April Twenty-Eighth

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Going to the Playground

          Today on our way to Lake Miramar, we took EJ to Miramar Overlook Park and let him try out the baby swings and took him down the slide for the first time.  He seemed unimpressed.

Happy Birthday, Kyle!

          Today is EJ's Uncle Kyle's birthday.  Happy birthday, Kyle!  EJ must be very happy that it's Kyle's birthday, because he was all smiles when we took pictures today!

 Now that EJ is getting older, we ran into a new problem.  He tried to eat the birthday sign! 

Here's a picture of Kyle and EJ from Christmas.  EJ's a lot bigger now! 

Six Months Old

          EJ turned six months old on Friday!  It's hard to believe how quickly the time has gone.  EJ had his six month doctor's appointment and his pediatrician was thrilled with his progress.  He now weighs 14 lbs 10 oz and is 24 inches long.  He's growing and developing better than expected, and we couldn't be happier about it!
          The biggest recent change is that EJ is teething, and he's having a really hard time.  He's so sad and cranky!  Luckily, he's still sleeping well at night, because the days have been pretty rough.  Come on, little tooth!
          Here's EJ with his Sophie the Giraffe.  In the first picture, he's four days old, and in the second one, he's six months old.

We're so happy and grateful for how far our baby boy has come!  We love you, EJ!

Happy Easter!

Bunny Ears

          EJ was too little for the Easter egg hunt after our Stroller Strides class today, but that didn't stop him from wearing his bunny ears!

Update: When Pete came home and saw EJ's outfit, he called him his little UPS man for the rest of the night.  I guess it was a lot of brown :)

EJ and his buddy Andrew taking a little nap.

The hunt! Next year EJ will be all over this.

Hanging out with our friends Loralie and Andrew.  Andrew and EJ are only two weeks apart in age, so it'll be fun to watch these two grow together!

Lake Miramar

          Today was another beautiful day! Peter was golfing, so I thought EJ and I needed to get out of the house, too.  We went with our old standby, Lake Miramar.  Even though we go there all the time, it always makes me happy to take EJ there because I used to walk by the lake when I was pregnant and think about how soon we'd be bringing our baby there.  And now we do!

  

Crazy Baby

          On Monday afternoon, EJ was in a crazy mood. He was super tired from refusing to nap all day and was smiling and laughing his little head off.

     

Tummy Time

Tummy time doesn't last very long now that EJ has mastered rolling over.

Looking out the sliding door keeps him on his tummy a little longer.

Busy Baby

          EJ has had a busy couple of weeks!  In addition to the Hullabaloo concert we went to, he's gone to story time, baby sign language class, the library, his first movie, the lake, Stroller Strides, and running lots of errands.  He's a busy guy!

Napping after Stroller Strides.

All ready for the Mommy and Me showing of Muppets Most Wanted.

He wasn't super excited to be at Sprouts, but he was kind enough not to cry in the store.

EJ got to hold a giraffe puppet during story time one day.  I tried to make sure he didn't drool on it.

He was a little happier at the grocery store this time.  More and more often now he's awake when I run errands, and it makes me nervous every time!  Luckily, we haven't had any major crying in public yet.

He can barely contain his excitement at the lake.

Outside the library.

This is usually how I find him when I get him out at home.