On the Move!

Watch out Grandma Hermansen!  Get those baby gates ready for me for my visit next week!

School Days!

Here's some pictures to show what I've been up to at school...  It's easy to see why mom and dad are okay leaving me each day - I have lots of fun without them!

Here I am sitting in my big, red chair again!

One day we got to go down a slide on a blanket.  Can you tell I loved it??

This was several weeks ago.  I still like to sit in the cushioned circle but I don't need all of the blankets anymore...

Last week we started water play so I get to play in the pool one day a week.  One hand in was enough for me the first day...

After water play I wasn't quite ready to get dressed yet! 

I got to play on the giant butterfly!

We're learning about the ocean so my teacher brought in some REAL fish last Friday!  They were fun to watch!  Gotta ask Mom and Dad for some fish...

This was back in April when I was still a baby. Me and my buds were just watching the action out the window.

Dad came to hang out with me at lunch one day and we painted a picture for mom for Mother's Day.  It was a masterpiece!  

No Peas Please!

Rice cereal - good.  Sweet potatoes - good.  Peas - NASTY!

Sweet Potatoes!

I graduated from my rice cereal to sweet potatoes!  These are way more fun!  I promise some of it even gets into my belly!

Mom made the mistake of thinking I didn't need a tray! 

D! A! D!

Sunday was Father's Day and I got to make Dad feel special.  He's the best dad I could wish for - he's so funny!  He makes me laugh all the time - I really laugh when he holds me upside down!

 

Mom helped me bake Dad a strawberry lemonade cake.  Last time I help though since I didn't even get to try a bite!

Kristi Longley stopped by while she was driving through Atlanta so she could get to meet me!  She was very nice and I can't wait to meet her little boy Connor!

Dad is the most interesting man in my world!

I made some art for Dad at school.  Not as elaborate as Mom's but still pretty fancy!

Bang Bang!

Mom thought for sure we were going to have our first toy casualty the other day.  But you can't underestimate how tough they make toys these days!

Anyone else think I'm going to be a baseball player with that wind up?? 

Jump Jump!

I got to go to another birthday party last Sunday.  This one was for Davis - he's the coolest 3 year old I know! 

The party was at a place called Jump! Jump!  It was crazy!  There were so many colors and things and big kids to watch!  I got in on some of the action myself!

Watch out for Oliver and I in another year!

Just chillin' at Oliver's house after we left the party...

Uncle Steve and Aunt Shelley!

I got to meet my Uncle Steve and Aunt Shelley this past weekend!  They live in California but were driving through Atlanta for Uncle Steve's job.  

We met them at IHOP for breakfast.  The food looked good but no one shared anything with me so I had to find other things to play with.

Shelley's phone was lots of fun to play with!

Here we all are in front of Uncle Steve's truck!

Highlight of the day was getting to drive the truck!  Watch out Atlanta!

Look close and you can see me and Mom through the windshield!  This site would give you a thrill if you saw it in your rear view mirror!

After I finished driving, I got to play in the cab.  Shelley had me all strapped in for safety!

I thought Shelley was pretty funny!  Can't wait to see them (and the truck) again!

Bumbo Seat!

Mom understands now why they changed the name to Bumbo FLOOR seat!  I guess this means no more sitting on the table for me!

Silly Times!

I have lots of fun just being silly!

Here's me and Grandpa Young being silly on the porch swing. I wasn't even trying to stick my belly out so far!

Even first thing in the morning, I like to stick out my tongue and be silly!

How can I not be silly when Mom and Dad dress me like this??

I'm not silly ALL the time...sometimes I do like to just sit and cuddle!

New Sounds!

If there was still any doubt that I'm going to be loud like Dad, this should take care of it.  I'm still figuring out my voice and all the cool things I can do with it!  Paul doesn't like to hang out with me when I "talk" to him like this - not sure why??

New Food! Yum! Yum!

Over the weekend I got to try "solid" foods.  Not sure why they call it solid when it's more like rice soup!  On the 2nd attempt, Mom and Dad made it less soupy and it wasn't as bad though.

Here's Mom feeding me my first couple of bites.  I got to use Dad's bowl from when he was a baby!

This is what I thought of that rice soup.  Bring back the bottle!

It wasn't as bad when Mom let me help feed myself.

But really I just wanted to play with the spoon...

Five Months Old!

I'm five months old now (technically last Monday)!  Two weeks ago, I had my first "sick" doctor's visit after I threw up at school.  But I wasn't really sick.  It was nice to get to go home early from school with Mom though.  When I was at the doctor, I weighed an even 16 lbs!

Playtime!

I'm showing my creativity already!  I found a new way to play with my activity mat!

In full disclosure, it ended up not being that fun...probably won't do that again.