First "real" sickness

Last Monday, Carter started to have a constant tear in his eye (the tear is gone now, not sure how it connects to the story)...then Wednesday, Carter started running a low grade temperature (99s) which I just thought was connected to more teething. That night in the nursery he was so unhappy. On Thursday, his appetite started to change. Friday morning at 3am, he woke up cryyyying and with a temperature of 102.4. I've never felt anyone so hot. About an hour and half later, he finally fell asleep in bed with us. That morning, I called the doctor and they asked to bring him in. This was the first time we have taken Carter to the doctor besides for well-checks. Carter weighed 24lbs 1 oz (He's 11 months today!). They took his temperature and it was 98.7...good ear and good eyes. So the nurse took some blood and checked his white blood cell count which was "lower than normal". Dr. Langdon said he had a viral infection. She said to keep with the Tylenol and add Motrin (and that we can upgrade our dosage or change to children's Tylenol or Motrin because of his weight) and to give him a multivitamin. That multivitamin stiiiiiiiiiinks so bad...I have to hide it in his foods for him to eat it. Its also a battle to get him to take the Motrin. Over the weekend, he was still not eating normal and whinnnny. On Sunday, at the pool we noticed that he was developing a little rash on his belly. I searched online to determine that it was the infection leaving the body. On Monday, I called the Dr's office and they confirmed what I had read. He is finally today starting to eating better but still whiny, but not as bad.

Indoor pool

We enjoyed a fun day with the family on Sunday at the indoor pool. Aaron teaches swim lessons at our pool so he was teaching Carter a few things...like sticking his face in the water and blowing bubbles. He didn't really blow any bubbles. By the time we left, I could tell Carter was much more comfortable in the pool. Looking forward to sunny days at the pool this summer! :)

Happy 1st Birthday Gabriel!

We celebrated Gabriel's 1st birthday on Saturday. Gabriel is 3 weeks older than Carter...but he was about 7 weeks early.


Tearing up the cake


Dylan making Carter's hair stand up


Playing outside


Practicing for Carter's cake debut in a couple weeks. He's never had anything sweet like that, besides a bite here and there.

March 31, 2009 4:47pm

Aaron has been working on his National Boards which is lots of writing about classroom discussions/activities/work samples, etc for the past couple months. He was staying at school everyday till 5pm. The postmarked deadline was Tuesday, March 31...and Aaron's was postmarked 4:47pm. We were done packing it earlier that day...and decided to rest during Carter's nap time. The weekend prior to the due date, I was in Asheville on a Ladies Retreat. Luckily, my parents watched Carter all weekend so Aaron could slave away on NB. Aaron will find out his results in December which earn his a 12% pay raise...which is not quite the 100% we lost of mine, but close! :P
After we mailed off everything, we headed out to dinner at Lonestar! Carter enjoyed chowin' down on grilled cheese and fries. After dinner, we went to the Clayton softball at SSS. Aaron has coached for the past 4 seasons, but decided to only coach 1 sport this year so he could complete the National Boards. Our life is a little back to normal now. We are so proud of Aaron! :)