Carter's Playtime Buddies

The Mobile Animals
Carter will lay in his crib and talk to these guys endlessly. They must be pretty funny because Carter is always smiling and laughing when he's with them.

Mr. Bear
Mr. Bear keeps Carter company during diaper changes. He loves to hug Mr. Bear and eat Mr. Bear's feet. This stuffed animal is quickly becoming Carter's favorite toy.

Meeks In Town

Uncle Kevin and Aunt Amy were in town for the wedding and met Carter for the first time. Carter loved all the quality time he spent playing with them while they stayed at our house.

While they were in town the rest of the Meek family drove up from Evansvlle for a day at the Indianapolis Zoo.

Cousin Aidan loved the sharks. Carter loved anywhere there was shade and all the buildings that had air conditioning.

Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hunter

Congratulations to Simon and Shannon Hunter who got married this weekend. We are so happy for them. The Hunters are now in Aruba for their honeymoon...hard to believe it's already been 3 years since we were there for our honeymoon!

The wedding was in downtown Indy so leaving Carter for a couple of hours was a piece of cake. Grandma Fearrin had babysitting duties while Mom and Dad had a night out on the town.

Rain, Rain Go Away...

We were hit pretty hard by the storms last Friday. Our power went out at 10:30pm Friday night and didn't come back on until Tuesday afternoon. A big thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Fearrin for letting us stay at their house while we waited. In addition to the power being out, we suffered some damage.

A tree in the yard split but thankfully it fell into the yard and away from the house.

Also our basement flooded. We didn't realize it until Saturday morning, but we both had to work so the clean up effort didn't begin until after 4:00 on Saturday. There was at least 9 inches of water we had to pump out. We rented a gas powered pump since our sump-pump wasn't running (who knew we didn't have a battery backup!). To say the very least, the water pump was incredibly difficult to use and we finally got all the water out Sunday evening. Of course more came back in Monday. Augh! So it was another trip back to the rental company to rent a generator to get the sump-pump running again.
Here's a shot of Kyle walking the water pump hose around the backyard trying not to flood it.

Taking care of a 2 month old baby while trying to save the basement was the most difficult part of the entire weekend. We can't thank the Claps family, Nicole Kelker and my mom enough for the hours they spent babysitting Carter. THANK YOU!!!!

We now have a dry basement. A water restoration company came in and hauled away the big stuff like mattresses and furniture that couldn't be saved. Everything else is in our garage and piled throughout the house. We also had to throw away everything in our fridge and freezer including 5 weeks worth of expressed breast milk. I'm sure all nursing mothers out there understands how frustrating that is for me.

Favorite Things

One of Carter's favorite things is the picture in our living room from Aunt Robin. We noticed several weeks ago he would stare at it constantly. Now when he gets fussy we put him in front of the "magic" picture and he is instantly mesmerized.

It's taken Carter awhile to warm up to his toys. Now that he's a little bit bigger he loves, loves his swing, activity mat and mobile. It had been a couple of weeks since we tried the bouncy seat so we thought we would test it out again. It was a hit! He loves to kick, wiggle and look around. Check out his latest video:

2 Mo. Checkup

Carter had his 2 month checkup on Tuesday. He is one healthy, happy and growing boy.

His stats:
Weight - 13 lbs. 10 oz. (86%)
Height - 24.25 inches (88%)

Clearly Carter likes to eat and it shows. He gained over 2 pounds and grew over 2 inches in the last month. Carter was a great patient for the doctor...until the shots. Poor guy got 3 shots this time and HATED every second of it. His poor little cry is simply heartbreaking. As a parent it is so sad to watch. However, watching him taste the grape flavored Tylenol before the shots was pretty entertaining. He wasn't quite sure what to think of it. He had no idea what it was, but he definitely liked it.