"Yo, ladies. Welcome to my crib." Homey C, back at it again. 

This is Ruth Herrman-Carter's daycare provider. She totally loves Carter, and Matt and I suspect one day we may go to pick him up and find that she has kidnapped him. 

"Hi, my name is Alison...I eat bunnies!" 

"Oh my, who is that cute boy?" 

"This chick totally digs me..." 

"Uh...we would like some privacy! Give us a chance to get to know each other! Geeze." 

"PARTY!" 

I Wouldn't Believe It If I Didn't See It

Honestly-
The band-aid stuff seems to have worked. Carter's sitting has really improved. Who knows if it really was the band-aid material, or that we really practiced sitting with him this weekend. Personally, I think his sitting improved because he wanted to impress his girlfriend Alison.

Our visit this weekend with Laura and Al(2) was great. We did a lot of shopping, man that Al can shop! I am definitely going boxing day shopping with him!

The kids seemed to have a fun time together as well. As much fun as two babies can have with one another. Carter kicked Alison in the face, poked her eye, and sucked on her shirt. Alison gazed at Carter, laughed and smiled a lot. They rolled together, spit up together (and on each other), and even farted ("shooting ducks" as the Asher family calls it) together. What bliss.

Alison is a livewire. I honestly thought she was going to actually start crawling at our house this weekend. Laura and Al are busy constructing hip weights at home so as to prevent her from crawling. Little to they know it will just make her stronger. All part of the baby agenda to take over the world.

Since I am at work right now...uhhh...working hard...I will post pictures from the visit later (tonight?). I also forgot the camera again today, so no pictures of Ruth, Carter's daycare worker. Maybe tomorrow.

But it looks like a band-aid!

Carter had probably one of his last visits with Joanna yesterday. He will be going back again in three weeks, but everything is going really well, and his main reason for visiting (torticollis) has been eliminated. The one last thing Carter is working on is sitting. He is strong enough to sit, but because rolling (oh the rolling) is what compels him, he has little interest in sitting unless it involves eating. Suffice it to say, he doesn't sit independently really well.

His physio (Joanna) put some tape on Carter's abdomen yesterday to activate his "six-pack Buddha belly" and help him sit. If you want more info on this technique, click the title of this post. Logically, it makes sense to me, but at the end of the day, it is just a band-aid...what use will it serve? We will see. We are supposed to practice sitting with him this weekend, to see if he can master the balancing of his trunk-helping him to sit better.

I still don't have pictures of Ruth, and I forgot the camera again today, so I won't get them until this weekend.

What has been on Carter's mind all week? He has been wishing good thoughts to his Ant Jennette who is co-directing a show at the Fringe which opened yesterday. The name of the show...get ready: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds. For more info on the story, check out: For more information on the show, you can look at the fringe website:

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Lastly, the Ashers are coming this weekend. That's right, Laura, Al, and ... well Alison (Laura and the two Als?). I can't wait to get pictures of Carter and Alison hanging out together, and it is going to be great just to chill out (in our 90+ degree weather) with Laura and Al(s).

Have a great weekend!

Carter fending for himself. 

Matt and Carter. A self taken photo. 

What possesses me to post this picture that I look so terrible in? Carter looks so darn cute, how could I not?! 

"Don't worry, Carter. It is only a phrase of speech 'Throw the baby out with the bath water'. You're safe. For now." 

Has it been that long?

I guess it has been some time since we have posted on the blog. So much has happened!

Carter started daycare last week. He is going to Ruth's house 5 days/week and seems to be loving it. Ruth claims we have the best baby, and continues to ask us if we know how great Carter is. I think we do. Carter is one of 6 other kids at the daycare, most of the kids are between the ages of 2-5. There are a few school aged children, but mostly they are toddlers. It is pretty cool though. He has his own room to sleep in (for now), his own exersaucer, and a swingset in the back yard (he has to share that!)

Carter has also been to the doctors, and everything health wise is good. I don't have exact stats, but he is almost 20 pounds now, and measures in the 90% for everything except head circumference (which he has an average size head.) This makes me think, with an average head size, and a larger body, does this mean that he won't have the freakishly large toddler head? I doubt it.

Carter's Grandma and Grandpa visited this last weekend. Grandma just graduated, and chose to start her summer visiting with Carter. Grandma claims she is also going to see Mike and Georgina in Ottawa, but we all know she was coming to see Carter as a graduation present to herself!

What is Carter doing now, you ask? He is rolling like a mad man, learning how to sit for longer periods without help, and eating lots and lots of solid food. All the main milestones they pass at this age. We are still working on getting Carter to say "Mum, Mum, Mum" and "Dad, Dad, Dad". It is odd, because he mastered "photosynthesis", and "antidisestablishmentarianism" just fine. Crazy baby.

I will get some shots of Ruth and Carter's daycare in the coming days so you can see where and how Carter is spending his time now.