Pinewood Derby

(I forgot to add these photos from January:) Carter and Michael did a great job on the car. It was so cute to see them work together, deciding what to do and listening to Michael tell stories of all of his pinewood derbies. Again. . . Anyway, Carter designed the shape on paper, sanded and painted. It was even cuter to hear Michael in the garage until 1 in the morning cutting out the wood and making sure it was put together correctly. It was hard to keep Carter from playing with the car on the day of the derby--we didn't want him to break it! It was a good evening--Carter and the rest of the boys had fun and were good sports. He was thrilled with 3rd place!

SIX MONTHS! And other fun stuff. . .

March 25th--6 months old. Where has the time gone? We celebrated by taking him to his 6 mo. check with shots. What an unthoughtful thing to do! (I scheduled it for that day so I would remember it!)

You can practically hear him giggling in this photo!

Our next door neighbors gave us this excersaucer--he loved it right away. What an upgrade from Nick's when he was a baby. Thank you, Powells!

He loves his feet so much that sometimes I undo his jammies so he can eat them:

And, who can raise a baby without the Johnny Jump Up? What a great invention. He hasn't caught on to the jumping part yet--he's satisfied with just the hanging right now:

Carter is so helpful in the bath. It keeps me from having to lean over and hurt my back. By the way, please don't mention to Carter that you saw this: (Thanks!)

Carter's 1st Stitches

Carter fell off the neighbor's rock wall (about 8 feet!) and fell on his chin on the one small area of the lawn where there is still ice. At least he broke his fall with his hand and knee, or it would have been a lot worse. There was blood everywhere. When we used the word "stitches", he completely came un-glued--screaming, begging, pleading. . .lots of drama--but we felt like it was a pretty deep cut. I was surprised by his reaction--I thought he would think it was cool to get stitches. He shook the whole way to the ER. Once we were there, he calmed down and was great. He was freezing so I requsted a blanket while we waited for the numbing medicine to take effect--they brought him a heated blanket, which Carter absolutely loved. The Dr. had a hard time finding enough skin to stitch to--it was kind of a mess, but she managed to get 5 good stitches. Please don't look at the photos if you can't handle a little blood: