The Commute

We are over halfway through the first week of our new commuting routine. For me, the commute is 35-45 minutes – slightly longer than my previous commute was if I didn’t take Carter to daycare, and quite a bit shorter than my previous commute was when I did take him to daycare (which I did most days). About 10 minutes of my commute is walking (downhill on the way to work, uphill in the afternoons), which has been brutal this week in the cold weather.

Thomas’ commute is running about an hour and five minutes, including taking Carter to daycare. That’s quite a bit longer than the sweet twenty-minute walk he had from our old apartment. Unfortunately, the train they take is quite packed, so there is no room for the stroller, and unbelievably, people don’t seem to be willing to give up their seat for a man carrying a 20+ pound baby. He is experimenting with different carriers for taking Carter on the train so as to make both Carter and himself most comfortable.

Since Thomas is taking Carter to school, the responsibility for getting Carter ready to go in the mornings falls to me (while Thomas gets himself dressed). Needless to say, Carter has been particularly stylish this week. Below, he is sporting the amazing baby leg warmers that I found for him.

Snot Nose

I just had to share this picture of our snot-nosed boy. Hope it comes through on your computer. You can always click the picture to enlarge it!

Carter's Room Evolves

Just a few pics of the fun new floor we installed for Carter's basement paradise of color. It's all coming together, slowly but surely...

Still Ruthless...

... but no longer toothless!

Carter got not one, but TWO, teeth over the weekend! And one of them is enormous. The teeth aren't up nearly enough for photos, so you'll just have to trust me: They are there. There are two of them. And one is huge.

Moving Pictures

We probably won't be ready to post pictures of the new place for a couple of weeks, and we didn't take many pictures during the move, but here are a few shots that I took.

Moving requires lots of energy. You need plenty of food, coffee and beer...

Moved

For the record, all of our stuff does not fit in a 20 foot truck. Our stuff fits in one twenty foot truck and three trips in a very full pickup truck. Nevertheless, we are in our new apartment with all of our stuff - and we even have the internet hooked up. We are quite tired, so pictures will follow another day.

That Bites

I got a call yesterday from Carter's daycare to report that another baby had bitten him. He was fine - the bite didn't break the skin, and apparently he was more upset about having it cleaned than he was about the bite itself. When I went to pick him up, I got the full scoop, which was that first Carter pulled the boy's hair, and then the boy bit Carter. Of course, I couldn't really be too upset, seeing as how I was a biter myself as a child...

For Stubbie

Carter's Months 7 and 8

Carter was 8 months old last Tuesday! Here are clips from his seventh and eighth months.

Feed Self Avocado

For a couple of months now, the baby books have said that, on average, a baby Carter's age should be able to "feed self cracker." We found that difficult to understand, seeing as how a baby his age isn't really eating hard food yet. But we thought we'd try "feed self (something else)". While Carter seemed to understand what he was supposed to do, the first attempts were no good because the banana proved too slippery. However, on his third night of avocado, he finally got it together - avocado in mouth, chew, chew, swallow! Works about every fourth time.