Eat, Roll, Jump

Busy week for little man. First, he had his first bites of real food. Mom's having a hard time keeping up with his demands and he was telling us it was time to add more to his diet. We tried some green beans, but decided to pull it back to oatmeal. He seems to like that a little better.

He has officially mastered rolling as well. Front to back, back to front. Rolling around the room. He just gets upset when he rolls off his play mat and onto the hard wood floor.

His new favorite place to hang out is the saucer. He'll stay in there forever. As he works on his army crawl and jumps around in the saucer he was having traction issues with his socks so we bought him his first pair of shoes. They are pretty spiffy.

The Nutcracker with Nana!

Nana kicked off a new tradition with Elena this year. On December 5th, Nana, Mom and Elena rode the Charm City Circulator up to the Lyric Opera House in Mount Vernon to see the kid friendly version of the Nutcracker. One hour, with narrator. Perfect for kids. I think that Nana may have enjoyed it more than Elena did.

Daniel Meets Nonna Belardo

Daniel and Elena took a trip to Pheobe Home in Allentown to visit Nonna Belardo this weekend. Nonna had been staying there for a few weeks nursing a broken pelvis. Daniel's smiles brought cheer to all the residents there!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving with the Vargases! It was a team effort to pull together a delicious feast at Felix and Cinzias house. We ate delicious food and celebrated Dad's birthday too!

Daniel's Baptism

On Saturday, November 20, Daniel was Baptised at Holy Cross Church in Baltimore. Uncle Felix and Caroline served as godparents, and he wore a Nana Swaintek Original, made from Mom's wedding gown.

Elena was in full blown binky withdrawel and insisted that no one else could hold "Mommy's Daniel". The ceremony was on hold until I took him back from Caroline.

We celebrated with a feast at Amicci's in Little Italy.

Two Months Old!

Time Flies! Daniel is already two months old. Check out those cheeks.

Here are the stats:
14 lbs, 95th Percentile
23 inches long, 50th Percentile

A Tribe of Monkeys

Happy Halloween! Our two little monkeys had a blast. Mom took Elena to Boo at the Zoo. All week long, Elena was talking about the monkeys and the girraffes and the elephants and how excited she was. We got there and she kept saying, I LOVE Girraffes, Mommy! I LOVE Elephants, Mommy! I LOVE Monkeys, Mommy!

Without fail as we got close to any of the animals she covered her eyes and squealed in fear. I'm fairly certain she saw no actual animals.

We took the tribe out for some trick or treating in Federal Hill in the Monkey Mobile. Elena got lots of candy that mysteriously disappeared.

Happy Halloween!