Seth from across the street came by for Halloween tonight!  Since he's got Halloween experience (okay, he was about two weeks old last Halloween)... and is more than twice my age, I figured I'd look to him for clues as to what this crazy day is all about.  I've still got a few questions about this whole thing so I'm hoping that it will all make more sense next year...

It's time...  Mom and Dad have been working with me on my transition to unswaddled sleep.  I've been 'arms free' since Saturday!  The first couple tries were a little rough but I'm really starting to like my freedom.

I'm back into my feet again...  These things sure seem to come and go in waves.  I guess life is just full of cycles...

P.S  Yeah, I know the shirt makes me look a bit like a boy, but I think it's cute.

I'm thinking of starting a new fashion trend.  What do you think?

The Pod is back after a brief hiatus.  I guess I just hadn't been in the mood much lately...  Now that I'm so much stronger, I can even bend down to play with Speedy Spider and other friends.

Okay, this rice cereal thing is going pretty smoothly now.  I'm thinking of working my way up to oatmeal soon...

We're hittin' the streets today, so it's time to bundle up.  Can you tell that Granny B. kinda likes me?

Yay, I got to meet Granny B. today!  We're having such a fun time reading stories and chatting.  Way cooool....

Boy, am I lucky to have Aunty Kris to hang out with on a regular basis.  She always takes great care of me.  I have so much fun with her and learn lots at the same time.   Pretty cool, huh?  Mom and Dad sure are lucky too.

Socks are strictly optional these days.  Sometimes I like both and often times neither. I occasionally prefer one or even an in betweener...

I'm quite the goofball these days.  Sometimes I just laugh and laugh at the simplest things, particularly at the end of a long, tiring day.

Today I started eating rice cereal.  Boy, was that interesting!.  You can click on the video above to check it out.  If the video doesn't play after a while, you can right-click HERE and either Save Target As...(Internet Explorer) or Save Link As...(Firefox) to save it to your hard drive first.

With Aunt Britt and Uncle Bryce's wedding behind us, I've just needed to relax for a bit (which is why I haven't posted in awhile).   Notice that my feet still are nowhere near touching the floor in the pod...

I got to attend Aunt Britt's wedding ceremony in it's entirety and didn't even cry!  I even spent a good 8 minutes at the reception!  I think I was the hit of the wedding!  (Oh yeah, except for Aunt Britt and Uncle Bryce of course!)

Staying at the Faculty Club at UC-Berkeley is pretty fun!  My smart and resourceful Mom designed this cool floor gym for me using the luggage rack.  In some ways, I think it's better than mine at home since it's quite easy to adjust the location of each toy.

Well, we're off to Aunt Britt's wedding in California!  Mix a 6 hour flight and a 4.5 month old girl and what do you get?  Well, actually it could have been a lot worse.  Although there were some very tough moments, most crises were mitigated thanks to a lot of preparatory disaster planning on Mom and Dad's part.  All in all, things turned out pretty well.

Since the whole doorway jumper thing seems a little scary, particularly without a double-doorway in our house, Mom and Dad got me this cool Jumperoo.  It's all the rage these days.  It's cool and all but I just don't get why they design these things for giants.  I've got two books underneath my feet (note I'm stepping on JFK's head) and I'm still swimming in this thing.  Oh well, we'll try again in a little bit...

Since Sarah, Jay and Simon brought over the Wednesday club high chair just for me, I just had to try it out.  Even though I'm not eating solids yet, I asked Mom and Dad to do a nice mock-up with the bowl and all to get a feel for things.  Although I appear fairly happy here, I had a bit to say about this new setup and am trying my best to reserve judgment.  Maybe we'll try this again in a week or two...

P.S. Note the groovy Grover bowl which Dad used when he was my age.  Now that's old! 

Simon came to visit yesterday.  We had a good heart-to-heart and I put my hand on his arm to assure him that everything was going to be okay.  Even though he's all grown up, we had room to spare in this larger-than-life chair which continues to amaze me.

Is this a wacky hairdo or what? Just kidding...Merely a case of 'plant hair' due to the background.

I performed a ten-second recital today using only my feet.  It was a lot of fun and I think Mom and Dad really like it.

Mom had to oil up my head again today to perform a little cradle cap maintenance.   I guess this just goes along with the territory of a little tyke.  Not the most pleasant thing in the world, but I do get to wear this cool cap.

The weather is a changin' so today I tried out some of my Fall clothes on for size.  I'm going for the casual, hip look.  I think the bubbles in my mouth really add a nice touch...

Yes, I'm a goofball sometimes.  What can I say?  It's in my blood...

Somebody else has been joining me in my crib as of late.  I'm still trying to figure out who it is, but they're awfully cute!

This rolling thing is kinda cool.  I've been working on incorporating some "footwork" and other technical elements into my program as well.  I think I've almost got it mastered...

This tummy time stuff is no sweat now!  I don't even cry anymore.....though I have been known to drool up a storm!!

Boy, am I whooped today.  Think it's time for the three of us to take a cat nap.

Sometimes there's so much to take in that I just need to sit and Zen out to contemplate things for a while. 

Here I am counting the number of times I got up in the middle of the night last night.  As you can see, I'm sporting quite an attitude these days.  I've gotta work to keep up my image ya know... 

P.S.  No, that's not a gang sign I'm flashing and the baggy pants are just for comfort.

Bath time is a lot more fun now that I'm in the 'big girl' tub as opposed to that little teeny one I bathed in before.  Tonight I kept kicking my legs and smiling as I watched the waves and bubbles bobbing across the tub.  I guess I'm just so excited that Aunt Kris is coming to take care of me for the first time tomorrow.  I can't wait!

By now you've probably figured out that I'm enjoying books quite a lot these days.  I stare at the pictures a lot more than when I was just a youngin' and I really like helping turn pages!

I'm really enjoying this awesome book from Aunty Frances.  The pages have nice plastic tabs on them for easy turning and the crinkly pages are just the coolest.  And yes, in case you were wondering, I can read upside down...

Need I say more?

I had a major breakthrough today.  Despite all of the time I have spent swaddled, I've officially figured out the art of focusing my attention on an object (stationary or slowly moving), willfully reaching for it, and successfully grasping that item for further study.  Sometimes I enlist the help of my other hand.  I find that munching on the object after procuring it helps me do more thorough research of that object's finer details...