Becoming a boy

I clipped his hair. Short. Now he sports the army cut that I accidentally gave Jason, oops. The weird thing is, the second his blond locks fell to the ground, I caught myself looking at a boy, not a baby, not a toddler, a boy. Wow. He is now thinner, more coordinated, and saying things daily that really makes me understand the cliche "how fast they grow".

Some latest Carter moments:
-noticing that Mommy does not have a pee pee like Daddy and Everett. (blush)
-he likes to check out my outfit every morning. Sometimes I'm still in my "treadmill clothes", other times I have "clothes on", some mornings I'm in my "shower robe". The worst is if I am in "jammies", which means that, a: I didn't get up to run, and, b: I haven't even gotten in the shower. Somehow he is aware of this shortcoming and usually requires much more attention in the morning--causing a delayed shower and a stinky mommy.
-now he says "bless you" out of habit after hearing a sneeze.
-sports enthusiast, yes, we all know that, but I have been surprised to see him whack the golf ball with A+ form... crazy. He lines his club up and everything.
-I hop out of the shower the other morning to hear Carter on the monitor...here's his one way convo:
"ooh, firetruck, cool!" "Mommmmmma, fire truck, pleeeeeeeeeease"
"hmmn. Momma go?"
"ooh hooo! Mike's baseball hat!" (side note: Uncle Mike was with the White Sox affiliation for a bit, and Carter loves the White Sox hat)
"Mike hits it!"
"Let's go Mike, Let's go-whoo who, Let's go Mike, Let's go-whoo who"!
I was seconds too late to capture it on film. It's unfortunate, because it was darned cute. Little does Mike know that Carter was "dugout cheering" for him at 8 in the morning....

Me and Carter caught in a silly moment:


Let's not forget Big E--cute as a button. Rolls all down his arms and legs. Still growing out of clothes at a rapid pace.
-good sleeper--still sleeps anywhere without a fuss
-good eater, duh
-tough as nails (has been abused quite a bit by older brother)

Imagine that!

His imagination has started to take off! Just in the last few weeks, Carter has enjoyed "pretending". Some of his favorites include buying groceries at the store (with fake money and his grocery cart), having full conversations on the phone ("hello, Opa, whatcha doin'? I miss you. I love you, bye"), mailing letters and receiving letters in the mailbox, fishing in his "boat", and playing all kinds of instruments.

Fishing in his "boat":


Playing his "violin"... this was very fun to witness in action:


For Everett's sake:
I got to experience little laughs today. That was fun. E seems to be super smiley and coos a lot first thing in the morning and right after feeding. But today, I was pleasantly surprised to hear his little giggle!