My favorite Christmas picture! And also... my favorite present!

Carter's 2 wk appointment & holiday lights

Carter checked out with flying colors!

We visited w/ Nana a bit after the appointment and Ricky played with his baby brother.

He seems totally adjusted now.

He still gets plenty of personal attention!

After that we went to a Winter Wonderland display at a local public park.  It was full of inflatables and light-up displays.  It was chilly, but Carter was bundled in the stroller and Rickybear ran all around and kept warm.  We also were able to play on the playground there, too.

Do they make Christmas alligators anywhere other than Louisiana??

Merry Christmas, from our family to yours!

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I love you, son!

In the spirit of Christmas...

On Sunday morning we took our Christmas pictures. Getting up at 5:30am on a Sunday was worth it because the pictures turned out great! Well, at least the baby looked great, lol!

After his 6 month well check-up appointment, Rickybear had no fever whatsoever, so I scheduled to take him back on Thursday to see the nurse. We were in and out within 10 minutes. He was such a champ. He cried when he actually got the shots, but as soon as we scooped him up, he began to smile. He ran a small fever after the shots, but he was trying to jump right away, so his lil legs couldn‘t have been too sore. Aside from taking a 3 hour nap that afternoon, he was just like his usual self!

Guess what? I sprained my wrist this week. At first I attributed my wrist pain to my flu shot, which had made my entire arm ache. By Thursday the pain was unbearable (since my job consists of typing on a keyboard for 8 hours day!), so after Rickybear’s shots I decided to stay home and rest it. I had NO CLUE as to what I did to hurt it… until Thursday night. I went to get Ricky bear a bottle at 4am and stumbled into a doorway in my zombie state and nearly hit the floor… then it came back to me. Yep, I think I fell the night before. Getting up from a dead sleep to tend to the baby can be dangerous!! I also took the next day off of work and now my wrist is feeling much better. Thank goodness! I can’t tell you how hard it is to diaper change and dress a squirmy baby with one hand!

As a reward for being such a good boy, I decided to take Rickybear to see Santa for the first time!! Bass Pro has free pictures, so the neighbor and I packed up our babies and headed out on Friday night. Alyce has a 13mo little girl named Avery, and she has another one on the way. The line was a bit long, but moved pretty quickly. My lil man was a pro up there! He even pulled on Santa’s beard just to make sure it was real (it was!). The picture is so stinkin cute! Boogie has been a very good boy this year so I think Santa will be very good to him!