I Know

I know, I  know, it has been a whole week since I have put up a new post.  To be honest with you, I have my husband home for a week, and Carter and I are soaking up every last minute with him possible.  So, hopefully I can catch you all up with what has been going on.  We are now home again after almost a month of traveling.  Our last few days in Coeur d'Alene were great, so that is what the next few posts will be about.  You know I have a good 200-300 pictures to go through from our last few days there, so bear with me as I get them ready for the blog!

We met Teresa and the boys down by the lake for a little swimming and playing in the sand.  It was a beautiful day, and I know we all had a good time soaking up some rays!

Not too sure about the sand...

Watching for babes!

I am pretty sure this little man does not miss any meals...

Who has the best Daddy?

That would be Carter and Me.  This past Sunday we got to celebrate Father's Day with Timmy.  Carter truly has been blessed with a wonderful and amazing Father.  I love seeing them interact with one another.  Every time Tim comes home, Carter runs to the door yelling "Dadda, Dadda".  It is sweet, and I know Carter has truly been blessed by having Tim as a Dad.
Happy Father's Day to my Daddy also.  I love living in the half-way-house so we can spend lots of time with you.  You are a wonderful Dad and Grandpa!  We love you both!!!

A New Love

Carter has a new love: CHERRIES!!!!  Usually Carter will do his sign language sign for more when he is ready for some more food, but not with Cherries.  He decided to just yell out "More" to get our attention a lot faster.  

CDA

Carter and I made the 6 hour drive from Montana to Idaho to find Timmy.  Carter was so excited to finally see Daddy after almost 3 weeks.  We have been having a great time seeing good friends and spending time together as a family.  Last night we headed out to the board walk to take some pictures of my sweet boy!  He is such a ham and really starting to work the camera.  

Bozeman

Another slushie!!!

After we left Andrea's, Carter and I stayed at home for a day to take care of some stuff, and then we headed out on another 6 hour drive to go see Uncle Jason and Aunt Steffany.  Since I was so good at recording all the spoiling Aunt Nanna did, Jason and Steffany felt they were going to try to compete with her in the two days that we spent with them.  It was so much fun to get to spend time with them.  I think the only one who didn't really enjoy herself was Kenai because Aunt Steffany made her sleep outside.  It rained the whole time we were there, but we still had tons of fun playing at the museum, and drinking warm drinks. 

Big Dog!!

Cookie

Chi Tea Please

Children's Museum

Grandpa, Can you make me this table please??

More goodies!!  (From Panama mind you)

I will take me own cup please! 

Proof that I do pay up on my bets!

Thanks for the great time you guys!  Carter is excited to come back and get spoiled again!!!

Happy Birthday Nanna!!!

Carter, Kenai and I drove another 8 hours again today to come home.  It was a long day, but worth it to spend a week with Andrea.  We had a ton of fun, and I loved being able to have Carter play with his cousins.  Andrea's Birthday is today, so we went out yesterday to celebrate.  Ian was kind enough to watch all the kids for us, so it was just good sister time.  (Might I add Ian did a very good job, he got Carter to eat a whole manicotti after he already ate a whole boost!)  We started out with getting a pedicure.  It was a first time for both of us, and I have not idea why we waited this long to get one!    

Nanna getting pampered!

Nanna got the cute boy...  Me, I got this sweet lady!

Don't take the slippers home, they will for sure know you are a pedicure virgin!

Sexy Toes

After our feet were all pretty, we went out to an amazing dinner in Durango!  It was seriously amazing, and I enjoyed every bite of it.

Sisters

Seriously, do they sell this stuff by the gallon???

We came home to happy kids and a beautiful cake.  Ian did good this year, he remembered!  

Thank you so much for letting us come stay with you for a week Nanna.  We had a great time, and hope to come back soon.  Carter is lonely with the house being so quite.  Here is one last picture of Carter with another treat from his Aunt Nanna.  I hope Jason and Steffany are up to the challenge of trying to out do Andrea.

  

Chocolate Donut with Sprinkles  

Slushie

Yes, Carter is getting super spoiled once again.  I think his Aunt Nanna is enjoying spoiling him rotten.  I got to watch to the two older kids today while Andrea went to work, so we headed out to the lake to let Kenai swim and to have a picnic.  Shhh, don't tell Nanna, having a picnic is one of her favorite things to do (says Kayla).

Colorado Bound

On Sunday, Carter, Kenai and I all hopped in the car for a 450 mile drive to visit my sister in Colorado.  The drive was pretty easy except for the time the car would not start after our lunch break.  It was only 100 degrees outside, and the temp inside the care was quickly increasing as I began to panic.  But, the car finally started up for me and we were on our way.  Carter was a trooper, and was so glad to be out of the car when we go here.  We have been keeping busy playing with the kids.  Carter and Aiden are super cute together and play really well for the most part.  (Minus the occasional stranglings and eye gougings.)

   Yes folks, I got Ian on camera and smiling!

First of many bumps and bruises for the two little boys.

Carter can not wait to play T-Ball!!!

Sweet boy!

Kayla mad because I told her not to model!

Really enjoying all the treats he gets from Aunt Nanna!  I am sure he does not want vacation to end.

Loving feeding the fish!

Yes, eating ice cream again!

I am sure Carter is not looking forward to going home again and being with just his Mommy.  He gets spoiled a lot here, with goodies and fun things to do.  

Let the Fun Begin!

I am sure there are lots of people waiting for this blog, so here we go:
Carter and I went to go see Dr. Muntz today.  We were supposed to have a scope done, but when we got there the plans changed.  Dr. Muntz said he would rather keep Carter as his friend instead of making him go through the heart ache of the scope.  In all actuality, I think there was really nothing we could find out from the scope, so we decided to bail on that idea.  So, we were given 3 options: 1. CPAP  2. Another Mandibular Distraction and 3. A trach.  Yes, that is all the options my little man has.  I told Dr. Muntz he could just forget about the trach even being an option.  He said he agrees, but it is still always there looming over our head.  (I remember telling the very first ENT that saw Carter that a Mandibular Distraction was also out of the question.  Maybe I should watch what I say...)  If we do nothing and continue to let Carter breathe like this, he is looking at heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, the list goes on.  If we can not get his breathing improving in the next few months, we are going to have to do an EKG to make sure his little heart is still ticking away like it should.    
Game Plan:  We are going to try to get Carter to use the CPAP.  It is going to be a slow process, one that might take a month or so, but we are going to try our very best.
 

That is going to be my little Carter sleeping peacefully!!!  If I am unable to get him to wear it at night, then we might have to stay in the hospital for a few days and get some big time help from professionals.  Ok, so the best part:  Once I get Carter to wear this thing all night, then we have to do a repeat Sleep Study with it on to see what level we need have the machine on.  Yeah, just picture that blog post!!!
Our hope is that the CPAP will be able to help him out enough until hopefully his jaw grows out on its own.  Dr. Muntz said there is only so far that they can bring out the jaw with a distraction, and Carter is almost there.  So, Jaw grow, GROW!!!!
Dr. Muntz said that with a distraction, it is always expected that breathing would improve.  However, he reminded me that Carter has yet to do anything by the books.  Oh little Carter!!
I am sure there will be many posts on our progress with the CPAP, stay tuned!!  If you want to say a few prayers for my little man, he would appreciate them.  We need this CPAP to work and we need his jaw to grow.  Thanks for thinking of my sweet boy!