We have many happy things to celebrate today...Happy Birthday, Aunt Jen! Happy Birthday, Ken! Happy Anniversary, Aunt Cheryl & Uncle Jay! And last, but not least, happy Friday!

Casey quite enjoyed his bath this evening. He wishes Aunt Cheryl a wonderful birthday.

Our boy can sit up!!!

We went for 1 1/2 hour walk today in an attempt to get Casey to nap. Instead of sleeping he opted to talk pretty much the whole time. It was International Talk Like A Pirate Day today. Casey wore his Baby Pirate ensemble to celebrate. It's the last time he'll be wearing it, as it's getting slightly too small because he's growing so much.

Early this morning Casey started out on his stomach on the play mat. Here he is after the first roll...

and after the next roll...
and after he rolled all the way across the room.

He's all smiles. The blurred feet are because he constantly kicks them.

Casey is 5 months old today. I can't believe how fast time has flown by. I also can't believe how big Casey is now...or how tiny he was when he was born. To celebrate we had a party for him. Ok, really we went to my Aunt Lorry's 65th Surprise Party. Matt stayed home to try to recuperate from his illness.
Here's Casey with Jason.

Here's the best picture I got of the family.


This is Linda. Casey LOVED her.

Here Casey is sporting a party hat.

Somehow Aunt Cristen lopped the tops of our heads off.


These were taken post bath.

Today we had a visit from the Grandparents Rubin. We thought about going to the Lavallette Heritage Festival , but sadly they were cleaning up by the time we arrived. Since we were already out, we decided to have dinner at the boardwalk. This was the first time that we dined in public with the boy, and surprisingly, it wasn't as awful an experience as we expected. At home, we usually have to eat in shifts because Casey gets jealous of all the attention we give our food. He did not object as much tonight, or we simply couldn't hear him over the ambient noise.

Casey spent the day with Grandma (Z). It was my first day back at work and therefore I was supposed to be working, but spent a good part of my time fretting that the boy was causing trouble or wailing. As I should have expected, Casey was excellent and all of us made it through the day unscathed. Tomorrow he will be with his dad, so I expect to find out about the trouble Matt causes when I get home.

Casey sported his sunglasses from Susie and Nicole today. They fit much better now than they did the first time they met our boy.
Sadly, the ladies didn't get to see Casey wearing them because they were forgotten on the coffee table when we went to go serenade Susie with a birthday melody. Casey did not sing when the rest of the guests did, he serenaded her with shrieks and wails when he started getting tired. I think Suz enjoyed his serenade best though. :)

Caroline had her first babysitting job last night. She loves hanging out with her cousin, so she was the obvious choice for the job. These are some pictures from the nanny cam we left behind.

We moved into our house one year ago today.
To celebrate the milestone, we started Casey on rice cereal.