5 Months

OUR LITTLE MAN IS 5 MONTHS OLD! AND, WHILE HE IS ACTUALLY NOT THAT LITTLE BUT RATHER A LITTLE PORK CHOP, I STILL FIND MYSELF CALLING HIM MY PEANUT. IT HAS MUCH TO DO WITH HIS SWEET AND SENSITIVE SPIRIT. HE LOVES TO LOOK UP AT YOU WHILE BEING HELD AND HIS TENDER GAZE MELTS YOUR HEART. HE LOVES TO BE TICKLED, ESPECIALLY UNDER HIS ADORABLE CHIN. AS YOU CAN TELL, HE CONTINUES TO BE A HEARTY EATER AND IS NOW SHOWING SIGNS OF WANTING BIG PEOPLE FOOD. I OFTEN REMIND HIM THAT HE CANNOT YET EAT GRANOLA, SANDWICHES, OR WHATEVER ELSE IS ON MY DINNER PLATE. HIS AFFECTION FOR HIS SISTER GROWS EACH DAY, AND HE LOVES TO BE IN HER JOYFUL PRESENCE. IT IS MY GREATEST JOY TO WATCH THESE TWO EACH DAY.

THIS MONTH'S PICTURES GOT OFF TO A ROUGH START AS WE TRIED TO PHOTOGRAPH HIM OUTSIDE. INITIALLY, HE DID NOT ENJOY LAYING IN THE GRASS AS EVIDENCED BY THIS TELLING FIRST PIC.

I TRY TO SUPPORT HIM AND TAKE THE PICTURE AT THE SAME TIME...THE RESULT WAS NOT MUCH BETTER! POOR JOE, IS ALREADY EXASPERATED.

WAIT A MINUTE...THIS IS NOT THAT BAD.

LITTLE BUDDY TAKES IN HIS SURROUNDINGS.

COULDN'T PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF HIS CUTE FEET.

NOW THAT'S MORE LIKE IT!

"HOW YOU DOIN'?"

HAPPY 5 MONTHS, JOSEPH!

OUR "LITTLE" PEANUT

JOEY TURNED 5 MONTHS ON THE SAME DAY JEFF TURNED 30. SUCH MILESTONES DESERVE GREAT ATTENTION. WE CELEBRATED BY TRYING OUT A NEW TOY...THE OL' EXERSAUCER.

HE LOVED IT AND CHAR WAS EAGER TO TUTOR HIM.

WARM AFTERNOON AT THE PARK. CHAR GIVES HER ATTENTION TO A SOARING PLANE ABOVE. THIS GIRL LOVES SPOTTING PLANES!

"CHEESE."

YOU MIGHT NOTICE THE SMALL BAG IN HER HAND. IT IS A STORAGE BAG FOR BREAST MILK, IN WHICH SHE HOLDS HER VERY IMPORTANT "PAPERS" (OLD RECEIPTS). SHE WOULD NOT PUT THEM DOWN ALL DAY. HIGHLY COMICAL.

TWO LARSONS IN A BLANKET.

HOW SOON BEFORE LITTLE JOEY IS BIGGER THAN SWEET CHAR?

MY LOVES.