Palm Springs

We had a nice relaxing day with lower temps due to the storm passing through.  More pool, reading, naps and eating.  All good stuff.

GG feeding Cason sweet potatoes

yummy!

wearing Papa's hat

good times in the exersaucer

Happy 6 months - any reason justifies a cake

Pool day #2

trying out the floaty

First swim

We went on a short vacation to Palm Springs to visit Grammy GG and Papa.  The temp was 106 yesterday and Cason stayed inside with the grandparents while we did some shopping at the outlet malls.   It was only a high of 98 with a nice breeze at the outlet malls which made it surprisingly pleasant as we went in and out of the air conditioned stores.  We took Cason in the pool around 6 pm after it had cooled and the sun went behind the mountains.  He was a little wary of the situation, but good overall.

Playing as usual...

Just a few pictures of Cason playing with his usuals and the inventive toys his daddy gives him.

saucer is the current favorite

shiny measuring cups are great

sitting up, with a slight lean to the left

kicking the play mat sends the whale flying

big smiles

Getting bigger

We had another playdate after quite some time and all the babies are getting so much bigger.  Riley, our only girl is chatting up a storm and has two teeth already!  It will be fun in a few months when they start to interact, but the mommy time is great.  Cason isn't chatty yet, I guess he is focussing his efforts on crawling and sitting.  He is almost sitting up and can "wiggle" or commando crawl now with a purpose.

Cason and Riley

Charlie was ready for his nap

Lisa and Frankie - he is the youngest of the group; 4 months old

Bang, bang, bang

Cason did NOT want to go to sleep last night.  Probably because it was 83 degrees in his room (no air conditioning on 100 degree days is rough).  So he was pretty good and was chatting away, which turned into a little fussing, and then into loud banging.  Not knowing what it was and hearing it over the monitors, I had to go in and check to make sure he was not wedged into a weird position.  Turns out he got himself turned in a perfect position to bang loudly on the crib wall where it is a solid piece.  He thought it was pretty fun and it also brought mommy to him.  He wasn't so happy when mommy left him (after snapping a few pics) determining he was was just playing around.

6 month doctor appointment

Cason had his 6 month appointment yesterday and is growing like a weed.  He weighed in at 17.0 lbs (50%) and 27 3/4 inches tall (90%).   The doctor said he looked great and that he was meeting all his milestones.  We talked a lot about food (so far we are following the rules!) and he doesn't have to go back until he is 9 months.  He was not a happy boy after his shots and let everyone know it for a few minutes.  He also unfortunately spiked a fever afterwards and it hit 100.1 on one of the hottest days we have had this year.  So the poor guy not only was running a fever, but his room was 81 degrees when we put him down to bed.  He bounced back quickly and was in good spirits today.

my cute little elf... sorry baby... you got mommy's ears.

Happy First Father's Day

We had a busy weekend with Father's Day, a wedding in the City, and Grammy GG in town.  Grammy came into town on Thursday night and brought Cason some new outfits and we took some 6 month photos over the weekend.  She stayed with us and watched Cason on Friday and Saturday evening while we worked and went to a coworkers wedding.  The wedding was a great time, however we forgot our camera so we will need to find some pictures from other people.  Steve had a little "too" good of a time and was a little slow to get up on Sunday morning.  Luckily it was Father's day so he got to sleep in.  Cason gave his daddy a BBQ for his first Father's day and we went shopping in the afternoon to pick one out.  I am sure it will be his new play toy for the rest of the summer.  Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.

Cason and Daddy

daddy gave Cason a new toy... our measuring spoons

they were a hit

Grammy GG and Cason

Six months old

Yea Cason, such a big boy!  Six months!  You have become such an active little one.  You are on your knees ready to crawl, but still not "officially" there yet.  You aren't quite sitting yet, but we are pretty sure it is cause you just can't sit still long enough to care about sitting up.  You just want to move!

You are very ticklish and laugh out loud every time we find those great spots.  We can get you to laugh and talk to us, but you are shy with others.

Also, everything goes into your mouth and you are obsessed with tags this past month.  You don't care about anything other than the tag on everything you hold.  You have radar for them and will even find the smallest tag on a stuffed animal.

You have been eating solids for two weeks now and have had sweet potatoes, peas, bananas, peaches, and carrots.  You are not a fan of peas so far.  You are a very eager eater, but once those peas show up, those lips are locked close and you get mad that we are not serving something more tasty.  We are trying apples, avocado, pears, squash, and zucchini next.

The best part is you are becoming quite the sleeper.  You only wake at night if you have a dirty diaper and are doing better on naps.  Now to get you out of the car seat 100% of the time.  It has been our fall back cheating tool to get you down when you are fussy.

Happy 6 months little man!

6 months with Pooh Beah

Pooh Bear got some loving this time

Cason got excited and tried to crawl to Pooh Bear

Didn't sit still for long

I want to crawl...

ok I will try to go this way

bye pooh bear...

sitting up with a little help