Carter, like his sister and brother, also had jaundace. But his was much worse than Hunter's. He had to have the bili lights at home. I was an emotional and physical wreck and I HATED that he was in there. He had to be in there at all times except to nurse, and he would scream "PICK ME UP, PICK ME UP" the whole time. I made a bed on the living room floor next to the little blue suitcase with the screaming baby in it and made Brent sleep there while I sat next to the suitcase all night crying, and holding my arms under him to try to trick him into thinking he was being held. He didn't fall for the trick. He was under there for 2 days, I think. You can see in the picture above that his coloring is off on his forehead, around his nose and on his belly. Poor little thing! 
Of course, Aunt Lonnie was there in the room with us for Carter's birth. Along with my mom. She had just had Caleb 3 months before and had gotten married the month before. Brent's mom was at home with Hunter. My Grandma Shirley was out in the waiting room and I can't really remember who was with her out there. Carter was due on Christmas day. I was induced on the 23rd in the evening. I can't remember exactly what time. We had decided not to have an epidural, which for me, in that situation, didn't turn out to be the best choice. I remember my grandma peeking her head in at one point and I wanted to scream, "GET THE #&%$ OUT OF HERE!!!" But I smiled and said "Hi, Glad you're here". Talk about self control. (Sorry Grandma). A few agonizing hours later, Carter Glenn was born at 10 minutes after midnight on Christmas Eve. We couldn't believe how dark he was. He had this immense head of black hair with blonde tips. When James first saw him and commented about it, Lonnie told him that we had Lisa come to the hospital and do highlights on him. As I recall, his comment was "That's just sick." We let him think that for a little while so it could soak in and we could get a good laught out of it! His skin was also very dark, we thought that my American Indian heritage had come out in him! But the dark skin gave way to milky white shortly and the black hair gave way to light brown. Interesting. At least we have pictures to prove it!
This was the picture that we used for his birth announcement. We got the Christmas stocking from the hospital. 
Carter is our little sweetie. He is very sensetive. He gets upset even when someone else is getting in trouble or gets hurt. Just today I accidentally poked Parker with a pin that I was putting on his shirt. It was not that big of a deal and Parker was more shocked and offended than hurt, but Carter got really upset, started crying and saying "Why did you do that to him?" (Like I would do that on purpose!)When Hunter fusses with me about doing homework, he'll say "Is there any homework I can do Mom?" Hey, just tryin' to help out.
Whenever I'm listening to my children playing in another room, it's always Carter's voice that says, "Wait, we're not supposed to do that."
Now don't be confused, Carter can hold his own when he needs to. He's got a mean right hook, which he often uses on that same brother that he's so concerned about. We are so blessed to have Carter in our lives and we thank God for every day that we get to spend with him. Happy (belated) Birthday Cartie Coo Coo Bug!
