Working it

Carter and I in the middle of a not-so-busy market day on Tuesday of last week. Cierra took some time off of work and finally came to see us! Carter remained in good spirits even though we didn't have many customers to wave and smile at. On top of that, I forgot all our baby food so we had to run home in the middle of the market to get it!
Here Carter is practicing for his Chippendales audition. Work that baby body!

Speaking of working out, Carter is getting so much stronger! His arm strength is improving daily... toys that he had to strain to operate a week ago are now involving a lot less effort. And he loves walking with our help. He just grasps one finger in each hand and cruises around the house. For us, it's kind of like operating a ouija board... you just keep your hand steady and let him guide you to the destination.
Carter and Momma, after a long day of working it. Okay, so I don't remember when I took this, but it's pretty safe to say that Cierra had just gotten off work. That's always true.

Carter after a few too many at our local western-themed bar. They really need to start checking IDs. No, actually he's trying on my new hat, a wide-brimmed garden hat Cierra got me for our 7th anniversary. It's crazy that we've been married so long! It sure doesn't feel like it. And yet I can hardly remember life without her. Shoot, I can barely remember life before Carter. Or breakfast. Shoot, did I skip breakfast again?

Baby break! I was grilling on the back porch and left the door ajar. Carter thought he was going to get away for sure this time. Silly baby! You can't run away with your pj's on!

Slackjawed Wonder

Sometime in the distant past, I started opening my mouth to cue Carter to open his when I wanted to deliver a spoonful of mush to him. Now he no longer needs the cue, but I'm finding this a difficult habit to break. Thank goodness I have a wife to take embarassing pictures of me and then gently post them on the internet.

Ta-da! Carter is maturing so quickly, hardly a day goes by without some new skill. Today was the first time I saw him try to combine two hand signals, the symbol for "more" and the one for "eating"

Is this how Grandpa Baer likes to change the lightbulbs?

Aww, this is one great picture. He loves his grandpa! Carter and Cierra spent last weekend in Indiana while I stayed behind and tended the garden and attended my first farmer's market of the year. So, unlike most weeks, I wasn't there for any of the following...

Hi, Dad! We're having lots of fun up here. Too bad you had to go sell plants instead. No, I totally understand. Selling lettuce must be such a thrill.

I also love my other Grandpa, even if I look a bit surprised here. No more pictures please!

This is my Uncle Krin. Here he is matriculating and holding a baby at the same time. What a multi-tasker! I think matriculating is a big fancy word for graduating. But I guess after four more years of school people want to pretend they learned a lot of good stuff at college, thus the "matriculation".

Here I am hanging with my crew- Aunt Kaelie and Uncle Krin. Someday I'm going to grow up to be eight feet tall like Uncle Krin. Then I will legally change my name to Bigfoot.

Did somebody say YOGURT? Now I am EXCITED! I can HARDLY contain MYSELF!

Anyway, the trip is over and Carter and Cierra are back home now, and we're getting back into the swing of things. As usual, Cierra's working most days, and Carter and I spend two days a week at the farmer's market peddling whatever looks good in the garden. It's slow going in our garden until tomatoes start to ripen, and we've just started to get the little green tomatoes on our plants.

It's a good thing Carter likes to come outside with me. Most days we have at least one garden session where he hangs out in his stroller and watches me work.

What a happy little guy.

That's about it... we'll see you next week!

Weekly Blur-b

Well folks, here we are on Thursday night once again. This week has flown by in a blur... Cierra's been working every single day and the days have been a blur of feeding Carter, playing on the floor with Carter, and trying to take care of the garden whenever Carter falls asleep.

One thing we can definitely tell you happened this week was just yesterday. We went over to Carter's friend Adelaide's house for our quarterly co-op meeting. That's Carter playing with Adelaide's toy guitar above. Carter wasn't singing along, but he did know how to groove to the beat!
Carter continues to be fascinated with putting things in other things and taking them out. Here he is playing with his monkey barrel.

Endless fun. I wish entertaining me was this easy.

Here we are at bathtime. I like to see what crazy hairstyles I can give him while shampooing. This is mohawk Carter. How do you like? Cierra keeps saying I should try a mohawk. I think she's hit upon one of the few ways I could look more ridiculous.