Sun - Woo Hoo!

It was absolutely gorgeous today. George - heavily coated in sunscreen and donning a big floppy hat - and I took to the backyard. George hung out in his exersaucer whilst I threw the ball for our crazy dogs. We spent a good half hour outside - which is pretty good considering how short George's attention span is! Then it was back inside for a nap for George and work for me. We're definitely looking forward to some nice hot weather this weekend!

George is Five Months Old!

George turned five months on the 22nd. He's growing so fast I think it tires him out - he has recently started falling asleep in his play gym. He's still enjoying eating solids, we tried out banana as well as rice cereal. He loves both and yells if you don't feed him fast enough. I'm trying to teach him patience and how to eat slowly...though I don't know how much you can teach an infant about patience! As you can see, he's nearly outgrown his carseat. It's for up to 22 pounds or 30 inches. He'll definitely graduate to a different seat this summer. George continues to surprise us with something each day...can't wait to see what he'll do next!

How YOU Doin?

I couldn't resist.

Big Boy Bath Seat

George graduated to a bath ring today from his old reclining bath seat. He was getting way to squirmy for the old seat. He was pretty happy in the bath ring at first, but is still a little small to fit in it properly. We keep on forgetting that even though he's a bigger baby, he's still only (almost) 5 months old and can't quite sit on his own - yet.

Hand Me Downs

Gigi dressed George up today in a 26 year old hand-me-down...an outfit of my brother Ryan's. It's a bit small. He kind of looks like a little cased sausage - and pretty uncomfortable. But cute!

Happy Father's Day!

We had a pretty mellow first Father's Day. Brian got a special breakfast (french toast & bacon) and George gave him a cool new Seahawks sweatshirt. George got a new Seahawks tracksuit too - Daddy likes to dress him in Hawks gear! It turned out to be a beautiful day, so right now Brian is out digging in the dirt, and later we'll have ribs for dinner. Happy Father's Day to all the daddies out there!

Our House is Shrinking

We were told baby gear would take over our house, but as George has gotten bigger and is getting more toys, it's ridiculous! Right now in the office I've got the swing, the baby gym and the exersaucer all wedged in, ready to go for entertainment while I'm working. George actually kind of enjoyed the exersaucer for the first time today - he figured out if he pushed buttons he could make it moo or roar or meow. A little scary at first, but after a few minutes he was beating on the poor toy and shrieking. Then he discovered himself in the mirror (here we go with this kid and the mirror again) and he couldn't help but smile at the reflection (if you look close in the picture you can see him grinning).

Is it January or June?

We went for a walk yesterday and I had to bundle George up...he looks like a little baby from Lapland! I don't know about the rest of you, but I am getting super impatient for summer.

Early Riser

It's 5:30 on Sunday morning and George and I are up. We've been up for about an hour. George's chosen waking time has become 4:30. We've tried earlier and later bedtimes (he seems to go down the easiest between 7-8 pm) to no avail - 4:30 rolls around and he's ready to get up and play. I am happy that he's chipper and smiley upon waking - it makes being up at this ungodly hour a lot easier to bear!

Yummy!

George had his first taste of rice cereal today. He ingested probably about 30% of the food and wore the rest. The semi-solid food was a little confusing for him at first, but he seemed to have the hang of it by the end.