10 months

Carter was 10 months old on Friday. He is such a sweet little boy! I just love watching his personality develop more and more each day. He weighs somewhere around 21 pounds and he is around 30 inches long. He is exactly 5.5 pounds lighter and 5.5 inches shorter than Maci Rose.

If you ask Maci Rose who her friends are these days, the first name she says is "baby Tarter"! They play together so well and Maci Rose will hold Carter's hand and he will walk next to her. He loves it! and he thinks he is just as big as she is.

His accomplishments this month include.... standing for a little over 20 seconds by himself. He will stand by himself without even noticing but as soon as he notices he starts to panic. It's funny! It's like he doesn't trust himself or his legs!

He can climb on and off the couch when Maci Rose takes the pillows off. This is one of their favorite things to do. He is also climbing our stairs. And he is really quick too. Usually by the time I get the car unloaded he is already at the top of the stairs.

He can walk and push all of his riding toys around the house.

He cut a new tooth on the bottom left hand side which makes him now have 7 teeth! 4 at the top and 3 on the bottom.

He still will eat ANYTHING! He loves raviolli, mandarin oranges, cheerios, puffs, rice, and corn and peas. He is completely off of baby food.

He can and prefers to drink out of a sippy cup instead of a bottle.

He only has a passie when he is in his crib. He will fuss just to go and get in his crib for a passie. When he is ready to get out he will take it out of his mouth. However, he does know where they are in his diaper bag and a lot of times I find him going through it and putting one in his mouth.

He loves playing peek-a-boo, clapping his hands, and giving a high five. He will also wave bye-bye.

 (Look at that hair sticking up on his head)

We still haven't heard any words out of his mouth yet. Hopefully this will come soon. Only babbles so far. Maci Rose said her first word at 9 months (ki ki for kitty), but a lot of people tell me boys are slower to talk than girls. But we havent heard a dadada, bababa, mamama, etc. sound at all yet??

The more hair he's getting, the more we think he is going to be red headed. Depending on what light he is in his hair looks different colors, but it definitely has a lot of red in it.

He is such a smiley boy and I love him to death!!! Happy 10 months Carter!! I can't believe you will be 1 in less than 2 months!