Monday, August 22, 2011

5 months old

Baby Z is 5 months old today. So much has changed in the last 5 months, that’s for sure! Z has a much more challenging temperament than I was expecting. He can also be quite sweet and it’s really fun to see him interact with his brother. Here is our little roly poly...
 

Here’s the fun stuff he’s up to at 5 months of age:

He has fun playing with his feet

He loves being wiggled, jiggled and tickled...

He chews on anything and everything he can get his hands on (including his hands)… 

He loves hanging out with Daddy

He loves being held or worn in one of my babywearing wraps...

He enjoys being outdoors and relaxing in the hammock…

Last, but certainly not least, he LOVES his big brother…

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Busy summer

We’ve been pretty busy this summer.  I haven’t had much time to blog over the last month, so I’ll just post here with what we’ve been up to lately.

We went with Grams to the sprayground



We went to Ft. Collins & Windsor for a 50th wedding anniversary celebration

We stayed with one of Troy’s cousins – he and his wife have a lovely home and are such gracious hosts.  We love staying there.  We spent some time in their yard enjoying the hammock and the rope swing…


Baby Z got to meet his Uncle Jeff & Tia Olga for the first time (He also got to meet his Aunt Debbie, too, but I completely forgot to get a picture of them together)


LittleBigMan had some friends come to our house to play


LittleBigMan learned to ride a tricycle.  (Our awesome neighbors gave it to him)




Troy’s oldest sister & her family came to visit. They arrived Sunday evening and went home Friday morning. We had a GREAT time with them!  We stayed pretty busy while they were here…
Monday – trip to Seven Falls
Lots of steps up to the waterfalls
LilBigMan with Uncle Doc, cousin Skylar, Aunt Sherry and cousin Eli
Me and the boys
Tuesday – trip to Royal Gorge
All of us
LilBigMan on the carousel with his cousins
Me & Baby Z on the bridge
Troy & the boys
The boys with their aunt & uncle & cousins
Riding on a mule
Wednesday – Troy went rafting with them

Thursday –  Hiking, a trip to the Air Force Academy & then Garden of the Gods
Hiking near our home
Rock climbing with Daddy
At the Academy

We even saw a double rainbow that evening from our deck


Spent some time at Grams' house

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

20 weeks old (and more)

We've been busy and I forgot to post pics of Baby Z the last few weeks. Here he is at 20 weeks old and sleeping (unswaddled, which didn't last long)...


He now enjoys playing in the exersaucer-



He likes to suck on his bottom lip and he just found his feet!

And here are the missing pics - 17 weeks old...

...18 weeks old...


...19 weeks old...