Another first...capelli azuri per la mama!

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Six Month Pictures! Many firsts for Little-O!

We've returned and are recovering from our peripatetic ways. Now that little O is nearly seven months, I post his six month pictures, which were taken in while introducing him to Oregon my Oregon.

This is one smiley, camera-happy baby. Now to go back a bit, to share a few "firsts." This documents our water-baby's first pool experience, in July, at a neighbor's pool.

Here he is, boarding his first plane avec papa...

...riding on his first carousel, in Golden Gate Park, con lo zio...(la mama e' piu dificile da vedere)

...encountering a banana, not his first nor his last, but perhaps our first photo of a banana-encounter...

...his first high chair experience--in a vintage yellow-giraffe high chair my siblings and I all used, chez Grandma Susie
And, the last of today's firsts---eating his first hula hoop.
There's a first time for everything, especially at the ripe age of 6 months.

Five Month Pictures!

Thanks Sam--for the lovely presents (and Orion loves his spoon)

Rose Garden Photo Shoot in Red and Blue

Attention, all grandparents! And perhaps friends and siblings and any other fans of our little baby. He just participated in his first photo shoot with the talented Liz Frandsen. Go to her website, etfphotography.com, click on the middle square, then "clients" and under password type "allen". (N.B. The spelling is meant to throw off spies, alligators, and babies jealous of how cute Orion is.) You have one month to see them online, so e.y.h.o!

A rare appearance of Cyrano de Pussycat

4.5 month fun picks