Birthday Boy!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Carter! Here are just a couple of photos of the birthday boy. We really didn't do much to celebrate today since I'm working all weekend. We are planning a small family party next week so I will post pics of that later. I cannot believe how big he is getting and how quickly the time flies by. We love you, Carter!

Happy Birthday, dear Carter, Happy Birthday to you!

Carter turned around to give me a kiss. He was saying "Oh, Mommy!"...how I love that sweet boy!

Family pic before mommy left for work.

Say "cheese"!

Daddy with the birthday boy. Aren't they handsome?!

train table

Carter got a train table for his birthday & I'm not sure who was more excited...Carter, or us! We had gotten the table several weeks ago & had the train accessories in boxes in the spare bedroom. Sean & I were both dying to set up the table and see Carter's reaction to it. He loves trains and we were pretty sure this would be a hit.

Daddy working hard to get everything just right!

Harold the Helicopter

checking out the mine shaft

Just discovered that the signal change lights up and makes noise!

Pretty cool!

Playing with Daddy.

Sean reconfiguring the track for a third time. :-)

a work in progress...

Cranky the Crane

Thank you Mimi & Grampy for your contributions to the train collection! Carter loves all of it! I know our boys (and Sean) will get many years of fun out of this table.

32 weeks

Today's visit was very uneventful. We are about 32 1/2 weeks and things continue to go smoothly for this pregnancy. I only gained 2 lbs in the past two weeks--yippee! Baby boy is still breech and his heart rate sounds good.
We feel so fortunate to be having an easy/healthy pregnancy and I keep trying to remind myself that it is a blessing I can still work...so many of the patients I work with would love to trade places with me. I will keep telling myself that at 3AM during my third night at work when all I can think of is putting my feet up and laying my head on a pillow!
We have less than 7 weeks to go now. Guess we'd better decide on this little boy's name!

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Carter slept in his big boy bed last night!!! Kudos to Daddy for encouraging him...he slept in there until 6:15 this morning (his normal wake-up time). Way to go, Carter!!! We are so proud of you.

Miller Farm

Carter & I drove up to Platteville this afternoon to visit Miller Farm. It is a working farm that caters to families...there is a petting zoo, hayride, jumping pit, pumpkin patch and lots and lots of tractors (and other farm equipment). The main attraction is that you can ride out into the fields and pick all the veggies you can haul for $15. We decided to pass on that since I already had my hands full chasing after a toddler with my preggo belly. But, we had a lot of fun anyway!! Carter loved exploring the farm.

Picking out the perfect pumpkin.

This one looks good!

Whoa, this is heavy!

Look at all these pumpkins!

Our pilot

Ready for take-off...

The Sheriff from Cars

Mater from Cars

Riding the barrel train...yippee!

Let's get this show on the road

Check out this huge tire!

Taking our haul of pumpkins to the car.

Headed home!

Play Date

Carter's friend, Sam, came over this afternoon to play. Sam is about two months younger than Carter and they both love to play outdoors. The big hit today was playing with "wheels", balls and re-arranging the mulch in the back yard.

See Sam eyeing the firetruck?
Sam is not sure the soccer ball is a good substitute for the firetruck.

Happy boys!

So serious!

Sam finally got his hands on the firetruck while Carter was distracted by his zipper.

All of my brain cells are going to my placenta...

At the risk of sounding like a crazy woman, I wanted to share a funny thing that happened to me yesterday. I had gotten a $10 off coupon for Toys R Us several weeks ago and had set it aside for when we did Carter's birthday shopping. So, yesterday I was planning to go get Carter's birthday gifts before the big "train sale" ends at Toys R US. However, I could not find my coupon anywhere! I was literally turning the house upside-down looking for this thing. I even dug through the huge recycling bin (pretty difficult with a huge baby bump) thinking I must have thrown it out by accident. When I got to the dirty aluminum cans, I decided to give up and forget about saving the $10. (Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE a good shopping deal/coupon/sale. LOVE IT! So, I was pretty upset that I had lost my coupon.)
Imagine my relief when I realized a few hours later that I had already spent the $10 coupon... last month when I bought Carter's toddler bed!!!

30 weeks

I went to our 30 week OB visit this morning and everything looks great. Baby's heartbeat sounds good and my blood pressure was normal. The baby is still breech, which didn't surprise me since I have been feeling a lot of low kicks. Dr Johnson was encouraging me to take some time off before the baby comes to mentally prepare myself for being a mommy to TWO. However, I feel just the opposite...I think denial is the best way to deal with it. I know I have enough love for two little boys, just not sure where I will find the time to sleep! Oh well, I guess that's what Starbucks is for.
Our next appointment is in two weeks...stay tuned for updates.

Thomas the Tank Engine

On Saturday, Sean took Carter to see Thomas the Tank Engine at the Railroad Museum in Golden. They had a blast! Sean said that there was a lot to see and do...a petting zoo, model trains and tons of vendors. Of course, the main attraction was getting to ride the train!

Carter on the train. And yes, he does have another bruise on his head

(from earlier that morning).

Here comes Thomas!

This is Sean's version of the souvenir photos that they were selling for $20. Unfortunately, Carter was more interested in checking out Thomas than posing. Who can blame him?

The petting zoo was a hit! Carter was kissing the sheep (not on the mouth).

Carter saw his friends Ellia & Mateo there.

Cool tattoo!

Still checking out the tattoo.

Carter & Sean enjoying the train ride.

Check out my cool Thomas hat!