When mom is away....

While I was at work on Thursday, my mother decided to have a little photo shoot with Schaefer. Look at how serious he looks, he really does look as though he is working in his office!!
He should be an E*Trade baby!!! What do you think???

It also reminds people of Stewie from Family Guy....

CLICK TO SEE WHY HE IS LIKE STEWIE!!!

Just playing around...

Schaefer has really started playing. He is a roly-poly! He likes to play in his little playstations as well as with his toys.

UNFORTUNATELY, he is going to have to say bye-bye to his swing soon. He is getting too long and heavy for it. It will swing for a while and then slowly go to a stop. So sad :(

He is kind of hard to take photos of now because he is interested in what the camera is. He has to touch and chew on everything!



Here he is outside having a playdate with Angel :)



He really enjoys just laying and rolling around in his crib. He watches his monkeys dance above his head!

He plays so hard during the day that he tuckers himself out!

He is a sweet, sweet boy!

This weekend Collin's college friend Viviana got married. We drove (with Schaefer) 4 hours to Port St. Lucie to attend the beautiful wedding. We stayed with Collin's best friend from college Mario. He got to meet Schaefer for the first time and we got to meet his lovely fiance Daniella! We can't wait to go to their wedding!

We tried to take a family picture before leaving for the wedding but it didn't quite work! I couldn't get Schaefer to smile.... (I was making funny noises in the first picture)





Schaefer was really good at the wedding. He had fun dancing with mommy and daddy at the reception.

He didn't just dance with mommy and daddy, he stole Daniella too :)



He danced so much that he was tired, so he fell asleep! I don't know how, because the music was so loud.... he is a heavy sleeper!



He was fascinated with my dress all night, he kept pulling at it!



He also made a new little friend :)

We had a really good time. It was so great to see everybody! We need to get together more often.

One last attempt at a family photo.....



Oh well it was worth a try :)

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First time eating REAL food (well baby food)

So, Schaefer had his 4 month old Dr.'s appointment yesterday and she said we could start food! He is such a big little kid. He is 19 lbs. and 27.5 inches long. Because of his size, she doesn't want us to put him on cereal but start right with the yellow veggies!

So what better veggie to start with then SWEET POTATOES!!


He was totally ready for his new adventure... and LOVED to put his fingers in it!


His first bite was interesting. He was too sure how to handle the spoon and the taste kind of shocked him!


However, he QUICKLY started to understand that if he moved his hand and opened his mouth he would get the yummy stuff!

After a few minutes of eating it like a PRO, he was ready to start helping daddy... or what he thought was feeding himself :)




He won the spoon battle and got to attempt to feed himself. TOO CUTE!!
Good Job Schaefer-dilla!!

He would have easily ate more than what we gave him. He would whine a bit when he didn't get the spoon back. However, the Dr. told us only a little to start with. He was totally a FULL and HAPPY baby!!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

This video will give you a better understanding of the fun time Collin and I had feeding our little monster :) We can't wait to try more foods with him and see what he likes. We are going to attempt a sippy cup next!!