Halloween costume preview:

It's Baby Blossom! Yesterday we went to the Arboretum for a photoshoot with the babies in my play group. It was so much fun! Mama said I was the prettiest flower in the garden. :)

She'll post the professional pics when she gets them from the photographer. In the meantime, this headshot will just have to satisfy your craving for the cuteness!

It's the Cute Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

Grandma got me this cute pumpkin onesie... orange looks pretty good on me, if I do say so myself! As soon as my Baby Blossom costume gets delivered, I'll be ready for Halloween! Now if only I could trick or treat...

heart-shaped box

Poppi gave it to me. It's kinda tricky to get open, but fun to figure out. It works those noggin' muscles!

Puddin' loves pears!

After a couple weeks of avoiding solids... mom decided it was time to try again (sans rice cereal). I kept an open mind and as a result: my taste buds were awakened. I like pears! I even grabbed the little spoon and put it in my mouth myself! Anxious to see what other kinds of flavors are out there in the world...
mom said I'm just gonna LOVE pureed meats.

Mirror Mirror on the wall...

...who's the cutest, sweetest, most specialist baby of them all???

where the wild things are

Nawni and Poppi gave me some funny looking stuffed animals...
They certainly don't resemble my brown bear or pink pig, but they're just as fun to play with (i.e. eat).

Bath time is my fave

I love taking baths! Mom says it's because I'm a Pisces...
either way, it's the time where I can eat my washcloth and play with the toys that squirt water. I could hang out in the blue bucket for hours, but mom says I'd get "pruny", whatever that means. Daddy likes "dry off duty", where he gives me a baby massage with some yummy smelling lotion, then wraps me up in my soft bunny towel!

won't let the cold get me down...

Unfortunately, I came down with my first cold. Boooooo! I have all this congestion & stuffiness and am coughing a lot. It's not fun... however, mom is keeping my nose as clear as she can (with the suction bulb that came straight from the devil himself). It'll take more than a measly virus to impinge upon my playtime!

we may be at a stalemate as far as foods are concerned...

...but sitting up by myself is a milestone I reached happily!!! Thanks to mom & dad, who had persistance and propped me up even though I kept falling over. I now have new, wonderful vantage point. Lying down is SO August, 2009.

Nice try, mom...

But you can't fool me! She tried giving me some nasty new food again... this time it was orange. Who in their right mind eats orange foods!?! I could sense the faint taste of some trusty breastmilk mixed in, but it wasn't enough to make me commit and swallow. Most of it ended up on me or the Bumbo. Surely mom will tire of cleaning up the messes that result in this new venture...

Solids = Change = NO

Well, since she got the green light from my doctor (now that I'm officially 6 months old!), Mommy decided to feed me cereal tonight. Between the 82 vaccinations I got in my legs today, exhaustion, and the fact that the rice mush tasted like something I'd deposit in my diaper, I was NOT havin' it. Mom will just have to try again when I'm in a better mood! :)

Hallelujah!

Yesterday I was baptised at Highland Park United Methodist Church. It was a great time... lots of friends & family were there to see the special event. I wore the gown that mommy wore when she was baptised... made by my great-great-grandmother! And Grammy got some water from the River of Jordan (the same river used to baptise Jesus!) during her Holy Land trip this year which was put in the water used to baptise me. Wow! Some bald guy in a robe held me and said a lot that I'll understand the meaning of when I'm older. One thing I did know was that there was a lot of love surrounding me... and mommy and daddy were beaming with joy. Uncle Bob took some video of the occasion... which is a little bit "Blair Ellory Project". :) But that's OK. At least we got some footage for memory's sake!

(having technical difficulties uploading the video... most likely user error)

Daddy's Executive Assistant

It's fun watching Daddy work... although I can be a bit of a distraction. :)

Potential Overstimulation?

My dear friend, Ryan Fogel, lent me her exersaucer! Isn't it cool? Now that I can sit up on my own (sorta), it's the perfect entertainer... with LOADS of stimulation. You can tell by my face that I'm not quite sure where to start...

Flower Girl

daddy gave me a tour of the front yard... and then stuck a flower in my 'hair'.