a little bit different from utah

me and my little man are here in southern california.

we have been here less than 48 hours now and we have already had 

-the 5th person think carter is a girl "because he just has such a pretty face" 

-people guess that he was 8 months old then 2 months old 

-and (my personal favorite) a guy at the verizon store ask if i was babysitting today ...

i walk around with my mom and carter and

you can tell people are trying to decide who the baby belongs to.

we can see them thinking,

"it can't be the older lady's... 

but that girl cannot be old enough to have it be hers either ..."

then they realize that the baby is mine

and it's very evident that they are

dying

to ask how old i am.

2 things i am re-learning about this state:

babies are novelties

and

there are not very many 23 year old moms