30 weeks 4 days

CWH sat up by himself today :)

Discovery Green Park - 7 months old today!

Long time no blog. It's been a busy rotation for me this month. I am enjoying my Endocrine fellowship, but it's hard to get home late right before he goes to bed. I miss spending time with my dude! Next month will be better.

Today, we went to Discovery Green park, the new park that opened in downtown Houston this past spring. It's beautiful and very zen, and CWH is going to have a blast playing in the fountains this time next year. I just noticed while posting the pics that he's wearing the same rockstar outfit as the last post. Oh well, it's my favorite right now anyway while his hair is so spikey.

As far as what's new with CWH, his "daa daa" sounds are becoming more distinct. About 10 days ago, he learned to say doi, doi doi. He clearly has two bottom teeth when he smiles. His favorite toy is an obnoxiously loud piano that sings about farm animals. He and our cat Sally are becoming fast buddies. We moved the crib to the bottom level, just in case. He is mobile, in that he can get where he wants, but it's not a traditional crawl yet. He does get on all fours and sway back and forth, as if he's getting revved up to go. He loves for us to help him walk. He can pull up on you to standing with minimal assistance. He doesn't like his diaper or clothes changed, so it takes all out "wrastling" to get it done. In fact, I usually put him on a blanket on a floor to put his clothes on, so I can have a greater advantage. He's not a big fan of sitting in his high chair or eating peas. He can stay in his bathtub indefinitely until YOU get tired of watching him and pull him out. Bathtime is no longer him sitting and playing with toys; it's him trying to stand up, climb out, reach the water spout, etc. so it takes a bit more energy on our part. He took a second swim in the pool last week, and was much more animated and seemed to enjoy the doggy paddling.

He continues to steal my heart - my favorite time of day is feeding him his nighttime bottle and watching him fall asleep in my arms as he pats my hand with his little hand. He's such a sweet angel. We have been so amazingly blessed with his good health, and pray that it stays that way.

28 weeks 3 days

I have not been a good blogger this week. I started the inpatient service this month, which is a lot busier that the typical endocrine fellowship months. A lot has happened in Carter's world since last post. His aunt Lindsay got married last Saturday and now Carter has an uncle Scotty and a cousin Jenna! Carter looked dashing in his outfit, but was a little fussy during the ceremony. It required a PopPop intervention.

Carter has been making a sound similar to Ma Ma for about 10 days now. I know it's not the real thing, but it's awfully close, and other people have heard it as well. A couple times I've heard a Da Da sound, and I clearly hear a Na Na sound, which is what I called my grandmother. He has bottom left tooth that has broken though the gum. He's eaten all sorts of baby foods - carrots, sweet potatoes, apples, pears. Today was a very successful try of an apricot/apples mix. He likes to pull himself to sit or stand with your help. He also occasionally sucks in his cheeks and makes a fish face. He's very close to crawling. He is mobile, and gets to where he wants to go by some combination of log rolling, belly crawling, and caterpillaring. He can get up on "all fours" and rock back and forth. I have noticed a few times now that when watching Baby Einstein, he can be just fine, then starts bawling when they show an elephant, then is fine when it is over. No clue.

Yesterday, Carter had a nice time playing with Granny, who came for a visit since Steve and I both had to work on Saturday.

Today Steve is working so I am home with Carter and we are having a little mommy and me time. The big accomplishment today was that he rode in the Target buggy like a big boy. It was kind of like those game shows where you run around the store throwing things in the buggy as fast as you can before the time runs out. I figured I had about 30 minutes to get it done. I was so rushed I even accidently bought a pink sippy cup. I wonder if Steve is going to make me return it. Carter was just wide-eyed the whole shopping trip, taking it all in. Later, he had "pedicure", but wouldn't be still for the manicure part. I posted a few pics of our play day today, since I know that's why anyone checks the blog anyway! The one in the jumperoo shows how his hair stands straight up.

27 weeks 1 day

Today was 6-month shot day :(

The same nurse as last time came in to give them to him. Carter usually smiles when someone talks him, but he just stared her down like he knew something was up. His crying breaks my heart while he's getting the shots, but he stops crying as soon as they are done. In fact, he just woke up in a great mood from a long nap. He is now at the 35% percentile for weight (up from 25%) and 80% for height (up from 75%). His head is at the 65% percentile, and his weight is 16 lbs 10 oz. We'll just keep on doing what we're doing as far as feeding, but will start giving him a sippy cup with water. That should be fun to watch! He also has a couple of lower teeth about to come through.

The pictures are him showing off his Rockstar romper, complete with rockstar hair (it's just the way it is, I don't do anything to it!) Also, his new deal is to always have his tongue out, even when he's just looking around..

26 weeks 3 days

CWH celebrated his 6 month half-birthday this past Thursday. He has discovered how to actually jump in his jumperoo, instead of just hanging out in it. He goes crazy, and I think it's the funniest thing I've ever seen. Seriously, it looks like someone gave him a bottle full of red bull. I laughed until I cried. We'll have to figure out how to get videos on here.
CWH went to Kemah this weekend, and even watched his mom eat some BBQ crabs at Sartins. Nowadays, he is usally pretty chilled out at restaurants until the exact moment the waitress brings out my food :) He is on day 2 of sweet potatoes, and is eating about three meals of "real" food a day.
Today he was super happy, and even threw out some smiles during his pictures. It's our 6th time at picture people. I have a bit of an addiction to that place. Yes, I spend too much money, but at least they edit the drool out of the pictures! We have plenty of drool-ful pictures on our own camera! However, now that he has hit the sixth month mark, maybe we can back off of getting pictures made every month. Maybe.

25 weeks 5 days

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25 Weeks 3 days

Carter's first swim! He looked sooo cute in his swim outfit...He enjoyed it, he was just "chill" the whole time. We bought him a little swim turtle float with a hood and a spash area.

Right now he is eating peas for the first time, and Mikey likes it!