splish splash in the pool

Sunday was daddy's turn to get in the pool with Nicholas.

mmmm.... vegetables!

Nicholas started his first solids after baby rice and oat cereal--first pumpkin, then zucchini!



We used the baby food maker that Uncle Andy and Aunt Jenny got us for Christmas-- it worked perfectly.



Nicholas' first bites of pumpkin. There is also a video at the bottom of the post.

Pumpkin was last Saturday; this Saturday we tried some zucchini. AKA green slime.

Lesson learned: first time eating zucchini= a LOT of green-tinged poop in the diaper later.

The "before" picture--David got his hair cut by a "hair stylist" (not a barber!) who came to our house. Talk about personal service!

after an afternoon of swimming--we love the monkey towel from Aunt Katie!

we went swimming at our friends Dan and Duffy's apartment pool

Last weekend we also went swimming in our own backyard. Thanks Amazon, for sending us the blow up baby pool!

Tomorrow it's Daddy's turn to get in the pool with Nicholas.

our mango tree....there are a bunch of them growing on it now, we can't wait until they are ripe

this tree fell over but David nursed it back to health





Saturday afternoon we went back to Macquerpipe beach in Chaugaranas for a quick dip

Here is the video of Nicholas tasting his first bites of pumpkin.

We are really looking forward to the week ahead. On Monday, Moe cat gets out of quarantine and will finally be home! Tuesday is a Trini holiday so Christy doesn't have to work. Then, we have a four-day Easter weekend.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Nicholas turned 6 months old on St. Patrick's Day. That will always be a fun half-birthday to celebrate.




This seemed like a good idea at the time.... didn't turn out so well. Two good things don't always make a better thing.

We probably should have read the box before we bought these.

as this wasn't exactly what we had in mind for icecream cones

Nicholas snoozing on Alicia's shoulder (our new nanny)

beer can chicken, Caribbean style

feed me!

all tuckered out

my new toy keeps rolling away from me!

I am 6 months old today and I like to play with paper!

so mommy will hold the sign for me

"My first St. Patrick's Day"

There's a smile!

ooh ... nice car!

Are you still taking pictures of me? I'm busy playing!

David has learned to play a new instrument in this video.....

A dip in the pool

We know we just posted yesterday but Nicholas took a dip in the pool and we just had to share:

also we put the alphabet mat back out in his nursery.

Here is Nicholas, kicking away in the pool.

Rice Cereal

Our big milestone of the week is that Nicholas tried rice cereal for the first time. He ate it like a pro!



"Hey, why are you taking a picture of me?"


"Oooh, here it comes. Let me grab that bowl and pull it closer."


"There it is!"




"Mmmmm.... yummy."



We also discovered a new beach nearby.

It was at the bottom of a hill, which was fine until it was time to walk back up!

We also went on a hike near the Chaguaramas golf course. Nicholas sat in his baby backpack carrier for the first time.

Here are some random pics from home. In this one Nicholas is imitating us by trying to put his hands behind his head

Either Nicholas' head is big or whoever manufactured this outfit got a little mixed up with proportion sizes. The outfit fits just fine, but the hat is way too small! On another note, we tried using the stroller without the rear facing carrier. Nicholas did well but we decided we could still use the carrier for another month or two.

Nicholas also tried out his bumbo chair, which he loves. Soon he'll be sitting on his own!

Nicholas loves to be sung to.