Carter watches...Figure skating!

We were all packed up to go, Carter was in his carseat, but Daddy wasn't ready so I turned on the tv and what do you know? A cheesy ice skating/gymnastics program was on and they actually had a little podium with a gymnastics mat set up on one end of the rink! They alternated between doing a skating routine and a gymnastics one. Sad, just sad.

Although Mommy ice skated for 13 years, and still considers it the only sport she enjoys, she is often embarrased by how her sport is portrayed on tv. At least the Jonas Brothers were not performing live at this show like the last one I saw. Anyway, Carter seemed to enjoy watching it. Don't get excited Grandmom! I will have him try every single inexpensive sport that exists before I encourage ice skating.

Loving the mild winter

Carter is 10 and three quarter months old now and Mom and Dad are quite proud of him. This week he entertained us with new abilities such as putting his finger in his mouth and making "wah wah wah wah, lah lah lah and bah bah bah" sounds. He is starting to make the lah lah lah sound without his finger in his mouth. It's nice to hear him experiment with sounds.

I get a kick out of what turns him on and what he'll imitate. For example, even though he can say "ma mah" he has yet to imitate a person who says, "ma ma" or "da da," to him- I guess our names just don't sound cool. However, he will usually always imitate the vroom sound of a car, the brrr sound made when cold, the roaring sound, the growling sound, and his favorites, the clearing the throat and coughing sound, and initiate those sounds in the appropriate contexts. He will imitate certain words too as long as the have the short a, the "ah," and the short u sound, but he will not use the initial consonant or the final consonant, just the vowel. He will make the appropriate vowel sound for the words "cat" and "uh oh" and "on" and "off" without any prompting and in the correct context. I don't know if you count those as words or not, but I can see that he understands that sounds have meaning.

One other thing he does now after clapping his hands is that he throws them in the air. His grandma Szenka taught him that.

This past weekend he visited with his Great Uncle Jerome, Aunt Faye, Second cousin David and his wife Katie. We had a nice dinner at my parent's house. Since Carter wouldn't cooperate with naps and was getting fussy, I took him outside to distract him from his sleepyness. He got to play in the grass until he tried to eat it. He is not trying to eat it as much anymore, but still ocassionally wants a nibble.

Visit from Uncle Nathan

Carter had fun meeting Uncle Nathan this weekend. We all went to the museums and ate good stuff since Uncle Nathan is a chef and is always broadening our culinary horizons. This weekend we tried quinoa salad which is Deeevine and extremely filling and healthy. We can't wait to visit him and Adrienne in San Francisco this summer!

Casey's party pictures

Carter had a great time at Casey's birthday party! Here are some pictures of Carter's friends Luke and Casey for their mommies. I'm sorry They weren't the greatest. I still haven't mastered how to take pictures without the flash in lower light conditions.