Jeff and Carter

Jeff is always asking me to take pictures of him with Carter, so we already have tons of good pictures of the two of them! Jeff and Carter still look a lot alike, but I think Carter is starting to look more and more like his own little person and maybe even a little like me. I definitely think he has my ears... I can't even believe how many times I've heard, "He's so cute. He looks JUST like Jeff!" Thanks?!

What a week!

We have had a busy week. On Monday we went to Lakefield with my mom to visit my grandparents. I was nervous about being away from home for three days, but we had so much fun. Carter got to meet his great-grandma and grandpa Bauer and got to see his great-grandma and grandpa Jerlow again. It was a special couple of days; I, of course, cried everyday seeing Carter with my grandparents. My grandpa Bauer is in the nursing home and had been practicing so he could hold Carter. He held Carter everyday, and we took lots of pictures! It was really nice to have some company - not to mention some help - during the day. And my grandma Bauer even helped me put Carter to sleep at night. Carter slept for six hours and then three hours both nights - a new record! I know they are all really going to miss him.

As you can see from the pictures, we reached another milestone this week: Carter took a pacifier and kind of starting sucking his thumb! I'm hoping at least one of them sticks so he can start self-soothing. It would be nice to be able to put him down before he's fast asleep! Maybe then I could get something done during the day...

Carter is one month old already!

Carter is one month old today! I can't believe how quickly the last four weeks have gone. Okay, to be honest, the first two weeks felt like ten years, but the last two weeks really have flown by. Carter changes so much everyday. He has been gaining a lot of weight, but his personality is also starting to emerge. He is even starting to smile, although I've heard that his smiles might just be reflexes. After one month, Jeff and I still aren't sure what color his hair and his eyes are going to be. His hair looks brown on the top of his head and a little red on the sides, and his eyes are a bright blue. Jeff hopes his hair stays brown and his eyes stay blue, but I'm kind of hoping for a ginger baby...

Look what we've started...

Carter likes sleeping in two places: my arms and his car seat. I swore we weren't going to start any "bad habits," but I guess sleep deprivation will make you do crazy things. I sometimes feel like I hold him all day, and at night we have started putting him in his car seat (and usually later transferring him into his cradle). Are we the worst parents ever?!

Bath Time

Carter hated his first few baths, but now he almost seems to enjoy them. We've been giving him baths three times a week, hoping that they would relax him and he would sleep better at night. They have actually had the opposite effect on him; he has had some of his worst nights of sleep following a bath. Monday night he slept for six hours straight, and last night (after a bath) he slept for three hours and then was up from 2:30 until 5:30. Needless to say, I wanted to die. At 5:30 I brought him in to spend some quality time with his dad...

It's about time!

I've been meaning to start a blog for Carter... Where have the last four weeks gone?! Christine, Sarah, and Tatiana have all assured me that's it's easy to do, so I promise to do my best to keep all of you updated on my beautiful baby boy.