Picture Fake-Out

I have mentioned before that Carter has a "camera smile". As soon as we point it at him he is in full on cheesy smile mode. Yesterday I decided to fake him out so you can see it in action.

A boy of many hats

This weekend we went on the hunt for a puppet for Carter. He loves the puppet attached to his saucer. We started out at Terra Toys. They had a TON of puppets but none that Carter was too crazy about. They did have a bunch of hats that Carter LOVED trying on. Oh, and before you see the pictures you should know that Carter has two smiles. He regular smile and his camera smile. When Carter was about 3 months old he started noticing when we brought the camera out. He would be making the best faces and once the camera came out he was so interested in it that he would make the most series faces. Suddenly he realized we wanted him to smile at the camera. Now he makes the most cheesy camera smiles. They are hilarious.

Here is a "camera smile" in the car yesterday


Here is our little bug


Little Cowboy


King Carter (minus the cheesy smile)


Our next stop took us to Toy Joy. They had some CRAZY things at that place. Some kid was begging her parents to buy her a two headed baby doll with one of the heads looking like some evil mauled version of a baby. Freaky!

Hand Chair


Propeller hat

Propeller hat from Melanie Anderson on Vimeo.

Non-napper

Carter was SUPPOSED to be napping. Instead, he wanted to play a little peek-a-boo. He is so cute, I just couldn't resist.

Favorite Things

Carter always has one foot curled and one foot flared out. ALWAYS. I love it!

Just Because

Have you ever seen such a cute little face before in your life?!?!?!

6 months

Carter is 6 months old now! I would love to show you a 6 month birthday photo but my computer is being fixed and I probably won't get it back for about 3 more weeks. SO sad. Also, when they backed up my computer (I know, I know. I should ALWAYS back up my computer. Once I understand how to do that and what the heck that means, I promise to do it religiously) they lost about 100 of my photos. I am HOPING they are from not from this year or my wedding. Hopefully they came out of a folder that I have long forgotten about.

In Carter news he had his 6 month check up last week and everything is going great! He is right on target with all of his milestones.

Stats:
Head: 44cm (50%)
Height: 26in (25-50%)
Weight: 15.8 (10-25%)

So, he is of average height and a little low on weight. BUT, doctor says it's totally normal so that is great! There isn't really very much more to report. He is love, love, LOVING food. He is rolling all around and likes to make diaper changes a sport for us. He is sitting up for LONG periods of time and talks non-stop. Oh, and he has discovered screaming. Yay for us!