North Korea, 5 Months, and exersaucer...oh my!

The past two weeks have been interesting to say the least. We had the whole North Korea threat hanging over us for a bit and I was worried about it until I read that it's a regular thing for Guam. According to the locals anytime tension increases between the U.S. and North Korea, Guam gets threatened because of our proximity to them. So that alleviated a lot of my fears - still wasn't happy about Trump handling it like a bull in a China shop but at least it has blown over for now.

Carlton came home after that whole thing and we were very happy to see him!

Unfortunately the second night Carlton was home, Gavin got sick. He was super fussy and wouldn't go to bed. We couldn't figure out what was wrong until he threw up on my and the bed. Then we realized the problem! He proceeded to throw up three more times in about 30 minutes and had a mild fever. Giving him Tylenol was not fun...most of it ended up on is pajamas! He ended up sleeping in bed with Mommy and Daddy because very time we put him in his bassinet, he woke up and cried. He just needed some snuggles. Luckily the fever only lasted about 36 hours and the vomiting never returned. He just needed lots of sleep and cuddles!

Feverish Baby

Gavin recovered quickly and is back to his regular activities! He has become proficient at getting his toes into his mouth. He is also getting better at pulling his socks off.

"Nom, nom, nom"

"Oh, hey Mom"

Loves his cozy blanket from Christine!

Strong man impression

 We got this exersaucer from our friend Jen Pearce and we finally tried it out this past weekend! He loves it!!

'Sup

5 Months old!

Loves the umbrella handle

View from Museum

New Chamorran Museum

This past weekend we decided to go check out the new museum - we have been admiring its architecture for the past year but haven't actually gone to see what is inside. The exhibit was a bit disappointing but the museum itself is a very cool building and has great views from the second floor.

Gavin hit five months old on August 18th!! He is not crawling or sitting up yet (which is fine by me) but he is getting better at pushing up on his hands when he is on his tummy. He is also much more aware of his surroundings and grabs at anything within close proximity.

Mad Muncher

This past week I was able to get some video of Gavin getting mad! It's kind of funny but he gets mad at his toys or maybe frustrated is a better word. But now you can hear the difference in his noises - he definitely sounds like he's yelling.

He has now been able to reach up and pull the stars off the toy bar in his play pen. It's cute how excited he gets about it!

Carlton and I were also working on letters for Gavin's room. It was Carlton's idea to put comic book pages on the letters of his name as decoration. So we bought some comic books and mod podge and created these letters!

We decided to do one character per letter, so each letter has a different theme. Carlton did all the letters except for the I - that was the only one I got a chance to do. Also, Carlton had already perfected his technique and I didn't want to mess it up!! I think they turned out great!! Here's a closer look:

Thor

Wonder Woman

Spider man

Captain America

And Iron Man

I also received a Munch Mitt that is supposed to be for teething babies, so I took a video the first time I put it on Gavin. He really gets into it for about the first five minutes and then I think he gets annoyed that it's on his hand.

He is also really wanting to get more mobile!! Here is a video of him during tummy time really trying to get to his puppy.