Sunday, August 9, 2009

Mary Grace's Party

Carter went to his first birthday party today. Mary Grace had her 2nd birthday party this afternoon. Sarah and Brent threw her a really nice party at their house. Here are a couple pictures of the birthday girl blowing out her candle and eating her cupcake!



Carter had lots of fun exploring a different house and pulling up on new things. He was a little unsure when we first got there but warmed up quickly and was all smiles for everyone.


Carter had some crazy naps (for him) today. He took his first nap from around 9:15 to 10:30 am. He was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as I sat down to rock him for a few minutes before putting him in his crib. Then we held off on another nap for him until after Mary Grace's party. He was looking really tired as we were leaving and fell asleep in the car before we even started driving home. I transferred him to his crib when we got home and he ended up taking a 2 hour nap!!! That was the longest nap he's taken since he was a few months old.

Right now Carter usually takes 3 naps a day that add up to about 2 hours of napping so this was a lot of sleep for him today. I'd love to transfer him to just 2 naps but there's usually no way I can keep him up that long between naps. He'll either fall sleep in the car if we're out or be a monster at home because he's so tired and I can't keep him entertained enough to fight through it. Maybe if Carter starts getting up later in the morning I can push back his first nap which would make 2 naps a day more of a possibility. He's still first waking up between 5 and 6 am, though I don't get him until at least 6 am (it's usually closer to 6:30 am).

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