He's 4!

Carter is 4 years old.  He is so proud of it too.  I woke up March 20th to a little kid singing "I am four" and marching around the house.  He knows his birthday is a big deal.

It's been a week full of celebration.  First we brought cookies to school on Monday since he doesn't have class on Tuesday (his actual birthday).  The kids in class sang happy birthday and he got a sticker and crown to wear.  Carter also got to pick a present out of the gift box. He thought that was pretty awesome.  It took some explaining from us for him realize that his actual birthday wasn't until the next day.

On his birthday he started out with a doctor's visit.  Carter loves the doctor and always has.  He loves to get his ears looked at and this time they checked his blood pressure.  A new machine at the doctors office nearly blew his mind! Carter likes Dr. Gollnick so much that he invited her to his birthday party.  Aaww, how sweet is that!  Carter is still above average in height (42 in., 85%) and weight (38.25lbs, 70%).  Dr. G said he looks great. Carter needs four shots before starting kindergarten when he's 5.  He had the choice of waiting and doing all 4 later, doing all 4 now or splitting them up.  HE decided to split them up.  Because Carter was so brave in taking shots when he didn't really need to, he was allowed to pick a toy out of the treasure chest.  While waiting for his shots, Carter went on and on about how much he liked shots and didn't need me to hug him or hold his hand.  Well, that was short lived once he got the first one.  He was in for a rude awakening.  Screamed like crazy!!  On the way out, he told me he didn't like shots like the thought he did.  Poor guy!  Later that day we opened presents, had hot dogs for dinner (Carter's choice) and cupcakes and ice cream.

That night was his Spring Sing at school.  It was adorable watching the kids file into the church, stand at the alter, sing and dance.  It took Carter awhile to get into the music.  He was more interested in waving to us and call out to Ryan and Ashley.  At the end of the program Carter was picked to give a bouquest of flowers to the music teacher.  He felt like such a big boy! (picture: Carter is bottom row all the way to the right)

Wednesday was his birthday party at

 Snapperz.  20 kids playing in bounce houses, a climbing gym, bumper cars, laser tag and arcade games....Oh boy!  Carter made the guest list.  He insisted we invite all his friends and all his classmates.  He adores all of them and couldn't stand to not invite anyone.  He did a great job playing with all the kids and had a blast at the party.  Picture to the right is before we sang happy birthday.  He picked out a Disney Cars cake which all the boys at the party loved.  You can tell by the look on his face he's starting to get worn out from having so much fun.

This is a picture of the kids getting ready for laser tag and bumper cars.  Carter is in front of the line with Ryan right behind him (with her back to him).

Next stop in the birthday celebration train is a weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Meek's house where he gets to play with Aidan and have another birthday party with them. 

*Ryan and Carter are going to Evansville while Nonna takes Ashely for an overnight tomorrow.  Mom and Dad are having a night out of town.  It's the first time I've left Ashely for the night and actually it's the fist time I've ever left one of my kids before they were 1 year old.  Usually I like to wait until they sleeping through the night and off bottles.  Sorry Nonna, you might be a little tired after your night with Dolly!  P.S. Happy birthday to Nonna!