Chicago

We all took a big trip to Chicago.  Mommy and Riley are on fall break for two weeks and we are taking the time to go to Chicago as a family.  We went to a cool restaurant called The Rainforest Cafe. It was really cool because it had all kinds of animals in it.  The gorillas, elephants, alligators, and fish looked real.  The fish were really real.  Then we went shopping at the Disney store and we all got pajamas and our Halloween costumes.  I got to ride around in the stroller a lot and in the baby Bjorn.  While we were up there Mommy and Daddy couldn't mix my cereal with milk and I didn't like it.  I would not eat it at all.  It was disgusting!

Grandma and Grandpa came up and met us on the second day.  We all went to the Museum of Natural History.  It was really big.  It had a lot of big things in it, like Sue the dinosaur.  I really liked the dinosaurs.  We watched a movie that had big furry elephants in it.  It seemed like a place with a lot to learn.  Riley and Luci really enjoyed it.  I think that I will like it more when I am older and we can go back.  There really wasn't a lot for me to do except look at stuff and wonder what the heck it was.  It was nice to spend time together as a family.

Rolling Over

I starting rolling over from my back to my stomach!  Riley and Luciana are so excited because they think this is a cool trick I can do.  Mommy and Daddy think that this means they have to watch me more and be more careful about where they put me.  I think that it is pretty cool to be able to get around and to get to my toys easier.

I also do this thing where I push up on my hands and look all around.  The girls like to get in my face and say hi to me when I do this.  I don't really like them too close, but they are funny!  They always talk to me in these weird voices.  I know they can be a little crazy, but I really do like having them around.

Ma ma

 Mommy is so excited because I said Ma Ma this weekend.  I was playing in my exersaucer and she was talking to me and then she started to walk away and I called out to her "Ma Ma".  She was so excited when I called out to her.  I wanted her to pick me up.

I said "Ma Ma" a few more times this weekend, so Mommy thinks that this means "Ma Ma" are my legitimate first words.  Who knows what words will come next maybe "Da Da"?  

First Time Eating Cereal

I ate cereal for the first time today.  I was so excited to be sitting at the table and finally see a spoon coming towards my mouth.  I have been sitting watching everyone around me putting food in their mouths during breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the table.  They never had anything for me until today.  It was a big event too. They took a video and pictures of me.  Riley and Luci were standing around me.  They held my hands down for Mommy to put the spoon in my mouth because I kept trying to grab it.  I really loved my cereal.


 It was so good and I could not get enough of it.  Mommy said that I can have more tonight and from now on will be having some twice a day.  I think that that sounds good.  No not good GREAT!

Six Months Old

I am six months old now.  1/2 of a year gone.  I have gotten so big.  I am still a happy go lucky baby boy.  I like to play with my toys so much.   Mommy says that I play with toys more than Riley and Luciana ever did. I love to sit in my exersaucer.  There is so much to sit and play with.  Daddy can't believe that I am already half way to 1 year old.  I am still very attached to my pacifier.  It is always there for me to comfort me when I need it.

Every morning Mommy wakes me up and then feeds me.  After I eat she puts me on her and daddy's bed to play while she finishes getting ready.  Daddy will come say hi to me and Luciana will come to talk to me.  She really loves to play with me.  Riley always come to say hi and bye to me.  It has to be that quick because she has to get to school.

I can almost sit up.  I am getting really good at it, but if I lean too far back then I just fall right over.  I like to lean over and grab my toes.  My toes are so much fun to play with.  When I lay on my back I like to grab my feet and put them in my mouth.

 I have changed and grown so much in the past six months, it is going to be amazing to see what changes come in the next six months.

IU

Daddy and Mommy took me to my first IU football game today.  It was a lot of fun to watch football live.  I like watching sports on TV but this was totally different.  The P.A. guy was really loud though.  He hurt my ears.  He made me cry several times, not even the fireworks made me cry.  It was a good game and IU won. 

High Chair Time

Mommy and Daddy took me and my sisters to El Nopal on Friday night.  They decided to let me try sitting in a high chair.  I can’t sit up on my own yet but they put me in a padded highchair.  I really liked being up with everyone.  I sat in the highchair the whole time.  I sit in one at home all the time, but this was the first time at a restaurant.    The girls thought it was really cool that I was sitting in the high chair.  Mommy thinks I am getting so big, and there are going to be a lot of changes coming.