18 Months

Carter is 18 months old today. Despite the rough first year or so, he's currently happy, healthy and thriving. It's been almost 5 months since his last surgery and we are praising the Lord since that is the longest surgery-free stretch of his life. Since there's not many developmental milestones to share (he's still pretty far behind on his gross motor skills), I'll just share the intricacies of this little man and his big personality:

• He loves to shake hands and high five with everyone. 
• His low laugh/chuckle is completely infectious.
• He squeals anytime he's in a shopping cart. It's really loud, but also so darn cute. He loves to  entertain all the ladies in Target, Costco and Sprouts.
• He now smells like"boy" no matter how much we bathe or change him
• The only thing he wants to play with are balls. He will play fetch with himself - throw them and then chase them across the room. 
• He constantly has bruises on his forehead. Mostly from running into doors and furniture - pretty sure he gets that from him mom. 
• His favorite place to play is the hallway. Not sure why, but since he's happy in there, I let him be.
• He wears 18-24 month shirts and can still fit into a couple of his 6month shorts. Super skinny little waist. Definitely didn't get that from his mom. 

Happy Halloween

The happy scream. Check out the long torso on this kid.

And since a blog about Carter wouldn't be complete without a medical update, our latest issue is his constant eye crossing. We saw a pediatric ophthalmologist and they informed us he's far sighted and he's crossing his eyes because he's having difficulty seeing. So he's getting glasses. The cutest little Nike glasses. We'll get them this week and it should correct his eye crossing and make sure he doesn't develop a lazy eye. Will post pictures real pictures soon, but for now, here's his play glasses.