So... I'm Carrie

modified.

i received this somewhat foreboding fortune last night from the fortune cookie i consumed after our chinese takeout.  i didn't give it much thought at the time.  just a silly fortune right.

oh. so. wrong.

i had plans to take carter up to my office today.  to visit and show him off... you know the obligatory thing to do before returning to work.  i think they fire you if you don't.  or at least throw rocks at you. 
this week i have been working to get us into a regimen. we have been getting up at five and putting him to bed earlier at night, so that we are in a routine by the time i go back to work.  this kid has pretty much slept through the night since his 2 week check up.  he probably would have straight home from the hospital, but they had me waking him every 3 hours to eat.  anyway... last night, well this morning he decided 3:30 was a great time to get up. 
it wasn't.  not for me anyway.  so i get up, feed him and then try to put him back down.  except he thinks it's 5 and was up. ready to play and chat and coo.  i didn't feel so much like cooing.  not even remotely.  it was 4:15 in the morning. HELLO.  so just before 5 i get him back to sleep. 

then my alarm clock goes off.  dammit.

i decide to go ahead and get up and get myself a shower, because i know that carter is going to be ready to eat in another hour.  and i am one of those people that is much better off staying awake than to be awoken after a short 40 minute nap.  i get pretty crabby, ok, super bitchy.

so i get the shower, feed the kid and we both lay down for a 2 hour nap.  i get up get him ready, me ready, the dog is in her cage, we are all systems go, i am ready to go meet my friends for lunch.  baby is in the car, run through the list to make sure i have everything i need, turn the car on...
and i see this in the little information panel thing... **WARNING TIRE EXTREMELY LOW**

i get out. check the tires and sure enough the back tire has a freaking screw sticking out of it.  DAMMIT! 

by this point carter is screaming his head off because when in the carseat he expects motion, like he starts crying at stop lights.  and because he is screaming he is getting hot, which just makes him scream more. 

so i get him out and make my phone calls. 

needless to say we did not make it to my office today. 

but... there were some high points.  Jason happened to be relatively close to our house out on a job when i made this discovery so he was able to use his lunch hour to come and get carter and i and take us to lunch.  the three of us in the ranger was a pretty sight, let me tell you.  and... when he took me back to the goodyear store, the guy didn't charge me to fix the tire.  i don't know if it's because he felt sorry for me or because we have been there several times, on more than one occasion for a screw sticking in our tire.

and i got to take some pictures of carter dressed up in his super cute frog onesie.  and the little frog robeez .  I love those little shoes, they are so cute.  Thanks Nicky!

Carter fighting the sandman.  he didn't win by the way.  he's sleeping right now.

shocking.

there are several things that i have learned over the past two months that are some what mind blowing... 

• if you would have told me how much laundry a 2 month old would produce, i would have never believed you.  it is CRAZY!
• there is nothing more unnerving than getting carter dressed only to have him spit up before you even pick him up from the changing table.  redo.
• i don't put on my 'nice' clothes until seconds before we are scheduled to leave the house.  the times i have i have either been peed on or spit up on.
• i constantly feel like i am forgetting something anytime we go anywhere even though we have packed up everything we can think of and there is little room left in the car.
• mylicon is a gift from god.
• why is dreft detergent SO much more expensive than every other detergent (like 2 and half times)? it must be made of teddy bear tears and rainbow juice.
• i suddenly find watching my baby play, coo, sleep, smile or breathe WAY more entertaining than any television show.
• i have absolutely no short term memory anymore. 
• i suddenly feel bad for being such a punk especially during my teenage years.
• i really thought i was going to miss rock concerts and smoke filled bars but now staying home on the weekends is so much more gratifying.  i do miss going to the movies though.
• it is simply amazing how much you can love someone.

bumbo.

i got the bumbo seat out and carter seemed to like it. 

playin'

carter is really fussy in the evenings, about the time jason gets home from work.  jason thinks it's because carter doesn't like him. i am figuring out he wants to play during this time...

sun.

scarlet was happy to see the sun return today.  she kept moving around the house depending on where the sun was shining through.  soaking it up.

