The Boone Family

Carter's first fourth of July was a blast! We spent the evening at Fowler's for a cookout/bonfire. He loved being in the fresh air and hanging out around the bonfire. He slept through the whole fireworks display! Check out the picture of him in his red, white, and blue outfit. He is really working hard on holding his head up. The video shows him having tummy time with Bob. He is getting so strong that he wants to check everything out! Then the other picture happened when Bob was burping him. He was on Bob's shoulder and he held his head up and spit up then put his head right back into his spit up. It was all over so we had to take a picture of it. He is getting bigger. I had Bob stand on our bathroom scale and then hold Carter to see how much he weighs. If the scale is accurate, which Bob says it's not but it might be close, he was 10 lbs 2 oz. We hope that you all had a great holiday weekend!

So Carter has been getting the chance to meet a lot of new people the last couple weeks. He specifically asked me to post pictures of all of his young friends that have stopped by to meet him. Notice they are all girls! Older girls to be exact. :) We have had Evelyn (Donnie and Lisa Goerlitz's 4 year old daughter), Lexi (Melissa Pritchard's 5 year old), and Lyla (Brian and Kristen Rosenstock's 6 month old) all stop by to meet him. Jaidyn Harris is stopping by tonight as well. Carter hasn't really perfected his game as of yet. Good thing about that is all he has to do is look in their direction and they smile. Yes, he is a ladies man. His sleeping patterns were getting a little better, but last night was another rough night. Let's hope tonight is a bit better.

Well, it has been a while since I posted. So sorry! Yesterday I went to the breastfeeding group again. When you get there you weigh your baby and then when you leave you weigh again to see how much he ate. When we got there he weighed 8lbs. 15oz and then when we left he was 9lbs 2 oz. Yep, he's a porker. The breastfeeding is going very well-much better now with the nip shield. He is really getting into a schedule with feeding every 2 hrs. His tummy is an alarm clock because almost to the minute he is really to eat. The nights are getting better. I am still sleeping on the couch and he is sleeping in the pack and play. He will sleep a big chunk of time 4-5hrs. then after that it's every2 hrs. The 4o'clock feeding is the worst. He tends to eat and then fall asleep, poop, and then sleep, instead of finishing eating. Then 40 minutes later he wakes up hungry. Oh, well it could be worse. My day consists of feed him, burp him, change him, then he sleeps, and it all starts again. P...

Last night we gave Carter his first real bath in his very own bathtub. I was really worried that he would scream his little lungs off but he was loving it. Oh, how I love to smell his head after his bath! We bundled him up in a little hooded towel and he looked like a monk. He loved it wrapped up in his little towel. Many of you have been asking about how Betsy has adapted to Carter. She came home from Michigan on Sunday evening. She sniffed him and then went on her merry way. From then on she acts extremely confused. She lays around a lot and comes over to visit him when he cries to make sure he is doing okay. She is very somber and has really chilled out. However, when we go for a w-a-l-k, she is back to her crazy sled dog ways.

Yesterday was Bob's first Father's Day. We had quite a lot of visitors this past weekend. My mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, sister, Edd, bob's mom, sister, and Eric all came to see Carter! It was a packed full house. On Saturday Carter had a blowout in his diaper onto my sister's jeans. There is a first time for everything! While cleaning that up he peed on his activity gym which caused us to give him a bath. During the bath he spit up on the towel and then peed. Lots of bodily functions at once. Today we had another doctor's appointment just to make sure he was gaining enough weight. He is now 8 lbs 4oz. He is a porker. The doctor said he was doing very well and we don't have to come back unless there is a problem. Yes, I am still breastfeeding. However I am having a hard time on the right side. It feels like I am getting a purple nurple every time he sucks on that side. Guess What! I have found a way to deal with this issue--a nipple shield. I found it at Targ...

We are loving being parents! Watching his facial expressions and listening to his noises have just been the start of it! Last night he slept for 5 hours straight! It was great! I was so refreshed. My milk machines were hard as boulders from Colorado-didn't care because sleep is just so precious. Guess what! His umbilical cord stub fell off. Yeah! It was kinda gross just hanging there but now it is gone! We can give him a "real bath" now. Grandma and Grandpa Grocho drove up to visit. They were kissing all over him! I just wanted to take time to say thank you to all the friends and family who have stopped by, dropped off food, and sent/brought gifts. We are overwhelmed by your generosity. It has been great!

Wow~just when I thought it couldn't get worse...Last night was so rough. He was so fussy. He wanted to eat constant and then he would spit up and cry because his belly hurt. When I didn't feed him as long as he wanted he cried because he was still hungry. Bob went to bed around 9:45pm not feeling so well while I battled the baby. My mom always is helping but I feel bad asking for help because I want us to be prepared to handle him all by ourselves. I finally got to sleep for one hour around 3am while Bob took over. Then we switched. I don't sleep well before the baby so I thought that I would be set and able to handle this. I was so wrong! I fed him this morning and he was sleeping. My mom watched him while we slept for 90 minutes. He did very well today with feeding every 2 hours and taking a 1-2hr nap in between. My friend Marcie stopped over today for a short time and that was great! She dropped off dinner and got to see Carter however he slept through her visit. Thanks ...