Baking with Friends!

Three days before Christmas, Mommy and I went to Mrs. Harris' house to bake with Sky and Ella. Mommy, Sky, and Mrs. Harris made lots of goodies while Ella and I played together.

Ella, turn around for the camera!

There you go!



We have so much fun playing together!




We gave Ella her ornament that we got at the craft fair a few weeks ago.




Mommy loved that ornament. I got one too, but mine is blue. After we left, we went to Jordyn's house and gave her an ornament too. Now we all match!

Thanks for having us over Mrs. Harris!

Meeting Santa

A few days before Christmas, Mommy realized that she wasn't going to find a free place for me to visit Santa so she decided to go ahead and take me to the mall. She had some of her old students over that day and they came along with us. We went to Towne East because Grandma thought their Santa would look better than Towne West.

We waited in a long line, but I didn't mind because the girls all took turns holding me. The girls were so much fun to have around!





Finally it was my turn.





So what do you think of the Santa I met? Mommy wasn't happy. The girls all said his chest was pointy. Mommy didn't like that he didn't smile. I liked looking at his crazy white eyebrows. Mommy did not end up buying the picture.

Sleepy

This is how Mommy caught me sleeping last week.



I move around so much in my crib now. I'm all over the place. I like to find new ways to sleep to see if I can shock Mommy. Today she checked on me during my nap and I was sleeping with my butt sticking up in the air and both of my arms under my head. She didn't take a picture because she was afraid she'd wake me up, and as Daddy says, "You never wake a sleeping giant!"

Random Stuff that I've Been Doing

Grandma has been taking tons of pictures of me in front of the Christmas tree.






I pretended to be Hugh Hefner while wearing my bathrobe around the house one evening.



I went to a craft fair with Grandma and Momma. I rode in my Baby Bjorn. I was a perfect angel the whole time and just smiled at everyone I saw. All the ladies loved me and ooohed and awed over me the whole time. I love attention!



I went to the nursery at church for the first time. Momma didn't get a picture of me at church, but here I am in my carseat getting ready to go to church. The nursery was nice. A lady called me mijo and that reminded me of my Big Daddy so I liked it.



I've been playing a lot more. I like to play with toys and my feet. Sometimes I play in my crib so Momma can get some stuff done. I'm wearing my cool Cat in the Hat outfit that Mrs. Hockett gave me. Mrs. Hockett is the librarian at Momma's school.



I'm watching my mobile in this picture.



After I get out of bed in the morning and Momma gets me dressed she usually takes a picture of me to send to Daddy since he is at work already. Sometimes, I make silly faces.

My Best Friends!

A couple weeks ago, I got to see my friends Jordyn and Ella. We all went to Jordyn's house. We have more fun together because we can all sit up now. Jordyn is the only one crawling though. She needs to teach us how she does that!



Ella's mommy, Sky, bought us matching outfits. My momma tried so hard to get us all to smile at the same time. She finally settled on us all looking at her at the same time. No way were we all going to smile at once!







Hey, Ella, let me fix your tag.

Thanks for the nice outfits Sky!

5 Month Portraits

Momma tried something new out this month and took me to JC Penney's for my pictures. I liked the photographer so I made sure to give lots of cute smiles! Whenever you see Santa's arm, that's really Daddy! They gave him a Santa sleeve!













After we got my pictures taken, we went to visit Santa Claus. Momma was really sad when we got down there and saw that it cost $20 to get a picture with Santa. She decided I would try to find Santa somewhere else where it won't cost so much.

5 Months Old

Dear Antonio,

You are 5 months old! I can't believe how fast the time as gone by. I can't believe how big you are getting. It seems like it was just yesterday that your Daddy and I brought you home from the hospital. You were so tiny in your carseat and we couldn't believe that we were parents.

Sometimes we still can't believe that we are lucky enough to be your parents. Daddy was just saying to me at breakfast last week, "He's our boy. That's our son. Can you believe we are parents?" We were at Dianne's. The same breakfast place that we used to go to when we were first married. We would talk about having kids someday. And now we get to take you there with us!

You have changed so much in the last five months. I wish I had written a letter to you every month, but I'll just have to start now. Here are some things about you at 5 months old.

-You like to touch my face while I feed you. Sometimes you are gentle, but sometimes you scratch my face and grab my nose and pinch it. I love having your little hands touching my face.
-You hold your head up and look around. Your favorite thing to look at are lights. On Sunday, Daddy hung up my Mickey Mouse wreath and you were in your swing staring at it. I looked over and you had grabbed the side of the swing to stop yourself so you could get a better view at the lights.
-You sleep almost all night. You usually go to bed between 7:45 and 8:30. Sometimes you cry a little bit, but you settle down and fall asleep after about 10 minutes. You sometimes wake up at midnight to eat and then one more time at 3 or 4. Mommy is so happy that you are sleeping better.
-When you sleep, you like to roll onto your side. You look so cute all curled up on your side.
-In the morning, you wake up and play in your crib. I hear you on the monitor babbling to yourself. When I go peek at you, you are playing with your feet.
-When I go in the morning to get you out of bed, you have a huge smile for me. It makes my heart melt. I love seeing you smile! Every morning I sing, You are my Sunshine while I get you out of bed.
-Your Daddy is so proud of you. He always says, "He's a beast!" That means that he thinks you are great. He also always says that you are the most perfect baby ever. He loves you so much. He loves having tummy time with you. I love coming home and seeing the two of you playing on the floor.
-You love bathtime. You like me to pour warm water on you. If it gets near your face, you stick your tongue out and try to lap it up. After bathtime, you cry while getting dressed. I know you are cold and I hate making you cry.
-You just rediscovered your tongue and you stick it out all the time.
-Your smile is so cute. I have a special noise that I make that makes you smile everytime. I could just sit and watch you smile all day.
-You just discovered your feet and you love to touch them, play with them, and stick them in your mouth. You prefer not to wear socks so you can put your toes in your mouth.
-You like to chew on your hand. Sometimes you stick your hand so far in your mouth that you gag yourself. Silly boy!
-You drool all over the place. You have to wear a bib all day so that you don't soak your clothes.
-You will sit and play in your exersaucer, lay on your play mat, sit in your chair or lay on the floor by yourself for about 10 minutes now.
-You like to sing songs with me. Your favorite songs are the ones that have actions like The Wheels on the Bus and Pat a Cake.
-You are the best thing that ever happened to me. I love you so much Antonio!

Love,
Mommy