On Friday we celebrated Carter's birthday with several outings throughout the day. Derek's mom was still in town for his birthday party, so I had soneone help me with the outings, which was great. In the morning we headed to Chuck-E-Cheese's around 10:00 in an attempt to avoid the lunch rush of kids celebrating being out of school for the summer. Our plan worked! The place was basically deserted at the beginning of our visit. Addy and Carter enjoyed riding the rides. Addy really loved playing game and earning tickets and Carter loved watching the automated Chuck-E-Chesse on stage. He just kept pointing and waving at him and clapping his hands. It was a lot of fun to watch him get so excited about it. If I would have guessed I would have thought that he would be scared out of him mind of being so close to the freaky giant mouse, but I would have been dead wrong!
After getting out rides and game playing time in we picked up Derek for lunch and headed to Chili's. We usually do a birthday meal at a restaurant for birthdays and we dicided to head to Chili's for Carter's big day. The beauty of a one year old's birthday is that by then they really don't have a favorite restaurant and can be persuaded to eat just about anywhere, so we decided Chili's would be great! We went during lunch time because heading to Chili's to eat dinner (or anywhere for that matter) is nearly impossible to do in Bloomington-Normal on a Friday night. Everyone in the town loves to eat out! After a great lunch we headed home for the ever important nap time.
That evening Carter opened his gifts from us and then we headed to the Discovery Children's Museum here in town for a little more celebrating. Carter and Addy both really enjoyed the museum and we loved the fact that no one goes on Friday nights, s the place was empty! It was so nice to let the kids roan and their own and not have to worry about losing them in the crowd. Carter enjoyed the water table and paint wall, while Addy really loved just about everything! It was a lot of fun playing in the make believe area where Addy sang a few of her :original" tunes on stage and Derek and Addy put on a puppet show together.
We capped off the night with a quick trip to Dairy Queen for Carter's birthday ice cream cone. He was loving his cone until it fell to the floor. Then we had one upset little one year old! He did manage to steal a few bites of his mom's ice cream though; which made everything all better.
Carter continues to grow and learn new things everyday. He isn't walking yet, but it always cruising and walking along furniture. He has been very hesitant to let go and stand on his own. He now eats only table food and is slowly becoming a more adventurous eater. He is a much pickier eater than Adalyn was at his age. I blame Derek for this, as Derek isn't so adventurous with his appetite either. He says a few words including hi and dada. Even though he doesn't say a whole it is evident through his body language that he understands much of what we tell him. Carter loves to give high fives and draws attention from people when we are out and about by waving at them until they notice him and they wave back. The kids loves attention from anyone and everyone. On Tuesday (May 31st) we took Carter for his one yeaer check-up and vaccinations. Everything checked out and the doctor said he was doing great. At the appointment Carter weighed 26 lbs (90th percentile) and measured 31.5 inches long (90th percentile). Dr. Boe joking commented that he was slimming down because he dropped from the 95th percentile to the 90th.
We love our little guy so much and have had such a wonderful time watching him grow and learn so many new things throughout his first year. We can't believe our baby is already one! It's amazing how fast time flies! Happy Birthday Carter!
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