Dump Truck

Carter is thoroughly enjoying all his birthday presents, I just haven't gotten a chance to capture pics of him with them all yet. Here he is with the dump truck that Joo got him. The boy likes his truck, and he particularly likes putting stuff in it.

Aarti is here!

Aarti is here visiting for the week! Carter is starting a new daycare tomorrow, and he has to be "phased-in" over the next three days (meaning that he goes for just a couple of hours for the first three days, and we stay with him for progressively shorter times). Aarti is going to be helping out by keeping Carter during the day when he is not at the new daycare. We'll keep you posted on how the phase-in is going.

Aarti, Joo, Carter and I had a fun day in the park yesterday.

Real Shoes

Carter took a few well-timed steps last week. I say well-timed because Thomas and I were both sitting on the couch watching him at that very moment. He hasn't repeated the maneuver this week, but we expect he will be walking very soon. In any case, he is spending a lot of time on his feet, cruising around inside and outside, so we decided to get him his first pair of real shoes.

I went to a cute shop by our house, where they have baby sized benches for the kids to sit on while they try on shoes. I'll try to get a shot of the wee one in his new sandals (size 5 1/2) later this week.

Surgery Update

Thomas' sinus surgery went well. He is home recovering now. We expect that he'll pretty much spend the weekend on medication in bed or on the couch. If it weren't for the bleeding and medication, that would pretty much sound like his ideal weekend!

How we do it in NYC

We have heard that people in other parts of the country sometimes put their kids to sleep by driving them around in the car.

This is how it is done without a car:

Giant Baby or Tiny Pool?

Carter had a lot of fun playing outside with water this weekend. He likes it when it is coming out of the hose and he likes playing with Tupperware filled with water. He attempted to climb into the Tupperware several times. So we have ordered him a baby pool.

Pancakes!

Carter has a new favorite food. I made him pancakes yesterday morning and he ate THREE of them (and these weren't little silver dollar pancakes). He was jamming the pieces into his mouth much to quick for my comfort, and he filled up his little chipmunk cheeks! He seemed to prefer yesterday's cinnamon blueberry to today's cinnamon apple, but he enjoyed them both.

Bike Ride!

We took Carter for his first bike ride today (in his sassy new seat and helmet!). Riding with him on the bike was nerve wracking at first, but was pretty easy. However, it is much more difficult to ride slowly or walk the bike. Carter seemed to enjoy the ride.

Happy 1st Birthday, Carter!

Thanks to everyone for the gifts and well-wishes! Here are some pictures from our celebration this evening.

At 364 Days Old, Carter Likes...

eating
putting non-edible things in his mouth (still)
pulling hair (still)
books
playing peek-a-boo (he'll instigate the game, which is the cutest)
sticking out his tongue
standing up in the bath tub
being scared (i.e. surprised)
music (and especially music class)
his mom and dad
other people

And for his favorite thing of all...

At 364 days old, what Carter loves the most are things that open and shut (particularly the baby gates - generally, the bigger the thing, the better).