Happy Halloween!

Love Affair with a Lint Roller

Engaged in some tummy time play yesterday, Carter fell head over heels with a new object. Not the elephant with taggies that vibrates and has a bell. Not the stacking rings that were just recently introduced. No. His new favorite item? A lint roller. His mommy was using it to capture some of Killa's hairs from his playmat, never expecting that the rolling motion and sound would result in ten solid minutes of belly laughs from her son. Here's the photographic evidence that for a six-month-old, it really doesn't get better than a lint roller. (Expectant parents, take note and update your gift registries now!)

And speaking of rollers, the last picture shows that the little man doesn't stay in one place for very long these days!

Hello, World, It's My Half Birthday!

Well, yesterday, October 7th, was the official six month milestone. Mommy dropped the ball because Carter is actually celebrating six months with a head cold, poor little guy! The first two pictures taken on our growing boy yesterday with his mommy and then daddy were snapped at Lakeview Pediatrics, just before Carter's first sick appointment with the fabulous Dr. Perlman. Since Dax has a history of chronic childhood ear infections, we wanted to make sure Carter isn't following in his daddy's footsteps in that one regard. (So far, so good.) I will say that Carter amazes me: even with a lot of congestion, he still manages to retain his good spirits and even belly laughed a couple of times yesterday while camped out in a steamy bathroom with his mommy. I couldn't ask for a better baby!

The other five pictures are a photographic look back at the past months leading up to Carter's half year milestone. Holy cow, where did the time go?