This post is all about the Carter bug. Last week he had surgery to fix an umbilical hernia and put tubes in his ears for recurring ear infections. If you hadn't know he had surgery, you probably wouldn't have been able to tell by how he was acting. He did awesome! We went in early Thursday morning, the nurses got him all prepped, the anesthesiologist took him away, and about an hour later both surgeries were done. Hernias are pretty common and most will repair on their own by one year of age, but Carter's didn't and since it was kind of gross looking, we opted for the surgery to fix it. His ear infections have been pretty constant since he was nine months. The poor kid has probably been in pain since then so we were happy to have a solution to that problem too. I am sure the reason he's done so well is because the surgery pain was nothing compared to the ear infection pain and he is just excited to not have that anymore.
A few before pictures. I called it his ugly button cause look at it. It's pretty nasty looking. His isn't even that big. I've seen much larger on other kids.
Waiting in the foyer for them to call us back to get prepped. Yes, he is man enough to have a PINK binki. It's a hand me down from his sister. We're pretty cheap. What can I say?
Cute little hospital clothes they took him to surgery in. He was so excited with all the new stuff and the attention for awhile. Then he saw the bottle of milk I had brought for after surgery and he could only think about that until they took him back.
His dressing. We had to leave that on for three days (Sunday). Then there were steri strips underneath that were supposed to stay on for another seven to ten days. I keep saying WERE because he ripped those off today (Monday). Oh well, it looks pretty good so I'm not too worried.I need to give a big huge thanks to all the family and friends that fasted and prayed for him. We really felt your love. Also to my mom, who had Ash and Tade for two and a half days so Eric and I could focus on Carter. THANK YOU!!!!!
This is Carter's button video. He has know where it is for awhile since everyone always wants to see his "ugly" button. I love that he lifts his shirt to find it.
On a side note, probably time for a new camera. So if you know any nice point and shoots that do video too, please let me know!
Even more swimming. This is Tade and his cousin Austin. Eric was smarter enough to make it possible for the pool to easily be put under the slide on our play set so it is like we have a water park in our backyard. Tade loves it. Ashlynn isn't so sure, And Carter would love it if I let him, but the slide is WAY too fast!
Tade lost his first tooth this summer. It was super loose for almost a week, but both Eric and I remember getting forced to pull a loose tooth out so we just let him let it come out on its own time. He got "one whole green dollar" from the tooth fairy.
Ashlynn went to the dentist to get a cavity filled. For three or four hours afterwards, she chewed on her numb lip and this is what happened. Poor girl. It was really sore for almost two weeks. Hopefully, this won't ever happened again!
Apparently, we have been having so much fun it is hard to even make it in our rooms for naps! Actually, she was in the hall mad at me for not letting her do something and that's how she fell asleep. I thought it was pretty funny so I had to take a picture.
She reminds me of Fancy Nancy. 
Crawling up and down the stairs! He has fallen down one more time :( 
He gets so tired sometimes that he'll pull his blanket out of his crib, find his bink, and fall asleep on his floor! Too cute!!!
Tade doing a little bit of hair styling for the bug (That's Carter's nickname). I gave Carter a little trim today. It was kind of sad! He is getting so big. 
Goofies! They found their goggles and wanted to wear them. Whateves! 
One Sunday morning, I had enough time to do Ashlynn's hair before 9am church. It turned out pretty cute so I had to take a picture.
