Milky Mess

Nights are fun at our house, as I'm sure many of you with babies understand!  It works out that on most nights, both Gabriella & Kruz have their 'milk' at the same time...and usually they both demand Mommy in their sleepy state.  Occasionally, Gabriella likes to help Kruz w/ his 'baba'.  On this particular night, Kruz thought he'd return the favor.  Kad and I were laughing so hard, we didn't care that we all ended up covered in milk.

G wore these same jammies... Kruz fills them out much more than she did at this age!

Wondering if we should take stock in Huggies?

I think his face is priceless here...

Haha!

Sitting Up & Reading? Oh, So Skilled.

Kruz is 5 1/2 months old here.  We're working on sitting up...and apparently, reading. ;)

I could just eat him up

Family Fun

It had been a while since my side of the family had gotten together, so we were all excited to hang out again.

SO much fun!

A Visit From Little Lucy

Some of our good friends, Jess & Billy, brought their sweet baby, Lucy, over to play while we enjoyed our favorite pizza from Johnny's!  Gabriella is 26 mo, Kruz is 5 1/2 mo, and Lucy is 7 mo here. 

Uh oh...

Um, one of my all time favorite pictures!  Ha!

Sweet Reading Buddies

I don't think it gets any sweeter than this...

Ahh...

Pickin' Blueberries (& Other Yummies)

How cool is it that my grandparents live in our neighborhood....and they have a little garden?!  Although they've been sending fresh produce our way all summer, they thought it would be good for Gabriella to pick some herself (agreed!).  So, one morning (before it was too tragically hot!), we set out...

Oooh, so ready for this adventure...

Pops showing G the way

He took time to explain the blueberry bushes to her, and how to pick only the ones that were ripe...

Careful observation...

Kruz wore his overalls (b/c, well, he was in the garden)...hanging out w/ Grammy

She had SO much fun doing this!

Yum!!

Learning where cucumbers come from too...

In the garden

They even have an apple tree!  But, it wasn't ready yet...

All that work has made Kruz a hungry boy!

Success!!

And, then we walked home...

It doesn't get any fresher, any healthier than that! 

5 Month Old Update

Just a few notes about our sweet, little 5 month old:

* He's begun to try to sit up on his own.  Very wobbly and cute.  When leaning forward, he does pretty well though.

* He 'scoots' all over the place...but only backwards. ;)

* He's pushing up on his hands and knees now.  He pushes up for a few seconds and rocks back and forth.  He wants to 'go' so bad, but hasn't gotten the crawling thing yet (thank God...I'm not ready!).  Please note Gabriella pretty much never crawled, and didn't walk steadily on her own until 14 months.  Oh, and we never really had to babyproof our house...G didn't get into anything. 

* He refuses ALL baby food so far, besides bland rice cereal.  (Totally different than Gabriella, who ate...and still does...anything we offer her.)

* He's HEAVY!  Whew, big boy.  I'll find out how much he weighs in few wks at his 6 mo. appt, but I'm guessing 17 lb??  Gabriella weighed 18 lb at a year old.

Oh, how different my babies are!  But...I wouldn't have it any other way!  They're individual, unique, and special.  =)