Momma and Bjorn

An awesome picture Amanda took of us while spending time on our tree farm.

Bjorn is growing so fast (as they all do).  He's eating all kinds of foods:  egg yolk, sweet potatoes, avocado and bananas.  And he loves it!

This morning Odin spent almost a full hour lying next to Bjorn while Bjorn slept.  He really loves his younger brother.  And the feeling is mutual.  Lately whenever Odin gets in trouble and cries, Bjorn cries too...so much empathy and so much love!

Visit From Grady and Cora

Some special friends visited with us recently...Grady and Cora (and their mom, Amanda). Odin probably thinks Grady is the coolest creature on the earth. He is an older boy that pays him special attention and has done so since Odin was very little.

We went for a visit on the land and all had a fabulous time!

In other news, Bjorn continues to enjoy new foods.  This morning he ate an entire egg yolk and we are pretty sure if we would have offered him a second one he would have eaten it too!  Thanks to the Kaufman's Bjorn has a special tripp trapp chair just like Odin...At dinner tonight Odin sat next to Bjorn, both in their tripp trapp chairs.  It was BIG TIME FUN for both boys. 



Cousins

Odin and Dad took a trip up to NJ to visit Uncle Brandon, Aunt Mary and his cousins, Sydney and Brooke.  It was Uncle Brandon's 40th birthday and there was a big party (though i don't have any pictures from the party...it was that good! :).

We did go out and eat sushi, though the kids mostly enjoyed the rice.

 Spent a little bit of time on the boat (while docked), mostly working on getting the kids their 'sea legs' so they can keep balance on the rocking boat.

 We had SNOW up in NJ and while not much, we were still able to make a small snowman.

 The 3 cousins had a BLAST playing together.  Odin still talks about the trip and just this morning was packing up his suitcase for the "next" trip to NJ.

More Foods for Bjorn

This morning Bjorn enjoyed some garden-fresh carrots steamed in water and coconut oil.  He really, really liked them.  Mom had a hard time getting them to the right consistency, so she just chewed them up a bit first and then gave them to Bjorn.  He didn't seem to mind the pre-processing;-)

The carrots were probably the best carrots we've ever had.  Last night Odin helped Mom pull them from the garden.  So yum!

Bjorn's First Foods

Bjorn has been "begging" for food for a while now.  He carefully watches us all eat and even leans in as we put our food in our mouth.  So the other day mom and I decided to give it a try!  We have a munchie (which is a device that allows you to put food inside a mesh holder).  We put some frozen banana in the munchie and gave it to Bjorn.  I think the picture says it all...

Last night we tried some apple in the munchie.  No good, he fussed until we returned the munchie with some banana.

This morning we tried mashed avocado!  I think he LOVED it.

He even tried to take the spoon out of Grandma's hand!

And just feed himself!

Today is Bjorn's 5 month birthday.  Much sooner than I had planned to start solids, but...he just seemed so ready and it is just so much fun! :-)  He's still a great nurser! 

Grandpa Dave B-sitting again

This morning while I was getting stuff done...laundry, making breakfast, dishes, etc...Grandpa Dave watched the kids!  He and Odin found a comfy way to relax in the sunroom.

Bjorn and Grandma

Grandma reading to Bjorn.

Bjorn listening!

But wondering...what is she saying???

Oh, must be something about how cute I am!