This post is WAY late. I wrote this in August of last year. I am totally kicking myself for not keeping up on this blog better. Well I am trying to catch up the best I can!
Graydon is getting so big. He weighs around 23 lbs. and wears size 4 disposable diapers. He is mostly wearing 9-12 month clothing still but wears 18 month pajamas.
He is eating great. He eats solids for breakfast, lunch and dinner and has bottles in between and before bed. He usually still gets up one time during the night for a small bottle as well.
He also drinks pretty well from his sippy cup.
For purees he loves any sort of fruit, and also eats mixed vegetables, peas, carrots, squash and sweet potatoes. We have been having him try a lot more regular food. He loves chicken and will eat some vegetables and fruit.
His favorite "snackies" as I call them, are puffs, arrowroot cookies, little crunchies, carrot wheels and fruit and veggie bites.
He is crawling really well and pulling himself up on everything. We think he will be walking soon!
Bath time is harder because he is constantly wanting to stand up in the tub. The boy does not sit still!
Still obsessed with the dog bowls. Anytime he hears us put the food in the bowls he comes crawling as quick as he can. You think he thinks it's his turn to eat...haha!
He hates getting dressed and likes to throw little tantrums when we change his diaper. We started flicking him on the thigh and it seemed to work.
Has 4 teeth, two on top and two on bottom.
Graydon naps very well, usually for about 3 hours a day, one in morning and one in the afternoon.
He loves the remote control, or our phones. Anything he can push buttons on that he isn't supposed to have... :)
Goes to bed around 7:30 and usually goes right down.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
9 Months Old
Experiencing very hot weather for the first time, in the 90's; wearing sunscreen for the first time
Showing signs of getting excited by stiffening up and waving his arms up and down; showing signs of excitement with food
Friday, June 10th, using a sippy cup really well for the first time!
First foods, watermelon, tried some pistachio dessert which was just little licks of pistachio pudding and whipped cream (he really liked it, lol.)
Last week we went for the longest bike ride yet which was a little over 12 miles and he did great! During the ride he took about a one hour nap.
He is getting really good at "hugging."
Still eating the same amount of food.
Is obsessed with trying to play with the metal thing that turns to plug the bathtub while he is taking a bath!
Still loves to watch his ceiling fan.
Attended his Great Grandparents 65th Anniversary party.
Went to his first official cookout!
Played with Mommy in a hammock.
Mid June Graydon all of sudden started doing so many new things. All of a sudden he could sit up on his own. Totally freaked me out. A couple hours later and I walk out of the room and walk back in and he is standing along the couch.
Then he starts to creep on the floor. By Father's Day, June 19th, he officially crawled for the first time. He is all over the place now. It is hilarious because he only really crawls with his left knee and then walks with his right foot. He is getting quite the little rug burn on his left leg. About a week later he started pulling himself up on everything and now he is a pro. He is crawling all over the house, exploring and getting into everything. He likes to be near us though, in the same room. He has gotten good at crawling up to you and pulling himself up on your legs, it is cute.
The second he start sitting up on his own and we realized he could pull himself up, we moved his crib all the way down the very next day.
He is sleeping well at night but still gets up one time for a quick diaper change and feeding, usually about 4-5 oz.
Not sure how much he weighs but is wearing 9 month clothing, fitting perfectly. 12-18 month pajamas fit him best.
Size 4 diapers
Went to the zoo in Lansing with his cousins, and sat on a giraffe statue. It was so cute.
Tried his first "teething biscuit" and really liked it.
Attending cousin Adam and Nataleigh's Dedication.
He loves to play with the dog bowls and has even tried putting a piece of dog food in his mouth.
Loves to stand and look out the window.
Played in the kiddy pool this month! Hot weather!
Stayed a couple nights at Grandpa Bob and Grandma Jeanne's over 4th of July weekend!
Loves his Gerber Puffs, any flavor.
Showing signs of getting excited by stiffening up and waving his arms up and down; showing signs of excitement with food
Friday, June 10th, using a sippy cup really well for the first time!
