History
On Monday August 22, 2005 at 12:45a.m.
Carter T Anderson was born. He was 10 pounds 2ounces, and was 22.5inches long.
On September 9, 2005 Carter was admitted to CMC.
September 14, 2005 Carter had open heart surgery to fix his heart defects; transposition of the great vessels, vsd, and corartation of the aorta.
September 20, 2005 Carter went on the ECMO machine and came off 15 days later.
October 5, 2005 Carter had to go to the Cath Lab and get an ASD, hole in the heart.
On November 3, 2005 Carter's Breathing Tube came out , and we finally got to hold him agian.
November 9, 2005 Carter moved out of the CVRU
November 28. 2005 Carter got a G-Tube. A feeding tube.
On Decmber 13, 2005 Carter was released from the hospitial.
On January 17, 2006 Carter got his G-tube taken out and a Mickey Button put in it's place. A Mickey Button is smaller and easier to take care of.
On February 21, 2006 Carter cut his 2nd tooth!
On February 22, 2006 Carter turned 6 months, and rolled over for the first time!
On the 25th Carter went out to eat for the first time with mom, dad, Stefanie, and Nick. We went to Palomino and Carter was very well behaved.
On May 22, 2006 Carter not only turned 9 months but he also was taken off his last 2 medications! No more Meds!!
On May 25th Carter took his first plane ride, and he let everyone know he was on board!
August 19, 2006 Carter celebrated his 1st Birthday with friends and family!
August 22, 2006 Carters actual birthday. Carter saw his old nurses and doctors at CMC, and we went to grandma Linda's for cake.
Carter is now sitting without support for over an hour!
On September 1, 2006 the doctors gave us the okay to remove Carter's Mic-Key Button when Carter had an empty stomach.
On September 16, 2006 Alison and Carter walked to help the American Heart Association.
10/17/06 Carter started Baby Sign's Class.
11/11/06 Carter has slept through the night consistanly for 1 week now.
11/25/06 Carter got his first real haircut
12/9/06 Carter did his 1st baby sign to Aunt Sara- Drink. Carter finally put a ball into a container!
January 2007 Carter is on the move, and he is fast! We made Carter a playroom since he got sooo many new toys. We started swimming this month.
1/29/07 Carter finally got his 2 top second year molars! Both today.
February 2007 carter started pulling up to standing all by himself, and he started cruising.
2/10/07 Carter went to his first circus
2/18/07 Carter got his last tooth
3/2/07 Carter sat up all by himself
3/19/07 Carter tried an art class. It didn't go very well...paint doesn't taste good!
April 2007 Carter can say dog, and mama. He say's ma for just about everything. Like if he throws his cup he say's "ma" for someone to give it back to him. He's also getting really good and cruising and wall walking. He really likes to open doors.
5/10/07 Carter started speech therapy
5/19/07 Carter got his first fat lip! He fell while holding onto the toilet!
June 2007 Carter started using his shape sorter correctly
6/23/07 Carter took his first steps!
July 1, 2007 Carter successfully put rings on a stick!
July 5, 2007 Carter stacked cups on top of each other.
July 6-9 Carter Stayed with Grandma Linda...mom and Carter's first 24 hours apart
8/2/07 Carter tried finger painting
8/22/07 Carter turned 2!
9/15/07 We had a very successful Heart Walk.
10/19/07-10/24/07 The fam went on a trip to Florida!
10/26/07 Carter got a big boy bed! No more crib
November 2007 we said goodbye to Gymboree, and 1 therapy CBRS
11/11/07 Carter got his 1st time out for hitting mom.
11/14/07 Carter went to the Wiggles with Kassidy and Gabby!
Decemer 2007 Carter started saying Car, and Duck
12/4/07 Carter went to the neurologist, and passed the Austism test
12/6/07 during PT Carter stood up from the middle of the room all by himself.
12/8/07 Kassidy turned 2 and we celerated with her and all our friends. Carter did really well socially
January 2008 Carter was picked to be on the valentine for the American Heart Association Charlotte. Carter can say a sentence " it's a car!"
February 2008 Carter started standing from the middle of the floor!!! Carter is now waving good bye, clapping his hands correctly, and climbing on and off the furniture.
March 2008Carter started using 2 signs milk and more. Carter's trying to run.
April 2008 Carter staring using a fork! Carter can show you his ears, mouth, nose, head, toes, and sometimes his eyes.
May 2008 Carter got his passport! Canada here we come!
June 2008 Carter started using more signs like please and help. He can identify over 60 pictures! I ask him to show me something and he points to what I asked him to show me. Carter can tell the difference between Cars, Buses, and Motorcycles. He says car, bu, and mo .
July 2008 Carter saw fire works for the first time! Carter started saying Uh Oh, burp, beep beep, and poop! All good words!!! He also went up a set of 4 stairs y himself holding onto the hand rail...he's never done that before.
August 2008 Carter had a birthday party with some friends, Elmo and Big Bird were the greeters, and Tyron came(Linda dressed up as Tyron). Carter's learning his numbers he can say 1, 2, 4,8 and 9. August 26, 2008 Carter had his first solo swim lesson...mom almost cried.
September 2008 Carter started saying bye bye Dad, and bye bye James.
We also started potty training.
September 1st Carter went to Matthews Alive with Grandma Linda and Grandpa Danny and Aunt Jen
September 20th Carter's 3rd Heart Walk!
October 2008 Carter is starting to count. He can put on his Crocs all by himself. He can tell or show us what he wants to eat (he say's Donald all the time...for McDonalds. Sometimes he goes to the pantry and pick out what snack he wants and brings it to me)
10/31/08 Carter had a great time trick or treating for the first time. He didn't say trick or treat, we got him to say trick once and treat once. He loved that people we giving him stuff just for come to their door!
