Carter was 6 months old in December. He weighed in at 18 lbs., 12 oz. (72%) and measured in at 17 3/4 inches (84%). Unfortunately, on his first Christmas, I had to take him to the after-hours care at our doctor's office because he had a terrible cough that sounding like a barking seal. He started to cough on the 23rd, he was pretty unhappy on Christmas Eve, and by Christmas Day, I felt the need to take him in. We had to give him breathing treatments every 4 hours, and that seemed to help. He really got a wicked bug though because it seemed to linger longer than normal. Gabrielle had a cough, too, that she had for the longest time, so I have no doubt that he got it from her. Thankfully, as I write this, both kids are healthy. Carter is loving all the new toys he got for Christmas. At 6 months old, he loves to explore all of his toys. He loves new faces and will stare longer at people he has never seen before or people he hasn't seen in awhile. He also likes to go to new places--even if it's down in the basement or into his room. I love this baby stage and I try to drink him in on a daily basis. He still has only rolled over (back to front) one time and that was in November, so he is pretty stationary--which is fine by me!! He definitely looks longingly at Gabrielle as she zooms by him...it's easy to see that he wishes he could. Also, it is so hard eating in front of him. He opens his mouth and chews the air (reminds me of a toothless old lady!) so he really wants to eat solids, but alas, he has no teeth and doesn't yet know how to chew for real.
As far as Gabrielle is concerned, anything "princess" was the hit of the Christmas season. Santa brought Gabs a princess castle for her "rubber dress" dolls and a set of all the Disney princesses. Aunt Laura and Uncle Drew got her Princess Celestia (she's the ruler of all the My Little Ponies in case you didn't know) which was all she really wanted, and she also got various other beloved princess items from her grandparents and Aunt Bethany and Uncle Anson. SO it looks like a princess bomb went off in the basement. Quite literally, there are princesses strewn everywhere and mixed together, but for the first time, Gabrielle is playing by herself (which makes me want to play with her even more) and giving the dolls voices and coming up with little scenarios that only a 3 1/2 year old can. It's pretty cute, and it warms both my and Adam's heart. And we like that it's in the basement as opposed to strewn about the living room!
Well, that's about all I can think of except to wish you, my reader, a new year filled with health and happiness and fun and all the things that will make this year a great one for you!
Sincerely,
Colleen
Happy 6 Months!!
Gabrielle's Christmas program at preschool
Jumping is hard work!! I have some video footage of him jumping and then falling asleep and then waking up and jumping and then falling asleep. It was so funny!!!!!!!!
My little Spartan!
The pictures of Gabrielle and Carter warm my heart!! Gabrielle doesn't usually like to get too close for fear of getting slobber on her!
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