Big Grins

Another week gone by and Carter's gotten even better at making the camera love him. Here he is on Daddy's shoulders for the very first time! I hoisted him up there and marched around the room to give him my perspective on things for a few minutes. He was all smiles.

Of course, he's all smiles no matter what it is that we're doing. Well, okay, he really doesn't smile this much all the time. But he does seem to know how to turn it on whenever the camera comes out. He's so good at it that Cierra thought maybe we should get Carter an agent. The only problem? He only knows to do it with our crappy camera. Last month when we had a professional out to take some shots, all he wanted to do was see if he could get his entire hand in his mouth.

Our neighbor at the farmer's market makes baby clothes, but had stuck to mostly items for little girls. After she met Carter, she was inspired to make this little onesie. Awww... Carter's first formal wear! (In case you can't tell, that is a tie sewn onto the front.)

Carter still reacts with revulsion whenever he is offered solid food. We don't think it's the taste really, just a difficulty swallowing anything thicker than milk. But to start transitioning him, we're now putting him up in a booster seat at the table for mealtimes. When we're not painting his chin and the front of his shirt with mashed bananna, he's playing with this contraption.

We're also working our way toward mobility. Just in the last few days he's started to get his pelvis off the ground... but instead of getting up on his knees, he just ends up pushing his legs out again and his powerful arms just schooch him backwards a bit on the floor. Repeat multiple times and I feel like my baby is stuck in reverse. Here he shows off his progress. Note he's so good at sitting now that Cierra felt comfortable stepping away to take this video.

And when we're done with all the hard work with Mommy, then it's time for a play session with Daddy! He loves it when I tickle him with my nose.