Life Lately

Well, I am a liiiiitle bit behind here.....obviously we have had a full calendar since spring break! And unfortunately, a lot of it was not all fun and games, just crazy busy life stuff. I feel like Carter and I live in my car these days. And my car looks like we do....anyone down for a free car detail?? Desperately. Needs. Cleaning. I also feel like at the end of the day, my brain is so tired that I cannot form complete thoughts. It started when I had 2 migraines within 3 days, and hasn't gone away, so now I am beginning to wonder if I have brain damage or something. Although I am sure that its nothing a few good nights of sleep couldn't fix, but we all know THAT ain't gonna happen any time soon. And speaking of health issues(valid ones, not hypochondrial ones) (is that a word??), poor little dude has been sick for a few weeks. He was given a clean bill of health at his one year check up, and then a week later we were back with another ear infection. They sent us to an ENT for a consult about tubes the following week, and meanwhile he had developed a rash that I thought was a reaction to antibiotics. The ENT confirmed he needs tubes, and also that he has allergies, most likely a milk allergy(although I am not convinced it isn't seasonal allergies). He recommended we switch to rice milk and no dairy, and also put him on Singulair. Last weekend we were at Chelcie's baby shower and her aunt, who is a nurse, saw the rash and thought it might be Fifth's disease. Google it. But by Wednesday, his eyes looked so bad, at times like he had been punched, that I took him back in to see Dr. Ewert. She believes that the rash is a strep rash, although the strep test was a little iffy. But since his ears were already flaring up she put him on ANOTHER antibiotic, and added Zyrtec for allergies. Looks like he takes after his mama in the health department! Hopefully once we get the allergies under control and gets tubes put in, he will not be so sickly! A catch up of the latest pictures! (FYI- this was not intended to be a giant paragraph, but for some reason it will not separate when I click "Publish"!)

St. Patrick's day green!

Over spring break we met Brooke and the boys at a place called Going Bonkers. Its a giant indoor playground that has a toddler area too. The boys had a blast, which totally made it worth the test of my sanity being in a contained place with about 5 bajillion kids. This picture makes my heart smile! I am loving that the boys are finally at ages where they interact with each other! Jack catching the Carter and Brannan at the bottom of the slide This place rocks, Mom!

Ok, serious mom fail. But this cracks me up! Brannan's foot was stuck in the weaving, and I can't remember why Carter was crying, but it was so funny!

Fast forward a few weeks....

The Baylor girls basketball team played 2 games in Dallas, so of course we went! Carter got to come along in my papoose carrier thingy.

I took this one night last week after he had been asleep like this for a long time.

I finally broke down and got Carter's hair cut! All the sudden it got very scruffy looking, and he was beginning to get a baby mullet. I had a hair appointment today, so Mindy just cut his hair when she was done with mine. It made me so sad! And now he looks like a little boy!

Before....

They bribed him with a Blow Pop to see if he would sit still

And...he was done! Thankfully Mindy has a 2 year boy, so she is familiar with this!

We tried out the Bubble mower for the first time! Although I had trouble getting the bubble part to work. I am certain it is user error though....that and the extreme wind!

Teasing the dog

We've also done a few other things that I didn't get any pictures of. Last weekend Carter and I stayed the night a Matt and Brooke's, and briefly saw Meagan, Chay and Bentley. We also went to Chelcie's baby shower at her house, where Brooke and I discovered that we are officially outnumbered. We came barreling into the party with a parade of small tornadoes, and Chelcie's going to need to re-sanitize the baby's room now. Carter was begging for food from everyone and throwing ice across the kitchen, Brannan yanked curtains out of a window, and Jack kicked Chelcie's niece's beach ball into the neighbors yard. Although that one was honestly an accident. I told Chelc to feel free to ask us to leave at any time. But sweet girl that she is, she just sat back and laughed at us. Here in just a few months, she will add a 4th boy to our crazy parade!