On June 7th, Arlo turned 5 months old. We celebrated with a picnic at Peace Valley Park with Jen’s brother Jake, his wife, Amy, and their two kids, Gavin and Haley.
This was the first time Arlo was in the outdoors, and he had a blast! Here he is, ready to enjoy the fresh air with Jen.
After our picnic, which included several different colors of lollipops to turn the kids’ tongues odd shades, Lili, Gavin, and Haley made a bee-line for the lake.
They waded into the lake and splashed for a while, until Gavin threw his hat into the water, retrieved it, and then asked why his hat was all wet. Too funny!
Lili, Gavin, and Haley all enjoyed going out on the fishing pier, though the people trying to catch fish may not have enjoyed their enthusiasm as much. All in all it was a great day and a fun way to celebrate Arlo turning 5 months old.
Boy, time flies when you have a baby! A few weeks ago the pediatrician said we can start giving Arlo rice cereal. We just recently got around to trying it, and I can’t say there was a lot of excitement about the whole ordeal. I think the pictures prove my point!
Arlo turned four months old last week. He’s smiling and laughing now, though I can’t get him to do that for the camera, yet. But, I was able to capture Lili singing “You’re A Grand Old Flag”, which she learned this past year in vocal class at her school. Here are Lili and Captain Adorable (a.k.a. Arlo) doing their thing:
Lili’s assignment for her school’s Career Day has sparked a rapid evolution in what she wants to be when she grows up. For many years now she has wanted to be a Phlebotomist or “a blood-work person”, sometimes with the addition of being a mother as well, “blood-work Mommy”. Upon getting her assignment for career day to write and draw a picture about what she wants to do when she grows up, she excitedly declared she wanted to be an artist. Then after talking with her cousin she decided on Veterinarian, which is what she ended up writing/drawing about. (very cute pic of her wearing pants and with her hair in a bun, weighing a squirrel!)
Here’s a completely unrelated picture of Lili, having dressed up Arlo in one of her dress-up dresses. Oh, the plight of having a big sister!
Well apparently three months old is the magic number for success with the swing! For the past week Arlo has been captivated by the mobile while swinging in the swing until he falls asleep! This is good, because I think he may have started teething. He is stuffing his fingers in his mouth, biting the nipples every couple sips of formula, and seems more fussy lately.Arlo is also holding his head up pretty well these days, and has started lifting his head in anticipation of being picked up when I reach out my arms to him.
