Father's day!

(5m 2w)
Today is Father's day! Noah went in the pool for the first time and he loved it! I knew he would, he loves his baths so much. He did so well in his baby float. Emma went in the pool for her first time, too. She did not enjoy it as much, but she still had some fun.

Noah joined the local gymboree class one day a week for activities such as group playing and singing with other moms and kids. I met a bunch of other moms, too. It is so nice to be with other moms and their babies watching the kids play together! Next week we are going to Boston, we'll see how Noah does with traveling and sleeping in a foreign place.

Noah is rolling very well from his back to his belly, but no desire to roll the other way. He is sitting up--tripoding as they call it, balancing with his hands on the floor, between his legs. He is eating cereal and fruit every day and doing quite well! We will be starting vegetables soon.


(5m 3w)
He is changing so much and doing so many new things! Yesterday, Joe discovered if you hold Noah by his hands, he will pull himself up to a standing position! Last night, he decided to sleep on his belly for the first time. And today, he showed me how he can take his pacifier out of his mouth and put it back in; such great fine motor control he has over his hands! This morning he was on his belly and pushed himself up on his arms, with straight locking elbows! And each day, he gets better at sitting up by himself! So many firsts are happening!

rolling over!

5m 4d)
Noah rolled over for the first time today! He has been working on it for a few weeks, and today, he was on his back and he rolled over to his belly! He did it 4 more times, and it was so great to see!

We have been working on him sitting up on his own and last night he did it! He ended up slumping forward all the way and started playing with his toes, but before that, he balanced well and stayed there for a few minutes!

Another neat thing that Noah is doing... he turns on his fisher-price aquarium in his crib. He wakes up in the morning and finds the button (a big blue clam shell) and turns it on and off, on and off, it is funny to hear! That is how he wakes us up, we hear Brahms lullaby playing and then noah starts spinning a rolling toy in the aquarium. He is so funny, just keeping himself entertained while we wake up!

He has been having cereal every day now since the 2nd, and enjoying it! Pretty soon we will move on to pureed fresh fruits and veggies. Joe and I want to try making his foods for him, I hope he enjoys those!

Happy baby!

Noah is 5 months old today! We celebrated by giving Noah his first taste of rice cereal today, out of a little bowl and a cute little baby spoon. He loved it and kept opening his mouth for more. He is so happy and talkative today. He went with me to my nail appointment and he was flirting with all of the ladies. Then we went grocery shopping and he was smiling at everyone. We came home and he was talking and cooing and laughing... I could not have asked for a happier baby!