can you believe it? i'm 6 months old today!

i'm pretty good on my tummy these days...and i like to push this ball around...i like to play on my tummy with the other stuff on this contraption a lot.

today i had a visit with the dippy girls (look how big and pretty they are!!)

this evening i tried on my new shades (courtesy of baby z)

eat your heart out, matthew mccoonaughey

no pictures, please

Eating Outtakes

I am getting better at eating my solids!

it gets a little messy at times....

May I have some sweet potatoes please?

first sweet potatoes

i like 'em!!

I needed a relaxing bath after all that mess!

Let's Eat

I'm ready to try out rice cereal....it seems as though half of it rests on my tray and the other half ends up in my tummy...

do i have something on my nose?
(daddy's arm is REALLY hairy)

thanks for feeding me, daddy!

*note the intense amount of concentration on Mike's face.
Transitioning to solids is serious business!

Last Mommy and Me Class

We had our last Mommy and Me class this week. I was kind of relieved that it was over. But thought that I should get some pictures for posterity.

Here is Peter enjoying what became his favorite ball....


And here is Peter spending some time in the donut...sigh...and a reminder why the class was a little ghetto...check out the tears in the poor donut...

Not the most flattering pics, but you gotta have them to look back on some day. Now that this class is over, we might join some other moms every week....free of charge...

I'm 5 Months Old Today!

Since I am getting to be a big boy, we thought it would be good if we went for a walk like big boys do in the stroller--without the car seat attached. As you can see, I am pretty excited to go!

Here I am about 10 minutes later....

As you can see, I am still getting used to carrying this big head around....

Now that I am 5 months, I can grab things--like the papers that Mommy and Daddy hold at church. I drool A LOT (more than the doggies, which is saying something), I like the phrase, "easy peasy Japanesey" (not sure why), and I like to be on my tummy and kick my legs.

earthquakes and being a boy

today was an eventful day. peter experienced his first earthquake. it was only a 5.4, but it definitely caused some looks during our baby movement class this morning. yep, you read correctly, "baby movement." it is also called "family fun time" which is just a pc way of saying "mommy & me."

we meet every tuesday at a local park rec room and sing songs and play with romper room kind of toys. a poorman's gymboree i guess. it has been alright, i really only like going because we get to see peter's girlfriend, baby c. she wasn't there today, so we had to amuse ourselves. today i felt like i saw a glimpse of the "boy" in peter. up till now, he has pretty much just been a baby. but today, we were "playing" (this consists of peter lying on the inside of a donut, while i roll it back and forth), he indicated (i know you don't believe me, but he really did somewhat motion) that he was interested in this ball:

i brought us closer to the ball to give him opportunity to inspect it. he was really fascinated by the spikes and seemed to just really enjoy looking at it. being a girl myself, i really was not into it. but i found it pretty fascinating and exciting as to how interested he was in it. and of course part of me was trying to not get too freaked out about how germy it seemed to be. i prevented him from actually licking the ball--that is all he wants to do these days--and got him to be satisfied with just looking at it. he was greatly entertained just watching the ball roll backward and forward to us. i created some variety and bounced it up and down a couple of times. cheap thrills.

Baby P tries out the bumbo...his poor thunder thighs are too big for it!