Carter is 5 Months Old!

Wholly moly! I can't believe Carter is already 5 months old!! In just a short amount of time, the lil' guy has REALLY shown that he's got a super-sunny disposition! The teachers at Carter's school even tease me when I pick him up on Friday afternoon that he "cried once on Tuesday." He's just such a happy kid! ...even now that he's started teething!

Here's a quick run-down of Carter's highlights from the month:

• As I am typing this, he just rolled over from back to front! Oh lordy, he's getting mobile!

• We just boxed up his 6-month clothes and he's in 9-month sizes (and his PJs are getting quite snug since he's so tall...I'm guessing he'll be in 12-month PJs next week...)

• He's on his last pack of size 2 diapers, so will start size 3's this week (for 18 pounders...he's just shy of that mark)
  

• He eats like a horse and is now into the "big" bottles (5 oz... minimum...per feeding)

• He's sleeping through the night (except with this ear-infection crud, he wakes up coughing here and there...and well, since he's up, might as well eat...ugh!)

• He's already an expert hiker (see previous post from the Sandia Mountains)

• He's solved the world's climate problems and is eliminating noxious gasses (oh wait, he's EMITTING noxious gasses...definitely Matt's kid! Just kidding...only seeing if you're reading...)

• He's successfully eating 2 tablespoons of rice cereal (yum!) each day and will start a second feeding tomorrow

• Finally, he's mastered the jump-a-roo and can squeal in delight for a solid 15 minutes!

Couple quick pics before I call it a night. Here's the "official" 5-month photo (in his John Deere one-sie, just for Grandpa! And those pigs represent the only farm animals we have around this house...):
And a quick series of photos showing some jump-a-roo action (luckily it has a nice round base, or he'd be flopping all over the living room! And ignore the background junk...that's my sewing station):


Hope everyone is keeping cool and enjoying the end of the summer months!
~kerrie