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.

So Carter is almost 4 months old-16 weeks on Wednesday! It is very hard to believe that much time has passed. This month he has made the most changes. He is now holding his head up on his own and really talking up a storm. While you are holding him on your lap he uses his rock hard abs to pull himself up. He tries very hard to stand up on his legs. Since he is standing up we got out his baby einstein activity center. He loves to play in this for about 15-20 minutes and then he gets bored and fussy. Carter is more alert now and stays awake during the day. Officially on Friday, Carter slept through the night from 10:45-6:45am. I was so shocked I kept waking up to make sure he was breathing. Knock on wood he has been doing it every night since then. I go back to work on Thursday and I am excited to get back into the swing of things. I am very worried with how the morning will go with getting myself and Carter ready and out the door on time. We have been trying to get Carter...

Last weekend we went to the Cleveland Air Show. We walked down to the pier by the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame and set up camp by a shade tree. It was so cool watching the planes do crazy tricks. There was a stealth style plane that was so loud we had to cover his little ears. We stayed a while and left before it got too loud. Next, we have taken out the newborn hammock out of his bath tub because he can sit up and hold his head up. He is a kickin machine in the tub now. We have been giving him a bath in the kitchen sink but he drenches the kitchen floor so now we must do it in the bathtub. Bob and I get laughing so hard when he gets kicking. Finally, today was the Race for the Cure in Cleveland. This is the 3rd year we have participated but Carter's first time. He was the talk of race. I made a outfit for him with the breast cancer pink ribbon that said "Real Men Wear Pink". Everyone was checking out his onesie . We had him in the stroller but being the nosey man tha...

Last night was the first night we tried out Carter sleeping in his crib. I laid him down at 10:30pm and he slept until 1:30am. He rustled around and I rocked him for about 10 minutes and put him back into the crib. He then woke up at 4am crying because he was hungry. I fed him and he slept until 6:30am right before Bob left. That was great because Bob got to hug on him before he left. He ate and then went back to sleep for 2 hrs. I don't want to talk about it too much because I might jinx it. Wish me luck tonight!

Carter is officially 3 months old today! It is crazy to think how fast the time has gone by. Since last week has is really working hard on holding his head up by himself. You will have to watch the video clip of him pulling himself up. We have put him in his bumbo seat but he is still a little wobbly. We will keep practicing every day. Since his shots last Wednesday he has been very fussy. He is crying a lot more and really making us first time parents work hard to try and make everything better. The doctor thought he might be teething, starting to have a milk protein allergy, or just being more vocal. We have spent many a minute walking the block with a fussy baby trying to calm him down. He is now fighting sleep so when he's tired he just cries which makes it very hard to get him to sleep. He has started to hate the carseat and cries when he is in there. I had to pull over for 40 minutes yesterday just trying to get him calmed down. When he cries it is exhausting to Bob and I b...