5 Months!

Today my baby boy is 5 months old! I can't believe how the time is flying. He grows and changes so quickly, each moment is precious.

He is still working on rolling over, he's only done it a couple of times. I'm not really sure why he's not interested in rolling over other than I think he prefers being on his back where he can see more, as opposed to on his stomach. He definitely is a curious little guy! He's also starting to learn how to sit up, although its still wobbly at this stage of the game. He has discovered that he can get his foot into his mouth and now sucking on his foot is one of his favorite things to do. He's also discovered that he can get his voice to do some very high pitched squeals and in the last couple of days he's been squealing......a lot!

Here are a few of the pictures I took today, on his 5 month birthday.

Wordless Wednesday - Like father, like son.

Get In My Mouth!

Edison is rapidly getting better at using his hands. It's fun to watch him figure out how to work them, and he gets better at it every day. He now tries to grab at everything in sight, including the dog. Albert is getting some extra attention, although I don't think he quite knows what to make of Edison reaching for his face. Edison has a pretty intense desire to suck on and/or bite whatever he has in his grasp.....which is kind of funny because we have never been able to get him to use a pacifier.

I took some pictures of him in the exersaucer (or "circle of neglect" as someone I know likes to call it) as he was reaching for and chewing all of the toys.

"So happy to be playing with my toys"

"I see the toy"

"I bite the toy"

"I see the toy"

"I bite the toy"

"Hi Mom"

"I see the toy"

"Almost got it......"

"I bite the toy"

"I see the toy"

"I bite the toy"

"I see the toy"

"And......I bite the toy"

A Sad Farewell

For the past two and a half months, we've had Jonathan's mom, Marilyn, staying with us as she visited from out of town. We had a lot of fun as we spent time with her for the first time in over three years. But even more exciting, she was able to spend lots of time with Edison. It's hard to believe how fast the time went! She arrived when Edison was only two and a half months old and now he is approaching 5 months! It was sad as we said goodbye to her today. Jonathan and I will miss her. But even more sad is the fact that the next time she sees Edison he will be 1 year old!

Over the past couple of days we spent a lot of time together, hanging out as well as running around doing last minute things that needed done for her long trip home.

Hanging out at the usual place.... Starbucks!

"Nana, as long as you stand, I'll stop crying"

Picking up some last minute things at London Drugs

Bye Marilyn! Safe travels! I will try to keep the blog and facebook as updated as I can. We'll miss you!

Wordless Wednesday - Mmmmmmm,...groceries.

My First Parade

On Saturday evening we decided to get into the Christmas spirit and go check out the Maple Ridge Santa Clause Parade. As far as I know, I've never been to a parade before, or if I have I was too young to remember. As enjoyable as it was to hang out with friends and family, I have to say the parade itself didn't blow me away. I guess you can't expect too much from a small town like Maple Ridge. The parade (or poo-rade as Jonathan likes to call it) was long, quite slow moving and a little lacking in content. To top it all off, it was freezing cold outside. We didn't even last until the end of the parade. After about an hour we opted to go home and drink hot chocolate in the warmth of our house instead.

However, it was still a fun evening and a reminder that Christmas is just around the corner. Hopefully my next parade is a little more exciting.....and a little less freezing.

Edison was nice and bundled

The parade wasn't exciting enough for Edison, he quickly fell asleep

Wordless Wednesday - How can you tell Jonathan was behind this?