5 Months

I am 5 months old today!

I'm a pretty big boy now. I am 27 inches long and I weigh 15 pounds 12 ounces.

I'm still only nursing, but I'm very interested in food whenever I see people eating.

I wake up next to Mommy and am willing to stay in bed for quite a while after waking up. Then when Mommy finally decides to wake up, I give her a big smile.

When I see my daddy I always give him a big smile.

I'm doing a lot more now. I'm teething. I'm trying to sit up; I don't like to lay on my back that much anymore. I'm getting a lot better at grabbing my toys, and I like to watch my sister play.

Gymboree Easter Party

The other day we dyed our first batch of Easter eggs. 

The next day we went to Gymboree for their Easter party. I didn't expect Elena to like the Easter Bunny, and she didn't. She wanted to stay as far away from it as possible and was hesitant to participate in the activities, so I ended up telling her that it was pretend, and that someone was playing dress-up. That made her feel better. I did tell her not to tell anybody because the other kids didn't know, and she said okay. 

She's looking at the bunny here.

 

 

She liked rolling down the little hill

 

Then she danced like a butterfly

She likes to catch the little bubbles on her finger.

Parachute time

She decorated her bag for the egg hunt

She had a lot of fun.

Beautiful Weather

It's been so beautiful outside, we love spring here. Elena's been playing in the front yard more, and Jorge has been doing some work on the house, including painting the fence we put up to separate our lawn from the neighbor's, and also building a new mailbox post after the old one rusted through and fell over.

 

 Here Elena's running around saying, "Look, Mama, I'm Supergoof!"

Jorge hard at work

Our new mailbox and post

Here Elena's sneaking sips of my sprite.

Samuel enjoys being outside, too. We get tired of being inside (we've been home more since he's been born).

 

 

She's a lady

The other day Elena fell asleep on the couch before bedtime. She woke up awhile after we put her in bed and we realized she had a low fever. Luckily, she had no other symptoms, but the fever did come and go for a couple days.

 

And Samuel is a happy little guy, but he's been teething pretty bad the last couple days and has been kind of fussy.

 

He always manages to give me lots of smiles, though.

 

Elena thought it would be funny to put her necklaces on Ginger. Ginger didn't find it so funny, but I did.

 

 

We're so thankful for the beautiful days we've been having, and time we've spent together outside.

Growing and Growing

Elena's able to do more on her own now, and she's so much fun to be around. I'm also able to leave Samuel with a toy sometimes without him crying in protest. The boy loves to be in my arms. I look at both of them and I'm just amazed by the little people they're becoming. Elena has such a great sense of humor, she learns quickly, and she loves to help others. She's really sensitive and always tells us that she loves us. Samuel starts smiling and squirming when he sees us and wants to be picked up. He wakes up next to me in the mornings and starts babbling and playing with his feet. He is so responsive to our eye contact; as soon as we look at him, he's smiling and interacting with us. 

And look at this little guy on his elbow. Even though he hasn't been a huge fan of tummy time, he's getting stronger and will stay there a few minutes, which means I can get more things done. 

We're still always trying to dodge his spit-up, so he usually has a bib on. That way I don't have to change his clothes 5 times a day.

 Elena is always loving on him and trying to take care of him.

Here she is hanging out with him. 

He likes his reflection, it's the cutest thing. 

We love ice cream. We make regular trips to Golden Spoon for frozen yogurt. Elena loves it. Here, though, she's eating an ice cream bar. Yum!

She still loves to hang out with her daddy. Here they're winding down for bedtime. Well, Elena's winding down and Jorge is passed out on the couch. He's been working so hard and doesn't get much rest. He had about 2 minutes here, but then he got up to put Elena to bed. We both go into her room at bedtime. Sometimes Jorge just says goodnight to her and I put her to bed, but I hurt my back a few weeks ago and couldn't lift her, so he had to get up (I couldn't do a lot of things). 

I discovered Nuudles! They're just little puff things made from cornstarch, and when you touch the pieces on a damp sponge, they stick to each other. You can make anything with them. Here's what Elena built (a house), then painted.

My little artist.

Then she painted this little white piece and said, "Look, Mama, I made a heart for you!" And it did look like a heart.

She loves nail polish now. She wanted green, but when I showed her that there was also blue, she wanted the blue instead. This is my favorite color on her so far. 

I love pictures taken right after doing her hair, before the wind, napping, playing, etc.

See how big she is? 

And this little guy . . . always growing and getting chubbier. I could eat him up, he's so delicious. Especially when I blow on his thighs and he starts laughing. I just can't get enough.