Perks of Being an Only Child

I decided to do an update without any big news or events. Just some cute pictures of Carter and funny things he does or says.

While at a friend's last week, she very nicely gave Carter an old tractor/trailer and excavator that is no longer played with at her house. (thanks Mary) Carter was of course in love with them and didn't put them down for about 3 days. He was begging to take the excavator outside to dig in the snow or dirt but after eating the snow from the front shovel I put a stop to that. I got creative and filled a cookie sheet with rice and let him dig and dump for hours. He was in heaven and played quietly for hours. I'm still sweeping rice off the floor though days later. There was a price to pay for his fun!

He's still in love with the garbage truck and the other morning while using the potty, he heard it at the library and came running. At least he managed to get his underwear up first!

We've kind of taken a step back in potty training and according to others this is totally normal but still very frustrating. He potty trained so quickly and with almost NO accidents and went a good 2 months with almost a perfect record. But this week he has kind of gotten "lazy" I guess and has an accident or 2 about every 3 days. And the frustrating part is that it doesn't bother him in the least. He's very nonchalant about it. We're really pushing sticker charts and positive reinforcement hoping that motivates him to convert back to my "perfect record boy!" Because truth be told, he will do just about anything for a stamp or sticker on a little piece of paper!

Carter's newest toy. A total and complete impulse buy from his daddy. Good thing he has a brother on the way to pass all these boy toys on to. He even talks about how he is going to share with his brother but then is always quick to ask "Brother will give it back. Right???"

I love this picture. Captures the beauty of being an only child. Here Carter is receiving his royal treatment of arm tickles. He completely relaxes and embraces this treat.

More random things I don't want to forget:

Our house is a NO shoes house (much to the dismay of others) and Carter has been taught this from a young age. He is now the self appointed Shoe Nazi and always makes sure no one steps one step on the carpet with their shoes on. He will even double check Neil when he gets home from work to make sure he doesn't sneak on to the carpet.

Carter recently learned what Toe Jam was and loves to check his toes to see if he's lucky enough to have toe jam in there. And then he wants me to clean out his toes! That is true love of a Mother to clean out Toe Jam.

We recently purchased a Video Baby Monitor to put in Carter's room and the next baby room. I have to say: BEST PURCHASE EVER. We love being able to flip on the screen and see what he is doing and whether he is out of bed or not, without opening his door. The first day was the best when at nap time he jumped out of bed and the second his feet touched the floor I called from the other room "Get back in bed." He looked around and tried to figure out how I knew he was out of bed since he slid out so quietly!

We head to the allergist for our yearly allergy test tomorrow to see if luck and statistics are on our side and he has outgrown his allergies. We're pretty sure he is still allergic to milk but we're crossing our fingers he's at least outgrown the egg allergy. Keep your fingers crossed!