Greyson amazes me learning something new each day. Today he can grab his feet! I posted some photos on flickr and some video on youtube. He's getting better at tummy time, holding his head and chest up off the floor, better at playing games, better at knowing his own body. His feet aren't the only body part he's grabbing lately!
We've been to baby story time at the library twice now. He likes to do "jelly on the plate" and other silly activity songs. His favorite part is when the storyteller blows bubbles!
On Easter, Auntie Jenny and Uncle Mike came over for brunch. Everyone pigged out except poor Greyson, still waiting for solid food. He'll get some soon. The next day we had lunch with an old friend from middle/high school and her daughters. We ran into an even older friend from elementary/middle school with two of her sons. Since I've become a mom I have much more in common with these ladies, and I'm so thrilled that I'll still have two days a week to do playdates and mom lunches and library story time.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Inchworm
Grey is getting more mobile every day. It's amazing to watch his progress. Not only is he starting to inchworm on his tummy, but he's rolling over more, and just being more interactive. He is spending more time in his exersaucer and jumperoo (THANKS Emily and Kate!!!) and learning to play with toys and teethers and hands and even touching the cat.
He has finally learned to do the motorboat mouth/raspberry, but it involves a lot of spit! He also propelled himself about two feet forward on the bed one evening. He puts his arms out to the sides, plants his face, and shoves forward with his feet. I call it the inchworm because it involves sticking his bum in the air.
We've been visiting a lot more with Auntie Jenny. She is going to watch Greyson a few days a week when I go back to work. YAY!! No daycare for a while longer :-) It's also been nice for me to have someone to talk to and someone to show the baby off to!
Greyson and I have been keeping busy, running errands, going for walks, singing and playing. We're starting to plan a family trip for July - which seems like a long way off, but will be our first big travel experience with Greyson, so it's never to early to start thinking about! We've also got a little family reunion at the beach next month, we're looking forward to that.
This weekend we're busy entertaining. We had out-of-town friends over last night for dinner, and we're having a little easter brunch with family tomorrow. Today we'll go watch dad try to play baseball with friends, that should be entertaining!
He has finally learned to do the motorboat mouth/raspberry, but it involves a lot of spit! He also propelled himself about two feet forward on the bed one evening. He puts his arms out to the sides, plants his face, and shoves forward with his feet. I call it the inchworm because it involves sticking his bum in the air.
We've been visiting a lot more with Auntie Jenny. She is going to watch Greyson a few days a week when I go back to work. YAY!! No daycare for a while longer :-) It's also been nice for me to have someone to talk to and someone to show the baby off to!
Greyson and I have been keeping busy, running errands, going for walks, singing and playing. We're starting to plan a family trip for July - which seems like a long way off, but will be our first big travel experience with Greyson, so it's never to early to start thinking about! We've also got a little family reunion at the beach next month, we're looking forward to that.
This weekend we're busy entertaining. We had out-of-town friends over last night for dinner, and we're having a little easter brunch with family tomorrow. Today we'll go watch dad try to play baseball with friends, that should be entertaining!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Motorboat mouth
Greyson has been trying for days. He wants nothing in the world more than to make the motorboat sound with his little lips. I call it a raspberry, I'm not sure how else to describe the sound, but you know the one. The one babies love to make.
He's been cracking us up for about three days now. Morning, noon, and night. Provoked and unprovoked. Pursing his lips and blowing, but only managing to make an M or B sound most of the time. Occasionally when he's really frustrated he'll get a good pbpbpbpbpb going, but he's too fussy to notice.
Mike's in the kitchen giving Grey his bottle and I just heard him say "no, you can't do that with the bottle in your mouth!" and I know just what he's trying to do...
(watch Greyson try to make the motorboat on youtube)
He's been cracking us up for about three days now. Morning, noon, and night. Provoked and unprovoked. Pursing his lips and blowing, but only managing to make an M or B sound most of the time. Occasionally when he's really frustrated he'll get a good pbpbpbpbpb going, but he's too fussy to notice.
