Carter is 6 months old!

Yep, it's Happy 1/2-Birthday to our boy, Carter, today! And you know, they say that time flies, well, they ain't kiddin'! I can't believe he's already 6 months old! Before we know it he'll be walking, talking, running, and chasing Kitty-Kitty around the house! (And an aside, Kitty finally has the "cone" off her head and is doing much better!)

Here's Carter's "official" 6-month shot (tried to get one on his back, but he kept grabbing the sign and rolling over - note the chew marks in the corner...):Anyway, at Carter's 6-month check-up, he weighed in at 16.5 pounds and was 27.5 inches tall. That puts him right smack in the middle of the "tall and skinny kid" area on the charts. He's on to size-3 diapers (for 16+ pounders), just about out of his size 9-month clothes, and pushing the limits on his size 12-month footie-PJs.

Bottom 2 teeth are definitely in (and I'll vouch for that during feedings...nursing + teeth = bad evolutionary trend) and the top 4 should be poking through this weekend. Looks like we've cleared the hump of his crankiness with these 4, so maybe the rest can all poke through at once and get this all over with?!

He's eating well, sleeping well, and even got to try out some sweet potatoes for the first time tonight (we figured birthday cake might be a bit much...). Few photos from the experience below.

Pre-solids shot - "Starving Kid":
First bite:
Not so sure about the sweet potatoes:
And well, come to find out, he ate the whole bowl in record time and continued on with a little oat cereal. Full, satisfied, and happy about the whole experience (and would have probably eaten more...):
So next week at school he starts a "lunch" feeding of vegetables and hopefully he'll be just as eager to clean his plate! He's really got a great disposition and is well known as the "happy kid" at school. Such lucky parents are we!

Hope everyone has a nice, relaxing Labor Day weekend! Take care!
~kerrie