Firsts...

This has been a weeky of firsts for me. I found my toes, and had squash!!!

Food, a little chef and spit up... what more could you ask for?

My personality is coming out more and more everyday. I'm getting better with rice cereal, but I still like to make a mess (both on my face, and on my moms...)

Fun with the Kuipers

I've been having a lot of fun with the Kuipers girls here! They came into town yesterday, and are coming with us to the game tonight before they take the big boat home tomorrow. My cousins give me lots of toys to play with, and play music for me and hold me lots. It's been a lot of fun having them here. I'm not looking forward to them leaving tomorrow.

Happy 4 months to me!

I turned 4 months old on Saturday! Mommy and Daddy celebrated by feeding me rice cereal for the first time. Yesterday I was pretty confused, but last night I figured out that if I sucked my top lip in, then the cereal might go down a bit better. Today, I was nearly a pro...kind of. :) I did finish the bowl of cereal, but some/lots of it ended up on me.

Melodie's opinions on things...

I thought that you might want my opinion on some things:

the olymics, teething, Tylenol, the Brewers....

Enjoy!

Photo dump

Hello from Bumboland
I love my new Ha und Em shirts from Ms. Lisa
Lodie blue eyes
(no explanation needed, just plain cute)

Here's a random photodump from my mom. The guy on the bottom is my friend Cohen. He lives in St. Louis and came to visit a couple of weeks ago.

Last night Mommy could feel it

and today she could see it! I cut my first tooth! It's a bottom front one, but I don't like to show it off. I've been teething for a couple of weeks, and finally one of the three that are coming in cut through. Daddy and Mommy tell me that I'll feel much better once they come through, but right now, I can get pretty fussy without some tylenol and orajel.

(Mommy says she'll post pictures of my tooth when it gets a bit bigger, and when I finally let her open my mouth without crying.)

Don't get between Me and my Brewers

It's no secret that my Daddy and Mommy are big Brewers fans, but what they didn't REALLY realize until this week, was that I REALLY am a Brewers fan too. Anytime the game is on, or we're at the ballpark they have to turn me or put me in a place where I can watch my guys play. (My favorite, of course is Jason Kendall, just like Mommy) Today, Mommy left me in my walker to sit and play, and when she came back into the living room, she found me like this....intently watching my Brewers in extra innings. Come on boys, you can pull this one out!

The E*trade baby's got nothin' on me

The E*Trade baby's got nothing on me

(again, sorry for the dim-lighting...mommy and daddy don't have a "real" camera yet)

I really like my walker. I'm not too mobile in it yet, but mommy and daddy put a pillow under my feet and I can stand for an hour and play by myself and entertain myself and let them get their own stuff done. It's nice to be able to talk and play and hang out, while letting them take care of things around the house. They tell me that soon I'll be walking all around, and then they'll REALLY have to keep an eye on me.

Bathtime

Things have changed for me.

I LOVE taking baths, especially since I can splish and splash around and not have to worry about a five minute bath because mommy's back is too sore to leave me in the tub for more than five minutes at a time. We now have a sink-tub for me and I LOVE it!

Mommy likes to call this my Albert Einstein look

She also tells me that I really look like a "LaBarge" with this lip curl.

I'm working on it. :)

Melodie's first trip to the "Big Lake"

Melodie and I went to Lake Michigan on Saturday for the LaBarge family reunion. We didn't venture into the water, because I thought that it would be a bit cold for her, but she did like the wind and the sand, and her cousin Sydney helping her "play" with the sand. :) We're looking forward to going back soon with Daddy.

Hang on Grandma....

I'm coming!! Mommy and I are about to leave in a couple of minutes? You ready for me?