Do you ever have one of those moments when you want to know when you became the grown up? That totally explains how I have felt this week. I would have love to have added pictures on here, but I didn't think you would want any of vomit or poop. I'll spare you!

Carter got sick on Saturday and again on Sunday, and again on Monday. I stayed home on Monday and, Kevin stayed home on Tuesday. Thankfully, by Tuesday night, he was holding down Gatorade, so we braved formula. When that worked, I was very relieved! I was saved from the impending nervous break down.

I was watching Dr. Phil on Monday while at home, and he was lecturing a teenage girl about how much her parents love her. He told her they were the ones who cleaned up her vomit. I understood!

I think Carter was happy to go back to school yesterday. His teacher told me he hugged the other kids and would put his head down on them.

So, anyway, I will try to be a better momma and take and post pictures soon. (Don't have too high of expectations. I have to work on Saturday.)

It has been a rough week in at our house. When I got home from work on Tuesday (remember, I work late on Tuesdays), Carter was grumpy and burning up. I took his temperature. When I saw 103, I decided we needed to take his straight to the after hours care. Last time we went, I prepared for a very long wait, and we were only there for about 20 minutes, so I didn't worry this time. We got there, and the waiting room was packed. All the kids in there had nasty coughs, and I contemplated putting Carter in a bubble. When we were finally called about almost 2 hours later, Kevin and I scrubbed our hands in the exam room. The nurse did a flu and strep test, and both were negative. Carter's throat was red and his tonsils swollen. The pediatrician concluded it was some virus. I stayed home with Carter on Wednesday and Friday. Kevin did the honors on Thursday. He doesn't have fever anymore but has been extremely cranky for the past 2 days. He may be cutting more teeth, but when he screams at the top of his lungs, I wonder what happened to my happy baby. Carter had a followup from his last ear infection scheduled with his pediatrician for tomorrow, but I canceled it when the doctor from Tuesday told us his ears were all clear. I think I will need to call and reschedule because he has been pulling on his ears all evening. I have tomorrow off, and I would like to have the morning to myself. We will see......

Smiling although I feel bad.

Eating dinner and helping mom cook. Tiger wants to make sure no food falls on the floor.

Carter was very excited to receive a Valentine's Day card from Gammy. He held on to it for quite awhile.

I apologize to those of you who expect weekly updates. Sometimes life takes over and opportunities for free time are lost! Here is what I would have posted last weekend:

We finally decided to bite the bullet and buy Carter some shoes. His foot is too wide to buy any ordinary pair, so we figured we would have to give in and go to Striderite. The thought of buying shoes for my son that cost more than my shoes made me sick, but I remembered a $100 prepaid Visa Kevin won last year that had been put away for the just the right thing. (I tend to hold on to gift cards forever because I want to make sure I use them on the perfect purchase.) Anyway, we were fortunate to get him a pair of size 5 extra wide shoes on sale:The saleslady convinced me they fit, but his daycare teacher took them off of him because they are too big. We will have some for the future. Right now, he will continue to wear socks, so he can pull them off and chew on them.
If you would like to see more pictures of Carter chewing on his socks, check out flickr.

Well, I turned 30 this past week. It's not too exciting. I did receive a really cool gift from family friends:


I just love pretty things!

Not too exciting of a week. Carter's second top tooth has finally popped through.

He had his 2nd babysitter on Friday night for us to go out and celebrate my birthday. He was sleeping when she got here, so it was easy. I hired a former student. She is really sweet and was disappointed she didn't get to play with Carter.

Here are some pictures of Carter enjoying a blueberry muffin:

Who knew you could use muffin as hair gel?

Today, Carter did walk behind his push toy. Check out videos on my flickr account.