Wade Into the Waters

Yesterday was Wade's baptism and the theme of the sermon was "Wade Into the Waters" which was so cute and clever!  Ryan and I were also welcomed as new members into the church.

After the ceremony we had lunch back at our house for the 15 family members who had joined us for the ceremony.  Wade had fallen asleep towards the end of the ceremony but then was the life of the party back at the house, playing and "talking" in his exersaucer while everyone ate.  He did end up going down for a long nap while we enjoyed cake and opened presents.  Thanks to everyone for the generous gifts and for spending their Sunday morning with us.  Congratulations to Wade on his baptism!

Camping - a New Hobby for Wade

If you haven't heard, we bought a new toy this summer! We finally found time to take our 2009 Palomino pop-up camper out for its first camping trip (under our ownership, that is.) We spent the weekend of September 10-12 at Meramec State Park with my parents. We worried only about getting ourselves, the camper, Annie, and Wade to the campground - my parents took care of all the meals and even let Annie sleep in their camper. Ryan's parents, Bill and Terrie, also came down for dinner on Saturday night.

It only rained Friday night while we were sleeping and we were left with mild weather the rest of the weekend. We took several walks and Wade had his first real hike.

He "talked" a lot in the backpack until he fell asleep. We cushioned him with a couple sweatshirts. Wade did great camping this weekend which is good since he has a lot of camping in his future! He slept great in the camper the first night and during his naps. He had a bit of a rough night the second night. He still slept until 7 am but we think he has a bit of a cold and/or is teething - either way he tossed and turned super loudly. Actually we think that he may have gotten a decent night's rest but we sure didn't! It seemed like he was shaking the whole camper!

Laid back in the lawn chair!  (Who are we kidding, this was just for the photo op - he still loves that exersaucer more - and it did come on the camping trip!)

What Five Months Brings...

Happy five month birthday to Wade! He could have smiled for the photo, but he would rather practice his rolling. He still only likes to roll to the left, but now he has gotten quite good at going from back-to-stomach and stomach-to-back. Periodically you have to re-position him because he will run into a wall or some other barrier.

At five months we are experiencing our first cold! I just heard him coughing himself to sleep, poor little guy. Baby food is going well - he has tried rice cereal, zucchini, peas, sweet potatoes, and apples.  More exciting options to come soon! Wade has also been using his sippy cup with dinner which he is far from good at, but it's sort of a fun adventure.

This morning it was about 60 degrees for our walk to the babysitter's house. Burr! And this baby owns no cold weather clothing! So I took a lunchtime shopping trip to Once Upon a Child where I stocked up on all kinds of cute jeans, pants, hoodies, and long sleeved shirts. While we're not sure that we're ready to say good-bye to summer, at least Wade will be able to welcome the fall season in style! (I'm not so sure I can say the same about myself...)

P.S. Gotta love that exersaucer!