5 Months old

We've been taking lots of walks this month, even in the rain! I got some very nice cards too...

...and I FINALLY was allowed some rice cereal on my five month birthday!

I had my first road trip and weekend away. We went all the way to Williamsburg,Virginia and it took 9 hours to get there with all the stops to stretch and eat. Mom was amazed that we fit everything in the civic - I don't travel light!

I liked watching all the horse and carriages and people dressed up.

There were some nice parks there for our picnics

We also participated in the Corporate Cup 5k run/walk with Mom's company and we took the train to get there (Uptown).

I had my pre-race power drink...

.. and then we were off and walking! I was exhausted in the first 10 minutes and took a nap the rest of the way.

I've exploring my hands lots and learning to use them better, so I really love my tag blanket from Angeli!

I'm getting my vampire fangs in now rather than the top fronts, but I refse to show the camera my pearly whites.. camera shy.

See you soon! Love, Bryan

I love this thing!

It may seem silly to like such a simple tool, but this drying rack is great!! It just arrived yesterday in the mail from Amazon and I promptly did a load of bottles that were stacked up on the counter. I usually have a bunch of bottle parts drying on the counter and thought 1) probably not that sanitary 2) cluttery mess on the counter

This thing keeps everything off the counter so it can get good air circulation and is more sanitary since everything is not sitting in a puddle, keeps parts upright that need to be upright, is versatile, is a cute patch of sunshiny grass in the kitchen, and is compact.

Peter Rabbit Painting

One project I have been working on is painting some Beatrix Potter scenes in Bryan's room. Here is naughty Peter eating veggies from Mr. McGregor's garden. Uh-oh. Next on the list is Jeremy Fisher and Jemima Puddleduck.

Busy Month in the Life of Bryan

Hi! I've had such an exciting new year!


I'm learning to sit...
... and play with my toys.

... which is hard work and requires a nap.

We went to the park for Daddy's birthday..
Daddy made me wear his hanky on my head so I didn't get sunburned. I didn't like it...

.. but Mommy and Daddy know best.

We had some cold bundle-up weather too this month.

I got two new teeth on the bottom front, and so my fingers are good to chew.

I've become a casual thumb-sucker...

... but desperate times call for desperate measures --when two at a time are required!

So I have had a very very busy month- and it's been a good one!

Happy New Year!

As with everything else in the past 3 months, I've been embarrassingly late! Here are a few pictures of the last two weeks since Bryan has been 2 months old. He's almost three months, I can hardly believe!

Hope you are all having a happy new year!

Love,

Karen

Bryan Paul Teague

He has arrived! Out little bundle of love arrived on October 26th at 10:41 pm. "It's a boy!" Paul announced as he laid Bryan Paul on my tummy after delivery. He weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20.75" long.

I have not been much of a "baby person," in the past, preferring to spend time with children that are older (4+ years being optimal). So I was worried that I would be always hoping my baby would be 4 years old sooner rather than later. But no, he's already 5 days old, and I'm instead worrying that he's already growing too fast! I could hold him all day long and look into his little face and not be bored for a minute, and I can't think of anything more precious (even a kitten, which I always argued was the cutest type of baby on the planet). So, yep, motherhood and me will be just fine, thank you!

Proud Daddy with Bryan just after delivery

All cleaned up and content as can be!

Green, yellow and white all over

What's green, yellow and white all over? Our laundry! The project for yesterday afternoon was washing all the baby clothes, blankets, bed linens and cloth diapers so that they can be put away and ready for use. It was pretty cute seeing all those newborn Onesies folded up! Ahh simple pleasures.

We finally got rain in South Carolina, too, which has been the big news around here. People practically dancing in the streets with joy. I think it's been something like 35 days without rain and that is something to contend with when all the plant life around here is used to at least one thunderstorm per week. We'd all given up on our lawns and I think Lawn Patrol has too, thank goodness. My rain barrel/soaker hose system amazingly kept our veggie garden alive through the blistering heat and "drought" although we didn't get much of a crop this year. We got a total of 2 cantaloupes, 4 cabbages, 1 bell pepper and 4 tomatoes and a bushel of jalepenos (odd that they did well)... and we are talking edibles, not number of plants here.