Overview of the last few months...

We keep meaning to sit down and write this ... we have missed so much, it is sad to think that our little baby is all grown up... or at least he thinks he is! Lets see momentous events......
1. February 19th Carter rolled over for the first time... early in the morning wearing just his diaper he rolled from stomach to back.
2. Carter sat up and started crawling within a weeks time... we don't remember the exact date but he was doing very well at this before his 6 month check up ... Dr. Sprayberry was quite impressed!
3. Saturday 07/07/07 we have this fun little play center for him.. it sings songs when he pushes buttons and spins wheels and has a ball shoot where the ball rolls down little ramps and out. Carter figured our how to put the ball down the shoot himself.... he did it over and over for about 30 min with Grandma!!!! We have one smart little guy!
4. For the fourth of July 07 we went to Hurricaine shoals with Gran and Papa and fam. Carter really enjoyed the water... he would crawl out when he got to cold and then right back in he went. He didn't like it much when it got too deep but other than that we couldn't keep him away from the water... maybe we'll give the beach another shot. We went down to the beach the first week in June and Carter hated the water.... screamed and cried :( although he did enjoy eating the sand). After a while he warmed up to building sand castles ( as long as we kept a succer in his mouth the sand castles we later found in his diapers weren't to big. :)
We got carter a little wading pool we put about an inch of water in it and he loves it... maybe that is why his is suddenly so fond of water. And we got to start blowing bubbles, he is just amazed by them .. I think bubbles is a momentous event... it is half way to playdough :)
I know I have missed tons... he does something new and exciting every day.... but just for the record he said MaMa first! that was a while ago... now he is the babbling king! He says MaMa, DaDa, PaPa, BaBa, Ball, He knows what a fish says .he is deffinatly a mamma's boy, and has recently rediscovered his cuddly bone, he loves to give kisses and blow rasberries, he blew rasberries on my chin this evening :)
Anyhoo... being mom to such a little treasure is amazing! He teaches me something new every day, I am so thankful to have him! he is a joy!

Dance, Dance, Dance

9 months, 10 days old, Carter started dancing today!  We were all in his room playing.  I brought in the laptop, which was playing a random song from shoutcast.com, and he just started moving to the beat, unprovoked.  It was soooo fun to see him.  He had a ball.  Of course, when we brought in the video camera, he was done.

I put him to bed.  He was especially agreeable this evening.  I tickled his feet and we listened to the rain and thunder.  He has a boyish laugh now.  I expect him to just start talking to me as if he were ten.

He does speak to me, just not in words.  I know that he wants about three sips of his bottle before sucking on his binkie to catch a breath.  Then, he wants the bottle back.  When he's tired of rocking and ready to sleep, he stretches and half-heartedly tries to climb out of my lap.  When he whole-heartedly tries, he just wants to play and not sleep.  He's good about picking which books he wants us to read to him.  He especially likes Five Little Ducks, an Elmo book about stars and bedtime, and Scuffy the Tugboat -- oh, and a board book about animal patterns.  Carter stands up and holds his arms out when he's ready to get out of the tub.  He holds his lips tight when he's done eating and swats the spoon.  He cries and rubs his eyes when he's tired.

And, he started waving bye and hello about six weeks ago.  Sometimes, he'll say 'ba' as he waves.  He almost always waves goodbye now.  He also likes to wave in the mirror.  He is fascinated by the mirror and his hands.  The other day, while we were in the Primary room at church, he waved bye, crawled half-way to the door, turned and waved again, and out the door he crawled!

He's just a blessing.  I just can't explain how much I love him or why I think he's the cutest kid in the world.

happy, healthy, growing

Carter is really growing like a weed. He's really long and got some chunky legs. About three weeks ago, he weighed in at 10 pounds, 1 ounce. Two nights ago, he slept through the night (7 1/2 hours) without eating nor waking up. That's welcome news, especially for mama. He's very healthy right now; we believe that his ear ache is gone now.

I think he'll be very opinionated 'cause he'll let you know if he's not happy. He smiles a lot, though, so long as he's happy. He's cooing now and sits in his high chair most all through supper. We let him taste stuff. He didn't like the beef stew last night. But, he did like the fried ice cream. :)

going well

Carter is eating and sleeping well. He has developed a small rash. But, I think he's already gettin over that. We changed him at least twice last night without even a whimper. Yea! :) We're headed to the doctor now.

Racheal is getting over her soreness(es) and is adjusting well to motherhood. She's great!

Day 5, Retun to 'Normalcy'

Things are probably getting to 'normal' stage. Racheal and I got some good rest last night. Carter's wound is healing. So, changing him is not torture any more. I'm gonna head in to work a half day today. Gran is here for a few hours to help. Carter slept like a log last night.

I posted some more pictures and videos. I even dressed these pictures up a bit. See the photo and video links to the left. Here's an preview:

Video