Learning Guitar from Daddy

Here is a video of Samuel doing what he loves most: playing guitar with Rudi. Samuel loves to sit and watch Rudi sing and play to him. He could be fussing, crying, but when he even sees the guitar, a smile comes to his face. So it was so cute to watch him try to touch and play the guitar today. Please excuse the fact that Rudi has no shirt on.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We put our Christmas tree up a few days ago--we decided to go with a fake tree. They do ship real trees onto Guam, but they have to be fumigated and quarantined for a while, so they are a little pricey. Plus, we heard that even after all of the processing, the trees sometimes introduce non-native animal species to the island. So when we decided to go with a fake tree, we put up our old fake tree, which we got a few years ago--the cheapest we could find at Target. Below is a picture of it. We decided this year maybe we would do a little bit better since we have more time to be at home and enjoy it.  Below is also a picture of the new fake tree.

Along with putting up the tree, we have been doing Advent this year. The last few years we have been unable to find a good Advent guide. My dad used to make great ones each year--more elaborate with different colored candles instead of the traditional 4 candles of the same color plus purple in the middle. The different colors stood for different Advent themes. Well, this year my dad made another Advent guide. My parents promptly sent one to us, and it got here just in time for the start of Advent.  

The outside just doesn't feel like Christmas, but when we look at our tree and do Advent as a family, it definitely feels like Christmas is coming soon.

our old fake tree in our messy living room

the new tree

the new tree

Samuel is 6 months old!

Our little baby is 6 months old already. 

Some of his developmental milestones at 6 months:

He babbles mamamamama, dadadadadada, among other things. He sits alone. He is trying to crawl--he puts his face on the floor and gets his legs up under his body and pushes. Sometimes he's up on his hands and knees but hasn't gone anywhere yet. He is not eating any solid foods yet--I have tried a few times and he doesn't like it yet. Oh well, he's clearly not starving!

Here is a new picture.