What a happy baby

It is EXHAUSTING to smile and laugh as much as he does

Forget crawling - Carter is driving

More on the debate: really lazy or really smart - you be the judge

It looks like Carter may have outsmarted us again! We have been encouraging him to crawl every day and he has managed to find a way to get around without exerting so much energy as crawling requires.

A little bit of background: Grandma J had a toy very similar to this up at the lake house and Carter seemed to enjoy it so, when Gramma Cupcake was in town, we hit up Babies 'r' us to get one for our house. We passed quite a few on the aisle. There was a lion, a tonka truck, a bunch of others that Carter didn't even notice. Then, I noticed the Sesame Street Elmo Fire Engine complete with fire engine noises and elmo shouting "Look out! Firefighter coming through". As I pulled it to the edge of the shelf (as I had done with all the other options without any acknowledgement from Carter) Gramma could hardly restrain Carter from leaping from her arms. He was drawn to it, couldn't wait to touch it! We decided that this MUST BE THE ONE!

The entire way to the front of the store and during check-out Carter continued to try to reach his beloved fire engine. Still in the box at home, his eyes were just as big as in the store, ready for a ride. Now he just can't get enough of his fire engine. I'm afraid he'll never crawl with this new method of transportation.

TWO TEETH

We finally have photos of Carter's teeth thanks to Gramma Cupcake.

More from this past weekend

Just had to share more photos from this past weekend!!

FUN WEEKEND

We are having such a fun weekend, and it isn't over yet! We started early with Auntie J hanging with Carter on Thursday while we drove around with cousin Kerrie in hope of persuading her to move to Portland. Carter just LOVED playing with Auntie J. She didn't just give him a toy or two, she gave him the whole basket!!



We then got to go to Detroit Lake and see Uncle Nick who we haven't seen since the beginning of May! Carter couldn't get enough!



We got home from the lake to find Gramma Cupcake and her buddy Tracey in Portland. And so, the fun continues!!

What the ???

I was sitting with Auntie Kellie in the dining room after Carter finished his lunch and happened to glance over at the mirror on the wall from a side view. You can imagine my surprise when I saw two tiny handprints with about a footprint and a half below.



I think Carter and Daddy have some explaining to do.

#2 in da mouth!

With all the talk about how cute he'll look with his two bottom teeth, Carter couldn't wait any longer! Tooth #2 showed itself today!