Maddox, Eric and I got to meet Carter for the first time this past weekend. Aunt Brooke and Carter flew into Moline from Denver on Thursday afternoon for a whirlwind tour of IA, IL, and IN. Boy is Carter a GOOD baby and smiley. So happy, so content, really mellow ( compared to Maddox when she was that little :) ) and such a great sleeper. He turned 4 months yesterday, along with Maddox turning 20 months, and he is in such a good routine already. Maddox thought he was pretty neat......although she needed a LOT of supervision around him. Poor guy I think he got stepped on at least once and his forehead met a few of her dropped toys. But, all in all I think she thought he was pretty special....course he left after just a couple of days so we'll see how her attitude differs with baby Kies. She gave him lots of hugs and kisses and shared her toys with him and even handed him his pacifier when he was having a bit of a fussy/crying session ( which were VERY few and far between). It was so nice to see them interact and I think as Carter gets more mobile, he and Maddox will have a good time playing together. HINT HINT Uncle Tyler, why don't you find a job in the Quad Cities and move on back to the midwest?!! Would sure be nice to have the cousins be each other's best buddies. Having Carter around was a great learning experience for us. We are definitely going to have to set up the pack-n-play downstairs for baby Kies as a safe haven from tossed toys and pointer fingers. We're also going to need a changing station downstairs too to avoid going up and down the steps almost hourly to change someone's diaper. Maddox is getting to be such a big girl. She has slept EVERY NIGHT in her own bed since we implemented the big girl bed several weeks ago. She STILL just sits on the bed waiting for us to come and get her in the AM and after naps not even attempting to get down from the bed. We have officially transitioned off of the pacifier during the day. She just uses the paci during naps and at night and is starting to get pretty good at taking it out when she gets out of the bed, giving it to Mrs. Purple bear and lady bug night light to watch over until she returns. I am so proud of her!! She has become very interested in coloring and getting herself dressed. She is pretty good about staying on the paper but luckily we have the 'washable' kind of crayons. Yesterday AM I left her on our bed to 'clear' out the laundry basket. I had washed all her new summer clothes from Target so they were all in the laundry basket waiting to be put away. She made it her GOAL to get everything on her entire body. It was so funny and kept her busy for about 20 minutes!! She was very proud of herself when she finally got up with all the clothes around her legs. She is probably ready to potty train. She is actually starting to indicate to us when she is going to poop BEFORE she is going to poop and I think we could probably rush her to the potty chair to do her business. It isn't 100% that she'll tell us but pretty darn good. I"m not sure Eric and I are ready for the full on teaching....but we could probably do it. Pee pee isn't quite the same. She is good about telling us AFTER she pees. She has been having some very whiny days lately......getting at least 1 tooth for sure and I'm pretty certain we are going to see more pop through in the coming weeks. It seems all her little gums are swollen and on her more painful days she is not the most fun little girl to be around, especially since we discontinued the use of the pacifier during the day....maybe not the best timing but oh well. Yesterday was a good day and she was so happy and fun and saying so many words now...too many to even remember. Her little brain works so fast now she is pretty darn smart, but then again I am a little biased. As most of you know baby Kies is heads up instead of heads down and is STILL that way as I write this. I"ve been to the chiro one time and will return everyday this next week for her to do the Webster technique which is a special adjustment that is supposed to get the baby to turn. She is hopeful it will work but encouraged me we may need to do the technique daily until the last minute as it doesn't always work the first few times. Time will tell I guess. I am going back to work on Thursday to avoid using more of my vacation time. I am 37 weeks tomorrow which puts me out of the 'danger zone' if I had the baby early. So at this point he can come anytime. Eric and I both have our bags packed.
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