Home Again

We recently returned from vacation in Ontario, Canada. Carter was a great traveler. In fact, he rarely complained and never once asked "are we there yet"! Within the first week at the family cabin, Carter got his first two teeth, learned to clap, and began to crawl. He had his 7-month birthday, and we celebrated our 4-year anniversary during the trip too. We had fun introducing Carter to the chilly waters of Lake Manitou and he even went on his first canoe ride.

May had a blast as usual, spending more than half of her time in the water. It was a great trip and a wonderful break. We'll get to see most of the family again in October for Dana and Steph's wedding. Who knows maybe Carter will be walking by then ;-)

Of course now that we are back we are both as busy as ever with work, etc. There are a few projects that I am currently working on as well as taking care of Carter. And Andy is busy working towards the end of his graduate program. Oh, and so far Cat-Cat seems to be doing better now that he's on meds. We'll get blood results back on Monday.

Stay tuned to Flickr ... we've posted new pics from the Canada trip. Enjoy!
Glad to be back!

More laughing

We continue to find things that are hilarious to Carter. This is a little Wimbledon-inspired tennis match with a wooden spoon and one of his knit toys. Even the dog gets in on the game.

Standing up

Carter demonstrating his newest skill of pulling himself up to stand.

Carter Laughing at May

Carter finds it hilarious when we feed may at the table. Hope you all get a kick out of this one.

Overdue update

We've been slacking a little on the posts but hopefully you have seen the latest pictures. We'll try to keep them up to date especially now that Leslie has her new computer (20" iMac woohoo). Carter continues to amaze everyone by growing at an astonishing rate. He is wearing 9-12 mo. clothing (at least if he's in a cloth diaper). The occasional disposable diaper is very slimming on him but he says that even though disposables are recommended by NASA scientists he prefers cloth!

At his two month well-baby exam he weighed 16 lbs which means he stayed on the 97% weight curve. This came as no surprise to those of us who carry around those 16 pounds on a regular basis ;-)

We had a fun visit from my parents over their spring break so check out the pictures from that. They were happy to finally meet, hold and tickle their first grandson. My sister and brother-in-law also drove up for the weekend so we all went to Elmo's and the Duke Gardens among other classic Durham sites.

Leslie, Carter, and I went to Atlanta for the Big South Volleyball National Qualifier tournament over easter weekend. Aside from being a Chicago-style cold and windy the trip was great fun. The team stayed in the Omni Hotel at the CNN center but there were no confirmed sightings of Anderson Cooper.

Hope you are all well, and we promise to post at least once a month :-)

Weigh in (and bet)

We had a pediatrician appt today - one month well-baby check up. We decided to bet on his weight... my guess was 13 lbs 2 oz and Andy's was 13 lbs 9 oz, either way we were pretty sure he was over 13 based on the clothes he has recently outgrown. The final answer was 13 lbs 2.8 oz so I won! The prize: dinner at Elmo's, me being right: priceless. Carter's overall statistics are as follows:
Weight: 13 lbs 2 oz (97th percentile)
Height: 23 inches (95th percentile)
Head Circ: 75-90 percentile

As always they were happy with how he is doing. Carter even gave the doctor a big smile which she got a real kick out of. Speaking of smiles make sure to check out the razzberries video we posted earlier.

Love to all

Online photo gallery change

Since Google's Picasa Web albums have a limited amount of free storage space we've posted all of his current pictures at Flickr as well. Sorry to change things around on all you Carter fans but we will try to post new pictures to both places for a bit just to keep them up to date. To make sure you have the latest and greatest pictures go to the Flickr gallery instead of the Picasa one. Let us know if you have trouble seeing any of the pictures, we'd hate for you to miss out. We've added a Flickr Photos link to the left of this page for your convenience.

-Carter's official web team