Last Saturday I went to a Creative Memories scrap day at my church…I was gone about 4 hours and so far that is the longest time I have been away from Carter! I called Matt lots to check on him, but it was nice to spend the afternoon with my mom and friends from church and I got lots done on Carter’s baby album. The next day I had a horrible sore throat and by Monday Carter was coughing and sneezing…I think it was just a little cold since we didn’t really have any other symptoms. The doctor just suggested giving him saline nose drops and then using the nasal aspirator to suction out his nose…poor baby, he acted like we were trying to drown him and would scream and cry!

He laughed out loud for the first time last Wednesday…it was the most precious sound! : ) He also likes chewing on his hands lately…we were thinking he might be getting a tooth, but there aren’t any yet.

We put him in his room to sleep for the first time last night…and he did wonderful!!! He has never gone to sleep on his own, I usually always nurse him to sleep or rock him…so I was really worried about how he would do! When he’s upset he can get out of control quick…I call them meltdowns…so that’s what I was expecting last night! But after getting him settled, he only cried for about 15 minutes before falling asleep! Then he slept for about 5 hours straight…we were so proud of him!!!

I think those are most of the highlights since I last posted a journal. Carter is such a precious baby and we thank God for him every day! He brings us so much happiness! I only have about 2 weeks left till I go back to work so I’m trying to get in all the snuggle time that I can! A friend got me a wonderful book after Carter was born called “Let Me Hold You Longer”…I bawl my eyes out every time I read it to him! Instead of only focusing on their “firsts”, it reminds you to pay attention to their “lasts”…so even when I’m totally exhausted I treasure every moment and remind myself that these days are so short…it just makes me want to hold him a little longer and a little tighter!