Next stop...Carnegie Hall!

Christopher's First Christmas!

We had a fantastic time celebrating Christopher's 1st Christmas with him! It was pretty simple this year since he really only cared about tissue paper, bows and what he could put in his mouth. Next year will be a totally different story though! Here are just a few pics from Christmas day!

Happy Holidays!

We've been super busy lately celebrating the holiday season with family in Texas! Here are some pictures from our adventures!
2 weeks ago we were in Fairfield at Ma & Pa's...
And this past weekend we were at Grammy's in Austin...

Also, I totally forgot to post about this earlier but Christopher has become a sitter. He started really sitting on his own around 5 months old! He's a champ!

Here's a picture of our usual morning routine together. While I prepare lunch/bottles etc. he plays with the Keurig coffee rack! Let's just hope he doesn't get into one of those one day. He's plenty hyper already (a trait definitely inherited from his dad.....)!
He has changed sooooo much these past few weeks and has become quite the entertainer! We can't believe he will be 6 months old soon. He is such a blessing!

Our first attempt at prunes...

Wow! Surprisingly he liked them quite a bit!

Christopher's First Snow!! = )

We Love Christmas!

Since it's going to freeze here tonight (and possibly snow tomorrow!!!) I had to dress Christopher in his only pair of fleece pajamas to keep him warm overnight! = ) We were saving them for Christmas....but it was just too cute to not take pictures of! By the way Christopher and Max are really starting to get along! ; )

Thanksgiving!

Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving!

Chris playing charades...

My guess is airplane!

Now if I can just get him to learn tumbleweed.........

Chris' First Zoo Adventure!

I took Christopher to the zoo for the first time. He actually enjoyed it! In fact he liked it so much that we became members of the Houston Zoo! Fun stuff! Here are some pics of our big adventure!

Cuteness!

Los Ojos!

Quick update- for those who know about the eye saga- Christopher will be just fine!!!!! Thank the Lord! (really!!)

For those who don't- About 2 months ago I noticed Christopher's pupils were different...like REALLY different! Like something very serious could be wrong different! This could have been from several different things: head trauma, tumors of the head/neck/etc., or physiologic (meaning he was born that way). Of course since I am in the medical field AND I work at a cancer hospital you can only imagine how super freaked out I was. Anyway, we have spent the past 2 months seeing specialists and as of this past Tuesday we found out he just has PHYSIOLOGIC ANISOCORIA. Now I will spare you the medical details of what this is and how it happens but if interested you can wiki or google anisocoria and you will quickly learn why we have been somewhat of a nervous wreck the past month or so...

One of the tests they did on Christopher was put cocaine drops in his eyes (YES, you read that correctly). Our child would FAIL a drug test. This was unnerving for Charlie and I at first BUT it was much better than sedating our child and putting him in an MRI machine. Basically what this test told us is that his right eye is capable of dilating and that his sympathetic nervous system was not compressed or damaged from a tumor, aneurysm or some other scary medical condition. Basically it told us we can RELAX!!

He will have unequal pupils for the rest of his life...but seriously who cares! He's happy, healthy and growing perfectly fine! He's just a miracle and we love him so much!!! Besides, I actually have a very mild form of anisocoria too...it will be interesting to see if our next bambino has it! = )

Baby Food Stats!

LOVES:
1. Peas
2. Rice Cereal
3. Sweet Potatoes
4. Milk

LIKES:
1. Green Beans
2. Squash

DISLIKES:
1. Avocados

Visiting the VA Family!

We had a fantastic time visiting my family in Virginia! Christopher was a hit and loved all the attention! ; ) He even got to meet some family members for the first time! It was wonderful!

Below are some pics of Chris in the airport and on the airplane! He was amazing throughout all four flights and layovers (including our last flight that was 100% booked)! We only had one blow-out once aboard...and I mean BLOOOOOW-OOOOUUUUT...so that was nice! ; )
Here are some pics of the family:

And lastly, here is Christopher's newest 'thing'! He likes to lay on his stomach, lift his arms high in the air then kick his legs as fast as he can....possibly a swimmer, eh?!
We can't wait for our next adventure with him. It looks like either San Francisco or Denver for a conference in March then Chicago in July for the Schumann family reunion! Yea!

Big Boy Grub!

Chris is still absolutely loving his baby crack...uh, I mean rice cereal! He eats about 2 tablespoons every night! This is now accompanied by a yummy jar of baby food! So far he has tried green beans (likes), squash (loves) and peas (loooves)! Charlie is convinced Christopher is going to go gaga over the bananas so we are saving them for last! Tonight's menu: rice cereal, SWEET POTATOS and milk! = ) Here is a picture of Chris eating peas (my LEAST favorite food in the ENTIRE universe!!!) Go Chris!

Trick or Treat!

We had a great time celebrating Christopher's 1st Halloween! He got to stay up extra late in preparation for the time change! We can't wait for next year when he is able to WALK door to door to trick-or-treat!

Third Times A Charm!

Chris FINALLY ate rice cereal without screaming his head off! = ) It was a total mess but cute nonetheless!

Lastly, see this picture below! I let Charlie sleep in Sunday morning...this is how I found him at *9AM*! Must be nice! ; ) Just wait until we start formula....

This is proof that having a baby around is exhausting!

The beginning of an annual event...

PUMPKIN PATCHIN'! Chris will appreciate this more next year!

Big Boy Room!

We finally decided to move Chris into a big boy room. See pics below. We love it! And he does too!



The picture below is what Charlie saw when he went into Christopher's room to check on him 3 nights ago. He rolls over at night! I love walking into his room and seeing his little hiney up in the air!

Things are going great and we are enjoying him more and more every day! We plan to take him to a pumpkin patch this weekend and he even has a pumpking outfit to go with it! = ) He's growing so fast and getting so long...I had to buy him 6 month clothes yesterday! And he started using his exersaucer which he loves!


We are super excited about our upcoming trip to Virginia in a couple of weeks! Should be very interesting since we have a layover both ways! Hope he's up for the trip! = ) I know he can't wait to see the family! It's been way too long!