July-August 2009

(July)So he has mastered crawling at this point but not getting down off of things, like the couch, chairs, little boxes, so we taught him how to get down, we would turn him around and tell him to get down that way, we had to move his legs to show him how to get down off of stuff, and when he learned how to do that, we eventually got to the point when all we had to say when he wanted off something was turn around and get down, and he would do exactly that, it was amazing!! By this time he is pulling himself up on everything! So we are thinking that he might start walking soon, but no he is just pulling himself up on stuff but not moving. He loves getting in to stuff, all the time he is getting into something! We used to have a box of junk that we didn't need anymore sitting in the hallway and he seriously thought that was a treasure box just for him, he was always digging in it so see what he could find and would pull it out, show me, put it back and pull out something else. He loved to climb inside and play with everything in there, and then cry when he wanted out. I am sure tons more happened but like I said, I can't really remember too much!
(Aug)I had found out earlier in the year that my best friend in AZ was pregnant and so me and Carter planned a trip down to see her before she had her baby, she was due in Sept. So Carter got to go on another plane ride and he did so good! He had mastered crawling down the stairs but not going up so that was always scary for us, so while we were down there, I showed him how to go up the stairs and he got it after a few runs. We went swimming while we were there at one of my other friends houses and he loved it! He would splash and whimper when the water would his his face, and play with me and laugh when we would spin around. We had a blast. He was pulling himself up on stuff and kinda walking along whatever he was holding, but he climbed more than he did anything else, he climbed all over everything he could reach. Tiffanie had this glass shelf thing and he would push the one item she had on it off and climb up there and sit and stare, and then climb off. There was this one time when we went bowling (not in AZ) and there is a little step there and he would just climb up the step, down the step, up the step, down the step, and he would smile, and then do it again.
Carter and Daisy are best friends and play together all the time! He loves to chase her around and she loves to lightly nibble on his hands (nothing dangerous). But it is so cute to see the 2 of them together. He says her name but he doesnt relate it to belonging to the dog, he just knows it as a word that we say so he copies. I love having a baby and a puppy for him to play with, plus she is so gentle with him, he will just crawl all over her and she just lays there or she tries to play with him, its so cute....Sorry Tiffanie, I have to tell about the dog.