For those of you who expect my Sunday night posts, I apologize. I don't know what happened. I'm guessing last week was rather uneventful because not too much sticks out in my mind. Carter did cut a tooth. Just a little piece has come through his gums. It isn't easy to look because he sticks out his tongue when I try. We continue to enjoy Carter every day. He is so much fun. He likes to play peek-a-boo and laughs whenever I make lamb noises. I was reading a book to him and he cracked up laughing when I made the lamb noise, so now I know I can do that just to get him excited.

I've been trying to get him to use a sippy cup or at least hold his own bottle. He can't seem to understand he needs to hold the bottle up. When I try to show him, he just lets me hold it. Instead, he holds it down and sucks on it. Last night, I found a cup with a straw but a nipple-like top. He was able to drink juice out of it tonight!

This picture:
shows why we had to go to Target. My dear cat knocked the sterilizer off the counter and ate the tops of the nipples while we left for 10 minutes to drop my car off for routine maintenance. I'll spare you the picture of when he decided to give the nipple tops back.

A crazy hairdo from this week:

On his way to daycare this morning after dad wrangled him into the car seat:

We have had a crazy week. Tuesday afternoon, I got a call around 1:20 saying Carter had a temperature of 102.7! I tried calling Kevin, but he was not answering his phone. I quickly got my class to join the other 6th grade science class (we were planning to combine classes anyway.) Robin, the teacher, is a saint. She took my kids without flinching. I headed to daycare, got Carter, called the doctor to make an appointment for later that afternoon, dropped Carter off at Kevin's office, called a substitute, and made it back to school before it ended. It was Extended Tuesday, so I really couldn't miss that. He just had a cold. With daycare, Carter couldn't go back until his fever was down for 24 hours. I stayed home with him on Wednesday and Thursday. I was excited Thursday morning when his fever broke, and his temperature was 97.7. It was back over 101 by that evening. Kevin stayed home with him on Friday morning, and brought him to work on Friday afternoon. Carter stayed in a good mood through all of it.

We had a nice quiet weekend. We went to the gym yesterday morning, and I took a nap with Carter yesterday afternoon. I decided Carter needed to nap in his crib today. He cried himself to sleep, but slept for over 2 hours. He doesn't usually nap that long at home and has to be held. I got SO much done during that time. When he woke up, we went to the pumpkin patch. You can check out more pictures on Flickr. One of my students was working there, so he was eager to help us and take pictures of us.

I love this time of year! The weather is gorgeous, and it's cooling off! Hopefully it stays this way.

I only have to teach for 4 days this week. We have an inservice on Friday. Of course we have not been told where or what we will be doing. Friday was a swap day, but someone changed their mind about a month ago, just as I was considering buying tickets to go to Houston. Par for the course! Hopefully, I will get time to write about all of the craziness at work. After Friday, I truly beleived working in a mental ward would be easier.

Guess who lost the green bean battle?


He was hilarious. He wanted to chew on his plastic links while I fed him and became furious when I took them away. I gave him a spoon to hold on to. Then, he ripped off his bib and started swinging it around like a lasso. When we took out the video camera to record this, he would stop. As soon as I put the camera on the counter, he would start again until I pressed record. Little stinker!

Sadly, the weekend is almost over. We are on our way to get flu shots at the pediatrician's office. Well, most of us are. Kevin has elected to get the flu mist. WIMP!

We dressed Carter in his Halloween onesie today hoping to take him to the pumpkin patch. Within an hour of being dressed, he managed to spit up peaches all over himself. We'll go next weekend.

We have had a nice relaxing weekend. Not much going on here at all. Carter has been sleeping in his bed for a week now! He does usually wake up once during the night. Most of the time, he will go back to sleep until time to get up.

I'm dreading this work week. I have a student who has been on a downward spiral, and I think the parents are starting to blame me. The student got in trouble in my class, so being responsible, I informed them. Later that day, the student walked up to me, looked me in the eyes, and called me the devil. Since then, there has been one more extreme incident (not involving me....thank goodness!) Anyway, the parents sent an email to my lead teacher saying they had a major issue with one of the teachers. Considering, I am the only one who has been in contact with them, it would be me. I love my students, but parents can be tough to deal with! For the most part, parents have been very supportive this year. I hope the trend continues.

Time to head to the doctor. Wish us luck.

Oh yeah, check out flickr. I added a bunch of pictures of the cutest little boy in the world.

Carter had his 6 month doctor's appointment today. He weighed in at 20 lbs 1 oz and is 27 inches long. The doctor told me he could start eating foods that would dissolve in his mouth, so he had graham crackers:

Yes, I realize I didn't update over the weekend. Our weekend was SO busy, I almost looked forward to work yesterday (minus getting up at 5:30)

Carter is 6 months old today! I forgot to get a picture of him earlier, so here is one of him passed out on the living room floor.
He is able to sit up for longer and longer periods when we set him in that position. He is also sleeping in his bed!!!! He still isn't back to sleeping through the night. I have to go upstairs to nurse him during the night, but we are making progress. Carter has his 6 month old well visit tomorrow, so that means shots! We are all getting flu shots on Sunday too. Well, my wimpy husband is getting the mist.

I think that is all that is going on here. I'm too tired to think!

I finally got my video camera hooked up to my new computer. I've added new videos to flickr. Some are of Carter enjoying bath time on 9/13. The others are of him sitting! He can sit for a few seconds and gets very excited when he realizes it.

Carter slept through the night on Sunday and Monday, but we were up at 4:00 this morning. He did go back to sleep after I fed him, but I am always exhausted when this happens.