Oh how I love you, let me count the ways

Reasons I love Carter:

• if you make eye contact with him as you casually walk by he will hold his cubby little hands out for you to pick him up. Oh I LOVE that boy!!!

• He is so gentle and cute with Emma. He likes to push her in her swing and just look at her. I left him in the room by himself for about 5 seconds while she was on the floor and when I came back he was leaning over with his head on hers. They smile at eachother and it reminds me that they have been friends before.

• He never tires of playing with tupperware or climing in the cupboard and closing the doors. And it is especially fun when his sister plays with him.

• He only has 2 tiny bottom teeth at 15 months, and he has the cutest giggle!
• He can say "more" (usually while eating treats, or fruit) and "uh oh".

• If the bathroom door is accidentally left open you will find the toliet paper completely unrolled and he will be in the bathtub/shower playing and eating soap.

Carter had his 15 month dr. checkup and unfortunately the dr. gave us a black mark on our chart when we had to report that Carter still drinks from a bottle. He informed us to get rid of them ASAP and that our family should do a "good-bye ceremony" by throwing the bottles in the garbage and waving good-bye to make the transition less traumatic. I thought that seemed a little extreme and knew Carter would adjust just fine if we skipped the ceremony and just eased him in a sippy cup. He woke up from his nap and I gave him his sippy cup of milk... he cried and cried until I finally gave in and put the milk in a bottle which he happily drank. Looks like we will be having a good-bye bottle ceremony soon (but not too soon)

He weighs 23 lbs and is 30 1/2" tall