Hello Spring!

Although today was officially the first day of Spring, it actually has felt a lot like summer here in Boston!  This weather is highly unusual, and we are loving it!  Come visit if you'd like to enjoy this wonderful forecast:

Carter is getting use to this unusual thing called the sun.  We solved the issue of the bright light with these cool shades.  Surprisingly he prefers wearing them to not, since he can keep his eyes open while he's outside.  Thankfully he's got such a big head, they stay on pretty well!

Carter Strikes Again

I forgot...again.  Carter keeps trying to train me, but every once in a while I fall back into my old habits of  leaving the bathroom door open with the toilet seat up.  The result is one happy little boy throwing everything he can find into the toilet as well as toilet water splashed all around the bathroom. Yuck!  Thankfully Chris was home that night to fish all of Carter's treasures out :)

Super Tuesday

We voted!  It was interesting trying to fit two of us in the voting booth, but we made it work! 

11 Months Old!

Ahhhhh meal time.  Could anything be MORE messy?

Carter's 11 month birthday brought a fever and his fifth tooth.  Only one more month until our Bear's big day!  Time has definitely flown by!

The Wedding Celebration!

We spent this past weekend in New London, New Hampshire for Jeremy and Liz's wonderful wedding!  Fresh snow made the scenery a wintery wonderland and the bride and groom hosted a fantastic event.  We introduced Carter to all of Chris' cousins, aunts, and uncles that had come to town and we especially enjoyed the time we were able to spend with the family.  Highlights are below!

 Before the wedding:

 Feed me...I'm starving!  Bring on the pizza!

 Checking out Grandpa K!

  Entertaining everyone with funny faces

The wedding!

 The lovely bride and groom

 The little man suited up and entertaining the crowd

 Trying to escape!

Like father like son.

 The reception!

 Enjoying the evening

 Buddy loved his special seat...

and the party!

Daddy's Home!

Chris came home a day early this week!  Little man was thrilled!  Here's a bit of Carter's dragon voice/laughter/celebratory drooling!

Lately

These days Carter cracks me up. With Chris out of town each week for work, we get to spend a lot of time together and I love getting to watch Carter change and grow. His personality is blossoming more and more and I'm always surprised by what he says and does.  The most recent addition to his repertoire is what I call "The Dragon" voice.  I have no idea where he picked this up, but it comes out quite regularly when he's playing with toys or crawling to catch up with me.  What's interesting about this, is that I too can do a very similar "dragon" voice, yet I've never done it in front of him.  Guess some skills really are genetic!

Carter loves laughter.  He has the most adorable natural laugh and being that he is especially ticklish, we get to hear it frequently.  But Carter also loves to mimic any laughter he hears.  This imitated laugh sounds like someone trying to make the sound of a shooting machine gun (eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh).  It is truly hilarious.

Carter has also shown that having patience, when related to food, is not his forte.  Meal time has become particuarly interesting, or challenging (for mom), as I must be prepared to deliver food immediately when Carter's bum hits the high chair seat.    The food must be ready to be consumed immediately or I suffer the wrath of a high pitched squeal and flailing arms until I deliver.  One thing that has been a plus during meal time is Carter's ability to sign "all done."  After months of practice, this is the only sign he'll do so I especially appreciate it!

Carter keeps me on my toes as well.  His recent obsession with the toliet has reinforced my need to lower the lid and shut the bathroom door at all times.  If I forget even once, Carter quickly reminds me as I'm bound to find him fishing away in the toliet bowl.

Last but not least is Carter's obsession with wrinkling his nose. This too cracks me up.  I'm pretty sure he learned to do this to avoid the light in his eyes from a camera flash.  When he senses a flash will go off, he wrinkles his nose and squints his eyes tightly.  This of course has changed many adorable shots to ones that look more like those below.  Now he just wrinkles his nose at people whenever he wants to be cute or funny.  Yesterday at Trader Joes, he literally did this to about 10 different people until they gave him the reaction he was after.  All I can say is he definitely knows how to get attention! 

Is he starting to look like me at all?  He is our little mini-Chris!