5 Months Old

Mr. Tough Guy.

Arica and Brody (they have a blog too) at the flag football game tonight. Brody's daddy and Gus' daddy play on the same team and work at the YMCA together.

Brody and Gus.

Gus' belly meat.

Gus standing. Who knows? Pretty soon he may just skip over the other stuff and start walking. Who needs to crawl anyway?!?!

He really likes to sit and look at the TV. He always seems like he is amazed at the new perspective that being just a few more inches off the ground presents.

Gus is officially Five Months Old (well, as of tomorrow [Monday} anyway) and we can hardly believe how quickly time has flown by. Each day he changes and grows and starts doing brand new exciting things. Here are a list of Gus' accomplishments and attitudes: He can smile basically on command. He has rice cereal, squash and carrots under his belt. He loves to stand with help, and sit independently in the tri-pod position (for 20-30 seconds anyway). He enjoys grabbing onto his toes and chewing on his (or mommy or daddy's!) fingers. He laughs out loud all the time and likes to grunt and grrr... at us. His favorite toys are his colorful links, his frog chew blanket and his vibrating bouncey chair (recently he likes to tear off the velcro Giraffe and throw it on the ground). He can palm a soft ball and his favorite person in the world to listen to or look at is his daddy. He still has no hair or teeth. He likes bathtime, where he can splash and kick his legs.

This week will hopefully go by quickly, as mommy and Gus are excited to head back to Iowa on Friday. We get to see many people on both the McCollom and Dillavou side. Daddy has to work so he has to stay in KC all alone. We will miss him very very much. And I am sure he will miss us (especially Gussie!).

Oh, and keep voting for your favorite Halloween costume... looks so far like the Lobster is in the lead (thanks Rach, I have no idea how to make that costume!)...