for longer periods of times thank god!  I think he's going through a growth spurt this week, so we're hoping next week is going to be a little better.

Milestones:  he is OFFICIALLY smiling and I swear I could be dead tired and he'll smile at me and it makes my heart melt :)  I LOVE IT!!!

Adventures:  We definitely went on an adventure this week!!!
CARTER WENT TO DISNEYLAND
(separate post coming soon)

Mommy and Daddy could not get through this week without:  LOTS and LOTS of diapers, we found out that we could return ALL of our pampers and put the money on a gift card at Target!  YAY because we can get huggies for wayyyy cheap using amazon mom!  LOVE!  Hellooooo 230 diapers for $29!  Oh and we could DEFINITELY not do without our giraffe he LOVES LOVES LOVES IT!

Month 1 Necessities!!

I can't tell you enough how thankful I am for blogging because I was able to find out soooo much stuff that I needed for baby that I had NO idea I needed or wanted!  When I was looking at baby stuff I had NO idea what I needed AT all, I had no idea where to even start!  Sooooooo I thought I'd share with you some of the stuff that has made our last month run a little smoother :)

For Baby

Sleep n' Play pajamas-I don't think I could possibly have enough of these for all of the time that he spends in them!  I LOVE them, and I didn't realize that of ALL the clothes we got for his baby shower(s) we only received 1 pack of 2 of these!  I had to buy so many more, which is fine because I found some super cute ones at Target!  I love that they are cool enough for him to sleep in, all those fleece although super cute are just too hot for him AND they are nice enough that I don't feel like a terrible mom for letting him stay in them all day the next day if we have nothing to do...they're called sleep n play for a reason!  :)

Aden & Adain Swaddlers-I had saw these on a couple of different blogs and OMG are they AMAZING!!!  Every single day I tell the husband that I'm so glad we invested in these, when you see the package at $40, it kinda seems dumb for something so thin BUT invest in these, I seriously use them for EVERYTHING!!  He gets swaddled in them, burp clothes, covers for his car seat when we go to stores and I don't want people looking at him (yes sometimes I'm that mom, it's flu season I would die if he got sick), I even use them to cover myself when I'm nursing and people are over I LOVE THEM!!  P.S. they're super soft and come in LOTS of different designs and all are SUPER cute!

Onesies-of course everyone has these, I LOVE the Carter brand ones they're thick and come in LOTS of different designs PLUS I got all of his on sale at the Carter's store when everything was 50% off PLUS had an additional coupon for ANOTHER 20% off woot woot!  I also like them because they're bigger size so I know they'll fit the little monster a little longer, his nb ones still fit really good.

Huggies Little Snugglers-When we were in the hospital they gave us Pampers to use, and we got LOTS of Pampers as baby shower gifts, so we were using them first, then I opened up the one package of Huggies that we received and fell IN LOVE with them!  In the back it is something almost like elastic that goes across the babies back it makes it feel like they are soooooo sturdy and really fit the baby!  PLUS of course they have the yellow pee line, and they have winnie the pooh on them which is super cute too.

Boppy with a cute cover-okay, maybe the cute cover is not absolutely necessary BUT it does make it that much better.  I didn't realize that we would use this pillow so much until we had it.  Actually I didn't even realized I used it so much until I started thinking about what have been necessities this month AND we use this SO much!  It's amazing with nursing and now that he's bigger it's good for him to use to sit up with or even lay in.  I LOVE it, and I got the CUTEST cover on Etsy from Valerie, she was amazing and everything was completely customizable :)

For Mom

Baby Connect-I had searched for an app that would keep track of nursing times, times he slept, pooped, dr appts, etc. I tried the free ones, but I wanted to know averages and stuff and none of those offered that.  UNTIL I read on a blog about this app!  It was kinda expensive I think it was like $5 BUT it's AMAZING!!  It has been so helpful Really, I will feel like the baby has been asleep for HOURS and then I look at the app and it tells me he's only been asleep for 30 minutes, AND when you first get home from the hospital TRUST ME your brain will NOT work AT ALL, or at least mine didn't so it's really helpful to keep track of everything with this app.  Oh and the other thing good about this app is that you can download it on other devices (like the husbands or even a nannies) and they can keep track of things when they're watching the baby, I use the husband's phone when mine dies at night and it makes it so easy!  I LOVE IT!

Starbucks-Okay, Okay soooo MAYBE I was obsessed with this before the baby came BUT I am SUPER obsessed now, whenever Baby Carter & I do go outside to run errands I grab a pumpkin spice, I love them!  AND to be honest I'm not just obsessed with Starbucks in coffee in general and as a new parent you need at least a cup a day, sometimes more when the new baby is confused as to what is day and what is night like baby Carter sometimes is.  P.S. if you go to Starbucks as much as me, MAKE sure you join the rewards club, FREE drink every 12 drinks you buy PLUS free drink for your bday AND you can pay for your coffee via your phone, NO need to carry a wallet!  LOVE!!

iPhone-OF course I need my phone to use the app, BUT mostly I use my phone to take RIDICULOUS amounts of pictures of the baby (I've already had to go through it a couple of times and delete stuff I don't need to make room for more pictures, I NEED A 64), I mean really I've tried using the camera BUT it's such a hassle and it's so much easier to keep your phone on you, PLUS when you take pictures with a camera it's way harder to share your pictures on IG and really that's my favorite pass time right now LOVE IG (if you don't follow me, make sure you do OVER THERE -------->)

Nursing Bra-ugh when I first had the baby I had ONE nursing bra/shirt and I soon realized that I couldn't wear this EVERY day.  So we went out and bought some more, BUT it was amazing as to how much you need these, I seriously thought at one point I didn't need any (man was I wrong).  I tried wearing a regular bra the other day because all my nursing ones were dirty (being lazy and not washing) and it was SOOOO uncomfortable!  P.S. you'll need a couple I was surprised at how dirty they get, YOU WILL LEAK!

Nursing Pads-Like I just said, you will leak, I didn't think it would happen that much BUT nope, it does and the first time it happened I couldn't stop laughing because out of no where my whole shirt was SOAKED!!  I tried a couple of different nursing pads, most were samples I've gotten when we registered for the baby, and I tried the reusable ones BUT I love these Tommee Tippee ones!!  They're really absorbant and I tried the J&J ones and they leave cotton behind which gets in the babies mouth YUCK!

Water Bottle-When you are nursing you are supposed to drink RIDICULOUS amounts of water, well I make sure to drink at least 1/2 to 1 whole bottle of water after each nursing session because I don't want to get dehydrated, and after a long nursing session I seriously feel like I just ran a mile I'm so thirsty!  I got a set of contigo water bottles for less then $20 at Costco and they work amazing you can use it with one hand so you can drink while nursing.

Happy 5 Weeks Baby Carter

Okay, so not toooooo bad ONLY two days behind this week!  :l

Baby Carter Weights:  I weighed him last week and he was already 10 lbs!!!

Height: I think he's gotten bigger BUT I'm not positive

Clothing size: He has been wearing more and more 0-3 clothes ACTUALLY the other day I put him in his newborn pants and they were soooo short :(  BUT all his newborn onesies still fit wayyyy better then his 0-3 ones.

Diaper size:  We finally stopped buying newborn ONLY because we have so many size 1's already AND has anyone else noticed that size NB are MORE expensive then 1's??  Does that even make sense??  ehhh whateva he's in 1's but they're still HUGE!

Feeding:  He's still eating like a champ!  I swear sometimes he won't eat for TWO hours and he is STARVING I mean last night he made himself choke because he was chugging so fast!  Can we say dramatic?  :)

Sleep:  Ummm it's a work in progress...we're still working on a schedule, somedays are definitely better then others!   Last night slept from 1-6:15 straight OVER 5 hours straight!  I'll take that EVERY night please :D

Milestones:  he can hold his head really good now.  He lovessssss to lay on his boppy and pick up his head, and kick his feet!  He is cooing and grunting lots too...AND he stays awake for longer periods of times just hanging out...those are my favorite times :D

Adventures:  he turned 1 month old, he celebrated his FIRST thanksgiving, he got to see LOTS of family that hadn't met him yet (like his great great grandma) OH and he asked his godparents if they would be his godparents :)

Mommy and Daddy could not get through this week without:  LOTS and LOTS of diapers and wipes HE pooped on me for the first time this week!  HOW does that even happen!?!  He also pees on me or the husband AT least once a week if not more this week, it's been twice YAY us!  PLUS his Boppy I don't think I've mentioned this before but we LOVE it!

OMG! Baby Carter is ONE month OLD!

where did the MONTH go?!?!

