Noah loves Daniel

Noah is officially 6 months. We took him to his 6 month visit and he is 27.5 in. long and 18.5 lbs. He is a little above 50 percentile for his weight and length.

About a week ago, Noah started to try to get out of some of his toys. He twists and kicks and jumps and grabs onto bars to try to get out. He is still very active and he has started to try to refuse naps. Just this afternoon he kicked and grunted for about an hour to take a 20 minute nap.

Daniel loves playing with Eric and climbing and jumping all over him. Noah watches in excited anticipation. He smiles everytime Daniel talks to him and he kicks and screams to be included in the commotion.

Here are some pictures of my boys chilling in front of the TV and playing.

Noah's 1st tooth

Well Noah is now 5.5 months old. He is growing very fast and still very active. He is now wearing 6-9 months clothes and he loves to play in his Jumperoo. He still does not like tummy time and we are still working on that. April 13th he got his first tooth in the front on the bottom. April 9th he sat up for about a minute or two by himself. He loves to watch Daniel play and tonight was the first time he took a bath with Daniel. It was a little chilly for him because Daniel does not like warm water.

Daniel is still as great as can be. He is very social and loves to talk about trains ALL the time. He still loves his books and loves to recite "Green Eggs and Ham" or any book that he loves picks up that we read at least 20 times a day to him. His new word is oopsy-guysy instead of oopsy-daisy and he will correct you as well.

Daniel moments

I am sure everyone is familiar with Daniel's sense of humor. He is very smart and loves to make people laugh. A couple of moments that I wanted to share with you. Every night we read Daniel a poem from a poem book that his MoMo gave him and we tell him the date. On March 1st, Eric asked "Today is March?" and Daniel's response was "mellow." He was putting the words together as "marshmallow." Sometimes we do not know where he comes up with these things.
Yesterday was Eric's birthday and I asked Daniel if he wanted to get a gift for "DaDa" and he said "yes." So Eric mentioned it might be fun to play games with Daniel. So I asked Daniel, "Do you want to get a game for DaDa, so he can play with Daniel?" and his response, "Yeah, that's a great idea!"
And a little bit on Noah, today was his second day to rollover by himself without my help. Usually I just hold his butt while he gets on his side because sometimes he jerks too much and just rolls right back onto his back. But today he figured out how to keep from rolling backwards.
We are all doing great and looking forward to visiting my grandmother for her 92nd birthday party.

Noah's Baptism

Noah is also growing very quickly and he is becoming very squirmy. I have noticed when he is on his tummy he will dig his feet in the ground and pick his tummy up off the floor. When he takes baths or is sitting in his little bouncer chair he picks his butt up and starts sliding down the chair or bath tub. He loves to be talked to and played with. If you are not giving him the attention he wants, he screams and yells to get his deserved attention.

Noah just got baptized this past weekend and his fairy godparents are Monica Vigil-McDonald and David Molina. Noah did great throughout the whole mass. He did not cry at all when he got water poured on his head. He was just not happy after mass when Father Jim tried to take a picture with him.

And more on Noah, the day after his baptism he started to sleep through the night. We put him to bed at 9PM and he sleeps until 7AM. I am so glad to have a full night's sleep again. We really are not giving him any cereal in his bottle or anything. He just decided that he could go all night. Noah turns 4 months tomorrow and he is following in his brother's footsteps and starting to wear some 6-9 month clothing. Here are some photos from this past weekend and week.

Daniel is finally potty trained

I have been trying to potty train Daniel since around Christmas time and he really was not ready. Every once in a while he would act interested. Well it finally caught on and he has been potty trained now for the past month. This week was the first week he did not have any accidents at school. His accidents were partly because his teachers did not want to acknowledge that he knew how to use the potty. Plus, he was the only one in his class that was potty trained. I could go on but I won't because this is my brag session about Daniel.

Daniel has become such a funny person. He has also become very expressive. He lets us know when he is not happy or when he is scared or when he is happy. He also loves his baby brother very much and he loves to kiss him, except when he has baby slober on his mouth. Daniel says it is "yucky." Here are some updated pictures of Daniel.

Noah's smiles

Noah is beginning to talk a little more and smile a lot more. He loves his big brother Daniel. We have noticed that he really smiles a lot when Daniel talks to him and plays with him. He also follows Daniel when he walks away.

He has already learned how to get out of tummy time with a few tactics. He has been rolling from his tummy to his back a couple of times to get out of tummy time. I have also noticed that he tends to spit up as soon as I put him on his tummy. I know that he makes himself to do this because I try to wait at least one hour after I have fed him.

He is growing bigger and stronger every day.

Our Holiday Season

I am a little behind on updating the blog. But I wanted to update everyone on our holidays. We spent Thanksgiving at home since Noah was only one month old. We had a great holiday and enjoyed a Thanksgiving lunch with Grandma Rosie and PaPaw.

At Christmas, we had our traditional Christmas celebration with the Quijano/ Almendarez family. Daniel and Noah got tons of gifts. Daniel enjoyed playing with his cousins Amelia and Elliott. We also had the Castro grandparents come for a visit. While they were here we visited some family in Natalia, TX. Daniel had a blast with a couple of his cousins.