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Rio: 5 Month Update

Dear Rio,

You are now 5 months old!! I feel like I have known you for so much longer than five months.  It seems like you have always been part of the family.  You continue to be a super cool baby.  You are much more interactive now.  Your hands are constantly grabbing for things.  If I'm not paying attention while I'm holding you, you will have accumulated any variety of objects.  You are entertained while holding toys now and you put EVERYTHING in your mouth.  You are happiest when being talked to and played with, however you are often content to sit in your bouncy playing with your toys.  You smile at faces but get particularly smiley with Mommy and Daddy.  You also love to watch your sister.  She is the subject of much entertainment to you.  Recently you have started vocalizing really loudly and for long periods of time.  You have a lot to say. 

 

You are growing so fast that you are wearing clothes for six to nine month old babies.  You eat well.  Your sleeping patterns are pretty much the same.  Your 7:30 bedtime is firm.  You put yourself to sleep very well and seem really ready to go to bed at night. You are still waking up two to three times per night.  I immediately pick you up and feed you so that you will go back to sleep.  I haven't given you the chance to learn to put yourself back to sleep.  We are going to have to work on that really soon.   Naps are a different story.  You have figured out that there is much to see in the world so you no longer readily nap on the go anymore.  This is somewhat of a problem since we are always going somewhere with Lily. 

 

Rio, you are the coolest.  You are growing fast and we are having a blast with you.

 

Love you,

Mommy

Hibernation

Lily,
Today, you decided you were a bear and that you wanted to hibernate on the couch until spring. So, I built you a cave big enough to fit most of you. You've been in there for 30 minutes and you're not asleep yet. This was maybe a bad idea.

Giggles

RIO!!

One too many

Rio,

While out to dinner the other night you were hanging out and awake on Daddy's lap.  Daddy was talking to Zach.  I got up to go play with Lily.  When I got back I saw this:  

Soccer with Daddy

Rio,

Here you are watching soccer with Daddy.  Thus far, you seem to enjoy sitting on the couch watching sports with Daddy.  Daddy really really needs a sports buddy in the house so I hope you keep up the interest!  

Glass slippers

Lily, 

Grandma Mandy sent you a care package the other day.  In the package were some clear plastic shoes that Grandma affixed a pom pom of yarn.  The shoes light up when you walk.  You LOVE these shoes.  And since they are clear you are convinced that they are glass slippers.  You will now frequently pretend to be Cinderella and ask for your glass slippers. 

Fun Places with Jacqueline

You guys have both adjusted really well to having Jacqueline take care of you three days a week.  She always takes you on amazing outings that make me jealous that I have to be a work.  Here is Lily at the butterfly exhibit at Seattle Center:

Fall Fun

The fall has provided us with some really beautiful days.  We try to take advantage of every sunny day.  Lily has now moved up to the big kid swings:

Taking a walk down our street with the most amazing color leaves you have ever seen:

Jumping in leaves with Daddy at Seward Park:

Halloween 2011

We had quite an eventful halloween this year.  It started with a trip to a pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect pumpkin.  It was a cold and damp morning, so Rio, you spent the entire outing like this:

Kim, Zach, and Grant met us at the pumpkin patch.  Lily, here you are feeding the animals with Grant:

Even though you look grumpy in this picture....you had a lot of fun riding around in a wheelbarrow: 

A few days later Audrey and Emmy came over to carve the pumpkins. Audrey was the only one interested in the carving of the pumpkins this year.  Lily was too busy dancing around the yard.

The day before halloween you got to put on your costumes and tick or treat at the businesses in Madrona.  Lily, if your costume looks a little familiar that's because it's the same one from last year.  You were adamant that you wanted to be a butterfly.  Here you are with Pippy Longstocking (Audrey):

Rio, sorry dude, we had to put you in the same ridiculous pumpkin costume that your sister wore.  Just had to do it:

Lily you are 2 1/2 years old and the only candy you know about are lollipops.  You were really really excited to see someone put a lollipop in your pumpkin.

So then the actually day of halloween arrived.  Kim and Grant stopped by for a second.  Grant was dressed as a puppy but he wasn't feeling to well that night.  

Then we went trick or treating with Audrey.  You totally got the idea and didn't hesitate to walk up to people's door and say "trick or treat!"

See Saw

Dress Up

You woke up this morning and decided you were Cinderella. And you said I'm the prince. And Rio is a puppy Prince. But you made Mommy be a piggy. Maybe we'll get Mommy to put on her wedding dress.

Rio four month stats

Rio,
You had your four month doctor visit a few weeks ago.  Here are your stats:
Height = 26.25" (89.6%)
Weight = 16 lb 9 oz (80.86%)
Head circumference = 41.4cm (26.98%)

Keep up the good work!