2 months.

my baby is 2 months old. GAAH!  i can't believe it.  time is flying by faster than ever before.  2 months seemed like forever when i was 7 months pregnant.  oh my.  the weirdest thing about all of this, even though it seems like time is flying, i also have moments where i am like... he's only 2 months old? it seems like we have always had him.  i can hardly remember what not having him around was like.  i knew my world was going to change, i just didn't realize how much i would enjoy that change.  being a mama is good.
these are the only pictures i took today...

he looked so itty bitty propped up in our bed.

my two sleepies.  i am sure jason will be mad that i posted this pic... but how cute is this.

hmm.

i really have nothing to say.  the ice is gone. the rain is here and it is still freaking cold outside.  so the dude and i have been layin' low... i am not even remotely interested in trying to get out in this mess. 

i always freak out a little while in the shower, i try to time it while carter is napping, but it doesn't always work out.  yesterday, i jumped in got my hair washed and conditioned, i had layed him on the spot on our bed where i can see him from the shower. i peered out - still sleeping, so i decided to try and shave my legs.  i got one shaved and the screaming commenced.  so... needless to say, i have one shaved leg, one not so shaved leg.  sexy.

my time at home is slowly dwindling away.  i have 4 weeks left.  i have been feeling so guilty about the fact that i am home.  i make a list of things i must get accomplished each day and get frustrated that most days those things don't get done.  rather than just enjoy my time and scrapbook my heart out, i spend the day spinning my wheels and not getting too far.  i voiced some of this frustration with jason last night.  i need to just relax.  enjoy the time.  don't worry about the stupid boxes in the dining room...  i don't know  why i have such a hard time taking it easy.  enjoying the moment.  i think i get this from my mom.

so anyway... here are some pictures. i know this is the only reason half of you are here... not to read my diatribes and musing of shaved leg mishaps.
my kid is cute... i don't blame you.

 
this bottom picture, even though a little blurry, just might be my favorite yet!

i can't believe he is 8 weeks old

continuing coverage.

ice watch continues.  we did indeed get some ice overnight.  i got up this morning and went out to check out the damage...

the barbecue iced.

table. iced

frozen leaves.

frosty gnome.

frost watch.

it's really funny.  the weather men in houston get all kinds of excited when we get the chance for any weather other than hot and humid.  like - lets make some CRAZY weather icons and do nonstop coverage of nothing -  crazy.  i can't tell you how many programs were interrupted today to bring us breaking news of rain clouds moving and the coverage of one truck in dallas that spun off the road after crossing an icy bridge. oh... and how could i forget the weather guy standing outside holding the big outdoor thermometer to clearly illustrate that it is 33 & 1/2 degrees.  seriously.  it's sad.  so... we are in the midst of FREEZE WATCH 2007, as one station has dubbed it.

but... regardless of how blown out of proportion... it's freaking cold outside.  very un-texas like.  wowza.

the gnome... standing gaurd, on frost patrol.

our plants take cover. i guess these are the only ones jason wanted to salvage.  nothing else is covered up.

scarlet looking at me like i have completely lost my mind... so what if i have a little cabin fever, i am very easily entertained.

carter is also very easily entertained. in this picture he is watching his new favorite... the ceiling fan.  he thinks they are rad.  rest assured, should there be ice... i will take pictures.

Congrats.

My brother Matt and Sister-in-law Carey accomplished a major feat by completing their big runs today.  Matt competed in the Houston Marathon and Carey in the Half Marathon.  Both of them finished. 

I think it is totally great... it was fun tracking them online.  We had plans to go down and watch, but the weather was a little too dicey to take the little guy out. 

Congratulations you guys... your hard work totally paid off.