First Thanksgiving

This post is backwards but it's being recorded for my memory anyways so it's okay.
Karter's first Thanksgiving was great. Brandon and I had talked about having everyone come over to our house since it would be easier for Karter. I told him we may regret this decision later but it really ended up being a great idea. Karter really does best when he is in his environment.
So we started inviting everyone over and they all thought it was a great idea too. Just about everyone had something to do the next day or just didn't feeling like hosting it again for the 1000nth time. So I made the turkey (the first one I've ever cooked) and it turned out pretty good. I was so Thankful for my brother for being here to help me cook. He did great and he had a fun time too. We had just about everyone bring a dish so we weren't doing it all.
List of the party people:
B, Me, Karter, Mom, Jody, Brittney, Austin, Jordan, Ava, Gracyn, Doug, Grandma, Chris, Debbie and Bridget.
Pretty full house. Most memorable moment was when Ava was in our room watching a movie and I was feeding Karter she said Aunt Shanna why do you always have new stuff in your room? All you ever want to do is "Change" "Change" "Change"
Then while playing scategories we were to list a famous person starting with the letter S
Ava yells out Strawberry Shortcake.

6 Month Checkup

December 7th I took Karter to his 6 month checkup. Dr. Prough said once again what a big baby he is. This appointment we went over his developmental skills (his 4 page checklist) He is hitting pretty much all of his developmental milestones. I was a pretty proud mama while checking off one by one. His weight and height have slowed down some. Dr. Prough says most babies slow down in growing around 3 or 4 months Karter needed a few more months to do this.

Here are his measurements for 6 months:

Weight: 19 lbs. 2.5 oz. 90%

Height: 28 1/2 inches 97%

Head: 45 cm. 90%

Can I just say I love having a big ole boy. Well other than the fact he is growing out of clothes like crazy.

We also talked about when to start giving him meats and other foods. She said we could start this around 7 1/2 months. She also told me to go ahead and start feeding him 3 times a day.

I am still nursing him like he was a new born (every 3 -3.5 hours)

And the big discussion came next "IS HE SLEEPING ALL NIGHT YET?" The answer "NO"

Karter gets his last night feeding at 9. He is up again at 2 and then again at 5. She says to go ahead and let him cry it at the 2 a.m. but feed him at 5. I'm not ready for this yet. I probably will start this when he turns 7 or 8 months. I don't mind feeding him at night but I'm sure I'll get there soon enough.

Karter still takes terrible naps. We are working on him sleeping in his crib but he will only do this for about 30 minutes or so. Guess it's better than nothing.

Some things Karter likes and is doing:

He loves to jump. Thank you to Kyle and Rachel for letting us borrow your jumper. He loves it.

Swinging his rings back and forth

Throws balls

Rolling everywhere

Eating Sweet Potatoes, Yogurt, Squash, Carrots, Peas, Green beans, Pears with Cinnamon and Applesauce

Reading books

Taking baths

Tags

Singing (especially the song Baby Karter to the boomer sooner song. We may be in trouble for doing this one day)