Social Butterfly

Carter's daycare was closed today for Veteran's Day, so he went to a back-up daycare center that is provided by my company. It is near my office, which was a good thing because I realized when I got to the office that I had forgotten an important component of my breastpump. Three times during the day I walked the 300 paces to the daycare center and fed Carter. It was so convenient! However, Carter didn't seem as thrilled as I was with the arrangement. The first time that I went in to feed him, the teacher and the two other babies went into another room to give us some privacy. Carter could hardly eat because he was staring at the door they left through and whimpering. Apparently being alone with me was not nearly as entertaining as being with the teachers and other babies.

Carter's Animals

Some stuffed, some not so stuffed.
 

Happy Boy

I don't want to call it a phase, because I hope it lasts forever, but that's what I'll call it for now. Carter is going through such a happy phase! He is all smiles (almost) all the time. He is really a lot of fun.
 

New Toys

This weekend our friends Jim and Betsy were in town and we had brunch with them on Saturday. They brought Carter a very cute baby bowling set. Here are a couple of pictures of Carter enjoying his bowling set. We'll work more on the basics of the game when he's a little older!

Goodbye Cart Cart and Nonna!

Carter (the elder) and Donna are headed back to Atlanta in the morning. We all enjoyed their visit. Especially Carter, who enjoyed some time alone with his grandparents this afternoon while Thomas and I were at work.
 

Post Fauxgiving Trauma

Post meal I asked Dad to go ahead and cut off all the rest of the meat from the turkey so we could have it ready for sandwiches or turkey chili or whatever and we could get rid of the carcass (save some skin and bones for soup) to keep the house from REALLY smelling like "smoked" at least a little. Well, after a few minutes, the sharp knife got the better of Dad's finger (thankfully just a nick), though it just would not stop bleeding. After being repeatedly told to keep pressure on it and keep it above his heart (his finger, not the turkey), he decided what was most important was the turkey. Call it persistence, stubbornness, or just plain being a little silly, he diligently continued to slice the turkey with the same sharp knife with one hand and the other hand held (more or less) above his heart. I guess I can see where I get it from, though I am still not sure what to call "it" (see above list).

Thanks again to Dad and Donna for the great turkey and wonderful visit so far!

Fauxgiving

Carter (the elder) and Donna are in town this weekend. Since we won't be seeing them at Thanksgiving, we had fauxgiving tonight. The smoked turkey was as smokey and delicious as ever, Thomas' mashed potatoes were yummy and I had brussel sprouts for the very first time (contrary to popular opinion, they were good too). And it wouldn't have been like thanksgiving without Joo, so she came over for fauxgiving, too!

Baby Got a New Pair of Shoes...

and a new bouncy seat.

Leo

Carter is becoming very playful. He's particularly enjoying his green lion- "Leo" (you can see the bottom half of Leo here). Carter used to be smaller than Leo, but now he can wrestle him down. (Also notice how nicely Carter's hair is starting to fill in.)

Paper Monster

He hasn't figured out how to eat solid food yet, but he tries to eat everything else! Like his cousin t, Carter enjoys our junk mail. He rifles through catalogues, but mostly he likes to put paper in his mouth. We let him gum it for a while, and take it away from him before he actually can eat any! He really went after my boarding pass on the way to Texas last week. I was glad that I had an infant with me so that it made my shredded boarding pass make more sense.

Carter also enjoyed his slinky this evening!