yes, I know, overkill. But I need to make up for all of the moments I failed to capture on camera during the first 10 months of his life. This is the last one I promise :) This one is not exactly Christmas related, it just happened on Christmas day.
Friday, December 26, 2008
videos finally
We got a video camera in time to watch Carter celebrate Christmas. We had fun going to Damian's Aunt Christine's house and my parent's for Christmas.
Carter made out like a bandit this Christmas! He was a little tired all day on Christmas and seemed overwhelmed at times by all the family members around him encouraging him to open his gifts, but today he is starting to get accustomed to all the new stuff around and seems to enjoy playing with all of it. Here is a video of Cousin Kelly successfully getting him to open a present. I didn't have as much luck and ended up opening up most of his gifts.
Carter made out like a bandit this Christmas! He was a little tired all day on Christmas and seemed overwhelmed at times by all the family members around him encouraging him to open his gifts, but today he is starting to get accustomed to all the new stuff around and seems to enjoy playing with all of it. Here is a video of Cousin Kelly successfully getting him to open a present. I didn't have as much luck and ended up opening up most of his gifts.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Carter at 9.5 months
Carter has been a happy camper this month. He and I have enjoyed the mild weather and have been taking walks every day after work. He is fascinated by birds, cars, trees and airplanes and is warming up to dogs.
It is surprising how chipper he has been considering he has had ear infections, colds and now pink eye. It looks like it is clearing up though hopefully.
He has taken a break from learning to become mobile and is working on learning how to do other stuff. He is learning many new concepts. One of which is on and off. Whenever I say those words, he instantly looks up at a light even if I am talking about him turning on his toy.
He is working more on communicating as well. I was getting concerned about his lack of babbling, but fortunately he has begun to make other sounds besides "Ah." He now loves to imitate roars, ma ma and b b b sounds. He roars nearly every time he sees a bear or if you call him a bear. He has begun to moo whenever you say the word cow and moo. He waves bye bye pretty consistently and is clapping his hands. He still says uh uh whenever he drops something. It is exciting to see these sounds coming out of him.
He is enjoying more books now and has favorite pages. One of his books about dogs has a dog that pees whenever you pull a tab. Wouldn't you know, that that is his favorite page?!! Lord help us. He is obsessed with the Brown Bear pages of the Eric Carle book. He won't let me advance to the other animals until he has re-read the brown bear page at least 5 times, and he has to kiss the peacock's shiny blue tail in the Tails book.
He is an active boy. He doesn't like to be confined to high chairs or play yards. He is eating pretty much everything we give him, but does not eat much of it. He loves milk and still prefers it from the bottle to the sippy cup. He likes water from the sippy cup but won't drink more than 2 oz of milk from the cup. I am wondering if I am going to be able to give up the bottle at 1 year as I had planned.
Well I have written a book, so I am going to sign off.
It is surprising how chipper he has been considering he has had ear infections, colds and now pink eye. It looks like it is clearing up though hopefully.
He has taken a break from learning to become mobile and is working on learning how to do other stuff. He is learning many new concepts. One of which is on and off. Whenever I say those words, he instantly looks up at a light even if I am talking about him turning on his toy.
He is working more on communicating as well. I was getting concerned about his lack of babbling, but fortunately he has begun to make other sounds besides "Ah." He now loves to imitate roars, ma ma and b b b sounds. He roars nearly every time he sees a bear or if you call him a bear. He has begun to moo whenever you say the word cow and moo. He waves bye bye pretty consistently and is clapping his hands. He still says uh uh whenever he drops something. It is exciting to see these sounds coming out of him.
He is enjoying more books now and has favorite pages. One of his books about dogs has a dog that pees whenever you pull a tab. Wouldn't you know, that that is his favorite page?!! Lord help us. He is obsessed with the Brown Bear pages of the Eric Carle book. He won't let me advance to the other animals until he has re-read the brown bear page at least 5 times, and he has to kiss the peacock's shiny blue tail in the Tails book.
He is an active boy. He doesn't like to be confined to high chairs or play yards. He is eating pretty much everything we give him, but does not eat much of it. He loves milk and still prefers it from the bottle to the sippy cup. He likes water from the sippy cup but won't drink more than 2 oz of milk from the cup. I am wondering if I am going to be able to give up the bottle at 1 year as I had planned.
Well I have written a book, so I am going to sign off.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Breakfast with Santa
Carter had breakfast with Santa today. He was a good boy and while he did not smile, he did not throw a tantrum despite desperately needing a nap. He liked Santa's beard. To reward him for all of his patient waiting, he got to try a candy cane. He instantly loved it, although I didn't get any pictures that prove this. This has been his favorite food so far. He only got to try a little bit though becuase I was afraid he would bite it and choke.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving!
We spent the day with both families. Carter played a lot with his cousin Kelli and Aunt Diana. He continues to roar like a brown bear. It is just the funniest thing and everyone enjoyed trying to get him to roar on command.
He ate a little bit of our Thanksgiving feast. He tried the sweet potato casserole at both houses and seemed to like it. He didn't eat much all day. I hope he's not getting sick again.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Carter's 9 month checkup
Carter had a busy day today. He had his nine month check up and everything looks good. He is now 28 and 3/4 inches long, his head circumfrence is 18 and 1/4. Both of those measurements are in the 75%tile. He is 19 lbs. 3 oz. that is the 30th percentile.
After that appointment, we went to the Otalarynthologist (I think that's how it's spelled) and had the cyst on his ear checked out. Fortunately, it is nothing to sweat about and I'm glad I can cross one more thing off my ever growing list of random mom worries.
He also looked at his frenulum becuause I am concerned that Carter is tongue tied. He doesn't babble much and I have long suspected that this might also have been why he couldn't breast feed very well. It turns out he does have a bit of a problem with that. I asked the Dr. how it would affect his speech and he said that he would be able to speak, but would likely have articulation issues. So we'll probably schedule an appointment to have it clipped over the next vacation.
After that appointment, we went to the Otalarynthologist (I think that's how it's spelled) and had the cyst on his ear checked out. Fortunately, it is nothing to sweat about and I'm glad I can cross one more thing off my ever growing list of random mom worries.
He also looked at his frenulum becuause I am concerned that Carter is tongue tied. He doesn't babble much and I have long suspected that this might also have been why he couldn't breast feed very well. It turns out he does have a bit of a problem with that. I asked the Dr. how it would affect his speech and he said that he would be able to speak, but would likely have articulation issues. So we'll probably schedule an appointment to have it clipped over the next vacation.
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