Your Name

Dear Christian,
From the day you arrived your brother Benjamin has loved saying your name. He is VERY proud to tell everyone he meets who his baby is:)
But recently he has taken to calling you by a number of new nicknames that he has come up with all on his own (hmmm, no similarities to his Mama with that trait :)). We are working to get all of them on video so we have record of them all but in the event that some fade away before you can remember them I wanted to share your brother's favorites with you. Benjamin loves to call you...

• Bay Bay (pronounced without the long vowel but not Ba Ba)
• Little wad of dough (I think he heard Mama saying this too many times :))
• Little Feta (by far our favorite! We have no idea where this came from...aren't even sure if/how B knows what feta cheese is(!)....but you know how much your brother loves to eat :)
• Christian Glistian
• NOT Hairy Brother   (Benjamin now calls Stanford Hairy Brother as a step up from Brother. He has made this important distinction since his new little brother came to stay :) and it is classic when he yells..."hey, NOT Hairy Brother, look at my cars.")
• Nyarn yarn (we have NO idea but B thinks it is hilarious)

First TOOTH!

You may have noticed the plethora of bibs that have become a priority piece of Christian's wardrobe these days :)

Or the myriad of teethers we have on hand no matter where we are :)
Well (no pun intended)...the constant state of Niagara Falls was for good reason. Christian's first tooth has arrived! Mama found it while he was snacking on her finger in his bath. Glad to have found it then rather than later that evening while he was eating :)
It's off to the races from here...I can tell he is already wondering why we aren't sharing our pizza on Friday nights...now that he has his first valuable chomper.
Here's to all of your beautiful new teeth as each one adds to your gorgeous smile Bug!

The bib says it all....

 Why YES....yes it is!!!! :)

My Mama wants to eat me :)

My baby is 6 months old!!!

From then....

Time has gone too quickly...you arrived in such style and it seems like only a moment ago. But oh, how proud I am of you! You bring such light and happiness to our days!You are growing up to be such an amazing and wonderful little boy!

To now! My beautiful boy!!

Big brother Benjamin wishes you a happy half birthday too :)

We love you Christian, so very, very much!! We can't imagine life without you! Happy 6 month birthday!

Welcome Cousin Lentil!

On January 3 Christian welcomed his newest cousin, Ari Joseph; welcome to the family Ari!
Ari was known as Lentil for the first 10 months of his existence :) so in honor of his arrival Christian AND Benjamin enjoyed a dinner of Lentil Beans.

Both boys were HUGE fans! :)
We are so excited to meet you soon Ari where I guarantee your cousin's reactions will be the same!

Baby Yoga

Christian's favorite position.... pretzel, wad of delicious dough, maybe I can call it "calzone"? :)

And perhaps his main reasoning for loving this position....comes complete with a snack at no extra cost. Who wouldn't love to nibble on those little toes?!

What are you looking at Mama?? Yes, I am beautiful!

Patty cake with my feet :)

It's hard to decide what baby sugar I want to eat first!

Mmmmmm FOOD!!!

By popular demand here is a video of sweet Christian enjoying his first cereal. He was born to eat :)