5 months old!

Jamie turned 5 months on Wednesday. Developments this month include a love for standing, grabbing at his toes, toys, Remmy-pretty much anything within reach. He tried and stopped solids--poor guy way getting indegestion so I am giving him a little break. He's laughing, smiling and chatting more. He loves seeing himself in the mirror. And this week he's starting sitting in what I see as the tripod position--only for short periods. Here are his birthday block shots and outtakes:

All smiles:

These are my toes:

See I can sit when I support myself with my hands:

Sometimes I get tired of sitting:

I do love standing, honest, just not immediately before my bedtime:

No more photos:

How are Jamie and Remmy adjusting to each other?

See for yourself:



I don't think Remmy is too phased by Jamie's advances.

This is the link if you can't see it on the blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vupbMuz9nYo&feature=channel

Remmy has arrived!

We picked up our 9.5 week old puppy, Remmy, on Sunday. She very cute. She's very active in the morning and generally sleepy in the afternoon. Housebreaking her is an ongoing battle. I think she's cracked the pooing, but definitely not quite there with the peeing. Hopefully she'll catch on soon. She's been great with Jamie, no nipping, just some friendly licks. Jamie just seems to watch her. No doubt they'll grow up best friends. Here are some of our favorite shots from her first week home:

like father, like puppy

her favorite resting spot

her favorite escape spot

future friends (I found Remmy here after I went to answer the doorbell).

bouncy bouncy

Jamie got a new toy yesterday...a door bouncer. I think he likes it:

chatting up the ladies

Jamie and his friend Madeleine took a trip to the library today for the first time. We were going for a baby bounce and rhyme session, but unfortunately they only run during the school year, so instead we registered the for their first library cards and checked out some books. Afterwards, we went to Renee's for tea and cake (for the moms) and playtime for the babies. Jamie discovered a new part to his voice today and it just cracked us up (pardon my laughing at the end!):

i love my toes!

A little food update for the week. Jamie was doing a bit better with the rice cereal, but I found that it was making him a little constipated (which is common for breast fed babies), so the health visitor suggested I introduce some fruit and veg into his cereal. We tried pumpkin I had roasted and pureed (homegrown in Christine/Nana's allotment), and he didn't swallow as much of it as he had the rice cereal. And today we tried apples that I pureed. I think he pretty much spit all the apple out, though he kept opening his mouth for more so I keep feeding it to him. It was always met with a scrunched up face upon tasting it. After the apples he decided to reward himself with a new treat...sucking on his toes. It was pretty funny, so I shot a little video on my phone and snapped a few pics:

Experiencing pumpkin:

real food...

...sort of...
Jamie has started waking (a lot!) for feeding during the night, so we thought we'd try our hungry boy on some rice cereal on Sunday. He seemed to like eating off the spoon, though I'm not sure much ended up in his tummy. (and he was up at 11, 12, 1:30, 3, 4:30 and 7! three of which were for feeding). He'll get there though. In the meantime, we can all be entertained:

YUM!

go Cards go!

Here are some pics from Jamie's first Cardinals game:

Outside Busch Stadium

With the biggest Cardinals fan in the family, and giver of J's first uniform::

With Nana:

And Auntie Court:

Hooray they won!