I love my toys

I love them for breakfast...

 

And for snack...

I love them sitting up...

Or lying down...

 

And I especially love toys that make a fun noise...

Tummy Time

C. has figured out how to roll over... but we have yet to catch it on film. This makes for much more exciting tummy time, of course, since he no longer is stuck in one position all the time. He's the boss and can roll around at will.

 

 

Happy Boy

This is how C. spent a good half hour this morning... swinging and laughing and talking and girgling and giggling some more. He couldn't be stopped...

I love to eat

C's first encounter with rice cereal went very well... I mean, there's not a lot he'll refuse in the way of food.

 

 

 

 

But honestly, rice cereal isn't very exciting. He's already getting bored of the blandness... I guess we'll have to step it up a bit. Tomorrow's menu: steak.

Tricks

C. has been thinking about rolling over, but not a lot. I think his cloth diaper gets in the way, so we sometimes have some no-diaper tummy time to see what happens. He's also been thinking about pushing himself up while on his tummy, but not a lot. He tries...

 

 

But let's face it: that head is just too heavy... so C. rests a lot during these tummy adventures...

And what can be more fun than hanging on your back, anyway?

It's the best!

"I'm proud to be a CSU ram..."

Things C. can do as a ram fan...

1. Sit up (with a little help from the purple couch) and smile at the same time:

2. Play:

3. Stare:

4. Snuggle (thanks to aunt Leah):

5. And fly, of course:

The very hungry caterpillar strikes again

C. and his mom recently traveled to the east coast for a wedding and visited with family and friends. He sported his favorite hungry caterpillar outfit when meeting aunt Jerah and cousin P-Rock for the first time (although he's been told many times the horizontal stripes are not the way to go, he still wears them with pride):

He had a "who's head is bigger" contest with his cousin (who believes C. might be the winner... at least in this picture, anyway):

 

 And snuggled with his aunt Jerah:

 

He also feasted with extended family on his grandma's side:

And once he was all stuffed with steak and other goodies, he chilled with his great aunt Karen:

On the way home from dinner, he topped it all off with a delicious bottle which he guzzled all by himself (he is almost five months, after all):

 

It was a fun and tiring trip for a little guy.

More Christmas Fun

. spent his first Christmas not only dressing up like Santa, but also with lots of family and friends. His grandparents and uncle Garrett were visiting and he was spoiled rotten by them all...

After every last drop of fun was sucked out of his Santa suit, C. changed in a lovely sweater vest...

 

... nothing quite says "Merry Christmas" like a sweater vest.

 Then he lounged with grandpa...

 and hung out with grandma...

and went sledding with his cousins, aunt Claire, uncle Garrett and grandma...

And finally, he relaxed and had his portrait done by cousin Lucy:

It was a good first Christmas.