Life... Karter @ 14mos

Being behind on a blog is sooooo overwhelming. Being behind on what your baby is doing (and don't forget what milestones he is reaching) is even more overwhelming.
I have them all ready to go in draft form, just need a few more stats and pictures. for good record keeping of course.
where do all you mom's find time to keep such good journals?

anyway,
Karter is almost 14 months! Every month it seems to go faster and faster.
He is such a little explorer and sometimes a total stinker! He is not 100% walking yet... he is a stubborn little guy! He knows how to walk, can totally walk across a room, but remembers how fast he is at crawling and drops right to his hands and knees. (in his defense, he is really really fast!) we are encouraging him to walk 100%, but we will see.. no one seems to concerned about it, so I won't worry. He still is a wild sleeper... sleeps through the night but covers every inch of his crib flipping and flopping. He loves Balls and anything that looks like a ball - it's his favorite word right now too (Ball! Ball! Ball!) He likes to put things together and take things apart. He is a great eater and loves to try new things. He is a big boy at a whopping 24lbs! truly, this is why i need him to walk... he is HEAVY! He is cutting two molars right now, which ensures a nightly meltdown, poor kid, it probably hurts like crazy! He comes to me like he wants to cuddle, but i think he just likes to be near one of us, because he won't hold still long enough to cuddle.
Some funny things he does right now.... he will randomly walk (or crawl) over to you, lift up your shirt and poke your belly button - ha! Not sure where he learned that from, but it's way funny, we just have to make sure we don't let him do it to strangers! He also likes to do this deep voice laugh, he knows when he does it and tries to make it deeper and deeper! He also will raise his eyebrows at you (like, hey baby! ;-) ) follow my on Insta, I put lots of videos of it on there because it's way funny. He is growing so fast and it is so much fun! I love how active he is and how we can wrestle and play. every age is so fun, but this is my favorite!

as far as Scott and I go, we are great! I left my job at Spillman in October... just a few days shy of being back a whole year after Karter was born. (no one thought i would stay that long). Leaving Spillman was hard - those boys are my brothers. I had such a great job with such a great company, but we needed a change. Spillman was so good to me - they paid me well, they were flexible, fabulous benefits, i mean, everything!! But we knew I needed to be home with Karter more. So i started the job search in like August... it was hard finding a perfect fit. I don't have my degree, my CNA is expired, and I need to have health insurance.... exactly, what crappy factors right?
I put in applications all over, interviewed a few places and was surprisingly offered 3 different jobs.
the first one was at The Container Store (why not, right?) Surprisingly, they pay astonishingly well for a retail store, they wanted to start me at like 13.00/hr with benefits. Well, much like Goldilocks, it was not quite right. We didn't dig the insurance and the hours were all over the place (i needed like a consistent schedule), so we looked at the second offer - IHC, aww, back to my roots. I was offered a job as a Patient Service Rep at an Instacare in Holladay, they were 3 12's, which was perfect (i really like 12's) and we know the insurance, but they pay was crap. plus my 3 days were Tu, Th, Sa (who wants to work 9-9 on a Saturday? We realized beggers can't be choosers and we were ready to accept the job and the massive pay cut. I was back and forth with the manager when he kinda went quiet for a week or two on me... so while I waited, I saw a posting for a receptionist at Karter's Pediatrician's office... It just sounded like a good idea, so I applied, I interviewed with them and loved it! The 2 girls that interviewed me were so fun! I left there thinking "I wanna hang out with them... they are fun people!" then I heard nothing for a few weeks from either them or IHC, so I finally called both of them back and got solid offers from both. After lots of praying and pros/cons lists... we decided to accept the job at Families First Pediatrics. They pay was reasonable and they offered health insurance, they were close to home, it was back in medicine, i liked the people... everything just aligned.
I started the last week of October as a receptionist, it went well and I really liked it. A few weeks after being there, Karter had his 12month check, there, Dallen (his pediatrician) mentioned he is going to use me for some assignments and other things... This was huge to me. I appreciated the fact that they looked at my background and saw that I had more potential (this is starting to sound reeeeeally self absorbed) and could do more clinical things. I have the knowledge to do it, just no certification to back it up.
anyway, long story short (if you stuck with me this long, congrats!) I was pulled from Reception to work with an individual Doctor. I started with Dr. Zak Zarbock, helped him with charting and other things for the office, like the Christmas party, but was then pulled to help Dallen (he is a NP) to do his charting full time. It works out great, I only work 3 (sometimes 3 1/2) days a week and they take such good care of me here. Prayers are answered guys! This has been the biggest blessing to Scott and I! I am so thankful that the transition between jobs was easy and I am in a stable place that is a good place for me to learn and grow (hopefully will be transitioning into a MA and charting) it's so great!

really, life is great. Karter is healthy, Scott and I are healthy and we are just enjoying every minute! :)