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We'll be sure to post still photos during the holidays but, for now, anything exciting and new includes movement and action. Much to our dismay, we are learning that Tiago is now fascinated by power-cords, ropes, electrical sockets and hinges (perfect for sticking his itty-bitty fingers into). And, now that he can access many of these floor-level death traps, we are re-evaluating our "baby proofing" skills. Like both his mommy and daddy, he also loves expensive gadgets and electronics. The following videos include him 1. standing at our NEW, softer, less breakable, coffee table with his "decoy" T.V. remote control. 2. crawling for mommy's laptop ("Skype, anyone?")

Of note, Tiago can now sit, un-assisted, for up to 1 minute (possibly longer--we may never know--because why would he ever chose to SIT, when there are so many opportunities to show us exactly how dangerous this house can be?!)

little baby noises

Its as though he says, "Just give me any old reason to laugh--I'll take it!"

The second clip is really more for the audio--turn up the volume! (the image is not so great--but, it's impossible to capture his self-talk on camera, once he sees the camera):

These little noises make my heart melt. Sometimes he sounds like he is really talking, other times I swear that he is singing, and his giggles always make me smile. His current sounds include: Bah, bah, dah, dah, guh, awah-wa, mah, mah, ooh, ehh, ahhh and several gurgley sounds!

End of the month UPDATE!

This Halloween weekend was a lot of fun. On Friday afternoon, Tiago participated in his first Halloween fun in Downtown San Carlos. The local shops opened their doors to the kids and handed out treats to the older children, and new moms from all around dressed their tiny tots in ridiculous costumes. It was great.

On Saturday morning, the G-unit packed their things and took a drive to Davis to spend Halloween with Aunt Megs and Uncle Zac. The trip there was momentous in that Tiago said his first (deliberate) word: Agua. Yes, he said it in context (3x) and requested "agua" once more later that afternoon. He loves his bathtime, rain-fall, and now his sippy-cup. Momma's been working on this word for the past couple of months (but had no expectation to hear it so soon).

Halloween night, Momma G dressed Papa G as the Wolverine and held down the fort with baby G while nursing a low-grade fever (yuck). Attached are some Halloween pictures: Tiago=Max the Wild Thing; Nate=Wolverine X-men; Korah=Storm X-men (PS: I didn't have the energy to dedicate to make-up, let alone deal with contacts, the "Storm" eyes are photo-shop)!

Our Trip to Davis

Our little drool monster seemed to really enjoy his first slumber party at Uncle Zac's and aunt Megan's place in Davis. He also enjoyed the extra attention!

This Just In...

They say, "never turn your back to the ocean." Well, there is another natural force that should not be underestimated: a 21 week old!!! Almost 5 months old, Tiago is on the move and has mommy's heart racing.

I had left the camera running to document Tiago's self-entertainment. He was chatting it up and seemed to be enjoying playing with his toys (as I reluctantly searched for day-care providers on-line--booh). I had actually forgotten that the camera was running. No sooner had I realized that he was dangerously close to my camera, the slobber-miester decided to ditch his carrot and make a quick "commando" crawl for the lens. This was AFTER I had already found him wedged under the dresser for the second time. (The first time I panicked, the second time I thought, "how do you do that--and why?!" and took a picture for posterity.)

Folks, we have a crawler, and he is faast! For now, I have stuffed pillows under the dresser and stored the camera out of reach ...things are about to get exciting!

Mis Amiguitos

Tiago's little friends from our exercise class came by for a play date on Friday! The boys are all roughly 4.5 months old and the little girl is a tad bit older.

Play Date at our Place!

Tiago and I hosted a play date at our place on Friday and had lots of fun! I put out a veggie platter (including some tomatoes from our garden) and also made some scrumptious, hybrid, butterscotch, peanut butter, chocolate chip cookies. Guess which plate of goodies went first--that's right, we're still working on our veggies today, whereas, the cookies are long-gone! Tiago and his playmates enjoyed some "floor" time and the mommies discussed the likes of acid reflux, poop and sleep (ah, what a shift in social networking from 10 years ago--heck even 1 year ago). I am including some pictures of our house (mostly to document what it looks like when it is clean) and a picture of Tiago as we awaited the arrival of our guests. If I get permission from the other mommies to post a picture of the group, I will add that later. I assure you, four 4-6month old babies on your living room floor is quite an adorable image!

Bath Time Babbles

Our little filibuster has learned the power of voice. He has recently taken to experimenting with different intonation, cadence, volume and pitch. He sometimes sounds like a baby angel, other times he'll belt out a hoarse "ooh," and often times he enjoys screeching. He enjoys when mommy flickers her finger between his gums, it sounds more like speech, and we just find it hilarious. In the following videos, he seems to be giving quite the bath-time sermon (he talked for almost 30 minutes) and may have just learned how to stretch out his bath-time, thus delaying bed-time!