CJ's First Delhi Weekend

Last weekend was CJ's first trip to Delhi in the Catskills. He went with mom and dad and aunt Rachel and uncle Chuck. He also met many new people including great aunts, uncles and cousins.

Here he is ready to go exploring.

At the top of the cemetery.

Goofing around at the house.

CJ loves bottles and cans!

CJ loved hanging out with his great cousin Janet who even babysat for him over the weekend.

Enjoying the nice view.

Hoping to win one of the baby baskets at the boy's camp raffle.

Bath time in the lake!

Pretty view of the horses.

And the lake.

View of the big house with cool reflection.

Reverse view from the big house looking down at the lake house.

CJ passed out on the way back from our grounds tour. Can't believe he slept during that bumpy ride!

More pictures from the weekend here.

CJ & Kendall

Gretchen and Steven came to Princeton for a visit the weekend of July 16, and we got to meet beautiful little Kendall for the first time! We had fun BBQing, hanging out at the BBC pool, and cruising downtown Princeton.

Naptime at the pool...

Water fun...

Drying off with dad...

5-Month Milestones & Pictures

CJ turned 5 months old today! There's no 5-month well visit, but we had to see the doctor anyway because he wanted CJ to come in for a weight check since he was under 13 lbs at 4 months (10th percentile).

CJ weighs 14 lbs, 6 oz now. The doctor says he's closer to the 25th percentile and is on the right trajectory. He's not concerned about his weight anymore and says he's just going to be a skinny boy! He also grew one inch in the last month and is now 26" long.

CJ's still sleeping very well at night, from 8:30 to 6:30, and naps are improving a lot too. Since aunt Rachel has been taking care of him during the day while mom goes to work, he's sleeping longer and more consistently in his crib.

CJ's big accomplishment last month was rolling over, from front to back while playing in his rainforest gym mat. He now rolls over a lot more and can go in either direction, front to back and back to front.

We've also begun giving CJ rice cereal, which he loves, especially when mixed with prunes! He also started having juice--prune, apple, and grape--occasionally. We're looking forward to trying some new mashed fruits and veggies this coming month!

Here's CJ at 5 months having rice cereal with prunes.



And playing with a couple of his new toys.

CJ's First Maine Trip

4th of July weekend this year was CJ's first trip to Maine. We had a blast! Here's aunt Rachel hanging out with CJ and playing croquet.



We had some amazing sunset dinners.



CJ loved the boat (but not his new life jacket!).




Not sure how he slept like that...


CJ was a little young for lobster, but he'll like it someday!


Sleeping in mom's bed because it's too cold in Maine at night!


Checking out one of the local islands, a great lunch spot.


There's home, way back across the way.



Umm, good thing CJ can't read yet. Yay America! Happy 4th! Thanks Alex!


CJ discovering that this isn't quite the same as the Pacific ocean he dipped his feet in last week!


And chillin with dad.




To see all the pictures from Maine, click here.

4-Month Professional Photos

While in California for Kyle's wedding, we took the opportunity to meet with Bethann Greenberg (the same photographer who shot Kyle and Sam's wedding and who will do Maggie and Matt's wedding next month) to take some professional baby pictures of CJ at 4.5 months. Here are a few of our favorites!

To see all of the photos, click here.