First foods, watermelon, tried some pistachio dessert which was just little licks of pistachio pudding and whipped cream (he really liked it, lol.)
Last week we went for the longest bike ride yet which was a little over 12 miles and he did great! During the ride he took about a one hour nap.
He is getting really good at "hugging."
Still eating the same amount of food.
Is obsessed with trying to play with the metal thing that turns to plug the bathtub while he is taking a bath!
Still loves to watch his ceiling fan.
Attended his Great Grandparents 65th Anniversary party.
Went to his first official cookout!
Played with Mommy in a hammock.
Mid June Graydon all of sudden started doing so many new things. All of a sudden he could sit up on his own. Totally freaked me out. A couple hours later and I walk out of the room and walk back in and he is standing along the couch.
Then he starts to creep on the floor. By Father's Day, June 19th, he officially crawled for the first time. He is all over the place now. It is hilarious because he only really crawls with his left knee and then walks with his right foot. He is getting quite the little rug burn on his left leg. About a week later he started pulling himself up on everything and now he is a pro. He is crawling all over the house, exploring and getting into everything. He likes to be near us though, in the same room. He has gotten good at crawling up to you and pulling himself up on your legs, it is cute.
The second he start sitting up on his own and we realized he could pull himself up, we moved his crib all the way down the very next day.
He is sleeping well at night but still gets up one time for a quick diaper change and feeding, usually about 4-5 oz.
Not sure how much he weighs but is wearing 9 month clothing, fitting perfectly. 12-18 month pajamas fit him best.
Size 4 diapers
Went to the zoo in Lansing with his cousins, and sat on a giraffe statue. It was so cute.
Tried his first "teething biscuit" and really liked it.
Attending cousin Adam and Nataleigh's Dedication.
He loves to play with the dog bowls and has even tried putting a piece of dog food in his mouth.
Loves to stand and look out the window.
Played in the kiddy pool this month! Hot weather!
Stayed a couple nights at Grandpa Bob and Grandma Jeanne's over 4th of July weekend!
Loves his Gerber Puffs, any flavor.
Friday, June 10, 2011
8 Month Pictures
Chubby lil man!
Happy boy, love the camera!
Trying to pull the giraffe's ears off....haha!!
What is this cute face?!! I love it!!
Happy boy, love the camera!
Trying to pull the giraffe's ears off....haha!!
What is this cute face?!! I love it!!
7.5 Month Pics
These are a few professional pictures that we had taken this past month! They were supposed to be 6 month pictures, but between all of our traveling to Kansas, sickness, and just plain trying to find a date that worked for both parties we ended up settling on a date a couple weeks after Graydon turned 7 months. They turned out great, as always! *Photog Props*
Sweet little man.
Love that dimple so much!
This is my favorite one of all of us.
One of the cute little faces he always makes.
He makes this face when he is "mad" and babbling.
Tired boy has had enough!
Graydon and some of his many giraffes.
Sweet little man.
Love that dimple so much!
This is my favorite one of all of us.
One of the cute little faces he always makes.
He makes this face when he is "mad" and babbling.
Tired boy has had enough!
Graydon and some of his many giraffes.
8 Months Old
Now that Graydon is 8 months old he is weighing about 19.5 lbs. He is getting heavier by the minute. He seems so long and people who haven't seen him in a while are always saying, "Wow he is a chunker!" or "Wow he has really filled out!"
We still have him in his Graco Snugride but his feet are over the edge. We will need to get the next seat soon.
Graydon is eating a lot these days. He drinks about 8 oz. in the morning. Has some cereal and a 4 oz. container of some sort of fruit mid morning. Another bottle around noon, 5-6 oz. Another bottle around 4, 5 oz. About 6 oz. of solids for dinner. And then another 8 oz. bottle at bedtime. He still usually wakes up once during the night, and has a 5 or 6 oz. bottle then as well. He is a a great eater!
He likes all fruit so it seems. I think it is his favorite. In the evenings I try to always feed him 2 oz. of Earth's Best Sweet Potato and Chicken dinner, or the Turkey and Vegetable dinner, along with a green vegetable and an orange vegetable. His favorites are sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots. He is not a huge fan of green beans or peas but I try to get him to eat them anyways and he usually does, just much slower than the others. He also really likes the Apple Butternut Squash mixture.
