9 months on, 9 months off

That's what they tell you. It takes you 9 months to put on the weight so, give yourself 9 months to take it off. Well, here I am 9 months and one week from Christmas Eve 2008 and I am finally back to my pre-baby weight. Yeah! It actually only took one month - I just sat on my butt for the first 8 before realizing that I probably should get rid of the last 10 pounds sooner rather than later.

Only problem is, that number on the scale looks just like it did the day of our wedding, but my body looks NOTHING the same. I guess I'll have to reset my goal. Less than 3 months until we're back in Maui and I have to wear the same swimsuit I wore on our honeymoon!

My baby is so tall

It used to be that we talked about how long Carter was. I realized today when I saw him pull himself to the window to look out that he isn't "long" any more. He's tall. Carter is tall enough to look out the window.

My football watching boys

Then..



and now..

Our baby is... skinny?

Carter turned 9 months old yesterday so, we headed in to see good ol' (actually very young - Dougie Houser like) Dr. Voytas. Carter seems to be a little ahead of the game with his crawling and pulling up on everything and right on par with everything else. The big surprise came when we found out that Carter weighs 21 pounds 8 ounces (is that all?! He is so heavy!) and is 29 3/4 inches long.

On the charts, he is in the 90% for his height (he is taller than 90% of all babies his age) and only 70% for his weight. In Dr. Voytas' words: "he's on the skinny side, but that's fine."

What?! Please repeat. THE SKINNY SIDE.

He has thinned out a bit from all his activity. I guess it is those squeezable cheeks that had me thinking he was still my tubby baby.

Halloween Costume

I came across this cute little costume yesterday and decided to try it out for Carter's big 1st Halloween. You can use the poll on the side to weigh-in. What do you think - should he be a jack-o-lantern?

Ma Ma

GG hit it on the head in her last comment. Carter FINALLY started saying "ma ma" last week. Music to my ears after waiting on him hand and foot for 9 months! Of course, he mastered "da da" months ago.

my lil' cage dancer

I did some more Carter-proofing of the house today which included buying another baby jail. This one converts into a little jail or a straight line/fence which is how we will more often use it to keep Carter in the living room and away from the stair and kitchen. I had it set up, waiting for daddy to install the anchors to the wall and decided to test out how it would hold up to little man.



His new thing is to stand up and dance whenever he hears music. I probably shouldn't encourage it when he is in the baby jail.. It makes him look like an exotic cage dancer.