Hey everyone, its me, Carter. Mom says she hasn't put my 9 month update on here yet and I'm only a week away from 10 months, so I decided I better do it myself. She's probably been too busy with Colby and his "Mommy do it" stage. You see Colby insists that Mommy, not Daddy, do everything for him. For example, Mom has to give him his baths, feed him his bites at dinner, help him go potty, put him to bed, or anything else that he can think of. If Dad tries to do any of those things, he screams "Mommy do it" until she does. It makes both Mom and Dad pretty mad and I hate it when they are mad, so therefore I don't like it either. Today, he wouldn't even let Daddy get him out of his car seat once he and mom got home from the store. Mom and Dad made him sit in the car for a long time before Mom finally went out to get him. Anyways, I've probablly said too much and will get in trouble for tattling on my big brother, so back to me. I'm a pretty happy baby these days. Now that I can crawl, I love life. I can get anywhere I want to go and love exploring our house. My favorite spots happen to be the places I get in trouble for going--the fireplace, Chloe's water bowl, and the toilet. I just figured out how to get up a stair or two and have fallen several times. I still have some work to do there. Sometimes when Colby isn't around, Mom lets me play in his room which is fun. Now that I can crawl and get to Colby's toys, he doesn't seem to really like me. I'm sure he loves me like a brother has to, but if I come near him or his stuff he pushes me, kicks me, and screams at me. I cry, he gets in trouble, and then we do it all over again. We've got this brother thing figured out pretty well! There is so much I could say about crawling, but I must talk about the best thing that happened when I turned 9 months...FOOD! I LOVE FOOD!!! I thought baby food was good, but I had no idea what I was missing...bread, meat, cheese, yogurt, crackers are all so good. I still eat some baby food becasue Mom wants to make sure I get my fruits and veggies or whatever, but I pretty much eat what everyone else has for dinner. Pot roast, lasagna, pork chops, and tortellini have been a few of my favorites so far. Sometimes I eat more than Mom! I eat three meals and 2 snacks a day. I spend a lot of time in my high chair, but I have no prblem with that. Mom says it keeps me busy and out of trouble so she doesn't mind either. Plus, I still nurse 4 times a day. I know what you are thinking...I must be huge, but actually I'm down to the 40ish percentile in height and weight. I must be burning off all those calories with my crawling. The doctor says I'm shrinking...not really, but I've been going down on the growth chart rather than up. Mom was actually excited to have a "normal" size baby. She's weird. I must have more Petersen genes in me that we thought. This is only disapointing to me becasue I wanted to be bigger than Colby and really beat him up for all the mean things he does to me. The least important thing for me to add to this update, but the most important thing for Mom is that I now sleep through the night...most of the time. The day I started eating real food I wasn't hungry anymore at night and started sleeping better. Mom also now refuses to come get me any earlier than 5 am, but it only took one night of a little crying to get down my routine. A few other random things about me right now:

I love bath time in the big boy bath with all the toys

Church is now completetly pointless for Mom and Dad to attend because I refuse to be quiet and sit still during the meetings...8 months till nursery!

I still hate the car, but I try to cry a little less if I'm in a good mood. If I really don't want to go, I arch my back and make it impossible for Mom to get me in my carseat.

I kind of say dada (with no actual meaning). I'm a little behind on my language skills...who defines normal anyways...I'll make those mama and baba sounds when I feel like it okay!

I have my 2 bottom teeth and 1 and a half top teeth (one has just broken through)

Well, I'll leave you with a day in the life of me. Hugs and kisses to you all!

6:00--get up, nurse, back to sleep
8:00--get up, eat breakfast
8:30-10:00--play
10:00--nap
12:00--lunch
12:30-2:00--play, or outing with Mom and Colby
2:00--nurse then nap
3:30--snack
3:30-5:00--play
5:00--start of my fussy period where I drive mom and dad nuts, nurse
6:00--dinner
7:00--bath
7:30--nurse,bed