Carter's decided that walking might be a worthwhile endeavor after all and he's now much more interested in trying. He takes a few steps like in the video by himself, but a LOT of the time now he wants to hold onto a hand or two and cruise (instead of holding on to furniture).
The last few weeks have been busier than usual around here: Marnie had her hip replaced on Halloween and she's been here recovering for several weeks. In all this time, I couldn't seem to get any decent pictures of Carter and Marnie together, but they've been inseparable. Marnie's doing so well after her surgery that she's been doing a little babysitting for us and Brian and I got to workout a few times and even go to a concert.
Overall, Carter's developed so much over the last few months - he's getting more and more fun to be around. He wants to share food all the time (as you can see in the picture with Marnie). I've finally weaned him completely from nursing, and he's a little more fussy around me than other people, which is a little frustrating after work when I want to just hang out with him a little and he's needy. But he's been spending much more time outside at home and at daycare that it's getting a little easier to redirect him by taking it to the yard. Oh, and food always helps to diffuse things a bit:
He's getting cuter and cuter by the day (not biased. At all.) and he is of course, expressing more personal preferences. For instance, he's a meat guy. Through and through. He used to eat just about anything we put in front of him, but he's started shunning the greens and chowing the protein. He also likes to bang on the drum all day and wrestle at night - I think he's gonna be trouble in college...
