CARTER'S HEALTH & SURGERY UPDATE: Wouldn't you know it, two days before Carter's scheduled surgery which was not this week or last week but the week before last week (got that?) - he got sick AGAIN. We took him to the doctor and he felt we should test for RSV which is Respiratory Syncytial Virus (they swab their boogers). Don't ask me how to say that second word that starts with an "s"....although I'm sure my sister can pronounce it. Those words are part of her regular nurse vocabulary. Basically, it's a virus very common in infants ages 0-1 and is an infection of the lungs and breathing passages. It can be VERY serious and is SUPER contagious. Carter is a little bit on the older side to contract it but he did (thankfully we caught it early). So we were sent home with a Nebulizer (what a machine - it sounds like a compressor), steroids and an antibiotic. Carter loved the Nebby the Nebulizer (NOT)! He really hated it and it was sometimes very hard to keep him from squirming away....plus you have to hold it around his nose/mouth as there is no way he was going to tolerate the evil mask. Carter stayed away from daycare all that week and hung with Grandma Zens (so thankful for having family close by!) Carter has been doing great, had a good check-up last Tuesday, March 1st, and his surgery to remove the tonsils and adenoids is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23rd. So, we are keeping the fingers and toes crossed that he stays healthy for these next few weeks. If not, we have a written prescription and mom won't be afraid to fill it! :-)
BOMPBA! Carter brought tears to my eyes when we mentioned "Grandpa" in our conversation last night - not sure which one we were talking about - Zens or Aschenbrenner - but he said "Bompba" for "Grandpa"!!!! And he also says "papa". Then when Grandpa Zens stopped by for a few minutes tonight he got to hear it too.
TRIP TO SIOUX FALLS TO SEE BOMPBA ASCHENBRENNER Can you say cabin fever?!!! Man, it was so nice to just get away and not be stuck in the house last Saturday. My dad was bowling in a tournament in Sioux Falls, SD last weekend so we made the trip there to visit him. We snuck in a little shopping at Old Navy where Jesse snagged some great buys on a few shirts, Carter scored an adorable and nicely priced pair of jeans and shirt and I bought a few bargain sweaters (I love end-of-season clearance). My dad "bompba" had fun chasing Carter around the store and the mall, spoiling him a little with the 25 cent machines...Carter got a little pink spin toy and some m&ms....yummy! We also at some pretty delicious pizza (and beer) at Old Chicago. No, Carter didn't have any beer, although I'm sure he wouldn't have hesitated to guzzle if given the opportunity! Bompba was making Carter giggle quite a bit in the car....there's just something so special and magical about watching your parents bond and enjoy their time their grandchildren.
SWIFFER MADNESS It brings great fear to me that Carter has taking such a liking to the Swiffer.
I'm a little nervous and feeling outnumbered having not one but two clean freaks in the house (Okay, I know that I am jumping the gun and praying this is just a phase and that Carter and I can gang up on dad teasing him about what a clean freak he is). I'm already living in an overabundance of testosterone and now this?! It's actually pretty cute to watch him push it around (he even gets it up on the counter tops and tonight there was a close call with mom's water glass). The first thing he wanted when he woke up this morning was the Swiffer! Really? FIRST FLOATERS Yep. Floaters. Ew. Really? Yes. Mortifying? Yes. Carter took his first #2 in the bathtub this week and it was really traumatic for me! We were playing along with his toys and then I see this brown mysterious little ball slowly surface - at first thinking, hoping, praying it is a toy....racking my brain - what toy looks like poooo and then it hits me - it is poooo! I started screaming and yelling for Jesse and he was laughing hysterically at me. Of course, being the manly man he is, he didn't even want to help me fish the little brown balls out! So, I took the Solo cup (yes, a red Solo cup has been one of Carter's favorite bath time toys) and after a few failed recoveries, I eventually got all 3 pieces out with a little direct contact (used my hand). Again, ew - gross! Carter just looked at me the whole time like "What's the matter with you, you crazy nut?!". You'd think after changing as many diapers as I have it wouldn't be a big deal but let's be honest...I don't handle the #2's well. I do them but hate it!
NUMBERS Carter has finally mastered (well, semi-mastered) counting "one, two, three"!. Soooo cute. Honestly, it is so precious and amazing to watch a little one's vocabulary expand and tackle and master those "firsts". Jesse has nightly and morning rituals with Carter which include removing and placing our decorative pillows on our bed (I know what you're thinking - and no, we don't have as many pillows as what's his name on the movie Along Came Polly!) and when prepping the coffee pot for the morning Carter helps Jesse count the number of scoops of coffee to go into the filter. Sometimes he says "one" and then "three" which sounds more like "free" and skips "two".....heck, it's still so cute! He's a brilliant little boy!
DAYCARE HIATUS Carter's daycare provider, Tonia, is on vacation today, tomorrow and Monday/Tuesday (who can blame her?!) of next week so Carter made a return visit to Wonder World in Slayton today and did well I think. He will be at Grandma Zens tomorrow and Monday and back to Wonder World Tuesday and then back on schedule. He only clung to my leg this morning at Wonder World for about a minute and then I was forgotten. I have to remind myself that is a good thing. Is it wrong for me to want him to cry or cling to me just a little bit more? I know this time is going so fast and will continue to fly and I will one day look back at all of these memories and yearn for them again....
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