Indoctrination

With football season right around the corner, I spent a chunk of my morning playtime with Carter today demonstrating how to cheer for the Ohio State Buckeyes: I say, "O-H!" and the reply is "I-O!" Needless to say, the little man doesn't quite have it down yet, but he did squeal along with me and very much enjoyed watching his Mommy throw her hands in the air repeatedly.

Five minutes later, Dax appeared with his laptop and proceeded to teach Carter the Seminole chop, complete with audio/visual prompts from a clip of an FSU football game. (With Dax working from home, he can hear the goings on upstairs, via our 100+ years-old-home's air vents, and wanted to make sure that our child is simultaneously and evenly a Wildcat/Seminole/Buckeye/Bulldog fan.)

And don't worry, fellow NU alums; we've been working on Carter's Wildcat claw and growl since birth - if you don't believe me, check out the posts from April 2010.

Dax and I may not always agree on our favorite college football teams, but we are united in our support of our hometown Northsiders and are teaching our son to love them as well...go Cubs!

Hello, World, I'm Four Months Old Today!

Our little man starts his fourth month today, yet he's acting a bit older than his age! Carter is a baby on the go, and is happiest when standing on his (wobbly) legs, which he can even use to take steps (stomps) forward with the help of one of his parents holding him up. If he's not standing up, he wants to be sitting up, and although he doesn't have the ab muscles to remain steady, he loves being propped against pillows or a sturdy seat to check out the world from an upright position.

"The Carter Show" has also been expanding, with coos starting in consonants; G's are his favorite sounds, and if he's reclined in his vibrating seat while performing, he must be strapped in so that he doesn't launch himself out of the seat!

Because of his love of being upright, (and the utter exhaustion of Mom and Dad's biceps from constantly holding up a 15+ lb baby) this week a dutiful Daddy constructed his son's bouncy seat activity area and was rewarded with 30 seconds solid of belly laughs the first time we placed him in the bucket seat and swiveled him around. We actually captured the whole event on camcorder, although we haven't quite figured out how to upload the footage. Stay tuned.

What a wonderful month it has been!