1st Tooth

Karter's 1st bottom left tooth came through a couple of days ago. I can feel the bottom right one too. I don't think it has caused him to much pain. There were a few times he seemed to be bothered and I had to give him Motrin and Orajel but overall not to fussy!

Washington DC

This weekend we took at family trip to Washington DC to visit Stace. Stace has made such an effort to see Karter at least 1x per month since he has been born. After taking the trip this weekend I realized that its a long one. Stace is a great Aunt and Karter is very lucky to have her in his life! We went to the National Zoo on Sat and saw some many great animals including - Sea Lions, Pandas, Tigers, Lions, Fish and Cows just to name a few.

2nd Annual Breath for Nate Walk

This year Karter was able to walk with us to remember and raise money for Nate and his scholarship. Carlee said the turn out was even better than last year. The day was perfect and Nate was looking down on us in a form of a rainbow - there was no rain that day. Nate we miss you and I know Karter would have loved you and vise versa. Here's the gang!

Happy Boy

9 months

Karter was 9 months old on April 21st. He weighs 25 pounds and 30 inches - about 95th percentile for both height and weight. I can't believe how fast the months flew by and how big he has gotten. Here are a few things Karter LOVES :

• To EAT
• The fresh air and to be outdoors
• People - especially his mama
• All animals but Lionel is his favorite
• Dad's bizarre humor
• To go out to eat
• To bang on everything - not only his drum Pappou gave him
• To shake his maracas
• Early morning bonding sessions with Grandpa
• To sing and yell - make lots of noise
• His bedtime bath
• Elmo
• Being tickled
• The ABCs and The Wheels on the Bus songs (Craig and I HATE them)
• His Bubby
• Laughing
• His Taggie or as Grandpa calls it baby blue
• Playing with his toys
• Nana's kisses (kind of)
• Taking toys from other kids
  
  

He isn't crawling yet - He can get where he needs by doing the worm and downward dog while throwing himself face first into the floor. He just started to hold on to the crib and furniture to stand (can't pull up yet). With support he can take some steps. No sign of any teeth but that doesn't stop him from eating!!! He wants to pick everything up and feed himself... He has some separation anxiety mostly from mom. If I'm not around he is fine.

Karter and I have been having a blast together. We're always on the go - either at Gymboree, on a hike, at the dog park, at family or friends, shopping... The other day Karter and I went to NYC together and went to the Zoo at Central Park with a few friends. He loved the polar bears, monkeys and penguins!! We even went to a St Paddy's day celebration at the bar! Life doesn't stop when you have a baby it just gets better. We are a HAPPY family.

Loving

Can you guess how many rolls??

Fun at Grandpa and Nana

Loves to be naked

Swinging on the tree at Grandpa and Nana's house

Karter and his 2nd Cousins

Karter got to spend the day with his 2nd cousins Julia and Noah. Julia gave Karter his first chip but without any teeth it was difficult to eat so she decided to feed him his baby food and did the best job ever!!! Karter got is first rock tee's - Talking Heads and Stevie Wonderful - thanks Cousin Jodi!

Brothers

8 months

At 8 months old Karter is a very social baby. He LOVES going out to eat and being in public. When he first meets someone he doesn't recognize he stares them down for a bit then warms up and gives a big smile. Lionel is his BFF and he adores animals. I taught him how to him Lionel a treat so now Lionel is Karter's good friend.

He is able to get on all fours and rocks back and forth but isn't crawling yet. He still doesn't have any teeth. He weighs 24 pounds and has grown out of his infant car seat. I just got the best carrier - It's called the Ergo and I recommend it to every mom/dad. It's so comfortable for both Karter and I.

Spinach

FL - The Beach and Pool

Family Trip to Florida

New Milestones

On Thurs Feb 5th Karter picked up his first Gerber Graduate Puff (cheerio size) and fed himself.

Around Jan 24 I stopped breastfeeding - BTW my boobs shrunk a whole cup size .... anyone know if this is the norm because i miss my boobs. Around the same time we started sleep training again. I knew exactly how much food he was getting during the day. I started him on stage 2 food for breakfast, lunch and dinner along with 4 - 8oz bottles. He is still on soy formula - I tried some yogurt and he became very gassy and constipated. His habit of waking during the night to feed was created by me because he would wake up and I would go in a feed him. It took a couple of nights of listening to him cry before he started to sleep through the night. He now sleeps from about 8:30 until 7:00 ish.