Bouncy chair revisited

We shared with you Theo's first moments of realizing his chair had bouncing capabilities.  Now that Theo will literally spend an hour bouncing, we thought we'd post another video for comparison's sake.  

First baseball

Matt took Theo to the toy store for the first time, looking for a ball - a simple toy, something to roll to the boy.  Not so easy to find, however.  He did find a large stuffed baseball that made intriguing noises when rolled.  He placed it in Theo's lap and the child lit up with glee.  This is for me?  -he seemed to beam.  All-right!  

6 months old and sitting

Theo turned 6 months old yesterday and is now fulling sitting on his own.  I finally got some pictures where he doesn't have his thumb in his mouth, which is his m.o. these days.  Of course I had to add a couple of sweet ones with the hand in the mouth, too.  And yes, that is sweet potato on his pants.  His favorite new food.  

Recent sweetness

Grandma Betsy's Birthday visit

We had a great visit with Grandma Betsy for her July 1 birthday.  Saturday morning before she left, Theo had 2 big breakthroughs for Grandma Betsy to witness: he sat up for more than 6 seconds, (more like 30!) and splashed in his bath water.  So fun.  

This one's for Aunt Carolyn

Theo loves the birthday balloon that came with Grandma Betsy's birthday flowers from Grand Aunt Carolyn.  Then he got a little distracted by Leroy...