Smashing (well, carving) Pumpkins

There has been a lot going on within the Spoon family lately. First of all, our Baby Spoon is getting bigger and bigger each day. We're guessing that she is now 20 lbs. and 28 inches tall. We won't know for certain until we go into the doctor's for her 6 month check-up -next month. We can only wonder how big she'll be by then.

One thing that our Babykins is able to do by herself now is hold her bottle with both hands while she's eating. Her arm strength is improving and she enjoys tummy time more than she used to. All that hard work is definitely showing now, since she can hold her own bottle to eat. Though not for very long. I was just changing her diaper -before her middle of the night feeding- and since she was crying so much I gave Babykins her bottle and let her hold onto it to eat while I finished working on changing her diaper. To my surprise and pleasure, she held up the bottle on her own long enough for me to do what I needed to do with her dirty diaper. And then she held up her bottle for a few minutes after that. I was very pleased about that. :D

And then we can't forget about smashing, er, carving pumpkins! Mommy Spoon, Baby Spoon and I had a fun time last night slicing up the pumpkins we got at the u-pick pumpkin patch the other week. We had two tiny, baby pumpkins, a medium orange pumpkin, a white pumpkin and a large, green pumpkin with warts all over it. Both Mommy Spoon and I took plenty of pictures! Since we started carving after dinner, Baby Spoon only had enough energy to help us carve her pumpkins. They are the eyes to the medium orange pumpkin. After she went to bed, I carved the white pumpkin -the green pumpkin with warts will get carved up later, probably Friday- and Mommy Spoon finished taking pictures of all of the fun!

Don't you think we have the best pumpkins? Baby Spoon sure thinks we do! She thinks they look sooooo spooky! She loves them. Mommy Spoon and I do too! -Daddy Spoon.

1-2-3-4-5!

I'm five months old today! Wow, I feel so accomplished. :D I'm a big girl now. I can do all kinds of things now. I can stand up (with Mommy or Daddy Spoon's help), I can sit up (when I'm propped up in Mommy or Daddy Spoon's lap) and I can sing and coo them awake in the morning (I don't need any help for that, hee hee hee). I'm such a good singer. Daddy Spoon loves to hear me sing. So does Mommy Spoon. And I love to sing for them! I love my Mommy and Daddy. They take such good care of me. Yay!

Unca J, Auntie Jet and Cousin AJ

Yay! Yesterday my cousin AJ came over to visit. I have too much fun when he is around. I like my cousin. It's always fun to see Unca J and Auntie Jet too. They like to pass me back and forth and figure out which of them can make me cry first. I like crying when I'm with Auntie Jet. Hee hee hee, don't tell her. It's a secret. I like to mess with her because she's too nice. It's too easy! Hee hee hee.

One of the fun things that AJ and I did was play together. He's sooo much fun to play with. Daddy Spoon took pictures while we were playing. I showed AJ some of the sweet moves I've learned while watching Miami Dolphin football games with Daddy. My stiff-arm is pretty good, don't you think? I also helped myself to some of AJ's bib. Well, AJ told me he didn't mind sharing. You can totally see how happy he is to let me take his bib. Can't you? Hee hee hee.

Unca J and Auntie Jet are a lot of fun. I like it when they come over with AJ. He is such a cool little guy. We all have too much fun together. We're a nice group, don't you think? I can't wait for the next time they come over. I'll have to practice more football moves for when they do!

Not a Single Dry Eye

I love my daughter. She is such a joy to my life, and being a father is an amazing experience. I'm thankful that I can be involved in her tiny, precious life.

Not everyone receives the same blessings though. Through friends down in Florida, I know of a family whose baby daughter is fighting a battle against a cancerous growth along her trachea. They have a group on Facebook for their daughter, Praying for Zara Marie Sanchez, so that people can add their prayers towards to healthy recovery of a beautiful baby.

They also have a video of baby Zara online, and every time I watch I'm unable to keep a single eye dry. I hope that you will keep Zara and family in your prayers, as I consider it a privilege for me to be able to do so. -Daddy Spoon.

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