Mike's in the kitchen giving Grey his bottle and I just heard him say "no, you can't do that with the bottle in your mouth!" and I know just what he's trying to do...
(watch Greyson try to make the motorboat on youtube)
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Good Day / Bad Day
It was a bit of both. Greyson went to the pediatrician and got poked about a hundred times. They tested his blood for iron again (he passed, he's just pale!) and they were out of a combination vaccine so that meant one extra needle. He's all full of holes, but he's healthy. He peed all over the exam table, as is now our tradition, and he's still in the 90th percentile for height and weight. He took his shots with some distress, but only for a minute or two.
Mike took the day off work to join us at the doctor, and we decided to make an afternoon of it. We went to Target as a family, bought some new baby pajamas and size THREE diapers, and decided to go to lunch. After a horrific, trafficky, scream-filled drive to lunch, and after feeding the babe in the parking lot, I realized I had left my bag in the shopping cart at Target, out in the cart-return in the parking lot. Duh, mom-brain moment. Thankfully the cart boy found it first and it was waiting for me when we returned from across town. We were happy to be home after that crazy afternoon out, and we enjoyed some quiet parent time while Greyson napped off his big day.
Auntie Jenny visited in the evening, and we may have our child care issues worked out! She is eager and willing to watch Greyson when I return to work - I think she might want to spend more time with him than we had planned! We'll work on details, but this is a huge weight off my shoulders for now.
Greyson is napping again now, he's been a pretty good sleeper lately. He fussed a few times last night, but I took his doctor's advice and didn't get up to soothe him because he never really cried. I guess he learned to get himself back to sleep :-)
Mike took the day off work to join us at the doctor, and we decided to make an afternoon of it. We went to Target as a family, bought some new baby pajamas and size THREE diapers, and decided to go to lunch. After a horrific, trafficky, scream-filled drive to lunch, and after feeding the babe in the parking lot, I realized I had left my bag in the shopping cart at Target, out in the cart-return in the parking lot. Duh, mom-brain moment. Thankfully the cart boy found it first and it was waiting for me when we returned from across town. We were happy to be home after that crazy afternoon out, and we enjoyed some quiet parent time while Greyson napped off his big day.
Auntie Jenny visited in the evening, and we may have our child care issues worked out! She is eager and willing to watch Greyson when I return to work - I think she might want to spend more time with him than we had planned! We'll work on details, but this is a huge weight off my shoulders for now.
Greyson is napping again now, he's been a pretty good sleeper lately. He fussed a few times last night, but I took his doctor's advice and didn't get up to soothe him because he never really cried. I guess he learned to get himself back to sleep :-)
Monday, March 10, 2008
Four Months!
Grey's four month birthday went by without us even noticing. I remembered at about 11:30pm in bed, and we took a moment to fathom that we've been raising this amazing baby for that long already. And yet it seems like he came home with us just yesterday.
Greyson went to his first birthday party, for Julian's 4th birthday. Of course he slept through most of the fun at Birthday World - even the indoor train roller coaster which was right next to our table. I'm convinced that Greyson only sleeps in noisy places now. He woke up at the end of the party, in time to enjoy his girlfriend Veronica's company.
We ran into our neighbors on Friday. I got to see Tina do the classic double-take, because she had no idea that we had a baby! We visited for a few minutes in the driveway and marveled how we are such close neighbors and yet they missed my entire pregnancy and Grey's first four months. They were excited to know they had a new neighbor and disappointed that the neighborhood gossip mill had failed them for so long!
Greyson is back on his normal schedule after getting me up three nights in a row. My milk supply is back in full force, he must have had a growth spurt. Last time we weighed him he was 16 lbs 10 oz. We go to the pediatrician on Wednesday and find out his official height/weight and percentages. Can't wait! Plus we'll get the scoop on solid foods and get a few more shots.
