Yummy Yummy

Yesterday, Carter tried solid foods for the first time. Up to this point he has led a rather boring culinary existence with only milk and formula. As you can see from the picture the first food was sweet potatoes. He seemed more curious than really interested in actually eating them. It was fun to see him take a bite and then be surprised at the texture in his mouth. He probably only actually ate 2 tablespoons or so, but for the first time ever, he did very well.

Rollin, Rollin, Rollin

Carter woke up this morning and decided today would be the day to figure out if he rolled over more than once, he could get somewhere. It takes a little while between rolls, so we used the camera to make a time-lapse video. Next up...crawling!

Wood Works

Cooper has finally finished the bookcase and side table for Carter's room. Both are made from cherry wood and have oil and varnish finishes. They match the crib and changing table giving the room a unified look. As you can see we also hung some new pictures in Carter's room and made some other changes. We are finally starting to feel like the nursery is complete; six months after the baby was born. Better late than never.

Another Video Slideshow

Over the River and Through the Woods

And on a plane and multiple car rides to grandmother's house we go. Actually we went to all the grandmother's houses. We have just returned from Carter's first trip: a whirlwind tour of three states, multiple family visits and a baptism.

Carter did remarkably well on his first plane ride when we left from Atlanta on the morning of 15 May:

We arrived in Vermont and jumped into our very(free) upgraded car and drove to Aunt Mary and Uncle Ernie's house. While in Vermont Carter got to meet his Great-Grandmother (Steele) as well as Andy, Betsy, Dana and Lucy.

We drove back to Massachusetts with Grandma and Grandaddy (Steele) but stopped in Fairlee VT to meet Aunt Caroline.

It was then on to Princeton for a week long visit there. Catherine and the boys came mid-week to meet Carter. Click here to see a video of Carter playing with his cousins.

Uncle Chris came up on Friday and the entire Sorge clan came on Saturday to make quite the gathering. Sunday was Carter's baptism at the First Congregational Church in Princeton. Everyone got dressed up and looked very nice.
After a nice reception back at the house, we loaded up into the Sorge bus for the 6 hour trip back to Fairport.

In Fairport, Carter got to spend lots of time with Grammy and Grandpa, Uncle Tim and Aunt Hannah and Melisa. He also got to meet Bob and Inez, all the Sommers family and a whole bunch of other people (probably most of Fairport). Another highlight to the trip was a side visit to Corning to meet Great Grandma and Grandpa Sorge.

They were so happy to meet their first great-grandchild and Carter was more than happy to show off as usual. Soon the entire visit was over and we found ourselves once again going back to Alabama.

This is a pretty short recap of a very busy trip.

You can see all the pictures from the trip by clicking this link

And you can see all the videos from the trip by clicking this link