The Great Snow of 2009

Carter

The other night at dinner, Carter started balancing his spoon on his mouth.
He is very talented. He did it more than once, we still can't figure out how he did it.

Carter's new favorite pastime is putting "cover up" on his face.
When I caught him he said, "I'm just like you Mommy, I'm just like you!"
When I acted disappointed and told him not to do it again, he said,
"That's okay Mommy".
He has already done it again...

Carter's 3rd Birthday

Carter's bestest friend ever! Savannah playing pin the eyes on the Lightning.

The gang.

Aunt Heather

Auntie Fefes

The new ride.

What? Cake? I really don't know what you are talking about.

Aunt Chrissy, Uncle Jeff, Aunt Heather and Uncle Eric getting silly.

Happy 3 rd Birthday Carter!!!

Happy Birthday Carter, we LOVE you!!!

Snissors

Carter loves to play with Play-doh and has quite a few Play-doh accessories to play with. His favorite accessory, is a pair of scissors to "cut" the dough. When asking for his scissors, he says, "Can you pass my snissors please Mommy?".

A few things I keep forgetting to write about; Carter LOVES to sing and knows quite a few songs and our Camden LOVES music and loves to dance! When Camden hears any kind of beat, he starts bopping around. Sometimes he sits perfectly still and only moves one shoulder up and down, it's hilarious! So, we expect that our boys may be the next "Jonas brothers".

Ssssss-gat? That's a Ticket

My mom visited with us over the weekend, and before leaving she decided to give Carter 5 $1 bills. She was hoping that he could spend his money at the gift shop later in the day when Dan took him to the Planetarium in Chapel Hill. Until then, I could honestly tell you Carter couldn't care less about money.

He was so cute. He walked around the house showing everyone his "tickets". He would give me a dollar and tell me, "Here's your ticket Mommy". He spent his tickets on a magnifying glass, a flashlight and a small dinosaur. Pretty good for $5, huh?

Carter will be turning 3 on the 9th of January, and he continues to amaze me with his antics. He acts like such a little man with the things he says. He loves to come up to us slowly, stroke our face while looking into our eyes, and saying "I love you" and then he places the most gentle kiss on our face. It's so sweet.

Camden is growing cuter and cuter by the day, if that's even possible! (I'm partial) He has just gotten his seventh tooth (ouch!) and he is starting to talk quite a bit and he points to everything. He practices using sign language to communicate with us a bit, which helps! He takes in the world around him by asking "Ssssss-gat", "Dat" and "Gat" which all mean "what's that?" while pointing to various objects. His other words include "Bee-bee" (baby), cup, and of course Mommy and Daddy. In addition to talking, unfortunately, Camden has also started to throw hints of temper tantrums. I am not looking forward to this faze in his life.

We love our boys!!!

9-1-1

You know that number that we all had to practice dialing when we turned three years old? The one that was marked with nail polish on all of our phone pads? Well, I had to dial that number earlier today.

I left the boys (for 2 SECONDS) playing on our living room futon to run into the kitchen real quick. I had just gotten some eggs out of the fridge when I heard a very loud thud come from the other room. I didn't panic at first, because I just assumed that Carter was jumping off of the furniture again, but when I asked Carter what happened I heard Camden making a weird noise.

I ran into the other room to find Camden lying face down on the carpet making a horrible moaning sound. Normally when he gets hurt, he runs to me screaming and crying, but he just laid there moaning. I scooped him up and his neck was limp and his head was flopping around. Afraid his neck was broken, I immediately held him close to my chest and waited a few seconds. When I tried sitting him up again, his head fell forward. Terrified that his neck was broken for sure, I picked up the phone and dialed 911.

I was so petrified that my whole body was shaking uncontrollably, and I could barely talk to the dispatcher because the phone was vibrating against my ear so badly. All I could think about was my poor baby being paralyzed for the rest of his life because his Mommy left him on the couch for 2 seconds. I would never have been able to forgive myself. I was so terrified that all of our lives had been changed forever. I held Camden tightly against my body to immobilize his neck and after about 5 minutes or so the EMS workers arrived. By the time they were in the house to examine him, he had regained control of his neck.

It appears that he went into shock after the trauma from the fall, and was either about to pass out, or temporarily lost control of his muscles. We just don't know. Dan x-rayed his neck and it looked fine.

Writing about this is making me feel sick all over again. It was the absolute SCARIEST moment of my life. With a visit to the ER the other week, and now this, I can't help but feel that our "sick scares" are over for now. They better be!

We are so, so very grateful for Camden's quick recovery, and are so thankful to the LORD for keeping him safe.

This is the Holly Springs EMS truck that arrived. Stretcher and all...

Looking back, I am slightly emarrassed for "wasting" their time, but I am so glad that it was a waste. AND, as a Mommy, I was not going to take any chances.

Christmas

The "BEST PRESENT EVER" was waiting under the tree for Carter on Christmas morning. He has been asking for the Polar Express all year long. We can't wait to have this train around the tree for years to come. It is a serious Lionel train, and the engine itself ways around 10 pounds!
He LOVES it!!!

Camden's favorite present of the morning was a hairbrush that he actually gave to me! He always steals the brushes in the house and hides them, so Dan got me a new set. All the toys, and all he wanted was the hairbrush. Note to self: save money next year.

Dan's parents enjoyed the Christmas morning with us at our house.

After lunch, we headed to my sister Laura's house for some family time with my family.

Carter really enjoyed playing with his cousins this year.

On The Mend

After being sick with a high fever (104.5) off and on for a whole week, we finally took Carter back to the doctor on Saturday. After an ER visit and two trips to the doctor, we were afraid that he had developed pneumonia. The doctor we saw on Saturday was concerned about pneumonia as well and was about to send Carter to get a chest X-ray. Then he decided to look into Carter's ears and he discovered a severe ear infection. So, the ear infection was causing him to feel so miserable and to run the fever. The doctor told me that it was the worst ear infection he has seen in a long time and he prescribed an antibiotic to treat his ear and any pneumonia.

The conclusion is that whatever this "thing" is that made us all so sick caused Carter to have an asthma attack and a bad ear infection. Carter is still coughing, but is a totally different child now that he has had a few doses of antibiotics. Camden is coughing and awfully fussy, but seems to be getting better and Dan wasn't effected nearly as bad as the rest of us and is feeling better already.

I am so glad that it looks like we are all going to be able to enjoy a healthy Christmas. I hear Santa has a few goodies up his sleeve!

Some Holiday Cheer

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