Feb 2011

Crosby is 6 months old, he can sit up and play with toys all by himself.  Every once and a while he tips over but for the most part he is pretty good.  Parker is learning that everything Crosby touches goes into his mouth, sharing has been a challenge but that is to be expected.  We had a good visit to Alexandria, MN for Aunt Patty's baby shower.  Lots of family time for the boys which is always good.  Parker loves everyone there and wants to stay for "10 days" each time we go.  We also got to spend time with the Berggren's for Madisyn's birthday, tons of fun...no pics, Brian has those.  Their new house looks awesome, we can't wait to help them move in so we can play there!

Cute cousins

Parker and the MN uncles

The boys with Grandma and Grandpa

Bathtime

We are so lucky, Crosby is always so happy.

Found my toes mom!

Parker was "reading" to Crosby, such a good big brother.

Gotcha Parker!

5 months

Crosby Graham Mellenthin is exactly 5 months old today.

On his 5 month "birthday" he tried carrots for the first time and did pretty well considering he has only been eating rice cereal for about a week.  Crosby loves to chew on everything he can get his hands on, he drools all the time and loves watching his older brother play in the house.  Time is flying but each week it seems as if Crosby is more fun than the last week.  The journey has been great so far and we are super excited to watch him grow with our family this year.

4 months & counting

Crosby had his 4 month dr. appt about 10 days ago and he will be 5 months old in a couple days....sorry for the delayed update.  Here it is:

Height     27 inches (90%)
Weight    18.5 lbs (90%)
Head        42.9 cm (50%)

This week he found his voice so it has been interesting watching him get excited and actually making some noise.  He loves being upright, hates laying down / being held like a baby.  Crosby does great in the swing, the exersaucer and the jump-a-roo.  This week he has been a sleeping champ, almost 7 straight hours which is about double from what we are programed for. We introduced rice cereal this week and it has been hit or miss depending on his mood but does well with it at the sitters house.

Parker loves his little brother more than anything (except maybe dinosaurs).  We are lucky that he is so good with the little one, especially now that they share a room in the temp home.   Last night Parker and dad went tubing down the snowhill and we went faster and farther than all the other kids (we've got at least 100 lbs on them) and Parker let them hear about it.  It was pretty funny to hear him trash talk the other kids about how much faster we were than them.  I love the competitive spirit, now we just need to channel it.

Parker helping us clean the baby bootie...

Dino Duo.

A clean beginning for the first cereal feeding.....

and this is how it really goes all of you new parents...
more outside than in.

Late Christmas pics

Christmas Day.  Last Christmas at the Porlier St home and santa did not disappoint.  Parker's favorite gifts were his dinosaurs from Santa and the special one he got from Uncle Dan.

We are officially moved out and began the next chapter:  save $$$, look at homes and hopefully make a decision in 2011 on where we want to live.  Hope 2011 treats everyone well.  We are looking forward to having even more fun with Parker this year and watching Crosby figure out how to crawl, eat baby food and maybe even squeak out a few words.

T-Rex and Stegosaurus hiding in the presents.

This is one happy kid.

The dolphin pillow pet was a hit,
Parker sleeps on it every night.  Good work Santa.

Snakes and reptiles, Parker loves to hear about new species
so we read a lot of books similar to this one.

Crosby's first Christmas, what a cutie.

Uncle Dan won the best best gift of 2010 award,
Parker didn't put Rexy down for a  few days.

Pen and Crosby on Christmas Day,
she loves that little chunker!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve 2010.   Church, cookies, candy, dinner and presents from the family.  It was a good day and tomorrow will be even better!  Santa comes tonight so we are all off to bed to get a good night sleep.

Parker and Noah (Elf on the Shelf) on Noah's last night in our house
before returning to the North Pole with Santa

Parker picked out this tree from Grandpa's front yard...
you're looking at the top 7ft of a 18ft tree.

Pen and Crosby 

Gift wrapped.

Parker loved his new dinosaur book.

Parker also enjoyed this but it's kinda creepy.

Crosby watching Parker open a gift for his little brother.

Grandma Jeanne helping Crosby enjoy the gift from Parker.

Parker and dad made a T-Rex to watch out for Crosby.

December 2010

We have had a busy December, but it has been fun.   Parker had his first School Christmas Program and he was great.  The 4 and 5 year olds sang 4 songs for the parents and you could tell how proud they all were.  Parker was looking for us at the beginning and once he found us sang his heart out.  2 weeks ago we went Grandpa Dennis' house in Pulaski during our first big snow storm and picked out a Christmas tree.  Parker had a blast running around the front yard hiding in the trees and helping cut our tree down.  And the best news is that we sold our home (we need to move out by Jan 14th), which makes life a little stressful with Christmas,  2 kids and our lovely winter weather but its worth it.  Pictures will be posted soon.  Have a great christmas everyone.

3 Months Old

Tuesday Crosby was 13 weeks old, Wednesday he officially turned 3 months old.  When do you switch from weeks to months?  For now you get both updates.  I returned to work this week so Crosby went to his new babysitters house for the first time.  He seems to be adjusting pretty well, although he was pretty tired after the first 2 days.  He spends part of his week with 3yr old twin girls, sounds like they enjoyed having him around (plus he came home with colored pictures from them on day one).   Parker loves him so much and that is very helpful at home.  We are going through a tough patch with Parker hanging out with the wrong kid(s) at school so hopefully we can end that quickly.  Pen took some bathtub pics and of course her 3 month old "tie" pictures so I am sharing.  Enjoy and we'll post more soon.

Crosby using his exersaucer

Crosby laughing with Pen

Smiling at Pen

Bath time for the little one

and for the big kid

the Mellenthin boys

3 month old pictures

Parker sneaking into a picture

Parker grabbed the sticker and smiled for mom