I got mail!

Yesterday, Aunt Kati went to the Post Office twice, and both times she came back with boxes for me! Am I lucky or what?

One of the boxes was from my Mommy. You can see she sent it straight to me:



Here I am helping Aunt Kati open it.



One of the things inside the box was this book about colors. It has things to touch on each page - soft things, bumpy things, rough things...it is fun!



Mommy also sent me a cute blue and brown outfit, with a hooded jacket.



The second time Aunt Kati went to the Post Office, she came back with a BIG box. She said it was from eBay, but I don't know who that is. Anyway, it had a LOT of Baby Einstein toys in it. Here I am with just a few of them - Uncle John kept piling them on top of me in my swing! (Don't worry, they were all soft!)



The reason the box was so big is that this fun bouncy seat was in it. When I kick my feet, it plays music and lights up; I love to watch the lights!

Hangin' out

I was sitting with Squeakers the other day when Jakes came to sit with us. He is a sweet kitty. Sometimes he smells me, and I like to touch his soft fur.

Talkin' on the phone

Sometimes, when my Mommy calls (or Aunt Kati calls her) on the phone, I get to talk to her! Well, really mostly what I do is listen. But sometimes I giggle and make sounds, too. I love to listen to Mommy's voice on the phone, and I always get quiet and calm when I hear it.

Five months old today!

Today is my five month birthday, so Aunt Kati took my picture with Squeakers. Here I am, sitting up almost completely by myself! (I still have to lean on Squeakers for support after a while, though...)



After Aunt Kati took my picture, I decided to give Squeakers a kiss on the foot.





By the way, in case you are wondering, I now weigh 17 pounds 8 ounces, and I am 25 1/2 inches tall. I am a growing boy!

If you want to see my other pictures with Squeakers, here are the links:
4 months
3 months

I can stand!

Well, I can if I hold on to the coffee table!





Sometimes I drool on the coffee table while I'm standing there, but Aunt Kati doesn't seem to mind.

My toes are delicious!

I discovered today that my feet, which I found recently have toes on them which are delicious. Sometimes it's hard to get them up into my mouth, but I enjoy it when I can do it!

A new place to sit and play

I am big enough now to sit/stand in my "Bounce, Bounce, Baby!" seat. It is really fun! My favorite part is the spinning plastic ball with the frogs and balls in it, but I like the mirror and the teeter totter (which makes a fun clicky noise) too.

Look Ma! My hands!

Aunt Kati was giving me a bottle at my friend Alex's house when she realized she didn't need to help me with it. I was holding it myself!

My first ice cream cone

Well, not really. But this is as close as I'm going to get to ice cream for a while!

This toy ice cream cone is a soft rattle. It belongs to my friend Alex, but he let me share his toys when we visited his house. That was nice of him!

I'm teething

Sometimes my mouth hurts, and everyone says that's because I am getting teeth. Aunt Kati and Uncle John bought me a cute toy that looks like a butterfly that I can suck on to feel better. It does help, plus I like putting things in my mouth anyway so I have enjoyed it!

Mommy looks good in uniform

My mommy has to wear a uniform at the school she goes to, and I think she looks really good in it! One day, she put it on so we could take pictures together. Here are a few of them.



Mommy's roommate Christina was visiting too, and she got in one of the pictures. It's a good thing I like kisses!

Then Mommy and I posed for pictures with Grandma Lyn.

Aren't we cute?

I went to the North Pole!

Well, I went to North Pole Colorado, anyway. There is a fun park there that Mommy, Aunt Kati, Uncle John, Grandma Lyn and I went to one afternoon. I got to visit Santa Claus (and have my picture taken while sitting on his lap), ride a train, see llamas, and sit in a sled.

Here I am with Mommy, Aunt Kati and Grandma Lyn, waiting to go in Santa's House. We had to stand in line because all the kids at the park wanted to meet Santa!
Santa was very nice and I enjoyed sitting on his lap. He gets his picture taken a lot, with all the kids that come to see him!

Me with Mommy standing near the train we rode. Now I have experienced four different forms of transportation: cars, airplanes, trains and ferries!

This is the "North Pole" at the park. It is solid ice and stays frozen all year! Mommy was pretty amazed by it, because it was very hot the day we went to the park, but that thing was still frozen.
When we ate lunch, a cute chipmunk came and ate near us, too.

Before we left, Mommy and I posed for a couple of pictures in the North Pole sled...

...so now I have been in yet another form of transportation!