This month for the first time he has tried mashed potatoes, sweet potato and regular fries (just gnawing on them) and little bits of chicken. He is also doing much better eating little chunks of avocado and bananas without gagging, and love his puffs.
He has also starting taking little sips of water. I have tried to get him to use the Sippy Cup but he really didn't understand how to do it and wouldn't suck, so I just started using the cup itself and he has been doing well.
Graydon finally got some teeth this past month! I was especially excited with the fact that on both little "toofers" as we like to call them, I was the first one to feel them coming through. On Friday, May 6th, I felt the first tooth coming through his gums. It was on the bottom middle left. The second tooth started to come through on Friday, May 27th, and was the bottom middle right. I probably check about every other day for the top middle ones that will most likely come next....but you have to be careful. If you stick your finger in his mouth, he is quick to bite! :)
Graydon has especially hated getting dressed this past month. He instantly starts to fuss when you lay him down and try to take his clothes off. It is mostly when you are trying to put a shirt on/off.
He isn't too bad when getting his diaper changed, which he is still wearing Size 3 Disposables, and I love the Costco/Kirkland diapers. We did try to start cloth diapering again for about a week, but I just could not handle it. Graydon's poops are just disgusting now and it is just a pain with the cloth. Not to mention that we have 2 toilets in our house, and do you think that the Bum G Diaper Sprayer will hook up to either one of them...?? Nope! I am so bummed, what a waste of $50 for the sprayer and I do not even want to think about how much spent on the cloth. I want to invest in those little tissue inserts for the poop, and then would like to try again.
Anyways, back to being on the changing table....something that I always notice is that he will grab my Pandora bracelet and try to play with it, it is so cute! He also does this throughout the day while I am carrying him etc. along with trying to play with my rings.
He especially loves to play/pull my hair (I try not to let him pull it) and also touch/pull my earrings and or necklaces.
Graydon is wearing 6-9 month clothing mostly. 9 month onesies fit him the best. 9 month pants are still a little big. 12 month pajamas fit him perfectly/on the verge of being small and he can also fit into 18 month PJs pretty well.
We start Graydon's bedtime routine around 7ish. He is usually pretty tired at this point and ready to eat and get to bed! He is usually sleeping by 7:30, 8 at the latest. He is still sleeping on his stomach sometimes but not as much as last month, he is sleeping on his back a little more. He usually wakes up once a night, for about 15-20 minutes. We quick change his diaper, he eats, and goes right back to sleep. He typically wakes up around 6 am and will play in his crib with some toys that we keep at the other end. Usually about 30-45 minutes later he is fussing and ready to get up! He typically has had a big poop by then. And if he did sleep all night long, his diaper and huge and most likely his PJs are soaked too. Sleeping through the night is totally sporadic though. Chris and I take turns every other evening on who gets up with him. I usually put him to bed though, and Chris usually gets up with him, as he goes to work a little later than I do. He moves all around in the crib now too. Sometimes we will find him sleeping sideways, which he is a little too long for that, but sometimes he manages to get his feet in between the rails...
We are still working on his naps. When he is home I try to get him to nap in either his crib, his pack n play or in our bed (I usually take a nap too at this point.) His swing or carseat is last resort, but sometimes cannot be helped if we are driving etc.
Graydon isn't crawling yet. He hasn't really been scooching backward much either. He has hated being on his stomach lately. He does get up on all fours sometimes. I am thinking that maybe he will be crawling right before he turns 9 months. We will see I guess!
He still loves to stand and sway, as always. And we practice walking with him sometimes.
He doesn't really like his jumpy anymore either. He might be content in it for like 15 minutes at the most and then he wants out. Sometimes he only lasts like two minutes, it just depends. I try not to put him in it unless I am desperate, but Chris likes to put him in that or his swing especially if he needs to get ready for work.
