such a piglet

Invariably, Gordy wants to eat/drink anything and everything that we are munching on, even if he's just finished eating himself.  We take a bite of food and look down to see his big eyes staring at us, mouth open, saliva making it's way down his chin.  And, even though we know he couldn't possibly be hungry, we always feel guilty and either give him a sample of our food, or find something else that he can enjoy while we eat.  Although we may be positively reinforcing his begging habit, it's worth it to see the smile on his face and to hear the "mmm" and "yum" sounds that he makes after EVERY bite!

Happy Turkey Day

Happy Turkey Day!!!

Gordy celebrated his holiday by meeting his first horse ever (which he really liked), hanging out with Nana and Misha (Nana's dog), playing in a huge pond up at Ehukai, and eating a feast of blueberries, taro, and milk.

He finally passed out at about 8pm and slept (with a few wake-ups during the night) until 8am!  As happy as we were about our holiday, we may have been more excited about the sleep in :)

bye bye bucket

We are sad to say that Gordy has outgrown his bucket days.  The upside is that he seems to like the bathtub just as well :)  He splashes around and will even relax while laying on his back!  

5 months old

This week, Gordy made 5 months old:

In addition to getting taller and becoming more dexterous, Go Go has done some serious developing.  He has learned to sit up by himself (for short periods of time) so we have had to start belting/buckling him into his chairs, swings, etc. to prevent face dives onto the floor.  We have been feeding him baby cereal about once a day and he loves it so much that he makes a "mmmm" noise after each bite.  Anytime we are drinking out of a cup, he sticks his hands out and opens his mouth for a taste (about 50% of the water actually makes it past his lips).  Before we dunk him underwater, we count down by saying "1,2,3" and then we blow into his face.  Now, when we get to 3, he closes his eyes and gets ready for the dunking!  And, possibly the biggest deal, he put himself to sleep (by crying for 10 minutes) all by himself!  Hopefully, there aren't too many more of those crying sessions, but we thing it was a pretty good step.

UPDATE TO A PREVIOUS POST - Earlier this week, we blogged about Gordy shoveling a ridiculous amount of sand into his mouth.  Although at the time it didn't seem like a big deal to me, apparently, it was.  Gordy spent the entire night puking all over the place and had a pretty red bum for days after while he poo'd sand.  Take-home message: maybe babies shouldn't be allowed to do everything that they want to do.  Also, maybe we need to get one of those cones that you put around a dog's neck for Gordy while at the beach.

seeking political asylum!

November 8th, 2016 started off so well... 
Gordy and I did some solid cuddling while Todd caught a few extra zzz's.

Gordy was by far the most vocal he's ever been.

The three of us enjoyed a nice evening down at our beach where Gordy ingested about a pound of sand.  

Gordy actually ate so much sand that Todd tried to bury him up to his shoulders so he couldn't shovel any more into his mouth... Gordy resorted to plunging his face directly into the sand - no hands required.

And, we got to hang out with one of my favorite people, my mom, for a few hours.

It all went south when we turned on CNBC and watched as their map of the United States turned more and more red.  Our last shred of hope for our nation dwindled when Hilary Clinton conceded to Donald just before he walked onstage and puked a bunch of meaningless words all over the place.  So, our family is now seeking political asylum in ANY other country.  If anyone has any suggestions of a place that will take us, please don't hesitate to reach out.  We are very much open to ideas.

Before we finish up this post we'd like to give a shout out there to all of you Donald Trump supporters.  (Please keep in mind that we are a bottle of Sangria in and are pretty riled up.)  We couldn't be more disappointed that there are so many people in this country who could vote to elect a racist, sexist, xenophobic, hate-crime encouraging narcissist to be our next president.  He is a disgusting human being and you are all selfish idiots if you think that he's going to do anything "great" for this country.  

More than anything, we are sad for Gordy.  How is he supposed to learn right from wrong when you all have decided that it's perfectly acceptable behavior for our newly elected president to talk about how he sexually assaults women because he can.  Real cool.  I hope you gun-loving, monster-truck-driving, Bud-swilling, fear-mongering, homophobic, global-warming denying morons are proud of yourselves - and, when (not if) things unravel, you have no one but yourselves to blame.  Gordy and the rest of his generation will be the ones who will really suffer and will have to pick up the pieces of your horrible mistake.

"energy"?

Neither one of us has ever been a strong believer in "energy".  However, it's hard to ignore that Gordy picks up on many different types and forms of "energy" and that this "energy" has an impact on him.  I'm going to stop using quotes on energy... but you get the idea.

Generally, he prefers people who are relatively calm and happy, he's not super stoked on dogs or other animals that make too much noise, and he LOVES the ocean.  Each time we arrive at the beach and pull him out of his car seat, it's like he already knows the smell of the salty water and can feel some kind of energy from the ocean waves.  I'm sure he also picks up on the fact that we are both excited to be there, but there must also be an energy from the ocean itself that makes his eyes light up.  Once we gather up all of our bags, fins, etc. and start heading down to the water, he throws his arms down audibly slapping them to his sides over and over again (his most recent form of showing happiness/excitement) while kicking his feel around wildly.  It almost looks like he's trying to do jumping jacks in our arms :)

We aren't too sure what it all means, but we are interested in figuring it out.  In the meantime, here are some photos from Gordy's weekend beach adventures: