Hayesapalooza: September 2009

This last month has been pretty full and has gone by quickly. I'll start first by saying Karter had his very first cold on his 3 month birthday. Our pediatrician said to bring him in for a little check up only to confirm it was a cold. I had planned on taking him in that day to have a weight check so it work out that we were going there anyways. So his new weight at 3 months is

15lbs 2 ozs.

26 inches long

He grew 2 lbs in one month. Dr. Prough said this was great. She laughs at me still when I ask if this is adequate weight gain. He is still in the top 95% for everything. I love having a big boy.

Karter has had lots of firsts this month. Our friends Rachel, Kyle and Luke invited us to come along for a weekend trip to their lake house. Karter loved riding on the boat...He went to sleep EVERY.TIME. He did get to swim in the lake for a little while. He didn't like it at first but once he warmed up he loved it.

Also he has been talking ALOT. He found his voice about 2 weeks ago. He talks to his ceiling fan, the clock and his name above the changing table. He also loves to talk to his books and while he's trying to eat. He has also started giggling out loud. I love this. I try to get him to do it on command but I think it's still a little early for that.
Karter also found his hands this month. He always has them in his mouth or has them folded together.
Another first is he has stretched his evening sleep to about 6 hours at one time. We are getting closer and closer to going all night long. The cold kinda threw us off a bit.

He is also starting to get hard to feed. He has been a pro at eating up until now. I'm not too sure if it's because of his little cold he had but all I do is sit and worry about if he is full. So right now I feed him at every moment I can. About every 30 minutes to an hour. Dr. Prough says do this until he gets back on his schedule. I'll tell you he is a stubborn little boy. I know this will pass.

This month we also visited a local consignment sale called Just Between Friends. I love when this comes along because you can find good stuff CHEAP.

I had a few things on my list but my big ticket item was a high chair. And not any high chair I was looking for the Chico tan and orange high chair. I knew this would be a slim chance of finding it there. So when my mom, Amanda and I walked in I headed straight to the back. Only to see MY high chair sitting there waiting for me. It was the exact one I wanted and it was clean. Very Clean. And it was $70. Brand new this chair runs for $189.00 This is a huge savings. There was a lady standing next to it looking it over.....I quickly asked if she was purchasing it. She sadly said "no but she wanted to" I asked my mom to hand me the phone so I could call Brandon and ask if I could get it. He didn't want to spend the money right then but I told him about the good deal we were getting so he gave in. It was MINE. I couldn't believe it.

I also got a bunch of winter clothes including 6 pairs of pants, 1 jacket, 1 winter coat, 2 sleep sacks, 4 pairs of pj's, 5 shirts, 3 onsie outfits, a pair of winter mittens, a book, a pair of shoes and a toy....all for $230.30 And a few items still had the original tags on them. He is pretty well set for all of fall and winter.

Brandon and I just had our 4 year Anniversary. He took me out to supper at 12 oaks Restaurant here in Edmond. It was really wonderful. We had the entire place to ourselves (only because we went so early) My mom came over to watch Karter so we could go by ourselves. This was the first time we have left him. I was really nervous about it. We were gone exactly 2 hours (probably the longest 2 hours ever) We talked alot about the little guy and couldn't wait to get home to see him. We had a good time but I'm glad I got the first babysitting experience over with. I think it'll be a while before we have someone watch him again. I don't like to be away from him for long.

This is all for now. I'll try to do better about posting more often.