Another Beach Day & Teo's Early Crawl Stage

We enjoyed another fine day at the beach this past Saturday, going down to Santa Monica beach to help celebrate Auntie Monica's birthday with her and husband Ken and friends. It was a beautiful day, turning very cool - but refreshing - in the late afternoon. Unfortunately, Teo was sick and not having a good day at all; rough day for the little guy, and just as rough for mom. It's absolutely heartbreaking to hear such a sad and painful - and constant - cry coming from Teo. (He felt better the next day and is back in the pink, but now mommy is sick! Waaaahhhh!)
We played some volleyball, ate some good snacks and some amazing custard-type cake drenched in blueberries. Teo slept most of the day under wraps, and was awake for a brief spell to say hi to everyone and show off his incredible cuteness before we left. (BTW, the pic of Candice with Teo under the beach towel, in the background is the Annenberg Community Beach House, which is the newly restored house of the William Randolph Hearst/Marion Davies beach estate, quite massive for it's day back in the 20s-30s, and the only one on the beach at the time.)
Other random pics are from throughout the week, showing off some of Teo's new hats, him in his doorway jumper, and his cool shades.
As for this week's video, we submit evidence of Teo about to crawl, at 5-months old. We think it'll be a week or two before he is in full scoot mode, but for now, he's up on his arms and knees and is rocking back and forth, once in a while bringing one of his knees forward, just before he falls back to his tummy. But even since this video was taken, he's now even more up and so close to crawling.
Next post - things are really getting scary. We've caught Teo TWICE now pulling himself up to a standing position. Once in his crib and once over and into a wicker basket filled with his books. And caught on camera. Check back soon!