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I go where he goes…
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Lake Life Continued…
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Lake Life
For our (almost) annual PB&J (Phillips, Barba & James) family vacation we headed to Lake Anna, VA. Lake Anna provided a beautiful and peaceful location for the kiddos to bond and play from morning till night. The house had a pool, yard, sandy beach and private dock which made for a pretty perfect backdrop for toddler shenanigans. While the week was plagued with some illness, overall everyone had a great time. I pretty sure Andrew was sad to come home to just boring mommy and daddy!
Fighting over babies. ‘No! MY Teddy!’


Davis and Teddy! Teddy wasn’t quite sure what to make of Davis at times….




Playin’ & swimmin’















Grandma: always the reading specialist! 😉




And of course buildin’ fires!
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Teddy meets Gigi!
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TEDDY: 5 MONTHS!
Our little bear has almost reached the halfway point to one year! What?!?!
5 months has really marked the beginning of lots of fun milestones for Teddy. First, he’s officially found his feet and hands and he thinks they’re pretty awesome to play with. Teddy also seems to enjoy his thumb so I think we have another budding thumb sucker on our hands! He can roll from back to belly and belly to back without any problem. No more leaving him unattended! Teddy has also started to play in the ‘bouncey’ and the scooter. He’s definitely getting the hang of being up right and has JUST started to sit unassisted. Teddy is babbling and blowing bubbles a ton and LOVES to smile! He giggles and smiles with his whole body when he’s happy and is without question a VERY social baby!
Praise the Lord, his sleep is getting much better! Fingers and toes crossed, Teddy has seemingly turned a corner with his sleep. He goes down around 7-7:30 with almost no fuss and will sleep until about 5am. At 5am, he quickly eats and will go back to sleep for another 1-2 hours…or however long Andrew decides to let him sleep. If he does wake in the night, he’s pretty consistently capable of putting himself back to sleep quickly. He’s starting to take after his champion sleeper big brother and it’s AMAZING!
5 months also marked the start of food for Teddy! We started with rice cereal and now we’re onto bananas. Teddy detested the rice (honestly- it looks terrible!) but seems to like bananas. Next stop, butternut squash. No official weigh-in this month but I’m guessing he’s around 16.5-17 lbs. He starting to wear 9-12 month clothes but can still squeeze into a few 6 months clothes if needed.
Teddy Bear still hates his car seat and is a solid B/B- car traveler. However, he loves rolling around, playing with his ‘crinkle book’ and putting ANYTHING in his mouth; the colder the better! He thinks his big brother is awesome and greets mommy and daddy with BIG ear to ear smiles when he sees us.
He is without question our most favorite person under 2 feet tall! ❤️
New skills:


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Cooking Salad
Throwing salad on the floor…I wonder which parent he subconsciously learned that from. (Hint: not mommy).



































