8 Months

Cartsen is offically eight months old and I don't know where the time went. The days of having a baby who stays in one place are all over. He loves to stand in his crib when he should be taking a nap and laughs when you check on him......I think he is proud of the standing. He also is getting better at crawling and soon he will be into everything, which it is starting.
We went to Sedona this weekend and had a nice time. The weather was beautiful and it was great to rejuvinate and be outside and hike. Carsten had his first hiking experience and fell asleep on the way back in a very uncomfortable position.

Pasta Play

Here is Carsten at class the other day when the babies played in a pool of pasta. There were many babies that cried, but Carsten was just chill and didn't care when his mom piled more and more spaghetti on him.
We also tried on Carsten's Halloween costume and he looks like a sweet little lion. The other picture obviously shows how much my little boy and his daddy look alike. Mitch celebrated his 30th birthday this weekend at the Phoenix Oktoberfest, but apparently Arizonans don't take well to Polka. Oh well, it was a little taste of Minnesota in Arizona for Mitch.

Musical Baby

Here is Carsten today at our class. He loves when the teacher brings out the drums and he can accompany with the maracas. He is such a doll and loves his time at class. The other day I was looking at him in his crib and realized he is getting so big. I can't believe it has been 7 1/2 months already.