Thanksgiving Visit

We went to visit my family for Thanksgiving break. The kids and I got to stay for the entire week since we were in town the weekend before for my college roomate's wedding. My parents watched Cambria so Amos, the little man, and I could go. It was a beautiful day and a lovely ceremony. Some pics of the temple...

Some of the "G's" and Nathan

The little guy with Dad.

Meanwhile Cambria was having tons of fun. My parents got the little bike I used to ride out of the attic. Cambria is still a little too small for it so my dad fashioned a little contraption so she could just stand and get pulled around without having to peddle. She had a blast! She loved going around the neighborhood ringing the little bell.

She had fun playing with her Uncle Scott.

She discovered sand, chased a little electronic bug, begged to drink out of everyone's glass of water so she could play with the ice cubes, played with the wind chimes, got some shoes, and ran around the yard.

And me, I had a chance to NAP!!! (and wake up when my body woke up instead of waking up when one of the kids finishes theirs)

We had a nice Thanksgiving dinner at my grandparent's house, and celebrated dad's birthday before heading back. A great & adventurous week :)

Nathan at 5 months

Here's our handsome man at 5 months old!

He is now sleeping in his own room. He does great sleeping there, but still wakes up a lot during the night to eat.

He has discovered how to blow raspberries. If you do it at him he will do it back at you. It's so cute.

He loves to be tossed in the air. It's a no-fail way to make him happy if he's a little fussy. What they love even more is to be tossed in the air at the same time!

He can not get enough of his bouncer. He sits in it and bounces away. He'd be content in there for hours. He has tons of energy, too, and he bounces with some force.

This is his 'about to cry' face. His lips purse together into a tiny pout. He didn't cry here, though. I dont know why he made it.
This is his talking face. He's saying something. He can be loud and in the morning he makes lots of loud squeals just for the fun of hearing himself and saying good morning. "Hi world, I'm awake!"

If you hold his hands he will straighten his legs to stand up. Either that or he'll straighten them and then let them buckle, thinking he's in his bouncer and ready to bounce.

He laughs and smiles if you blow in his face (this is how I got him to smile in his 5 mo. pictures!)

He loves his bath and kicks his legs for the whole 10-15 mins.