Baby's first earthquake

Carter experienced his first earthquake on Tuesday. Southern California was hit with a magnitude 5.4 earthquake. What do you think Carter did during the earthquake?? That's right he slept peacefully through all the shaking and rolling.


I promise I didn't pose him for this picture. He really was sleeping like this.

This is what I imagine his face would have looked like if he was awake during the earthquake.

Carter's rough night

In my ongoing endeavor to find out how smart and advanced Carter is, I offered him $120 to stop crying the other night, but he didn't take it. That doesn't bode well for his street sense. I mean, he didn't even need to actually fall asleep. He could've just pretended and I would've paid him all the same. Oh well, maybe he'll be good at chess.
On a related note, he had his first fever last night. He was crying and we couldn't figure out what was wrong, so of course, we put him in his warmest pjs and kept wrapping him in blankets. He just went on screaming (my boy has finally found his lungs) and we were dumbfounded b/c he wouldn't eat or anything. Finally, we thought, "what if he's hot?" We took off his pjs and sure enough, the kid was boiling. I laid him next to me by the window, and he started to cool down. Of course, he made us pay for our stupidity by peeing in our bed and making us change the sheets at 5am. Anyway, his fever broke and he's been happy as a clam today.

"My Daddy's so handsome!"

Check out his sweet duds from Richard, Betsey, and future girlfriend Nora.

"I hate it when Mommy dresses me up to match her! She's so mean!"
Actually, I couldn't stop laughing after I took this picture. He wasn't even crying -- he just made this super sad face right when I pushed the shutter.

Hurray for visitors!

We've been lucky to have some great visitors come and help out with Carter. It's made recovering so much easier on me. First my mom Phyllis came, then my mother-in-law Shari, then my sister Breezy, and then my mom came back again! It was so wonderful to have them here to cook, clean, take care of Carter, and keep me company. Thanks so much!!!

I know you can't really tell this is Grandma Phyllis holding Carter, but I promise it is. He really loves eating his hands.

Breezy and Carter snuggling together.

Grandma Shari and Carter still in the hospital.

And Carter snuggling with my mom, just in case the first picture wasn't proof enough that she was really here:-).

A clean bill of health

Yesterday was Carter's 2-week checkup. He had to go see a pediatrician when he was 3 days old, but we weren't able to get into see the doctor that our good friends Betsey and Richard recommended. Instead we got a doctor that I absolutely hated for various reasons. The main reasons being that he was extremely condescending and arrogant. But that's another story. So I was dreading this appointment because I had no idea what the doctor we wanted to see would be like. My mom even drove back from Vegas to help me take Carter since I didn't think I could handle another bad appointment (thanks Mom!). Fortunately, the new doctor was WONDERFUL. I absolutely loved him. I think he's the nicest doctor I've ever met. (Thanks Betsey and Richard!) And Carter was doing great. He's now 7 lbs. 14 oz. and he's 21 and 1/2 inches long. His head's growing too (not a big surprise if you know his parents), but I didn't catch the measurement. Needless to say he checked out with a clean bill of health and we now have a great pediatrician! Here are some more pictures of our growing son:

Here's the latest in events

Since my current life events now revolve entirely around Carter Archie Crall, whenever I post you can expect it to be a baby blog:-) Sorry Chris. So here's the latest from my adorable son...

More baby pictures! I love this little guy.

Hold your horses!

Well, you know I'm not going to post any more pictures until I have some event to blog about in the middle. So, here goes: yesterday, I watched the All-Star game. And now for more pictures!!

It's a good thing Daddy's so soft!

Lorein sent me this picture while I was at work and it made me feel real good.

I can't decide -- should I wake up or not?

Dang, I look good in green!

Sometimes, this world is just too much.

And when it gets to be too much, I just take a bath and snuggle up with Mommy.