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Five Month Update

Pete is five months old! No doctor’s appointment this month, so no official stats to report, but he continues to amaze me on a daily basis. Pete babbles, smiles, laughs, rolls over and seems pretty close to sitting up on his own. He kicks his legs like crazy when he’s excited, he squirms all over the place (he is strong!) and is just a curious, happy little guy. He doesn’t want to miss a thing and it’s pretty darn adorable. He grows more enthralled with Bailey every day, and has figured out that he can grab her fur when she’s close to him – which is all the time since she doesn’t let him out of her sight – note the paw in the bottom right corner of the picture below:

Here are some pictures from his visit to Nana Quinn’s last week. The poor guy had his first cold and wasn’t totally himself, but we still had a fun visit:

As my mom said, Pete on a “bad” day is still awesome. I couldn’t agree more. He makes me so happy and I can’t believe that he’s already five months old!

Wild Wild (Mid)West

Pete went on his first plane trip this weekend! My mom, sister, Pete and I flew to WI on Thursday to visit my brother and his family. Here’s the little man waiting for takeoff with Kris:

Pete was so good on the flight. He was his typical happy-go-lucky self and entertained everyone sitting behind us. Several of the people on our flight Thursday were on our flight home Sunday and when one couple spotted him, they exclaimed “Peter!! Oh my gosh, I think you grew since Thursday!” He rewarded them with a big smile. Pete was fascinated looking out the window of the plane; it was adorable.

We had a pretty busy weekend, but a lot of fun. We spent Friday at the house with the Reece and Lena while Quinn was at school and Tim and Jenny were at work:

We tortured poor Pete with Lena’s new headband … he was very skeptical at first, but warmed up to it rather quickly. He made a pretty cute girl and will someday hate us (me) for this:

Saturday was a perfect fall day so we went downtown for lunch to State Street Brats (a top ten college sports bar, according to Playboy Magazine). There was a Badgers game, so the place was packed. The people of WI really do love their football and we saw some pretty funny Brett Favre t-shirts. My favorite is in the collage below! After lunch, we walked around downtown before going to the UW student union. It’s pretty amazing. It overlooks Lake Mendota, so after treating ourselves to ice cream (made by the dairy science majors), we treated ourselves to a pitcher of beer outside on the patio by the water.

Kris and I were eager to check out Super Bike and weren’t disappointed. We even got Bana on it! It’s not as easy as it looks to be towed but we had a lot of laughs and poor Tim was probably exhausted after towing us all over the neighborhood:

The most challenging part of the weekend was getting a picture of all the kids together … Pete was occasionally overwhelmed with all the commotion/chaos.

But we finally got a shot of Bana’s entire bunch:

We had a great visit and look forward to seeing the Wisconsinites again soon!

Pete the Patriot

Pete is very excited about the first Patriots game! He’s wearing his first hand-me-down from his big sister too … my sister had bought the outfit when I was pregnant with Brienna but when she couldn’t use it, decided to save it for the next mini Marr. And here he is:

GO PATS! And thanks Kris … we love you!

Labor Day Weekend

Pete had an eventful Labor Day weekend – he is quite a busy baby! We started off the weekend with his friend Kate’s 1st birthday party in Hull:

Then it was on to the Cape for the rest of the long weekend. Though we didn’t have the best weather, we had lots of fun. The main event of the weekend was a bonfire at Nauset Light Beach. There are only four permits allowed per night (and they go fast) so we were very happy to get one. We had done a fire last year as well, but this time we knew what we were doing and had quite the setup. Our group expanded from just us Marr’s to include my mom, Kris and Shay, my Aunt Patty and Uncle Steve and my cousin Steve and his girlfriend Marissa, making it even more fun! We had snacks and drinks, cooked burgers and hot dogs on a charcoal grill, and of course made s’mores at the end of the night.

The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing at the Marr’s house and as usual, we thoroughly enjoyed our little getaway!