I can't even believe that I have spent a whole month without a BIG belly and instead have been taking care of a handsome little boy!

I'm going to share with you some of my FAVORITE pictures from this month that has literally FLOWN by!!!

I'm so thankful for this little dude, he's literally amazing!  EVEN when he's super fussy I just can't get enough of him....I didn't know it was possible but I really love him more and more each and every single day :)

outfit home from the hospital :)

soooo tiny in his car seat

looooove a naked baby :)

his face has already changed so much :(

grouchy butt!

"get outta my face!"

we were sleepyyyyyy

thanksgiving day shopping :)

just hanging out

i dont think he liked the beanie

don't mind my nursing bra :l

just in looking at these pictures I can't believe how much he has changed in a month!  He's grown so much!  and has already gotten such a personality!  I can't wait to see what else god has in store for us!

Happy 4 Weeks Baby Carter :)

I did write this WHOLE post when it was supposed to be written BUT then I didn't like the way that it was formatted so I never posted it soooo here is it!  :) JUST a little over a week late NBD :D

Baby Carter Weights:  I'm thinking around 9 lbs for sure!  He's getting so heavy!!

Height: I think he's the same he was 21 inches

Clothing size: He still fits in a lot of his newborn clothes BUT since he only has a couple of NB outfits I have been putting him in some 0-3 and most of them are HUGE but we make due

Diaper size:  He's still in newborn once in a while we'll put him in size 1 BUT they're so big so we went out and bought some more NB

Feeding:  He's eating good!  :)  NOT too sure how much BUT he is definitely waking up every 3-4 hours at night :l

Sleep:  Ugh his sleep is ALL messed up!!  It's terrible!  One night he'll sleep really good and only wake up once at night and then the next night he'll decide that he wants to wake up at 2/3 and stay up until 6/7 it's terrible!  I'm HOPING that it was just a phase and we will outgrow it ASAP!

Milestones:  he has better and better head control i love it!!  PLUS he's smiling more, not completely on purpose BUT I don't care I LOVE it!!  It brightens his whole face and makes me fall EVEN more in love with him...i didn't even know that was possible!!

Adventures:  this week it was raining so we didn't do much at ALL!!  We did however take our first big boy bath and this dude LOVED it!!  I'll make sure to post some pics asap :)

Mommy and Daddy could not get through this week without:  still swaddlers even though we use them for a lot less swaddling and a lot more comfort.  PLUS we LOVE our pack n play, the owls are his favorite!  :)  AND LOTS AND LOTS of diapers!!  I LOVE LOVE LOVE huggies little snugglers :)  i'm so sad because we got SOOOOOO many pampers at our baby shower but I LOVEEEEEEE the huggies ones...can't be ungrateful though right?  Pampers were free!  I'll learn to love them!

"King Of The Crib"

"I'm mad!  I lost all my hair!"

sleepy smiles :D

"YUCK!"

A love story-and then we were friends

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So the future (at the time I had NO idea this would ever happen) husband and my best friend at the time had hooked up, I mean they weren't officially dating or anything but they were definitely talking on the phone and stuff because I would hear allllllllll about it.  P.S. by now I had the HUGEST crush on TFH but since I had JUST broken up with my boyfriend at the time I could NOT tell anyone!  I mean then they would think I broke up with my Ex to be with TFH (heck maybe that is why I broke up with him IDK) but none of that mattered now, because he was now dating my best friend and there was no chance in me and him ummm ever **insert extremely sad face**  I went on with my senior year of high school without really hearing from him too much just through the grapevine from my friend when him and her would talk, AND then it was almost summer again and it was time for us to work together again!  We had the best summer working together and of course hung out randomly and especially at work...took our breaks together to do random shit like go to toys r us and find toys that we could buy to play with while at work...go look at RV's at the RV store, etc.  I still hoped to work with him every single day, but we were just friends.

FAST forward to the end of summer and I was off to college, he came up to Fresno (where I went to school) to visit we got RIDICULOUSLY drunk hung out and had the best time, when I would come home we would always plan a trip to have breakfast and then we would hang out go to a party or just hang out playing drinking games, we had become really really good friends.  Nothing more, even if I had hoped for it.

Our friendship continued this way plus I either ALWAYS had a boyfriend OR he ALWAYS had a girlfriend and we never stepped outside the "friend zone."

This was until 2008....