Graydon has been experiencing what I think is separation anxiety this past month. He has been super fussy especially in the evening. He either wants you to be holding him or right down there on the floor playing with him. If he IS content and sees you walk by the room and hears you he is instantly crying. The last couple of weeks have been rough and sometimes it has been hard to get things done around the house but it is OK. We make it work! Usually one of us will stay in the room with him while the other is doing stuff and take turns.
He has also been starting to get a little bit of stranger anxiety, but I feel he has been handling it well. I have just recently noticed that when he doesn't know someone he just kind of looks at them. It takes him a couple minutes to warm up and then he will finally start to be his happy self and smile and be cute. It is good though.....he is around a lot of different people regularly and handles it well, which I like!
Graydon has been doing really well in the jogging stroller this month and seems to enjoy it. He usually takes a nap while I am running unless he had recently had one.
Another first this month was taking a ride in the new Bike Trailer that I got on Craigslist. It is an In-Step trailer that can fit two children. We tried it for the first time over Memorial Day weekend and he slept the entire ride! (It was about 9 miles.)
Da Da Da is still his favorite words to say, but he finally started to say Ma Ma this past month! I was pretty excited about it. :)
Graydon loves to hum his lips and tongue and blow spit all over, especially when he is upset. There were a couple of days this month that he started making this popping noise with his lips and he thought that he was so funny....also, if we did it to him, he would mimic us and pretty much do it on demand, it was hilarious!
One of my favorite things this past month was getting to experience my very first Mother's Day with my little man (and family of course!) It was great. Chris got me the little baby carriage Pandora bead for my bracelet and we went out to eat at Electric Cheetah. I also got a sweet little E-card from "Graydon" aka sneaky Daddy Chris. :) Being blessed with having Graydon in my life is just an overwhelming, unexplainable feeling, and even though I am reminded of that daily, it was awesome to celebrate a day that recognizes me as his Mother! How lucky am I?? So lucky!
We also traveled to Vassar this month for a couple of days. We went shopping with Aunt Megan, cousin Amelia and Grandma Dottie at the outlets and just got to have some quality time! It is great to see Amelia and Graydon together and how much they are growing.
Graydon went to the zoo for the first time this month. Unfortunately I did not get to be there with him. He went with his daycare family!
Another favorite part of this month was Memorial Day weekend. I got to have 4 days off with the little man! We went to Muskegon and spent most of it at Chris's parents house. Graydon did decently well for being somewhere different for a couple days. Unfortunately the weather wasn't the greater for our little vacation away from home but we made the best of it, and visited family and just hung out. On Monday, Memorial Day, the weather was awesome. Graydon also took a ride in a little infant swing for the first time! At first it seemed like he wasn't sure what to think about it but he ended up liking it. I think that his Daddy was just pushing him too fast... (typical paranoid Mommy, right?) :)
Graydon has gotten very observative. He loves to look over your shoulder, or look around and see what is going on, especially wondering with the dogs are up to. He is very easily distracted especially if he is in his high chair eating and the dogs come in to the room. He is so curious, it is so cute!
We have to be careful when we are carrying him too because sometimes it seems like he is going to leap right out of our arms, especially if he is "looking" for something.
Another thing we noticed is that he is always crossing his ankles....in his carseat, swing, when he is sleeping etc. It is so cute! I do this all the time as well, so I think he got it from me. :)
We still have him in his Graco Snugride but his feet are over the edge. We will need to get the next seat soon.
Graydon is eating a lot these days. He drinks about 8 oz. in the morning. Has some cereal and a 4 oz. container of some sort of fruit mid morning. Another bottle around noon, 5-6 oz. Another bottle around 4, 5 oz. About 6 oz. of solids for dinner. And then another 8 oz. bottle at bedtime. He still usually wakes up once during the night, and has a 5 or 6 oz. bottle then as well. He is a a great eater!
He likes all fruit so it seems. I think it is his favorite. In the evenings I try to always feed him 2 oz. of Earth's Best Sweet Potato and Chicken dinner, or the Turkey and Vegetable dinner, along with a green vegetable and an orange vegetable. His favorites are sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots. He is not a huge fan of green beans or peas but I try to get him to eat them anyways and he usually does, just much slower than the others. He also really likes the Apple Butternut Squash mixture.