Better Late Than Never

We finally sent Pete’s birth announcements! I’m not exactly sure what took so long, but I think it was worth the wait:

We’re pretty proud of our handsome little guy!

Four Month Update … Updated!

Pete had his checkup today and is looking good! He weighed in at 15 lbs. 12 oz. and is 25.5 inches long … the doctor said he is doing great and that he acts more like a 6 month old than a 4 month old!

Here’s a video of Pete rolling over:

Have a great weekend!

Four Month Update

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Pete is four months old! Time is flying by … I look at him and cannot believe that just four short months ago he was a tiny (relatively speaking) newborn. He was supposed to have his four month well visit today, but it was cancelled because of Irene and a lack of power at the office … I’ll update the post with his latest stats after his appointment on Thursday!

Pete has the best personality. He is laid back, funny, sometimes shy, good natured and I just cannot get enough of him. Pete “talks” all the time, smiles, laughs, squeals, splashes like crazy in the bath, rolls over, reaches for toys and grabs at anything and everything he can get his hands on. He loves Bailey, and she elicits the biggest smiles from him … he wears mostly 6 month clothing and size 3 diapers!

Here are some pictures of our favorite pictures (click to enlarge) from Pete’s fourth month:

We love being Pete’s parents and look forward to what he has in store for us this month!

Cape Escape

We spent most of last week on the Cape with my parents and it was great to get away and have some quality family time. Poor Pat had to leave on Thursday for a work trip to NJ, but Pete and I managed to have a little bit of fun on our own.

My parents were staying in Chatham, so we had dinner at Pat’s parents house in Harwich on Tuesday night. Pete was doted on by his adoring grandparents and it was so fun to have everyone together!

doting grandparents

The rest of the week was spent loungin’ at the beach. Pete even dipped his little toes in the water and loved it!

kris and pete

I’m hoping to have a slideshow up soon with pictures from the last few weeks … for now, I’ll leave you with this one of our smiley guy!

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Three Month Update

Pete is three months old as of Tuesday! I cannot believe it. We have no official stats to report because he doesn’t go to the doctor’s until his 4 month checkup. But I’d say he’s growing like a weed, as eating seems to be one of his favorite activities! He is changing every day and I am just amazed watching him learn new things.

three months

Pete’s been quite the man about town these last few weeks. His auntie Kristen took a day off from work so we went up to Southie to spend the day with her. We had planned to walk around Castle Island, but it was about a 100 degrees out and incredibly humid, so we stayed cool in the air conditioning instead.

kris and pete

flying pete

He also visited auntie Liz in Cambridge for a day. We were having a lovely picnic in JFK park when this squirrel decided it wanted what we had.

squirrel zoom

Despite our best efforts to chase it away (and to the amusement of those around us) it just kept coming closer and closer. So we ended the picnic and walked along the Charles River and through Harvard Square instead!

liz and pete

Pete also attended his first Waterfire. It’s hard to describe (and even harder to capture on film) but is such a neat experience and we had fun walking around downtown Providence with him – though next time, we’ll bring the Bjorn! Navigating the walkways with a gigantic stroller proved to be the trickiest part of the night!

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waterfire

Pete’s also been in the process of acquiring some beach gear and donned his new sunglasses for the first time – inside, at night, but he doesn’t know that!

blue steel

Pete is such a fun little guy to be around. He brings us so much joy and happiness and I love spending my days hanging out with him. He’s my little buddy and I feel so lucky to be his mama!

Weekend Update

Not much to report, so figured I’d just share some pictures from the weekend! Pete went to his first graduation party on Saturday and then we had a low-key day on Sunday, taking full advantage of the gorgeous weather and spending lots of time outside!

Exhausted after a busy day, sound asleep in dad's arms — Exhausted after a busy day, sound asleep on dad's shoulder

Testing out the Bjorn facing forward for the first time!

Pete continues to grow, change and amaze me every day. We just hate having him around 😉