Greyson went to his first birthday party, for Julian's 4th birthday. Of course he slept through most of the fun at Birthday World - even the indoor train roller coaster which was right next to our table. I'm convinced that Greyson only sleeps in noisy places now. He woke up at the end of the party, in time to enjoy his girlfriend Veronica's company.
We ran into our neighbors on Friday. I got to see Tina do the classic double-take, because she had no idea that we had a baby! We visited for a few minutes in the driveway and marveled how we are such close neighbors and yet they missed my entire pregnancy and Grey's first four months. They were excited to know they had a new neighbor and disappointed that the neighborhood gossip mill had failed them for so long!
Greyson is back on his normal schedule after getting me up three nights in a row. My milk supply is back in full force, he must have had a growth spurt. Last time we weighed him he was 16 lbs 10 oz. We go to the pediatrician on Wednesday and find out his official height/weight and percentages. Can't wait! Plus we'll get the scoop on solid foods and get a few more shots.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
One year of baby brain
Yesterday was our pregnancy test-iversary. One year since we found out I was pregnant. One year that we've known little Greyson. Crazy.
We've had a busy week. I got over my flu after just a few days of fever, yuck. Greyson and Mike stayed healthy, thankfully. So Saturday we packed up and drove off to Venice to visit my parents, grandparents, and cousin. We had a lovely visit, Greyson seemed to sleep the whole time. He slept through a Japanese steakhouse experience, and he slept through a bowling alley visit. I'm thankful because I thought the teppanyaki table might really freak him out. He sometimes gets nervous when we cook in the kitchen. We went to the beach, but the water was still too cold to dip his toes in.
Since we returned home Monday, Greyson has been out and about with me a bit. We went to UCF for our monthly visit. I got an interesting offer to do something different for a few years when I return to work. But it would mean a normal schedule and definitely full time day care for Greyson. Something to think about. I have some other bureaucratic crap to deal with at work - since I decided not to go back part-time for now. But as always it was good to see my co-workers and show off the little man.
Greyson has been a great sleeper since he hit 6 weeks back at Christmas-time. Now he's starting to wake up during the night. It's one of the signs that he might be ready for solid food. I hope that's the only issue, I'm quite worried that my milk might be less than he needs right now. In the evenings he gets very fussy and doesn't seem to be getting enough from me. I have to just trust that my body knows what it's doing. We go to see his pediatrician next week for his four-month check up and we'll get the dish (no pun intended) on solid foods. We'll probably start giving him rice cereal in the evenings and hope that helps with his bed-time and wake-up-time, too.
He just napped for about 10 minutes and is waking up already... duty calls!
We've had a busy week. I got over my flu after just a few days of fever, yuck. Greyson and Mike stayed healthy, thankfully. So Saturday we packed up and drove off to Venice to visit my parents, grandparents, and cousin. We had a lovely visit, Greyson seemed to sleep the whole time. He slept through a Japanese steakhouse experience, and he slept through a bowling alley visit. I'm thankful because I thought the teppanyaki table might really freak him out. He sometimes gets nervous when we cook in the kitchen. We went to the beach, but the water was still too cold to dip his toes in.
Since we returned home Monday, Greyson has been out and about with me a bit. We went to UCF for our monthly visit. I got an interesting offer to do something different for a few years when I return to work. But it would mean a normal schedule and definitely full time day care for Greyson. Something to think about. I have some other bureaucratic crap to deal with at work - since I decided not to go back part-time for now. But as always it was good to see my co-workers and show off the little man.
Greyson has been a great sleeper since he hit 6 weeks back at Christmas-time. Now he's starting to wake up during the night. It's one of the signs that he might be ready for solid food. I hope that's the only issue, I'm quite worried that my milk might be less than he needs right now. In the evenings he gets very fussy and doesn't seem to be getting enough from me. I have to just trust that my body knows what it's doing. We go to see his pediatrician next week for his four-month check up and we'll get the dish (no pun intended) on solid foods. We'll probably start giving him rice cereal in the evenings and hope that helps with his bed-time and wake-up-time, too.
He just napped for about 10 minutes and is waking up already... duty calls!
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