This month for the first time he has tried mashed potatoes, sweet potato and regular fries (just gnawing on them) and little bits of chicken. He is also doing much better eating little chunks of avocado and bananas without gagging, and love his puffs.
He has also starting taking little sips of water. I have tried to get him to use the Sippy Cup but he really didn't understand how to do it and wouldn't suck, so I just started using the cup itself and he has been doing well.
Graydon finally got some teeth this past month! I was especially excited with the fact that on both little "toofers" as we like to call them, I was the first one to feel them coming through. On Friday, May 6th, I felt the first tooth coming through his gums. It was on the bottom middle left. The second tooth started to come through on Friday, May 27th, and was the bottom middle right. I probably check about every other day for the top middle ones that will most likely come next....but you have to be careful. If you stick your finger in his mouth, he is quick to bite! :)
Graydon has especially hated getting dressed this past month. He instantly starts to fuss when you lay him down and try to take his clothes off. It is mostly when you are trying to put a shirt on/off.
He isn't too bad when getting his diaper changed, which he is still wearing Size 3 Disposables, and I love the Costco/Kirkland diapers. We did try to start cloth diapering again for about a week, but I just could not handle it. Graydon's poops are just disgusting now and it is just a pain with the cloth. Not to mention that we have 2 toilets in our house, and do you think that the Bum G Diaper Sprayer will hook up to either one of them...?? Nope! I am so bummed, what a waste of $50 for the sprayer and I do not even want to think about how much spent on the cloth. I want to invest in those little tissue inserts for the poop, and then would like to try again.
Anyways, back to being on the changing table....something that I always notice is that he will grab my Pandora bracelet and try to play with it, it is so cute! He also does this throughout the day while I am carrying him etc. along with trying to play with my rings.
He especially loves to play/pull my hair (I try not to let him pull it) and also touch/pull my earrings and or necklaces.
Graydon is wearing 6-9 month clothing mostly. 9 month onesies fit him the best. 9 month pants are still a little big. 12 month pajamas fit him perfectly/on the verge of being small and he can also fit into 18 month PJs pretty well.
We start Graydon's bedtime routine around 7ish. He is usually pretty tired at this point and ready to eat and get to bed! He is usually sleeping by 7:30, 8 at the latest. He is still sleeping on his stomach sometimes but not as much as last month, he is sleeping on his back a little more. He usually wakes up once a night, for about 15-20 minutes. We quick change his diaper, he eats, and goes right back to sleep. He typically wakes up around 6 am and will play in his crib with some toys that we keep at the other end. Usually about 30-45 minutes later he is fussing and ready to get up! He typically has had a big poop by then. And if he did sleep all night long, his diaper and huge and most likely his PJs are soaked too. Sleeping through the night is totally sporadic though. Chris and I take turns every other evening on who gets up with him. I usually put him to bed though, and Chris usually gets up with him, as he goes to work a little later than I do. He moves all around in the crib now too. Sometimes we will find him sleeping sideways, which he is a little too long for that, but sometimes he manages to get his feet in between the rails...
We are still working on his naps. When he is home I try to get him to nap in either his crib, his pack n play or in our bed (I usually take a nap too at this point.) His swing or carseat is last resort, but sometimes cannot be helped if we are driving etc.
Graydon isn't crawling yet. He hasn't really been scooching backward much either. He has hated being on his stomach lately. He does get up on all fours sometimes. I am thinking that maybe he will be crawling right before he turns 9 months. We will see I guess!
He still loves to stand and sway, as always. And we practice walking with him sometimes.
He doesn't really like his jumpy anymore either. He might be content in it for like 15 minutes at the most and then he wants out. Sometimes he only lasts like two minutes, it just depends. I try not to put him in it unless I am desperate, but Chris likes to put him in that or his swing especially if he needs to get ready for work.
