The Boone Family

Today was a beautiful day so we headed to Berlin Heights for a visit to Burnham Orchards. We walked out into the field and picked some pumpkins for our house and for me to use at school for "pumpkin science". Carter was dressed in his jack o'lantern shirt for the occasion and he fit right in. We also walked through the apple orchard and took some more pictures. Wow, has he become more "vocal" in the last week. He is grunting, howling, and just babbling like a crazy maniac. He loves his activity center where he bounces and sucks on all the toys. He is content in there for a while which helps me to get somethings done around the house. His hair is really starting to grow and thicken up. Bob tries every night to give him a mohawk with the 3 strands of hair after his bath. We are teaching him to reach for us when we pick him up. He is also giving kisses however they are always open mouth and full of drool.

It has been quite a while since I have blogged. I apologize but being back at school has really cut down on my free time. Being back at work has been crazy. I thought that there wasn't enough time in the day when we didn't have Carter and now it's unbelievable . The mornings haven't been as hard as I had thought because Bob has been a huge help. We take turns with getting in the shower and getting him dressed and ready to go. Bob puts him in the car seat and carries him out the car while I follow with the many bags we have to take. He is doing very well at the sitters. My favorite part of the day is watching his face when I walk in the door of the sitter's after school. His smile can make the worst day better. He is really alert and always watching everything around him. He has found his feet and sucks on his big toe. This is a funny process to watch. It's almost Halloween and Carter is going to be a monkey. We have had so much fun dressing him up and trying to...

On Saturday, Carter rolled over all by himself. He had been getting stuck on his one shoulder but all of a sudden he did it. Check out the video. I am officially back at work. I went back on October 1st. It was great to be back and on a routine but I feel that I am so overwhelmed with make up work. Carter has been sleeping through the night in his pack n play and we are loving it. We started using the lavender bath soap and lotion. We are also dressing him in the footed pj's. He is so smiley and laughing. He is a drooling maniac so we think that he might be teething or at least moving around.