The Hobbs

Crawling videos

Probably the biggest mile stone yet is Carter crawling. Here are some videos to show his progress. The one video shows his army crawl. He got really fast doing that. The second video shows him crawling on his hand and knees. It took him a while, but he is super fast now.

Carter is a climber!

He's such an adventurous baby lately. He decided that since he can't reach some things, he is going to climb to them. Oh boy! Get ready for some goose eggs. Luckily he hasn't hurt himself too bad yet.

8 Month Photos

I borrowed my mom's camera and took some pictures of Carter for his 8 month photos. Who needs a professional when you can do it yourself?

Carter 8 Months

Yay! We now have a crawling baby...oh wait. Now we have to baby proof everything. He's mobile!!! It is really fun though. Carter started crawling about 7 1/2 months. He now doesn't get frustrated that he can't reach his toys. He loves exploring the house. He tries to eat everything and wants anything that mom and dad have. Carter is now eating two or three pureed foods everyday and poops just as much. He's figured out how to pull himself up to a standing position. We figured he'd be up and about as soon as he started crawling. He's always had the strongest legs. The biggest hit with Carter is anything that makes noise. I've given him a metal bowl and a wooden spoon and he LOVES them. He also likes playing the piano. Doesn't sound like much but he's so cute banging on the keys. We have two stairs that go from our kitchen to the bedrooms. Carter has figured out how to go up the stairs, but not how to come down. He gets stuck at the top and just talks until someone gets him down.

Playing with his bowl and spoon

I want to climb out

Making car soup

And eating the car soup

How do I open this?

Nothing is coming out

It would taste good in my belly

Maybe I'll try a cup

Mobile babies mean nothing is safe (we've now put a box to block the cords. Out of sight, out of mind)

I have pictures of myself sitting in the same position

I want those apples

Pulling himself up on the chairs (he can't figure out how to get down so he just stands there...until he cries for help)

He's very grabby too. So much for eating my oatmeal for breakfast

"Can you help me down now?"

Spinning, Spinning, Spinning

In Carter's 7 month post I mentioned that he could spin in circles on his belly. Well, we took this video of him playing with his cars. We surrounded him with a wall of rolled up towels and let him go to town. The creativity kicks in after you chase cars all over the kitchen about a million times. He so stinking cute!

Play time with Walker

Matthew and Jamie came down for a visit and ended up going to church with us. Before we left we had some play time with Walker.

He just had to play in the bouncer

I know it's blurry, but this is the face he pulled when we told him to say "cheese"

Nope, not too big at all :)

This frog must taste good because Carter chews on it all the time too

"I think I'll just lay back and relax"

Trying on my shoes

Now trying to walk down the stairs in my shoes...didn't quite work

Carter 7 Months

This month Carter learned to spin in circles. He moves around by a combination of rolling and spinning on his belly. There are times I can't figure out how he got across the room. He loves going under the table and chewing on the legs of the chairs. He's continued making faces and can push himself up onto his hands and legs. He should be crawling anytime. I love that he can now play on the floor by himself more. Our funnest game is watching him try and get his toys that are just out of reach. He'll reach and reach until he decides to just roll over and spin to get it.