Day 39

Burr....It was a very chilly morning here in Texas!  Okay, it was about 40 degrees, not quite freezing.  It was a perfect opportunity to break out our winter hats.  Miss Carter Joy is sporting a sock monkey hat and Miss Crosby Eleanor is wearing a kitty hat!  These two are so precious.

Carter and I had a fairly normal day.  We made our 3rd trip to Target today (okay, maybe our 4th) to check over the new Christmas items.  Crosby is semi-obsessed with the song "What Does the Fox Say?" and I have been on the hunt for a little fox ornament for our tree. I found it!  I'm going to surprise Crosby with it when we decorate our tree after Thanksgiving. :)

On the nap front, things are not going well.  This week her naps have also been off and interrupted.  I'm not sure what's going on. We are now going to try gas drops and see how that goes.  I'll keep you posted. 

Day 38

She is getting SO big!

Sisters: Crosby was just chatting away with her baby sister.

Another cloudy day.  Carter and I had big plans again today!  Target was on our agenda again today.  We "forgot" some items yesterday on our adventure.  Carter is a fantastic shopping companion, she's smiley and so content.  

Day 37

It was a rainy Tuesday, so overcast and gloomy. Carter and I thought it would be fun to get out and explore the new Christmas items at Target.  We found some fantastic items.

They were just starting to set out these amazing items!

Yummy!  My favorite Christmas candy.

After our quick trip to Target, we thought it would be fun to see daddy at work.  Since Tim has been leaving early for work, he started practice this week, Carter doesn't get to see Tim much.  She loves spending time with her daddy.

Day 36

Happy Daylight Savings Y'all! BLAH.....Why do we still have this?  Why don't parents unite in a rebellion against this CRAZY tradition that is no longer needed? Carter and I stayed home on this rainy, cool Monday. A typical recover from the weekend sort of day is going it's usual way.  First nap wasn't fantastic, she woke up 50 minutes in and wasn't sold on continuing to sleep.  Silly girl!

Carter is loving her play mat friends today, as well as her jump a roo!  Yea!  She is independent and I'm loving watching her play by herself.  Carter has found her feet, which is so cute.  She is putting EVERYTHING in her mouth.  That's fun...I'm so glad she's not mobile yet.  I remember when Crosby became mobile, holy moly! That girl nearly ate a penny and an earring within the first week.

Nap number two went a little better.  We have cameras in both girls rooms so we can check in on them without going in.  Carter will wake up mid naps sometimes and just stare at the camera, it is CREEPY.  This nap she slept the majority of the two hours.  And when she did wake up she just played and talked for about 10 minutes by herself

Day 35 - End of Week 7

Big Sigh....This has been a week.  I love that I get to stay at home with Carter.  Each week I learn more and more about her.  For example, my sweet littlest has not been napping much longer than an hour for her first nap.  Up until last week she would easily sleep for 2 hours, well things have changed.  Today was day 5 of a short morning nap. UGH!  

Possible Solution #1: we are going to try cereal tomorrow morning to see if she needs a fuller tummy. 

Possible Solution #2:  put her down earlier.

These are my only two thoughts.  I really don't remember short morning naps with Crosby.  When she was older her afternoon nap got shorter. When that happened, we switched her to two naps and that worked wonders for her.  Carter is no where near moving to two naps.  The little lady can barely stay up for 2 hours at a time.

I think cereal will help.  If not, we will try something different!  On a great note, she is now sleeping through the night consistently! Sleeping unswaddled has worked great!

Happy Halloween 2013

Our Minnies

The whole group

The smallest Trick-or-Treaters

She was so polite :)

Catching a ride with a pirate

She had so much fun!

Day 34

This is going to be a fun first Halloween for Miss Carter Joy.  We wanted to make sure Carter was well rested (that didn't happen) and happy (which she was!)  Carter and I had a few things to do to help daddy out around the house.  While we were out at Lowes, we thought we'd stop and see Tim at work.

Day time costume - baseball player

Picking up a new project for daddy to work on.

Quick lunch date with daddy.

Afternoon bouncing with my love. 

Stay tuned for Halloween Pics from our Trick-or-Treat outing with our small group.