Graydon has been experiencing what I think is separation anxiety this past month. He has been super fussy especially in the evening. He either wants you to be holding him or right down there on the floor playing with him. If he IS content and sees you walk by the room and hears you he is instantly crying. The last couple of weeks have been rough and sometimes it has been hard to get things done around the house but it is OK. We make it work! Usually one of us will stay in the room with him while the other is doing stuff and take turns.
He has also been starting to get a little bit of stranger anxiety, but I feel he has been handling it well. I have just recently noticed that when he doesn't know someone he just kind of looks at them. It takes him a couple minutes to warm up and then he will finally start to be his happy self and smile and be cute. It is good though.....he is around a lot of different people regularly and handles it well, which I like!
Graydon has been doing really well in the jogging stroller this month and seems to enjoy it. He usually takes a nap while I am running unless he had recently had one.
Another first this month was taking a ride in the new Bike Trailer that I got on Craigslist. It is an In-Step trailer that can fit two children. We tried it for the first time over Memorial Day weekend and he slept the entire ride! (It was about 9 miles.)
Da Da Da is still his favorite words to say, but he finally started to say Ma Ma this past month! I was pretty excited about it. :)
Graydon loves to hum his lips and tongue and blow spit all over, especially when he is upset. There were a couple of days this month that he started making this popping noise with his lips and he thought that he was so funny....also, if we did it to him, he would mimic us and pretty much do it on demand, it was hilarious!
One of my favorite things this past month was getting to experience my very first Mother's Day with my little man (and family of course!) It was great. Chris got me the little baby carriage Pandora bead for my bracelet and we went out to eat at Electric Cheetah. I also got a sweet little E-card from "Graydon" aka sneaky Daddy Chris. :) Being blessed with having Graydon in my life is just an overwhelming, unexplainable feeling, and even though I am reminded of that daily, it was awesome to celebrate a day that recognizes me as his Mother! How lucky am I?? So lucky!
We also traveled to Vassar this month for a couple of days. We went shopping with Aunt Megan, cousin Amelia and Grandma Dottie at the outlets and just got to have some quality time! It is great to see Amelia and Graydon together and how much they are growing.
Graydon went to the zoo for the first time this month. Unfortunately I did not get to be there with him. He went with his daycare family!
Another favorite part of this month was Memorial Day weekend. I got to have 4 days off with the little man! We went to Muskegon and spent most of it at Chris's parents house. Graydon did decently well for being somewhere different for a couple days. Unfortunately the weather wasn't the greater for our little vacation away from home but we made the best of it, and visited family and just hung out. On Monday, Memorial Day, the weather was awesome. Graydon also took a ride in a little infant swing for the first time! At first it seemed like he wasn't sure what to think about it but he ended up liking it. I think that his Daddy was just pushing him too fast... (typical paranoid Mommy, right?) :)
Graydon has gotten very observative. He loves to look over your shoulder, or look around and see what is going on, especially wondering with the dogs are up to. He is very easily distracted especially if he is in his high chair eating and the dogs come in to the room. He is so curious, it is so cute!
We have to be careful when we are carrying him too because sometimes it seems like he is going to leap right out of our arms, especially if he is "looking" for something.
Another thing we noticed is that he is always crossing his ankles....in his carseat, swing, when he is sleeping etc. It is so cute! I do this all the time as well, so I think he got it from me. :)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
7 Month Pictures
Month 7
Such a happy boy!
Visiting Abraham Lincoln's Tomb
Graydon and his cousin Ayden
Trying out the walker
Graydon's 1st Easter
Baby push-ups! And check out my cool slippers!
Graydon and his Uncle Joe (my brother)
Visiting the Easter Bunny
Graydon and Sage
Getting stuck under the couch....!
Check out my cool shades!
I can sit up in the bath like a big boy now.
Such a happy boy!
Visiting Abraham Lincoln's Tomb
Graydon and his cousin Ayden
Trying out the walker
Graydon's 1st Easter
Baby push-ups! And check out my cool slippers!
Graydon and his Uncle Joe (my brother)
Visiting the Easter Bunny
Graydon and Sage
Getting stuck under the couch....!
Check out my cool shades!
I can sit up in the bath like a big boy now.
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