Hello

first baby tooth! At 5 1/2 months Caroline has cut her first incisor. ("P" to be exact) After several fussy days, drool and more drool it finally showed up.  I couldn't be more excited!

Fine tuning his palate

While explaining Thanksgiving to Liam and what our plans would be for the day and holiday weekend I told Liam that we would be going to Uncle Jeff's and Aunt Bonnie's house.

M:  "So we will be eating turkey, mashed potatoes, pie and lots of other really yummy foods."

L:  "I think I would like steak."

Seriously, the only time we've had steak is when we eat shish kabobs. Not sure where this fine dining taste is coming from when he actually asks for peanut butter sandwiches 95% of the time.

Making my heart smile

The Simple Things

Wondering what to get for my children this Christmas?

Liam would like an empty box. He happily played in this box for two days straight before he destroyed it. 

Caroline will be quite content with a burp rag or a washcloth. She likes to chew on them.

If you don't want the answer, don't ask the question

E: "Liam, did you finish watching 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' today? What happened at the end?"

L: "It was over."

Five months

Wow, these last five months really have flown by! Caroline is learning new things every day, especially that teething is no fun and has resulted in her usual happy mood changing into a slightly more fussy one. Granted, this is nothing compared to her colic days 3 months back but it's not a lot of fun either.

Caroline is growing! She now wears size 2 diapers, 3-6 month clothes and size 1 shoes. She can still wear a lot of her 3 month outfits but they are getting tighter and shorter every day. Caroline continues to eat every 3-4 hours during the day and most recently due to the teething and some congestion, every 4 hours at  night. (Will I ever sleep through the night again?)

Caroline goes to bed between 7 and 7:30 pm and will wake up (for good) between 6:30 and 7:30 am.

Likes: Caroline loves any of her toys and all books. She has discovered so many things in the last couple weeks: her feet and Butters are on the top of the list. She is fascinated with both. Liam may still be her favorite person. If she is acting fussy I just ask Liam to come over and talk to her and she brightens right up! Her new favorite game is peek-a-boo. Especially when Liam plays the game with her. She is also ticklish on her belly and will laugh and laugh every time you tickle or blow raspberries on it. Bathtime is also still her favorite time of day.

Dislikes: Caroline does not like teething and neither do I.

Skills: Grabbing her toys, blowing raspberries, pushing herself up on her arms while doing tummy time and rolling from tummy to back. She is close to rolling from back to tummy (getting one leg over) but has not figured out how to complete the movement. She is excellent at putting herself to sleep as long as she has her two middle fingers to put in her mouth. She is still napping between 9 and 10 for 1-2 hours and then again at 1 for 1-3 hours.

Her greatest skill so far: making every single person she meets smile!

Spooky

Happy Halloween!

Raphael, from TMNT

My sweet superheroes!

Morton's Halloween Party

Children's Museum Trick or Treating,
and yes, he is Superman with a tiger face

Evan's amazing pumpkin

Fall Photos

Last weekend we met my sister-in-law and her family to take fall photos. It was a great day with great children who smiled for the camera and a great photographer, Ellen, who was able to keep everyone smiling. I don't know how she was able to get a 4 1/2 month old baby to grin for the camera but Caroline was more than happy to cooperate. Enjoy!