long time no blog

Sorry to anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis. I know my posts have been few and far between these days. I've been slacking and not because of lack of material. I've been going to sleep about 8:30 every night. *note to people who haven't been pregnant before - morning sickness is not always in the morning.* Also I tend to nap when Carter naps so that leaves me very little time to blog, work, clean, laundry, and cook (cook, ha! Like I do much of that anyway).

Enough about me. How about some cute pictures of Carter, right? Carter loves, loves, loves Kyle's guitar. Becuase he can't keep his hands off of it we decided to buy him a less expensive kid guitar. Now father and son can jam together.

One Post/Two Stories

Story #1

Lets check out the transition from messy baby to clean baby....

Step 1: Dinner

Step 2: bath

(before soap and washcloth)

(after soap and washcloth)

Step 3: Post bath and All Clean!

Story #2

Carter had his first 4-H experience. We took him to the Hamilton County 4-H fair on Saturday. On a side note, I must say going to see farm animals during the first trimester of pregnancy is a challenge....oh the smells! Anyway, Carter had a really good time. He saw llamas, goats, cows and rabbits. He liked the smaller animals and was brave enough to pet a couple.

The animals were not the highlight of Carters afternoon, however. He loved it when they would announce the blue ribbon winners. Every time the crowd clapped he would clap along regardless of what he was doing at the time. Also, he LOVED the tractor pull. He would point and scream when the big tractors would drive by.

Surprise!

I don't know how much of a surprise this is since Kyle and I can't keep a secret very well, but baby #2 is on the way!

It was certainly a surprise to us. A couple of weeks ago I started to feel sick and didn't really know why. Jokingly Kyle suggested that maybe I was pregnant. All the signs were there; loss of appetite, gagging, tiredness. So a quick home pregnancy test and Kyle's hunch was confirmed. Yikes!

I know in a previous post I said pregnancy wasn't possible right now because of my spondyloarthritius and my medication, but I spoke with my doctors and they are confident that the medication I was taking should not have any negative effect on the baby. I'm actually off all medication right now, but if my symptoms come back I may be put back on something.

I had my doctor appointment and ultrasound today. Baby looks great. We are 8 weeks and the due date is 2/24/10. That puts Carter and baby #2 almost two years apart (23 months to be exact).

So how am I feeling? Well, bad. I'm struggling with morning sickness, tiredness and apparently dehydration. If you see me in the next couple of days remind me to drink something. The nurse is threatening me with the dreaded IV. Like the last pregnancy my appetite is poor. I am again losing weight but as long as I keep up with my fluids the dr. is ok with it. Let's hope the next few weeks go quickly and I'm feeling like my old self again.

Where have we been?

I know it's been awhile since my last post. I wasn't out of the country or anything. We've just been rather busy at home. Our Internet was down last week, the kitchen is in the middle of a remodel and Aunt Robin and the rest of the Jacober family were in town from Colorado.


So what sort of fun activities did we do with our out-of-town visitors? Glad you asked!

We spent an evening at the Indians Game

Celebrated the 4th of July at the cottageAnd went to the Children's Museum

Carter loved spending time with his cousins. We will all miss the Jocobers and hope to see them again soon!

Happy Anniversary

Today marks our 4 year anniversary. What a wonderful 4 years it's been!

15 months

Carter is 15 months old. He had his dr. checkup today and all is good. It's funny how the handout the doctor gives out describes him (and I'm sure all 15 month olds) to a T.

1. Mood shifts will become noticeable. The same toddler who is happy and smiling at everyone one day may be willful, stubborn and negative the very next day. Lets just say the doctor and nurse both joked that he was expressing himself like a "typical 15 month old" at his appointment. Yes, what a treat for everyone in the office!


2. Toddler enjoys chasing and being chased. He especially loves mild rough-housing. Dad does a good job of fulfilling his need of rough-housing.


3. Toddler likes to imitate adults by "reading" the newspaper and doing simple household chores like dusting or folding laundry. He also enjoys imitating coughing, sneezing and blowing his nose. I can hardly keep Carter away from the swiffer. I just point him in the direction of the floor that need to be cleaned and away he goes! Also today he burped, thought it was funny, and continued to fake burp several more times during his lunch. Classy.

As you can see in the picture above Carter is quickly growing out of his baby looks. His latest stats below:

Weight: 24 lbs and 12 oz. (52%)

Height: 32 in (74%)

Head: 19.25 in (89%)

Aunties

Carter with his grandma and her sisters LAST summer

Carter with his grandma and her sisters THIS summer

Hopefully we get a picture like this every summer