The Lederman Kitchen

Charlie turned 5 months today.  It's crazy to look back at photos and see how much he has grown.  He still is a very happy, smiley and giggly baby and we just love him to pieces.  Charlie 5 months old We started this month in Portland at the end of our vacation, and ended it back home in California.  This month marked a few very exciting firsts for Charlie.  His first plane ride, first time in the highchair, and first time in the jumper.  A whole new world sitting at the table Other big milestones for him are I took him off Zantac, his reflux medication, and we transitioned him to sleep in a sleep sack.  Speaking of sleep, he is still not great at it, but we've made progress in the self soothing department which is helping us get him down at night. Charlie is grabbing things much more purposefully now and, of course, everything goes straight to his mouth.  He is sucking on his hands and fingers more too...

Some of the things Sydney says these days are just adorable and I don't want to forget them.  Here are a few of my favorite recently. Coloring with Kaia while the adults enjoy some beers On the way to school  Sydney: "I see airplane mama" Me: "Oh, yes there it is. Where do you think it's going?" Sydney: "MarMe and Grandpa Billy's " At school I hear geese and see them flying over us Me: "look Sydney, geese " Sydney: "right there, mama" pointing  Me: "where do you think they are going?" Sydney: "MarMe and Grandpa Billy's " Matching shirt with Dada Sydney is sitting at the dinner table  Me: "Sydney, what's missing?" She isn't sure  Me: "your food is missing " I set down her dinner and leave the room  Sydney: "Mama's missing. Mama's missing "   So many necklaces   Brian gets home from work and Sydn...

Charlie turned 4 months way back on August 22nd.  August was a crazy month for us, and a big one for Charlie too. 4 month photoshoot - 13 lbs 3 oz (10%, yikes!) We started off August with a road trip to Tahoe with Brian's extended family to celebrate his Aunt's 70th birthday.  We were pretty confident with the car ride after a successful trip to Sea Ranch the previous month, but this one didn't go so well for Charlie.  Both ways were really tough on him, and on all of us.  But our time in Tahoe was fun!  It was a gorgeous weekend and it was nice to catch up with the family and be able to celebrate such a big birthday together. The whole gang in Tahoe Family photo from Tahoe The following weekend, Brian and I went to NYC and left both the kids with Bama, Brian's mom.  Brian had won a trip from work to go see Hamilton in NYC, it was a trip we couldn't turn down.  Leading up to it was a bit stressful since Charlie had only taken ...