This little bunny has had a birthday! It has definitely come and gone with a bang! I tortured her on her actual birthday and took her to the pediatrician for shots. It just happened to work best for our schedule, but I did treat her to a cupcake afterwards ;) She had a very good one year appointment. She weighs 21lbs and 2 oz (75th) and is 28.75 inches long (50th). She and Blair are now almost the same size at their one year check-ups. Dr. Pip's words were "she is solid". That tends to be the trend around here! Carter has gone through many changes the past few weeks, and she is doing great. Daylight savings time happened to fall on her birthday, so I figured that was the best way to start her new schedule. We had the bedtime bottle left to drop, so we dropped it on that Sunday. We also changed her dinner time so that she eats with us as a family, and we switched to whole milk. I would say she is still getting used to the whole milk, but other than that she is doing treat. Carter LOVES to eat. She will eat ANYTHING. She cries at the beginning of the meal because she is hungry, and she cries at the end of the meal because it is over (I can relate). She is still a great sleeper; she goes to bed before 7:00 every night and sleeps until 7:30 the next morning. She is still taking two naps a day; one at 9:30 and the second 1:30. We still don't have a walker. Actually, we have a really good crawler. We are working on it daily though trying to make those legs stronger. She loves to push her car, grocery cart, and lion around the house. That is about all the walking she does. Carter loves going to her music class and she loves dancing to music. She does all of the hand motions and will listen to her music CD in the car for hours! She has added a few words to her vocabulary in the past week or so such as ball, duck, eat, and light. She is finally growing an interest in sitting and reading books instead of tearing the house apart ;) Other than some nasal congestion issues, Carter has had a very healthy first year. We will be getting some skin testing done next week because of an allergic reaction during dinner the other night. Fingers crossed that it was just a fluke! So here are some pics of my Carter girl enjoying her very first taste of cupcake on her birthday!
We had a small birthday party for Carter the weekend after her birthday. Her Paw Paw flew into town from New Orleans, so we got the family together to celebrate! I went with an Easter theme since the actual holiday is so close to Carter's birthday this year. This theme may be a repeat because there were endless opportunities with the decorating. Such fun!!
Carter was having the best time at her party until it was time to blow out the candles. Right before Felix blew the flame out, Carter happened to touch it with her finger. From that moment on, she never really recovered and wanted nothing to do with her cake. She may be forever scarred by the Happy Birthday song! HA!
We just love our Carter-girl so much! She is the sweetest, yet most spastic baby I have ever been around. She loves to cuddle and love on you, but at the same time she will just bust out into some sort of spastic move that we have never seen before. She is one happy girl, and has added so much entertainment to this family. Blair loves her little sister to death, and has become such a huge help! I'm sure this next year will be just as entertaining as the last one once the walking, climbing, and temper tantrums kick in! As I said before, we are constantly eating our wheaties! Happy 1st Birthday Carter-girl!
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