Every year it seems that his birthday comes ... and he gets sick. Tis the season! So this year was no different - he (and every other member of our immediate family) was sick this year too. So this weekend we FINALLY got to celebrate his birthday with him. I have said this before but just for the record - Carter has been sick on 3 out of his 4 birthdays! I sure hope this is a streak that is broken from now on!
Birthday #1 - Smiling despite the ear infection ....
Birthday #3 - Sick with a fever ... :(
Birthday #4 - well, a week after his birthday. So glad to have my smiling, happy boy back!
Complete with a mouth covered in cupcake crumbs!
This weekend Carter had a small party with some friends at Chuck E. Cheese.
He loves it there (and he kicks some butt at skee-ball!!)
His party was mostly girls .... but he did have one little guy friend who came along! I keep saying - he is going to be a great husband someday because he sure will have plenty of practice hanging with the ladies.
Carter is a funny boy. He seems to appreciate gifts once he receives them, but we could give him absolutely nothing and I don't think he would care one bit. On the way home from Chuck E. Cheese I said "Carter, when we get home, how about we open your presents?" And he replied, "I think I want to take a bath instead." Audrey looked at him like he had 2 heads. (She is already telling us what she wants for her next birthday - in SEPTEMBER!) Gifts - while not HIS love language - are definitely her love language!!
We also celebrated with family.
Here he is opening SEVENTY matchbox cars from his Mom-mom & Pop-pop. SEVENTY.
But my parents also supplied a handy little carrier so he can put them away in there.
(I still have a feeling I will be finding little cars in every nook and cranny of this house.)
He does love his matchboxes!
Happy Birthday to my sweet boy. I can't believe you are FOUR already!
The rest of this post is for me. I just want to remember what Carter is like right now.
Latest stats:
Height - 43 inches - 94th percentile
Weight - 44 lbs. - 90th percentile
(just a side note here - Chloe had her 18 mo. well check at the same time and her weight was in the 15th percentile. Yes, I feed them the same things but one is a heavyweight and the other a lightweight I suppose!)
Carter still loves his letters and he is starting to read a little bit. Meaning, he can't pick up a book and read it, but he has quite a few "sight words" - he actually read most of the card Audrey made for him for his birthday. He's very interested in what letters say so he does a lot of asking me "Mommy, what does R-A-I-S-I-N spell?"
Now if I could get just get him to willingly dress himself and put on his own shoes ....
1 comment:
Happy Birthday, Carter! He seems so much bigger than when we first met him. I remember, you guys were trying your darndest to keep Carter from breaking free from your death grip and plunging into the Hytha's pool. :)
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