Updates

I see it's been a few weeks since I've posted anything. Well, everyone is doing great. Carter is growing too fast. He's not crawling on his hands and knees yet, and I don't think he will, but he sure does get around by scooting. He's showing a lot more interest in walking now too. He pulls himself up on anything and everything he can get his hands on and he loves to stand. Lately his new favorite thing is to stand in the crib and jump. It's really cute. The crib mattress is lowered all the way and the drop side is up so there's no way he could get out.

Carter LOVES daycare. He even has a little "girlfriend" there and they like to share toys and get in trouble together. I think Carter's best friend of all is Coco though. It's so cute, if Carter is upset or crying all we have to do is call Coco over and he's all better. It works wonders, lol.

There's not much else going on. His 1st birthday party is just a little over 5 weeks away, I can't wait.

Today Carter is 10 months, 2 weeks and 6 days old.

10 month pictures

Yep it's that time again. Time for Carter's monthly pictures. Every month I say it but I can't believe it's been another month. His 1 year birthday is NEXT MONTH!!! I'm starting to do a little planning for his party and while I'm so shocked that my baby is going to be a year old I'm so exciting to be throwing him a birthday party. 

Here are some pictures that were taken over the last couple of weeks. 

Carter doesn't have another appointment until July 1st, his 1 year check up, so I won't have his official weight or length until then. But in the mean time I may get it myself.

Carter has been doing so good! I swear his is the BEST baby that I've ever met.  He's learning so much, you can just see him take everything in that his little (well big, really) eyes are capable of. Here are some things that he's up to now a days;

* Clapping (if I say "yay" or "good job" he will clap)
* Pulling himself up to stand
* Plays Peek-a-boo
* Feeds himself finger foods
* Tries to walk while holding our hands
* Still not crawling on hands and knees but he can scoot really fast =)
* Recognizes words like; mama, dada, coco, grandpa, fan, no, Carter
* He knows the work"No!" really well. When I say no he immediately drops whatever he's doing/holding/trying to eat

I'm sure there's more but it's late and that's all I can think of.

A couple of weekends ago Grant and I took Carter up to his his great grandparents in Oregon. They live in a beautiful house just 2 blocks from the beach. We had a great time. Carter did so well on the 6 hour drive on the way there and back. Here are some pictures from that trip;

Well this post is already long enough and I'm pretty sure there's some kind of cap on how many pictures can be posted so I'll save my post about my newly-almost-completely-painted kitchen. It turned out really good!











Today Carter is 10 months and 4 days old

9 months old and some updates

Time is just flying. I'm sure you've noticed my posts are few and far between and I apologize, I've just been so busy.

Carter has been doing pretty good. Last week Grant had to take a few days off work and took him to the doctor to find out he had two inner ear infections and bronchiolitis. We thought he maybe had a cold or allergies we had no idea he was that sick. You couldn't tell though he was pretty much his normal happy self. He ended up getting an antibiotic, steriods and a breathing treatment. On top of all of that he's teething too. But like I said, you'd never know.

I took a little peek in his mouth this afternoon and his top right tooth has partially broken the gums and I could feel it. The top left tooth won't be far behind. I think he'll look adorable with his two top and two bottom teeth.

And now for Carter's 9 month stats:
Length; 27" (12th percentile)
Weight; 16.2 pounds (2nd percentile)
Head; 70th percentile

He's still a small guy. I recently found out some very interesting information though. My mother-in-law looked through Grant's stats from when he was a baby and came across his stats from when he was 9.5 months old. Grant was 27.5" and 16 pounds. I couldn't believe that they are almost exactly the same size. That made me very happy that Carter is following in his daddy's footsteps.

And without further ado...Carter's 9 month photos;

Today Carter is 9 months, 1 week and 1 day old.

Finally.....8 month photos

Mama...

Yep, Carters first word was "mama". He's been saying for about a week or two but last Saturday was when he started saying it more. And today he said his second word. It wasn't "dada" like I thought it would be, it was "baba". So today at the store he kept repeating "mama, baba". It was cute!






Today Carter is 8 months 1 week and 2 days old


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Teething again

So far teething isn't as bad this time. Last time it took him a little longer to fall asleep at night and he was pretty cranky for a couple of days. This time he's still getting his usual sleep (7:00 pm to 6:30 am when Grant wakes him up) and he's not as cranky. He's just chewing on everything he can get his hands on and drooling like crazy.

His next appointment isn't until he's nine months old so I'm going to have to weigh him and measure him for his eight months stats. And soon because he's already eight months old.






Today Carter is 8 months and 6 days old


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While Carter naps

This afternoon I went into the nursery to get Carter up from his nap and this is what I walk into;



Yep, that's my boy!











Today Carter is 7 months, 2 weeks and 3 days old