For awhile now, Grevin has been going backwards, doing "push ups," and getting on his hands and knees and rocking. He would lunge forward and face plant in an effort to reach something just out of his reach. Not any more! This last week he started putting a few forward movements together before falling and getting back up to try. He would maybe go 3 feet and would give up. This weekend he mastered going from his belly to sitting back up. Then on Tuesday, he decided to just go for it and he hasn't looked back! He crawled at Grammie's house to try to get into one of the bathroom drawers and he crawled all over his bedroom last night. I was trying to get him to go to bed (it was already 7:30 and past his usual bedtime) but he wanted nothing to do with it. He has started doing this thing where he pushes off of me and backwards to get down and out of the chair to stand or get to the floor. He kept doing it so I let him go to see what he was up to. He went backwards a couple of times, I think trying to sit back up, and then crawled across his room to grab a stuff lamb! The best is when he would crawl over to me to pick him up, he would snuggle for a second, then he was off again. I called Zippy in to watch and we were both cracking up because Grevin had the biggest smile on his face and he kept laughing. Too funny!!
Needless to say, we cannot take our eyes off of him! Zippy was hanging out with him in the living room and went to take a call(imagine that, Zippy getting a phone call!!). I heard some noises coming from the living room and Grey had managed to crawl across the room and wedge himself COMPLETELY under the pack'n'play.
I guess we really do need to childproof now...get those cords off the floor since that is his favorite thing to go after! I have been in denial. I was hoping he would stay little forever....
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
6 Month Check Up
We went to our 6 month check up and it went well like always. The only thing that was off was his temperature, it was 93.4 the first time and after we asked the nurse about it, he said, hmmm...I guess that is a little low. LOL! A little? He did it again and it was 94.5. Hmmm....I don't think he would be alive if that was accurate but they don't seem to mind on the doctor's office. I guess the ONLY accurate way of getting their temp at this age is the butt and the nurse didn't want to do that. Too funny.
Stats:
Head: 18"
Length: 27.75"
Weight: 19 lbs 12 oz.
Doctor was impressed at how engaged he was with everyone and everything around him. Grey is also starting to show some stranger anxiety when he is tired. He played for a few minutes with the doctor and then started to cry and tried to reach out for Zippy and me. He seems to only get it when he is really tired but doctor said that this is a great sign...means he has a "secure" attachment.
I am really glad that Grey will not have any more vaccines until 14 months. He remembered this time as we sat down in the injection clinic. They started to clean off his leg and he started crying even before she brought out the needle!
Stats:
Head: 18"
Length: 27.75"
Weight: 19 lbs 12 oz.
Doctor was impressed at how engaged he was with everyone and everything around him. Grey is also starting to show some stranger anxiety when he is tired. He played for a few minutes with the doctor and then started to cry and tried to reach out for Zippy and me. He seems to only get it when he is really tired but doctor said that this is a great sign...means he has a "secure" attachment.
I am really glad that Grey will not have any more vaccines until 14 months. He remembered this time as we sat down in the injection clinic. They started to clean off his leg and he started crying even before she brought out the needle!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
First Swim Lessons!
Grevin and I went to his first swim "lesson" yesterday and it was so much fun. He was one of three in his class with the other two being cousins who were about 18 months old. He LOVED watching everyone else in the pool and it didn't even phase them when they would splash and it would soak his face. The funniest part was in the beginning when they did the introduction song ("Child's Name" is in the pool..etc for each child) and we were the last ones. Grevin was watching some other older swim class behind us and when they said his name in the song, his head spun around so fast and his eyes were HUGE...kind of like " how in the world did they know my name??!!!" Everyone started cracking up at his expression. I wasn't able to take pictures since it was just the two of us and my digital camera is not waterproof. Hopefully I can get some tomorrow when we go. We will be going underwater tomorrow!!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Happy Belated Grandparents' Day!
GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN
Grandparents bestow upon their grandchildren
The strength and wisdom that time And experience have given them.
Grandchildren bless their Grandparents
With a youthful vitality and innocence That help them stay young at heart forever.
Together they create a chain of love Linking the past with the future.
The chain may lengthen, But it will never part....
Grandparents bestow upon their grandchildren
The strength and wisdom that time And experience have given them.
Grandchildren bless their Grandparents
With a youthful vitality and innocence That help them stay young at heart forever.
Together they create a chain of love Linking the past with the future.
The chain may lengthen, But it will never part....
Grevin is so lucky to have so many fantastic grandparents in his life!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
1/2 year birthday
Dear Grevin,
Wow. We are here already?? I really don't know what to say. I feel like the months are flying by and this is just a preview of how the years are going to go. I try to cherish every single moment I have with you because the next day something has changed. It goes that fast.
Wow. We are here already?? I really don't know what to say. I feel like the months are flying by and this is just a preview of how the years are going to go. I try to cherish every single moment I have with you because the next day something has changed. It goes that fast.
Your hair is starting to grow in and your comb over is still a comb over but not as bad as it used to be! It is definitely getting lighter overall-some days it looks like brown, some days red, other days blonde. It looks like the new hair is a dirty blonde color. It will be interesting to see what color it will end up! Your eyes are brown but getting a little lighter every day. Maybe they will end up hazel?
You are expressing yourself with happy babble and you definitely let us know when things are not going your way! If you want something, you won't give up. For example: You try to play with the remote and I used to be able to just move it out of your sight and it would not be an issue. NOW, you look for it and wiggle and wiggle trying to get to it.
You smile your big smile when you recognize someone who walks into the room. If I come to pick you up after work and I don't pick you up immediately, you will start crying even though you were smiling a second ago. You are starting to reach out to the person who is picking you up. You absolutely love peek-a-boo. We can look at you and say 'boo' and you crack up. You love it when we throw something over your face and you can take it off. We get your big smile every time!
Right after the 5 month mark, you started sitting up. Now, you act like you have been doing it forever. You can reach way over to grab toys and not fall over. If you do get off balance, you can correct yourself immediately. I rarely see you topple over anymore which is a good thing with us having hardwood floors in the house! I have seen you once go from your belly to sitting so I am sure you will have this mastered by next month.
You are really trying to crawl. You get on your hands and knees. Rocking like crazy, moving your knees. You just haven't figured out how to move your hands. You go backwards without a problem and we often find you tangled with your legs around the coffee table or under a chair or the couch. You entertain yourself for longer and longer every day, trying out all of your new found skills. If we lay you on your back, you immediately flip to your stomach and start doing push ups. You used to get so upset when you would go backwards, now you starting to realize that you are actually moving yourself!! If you are sitting up, I can leave you and come back to you being in the same place...but if you are laying down, who knows where you will end up!
We started solids this month. You LOVE, LOVE , LOVE to eat but the rice cereal did not seem to agree with you so we changed to avocado. You can't get enough of it and I am impressed that it doesn't end up all over you. You already want to feed yourself and we can't get it into you soon enough. Next week, we are going to try sweet potatoes!
You are still a people baby. Men with facial hair and children of any age are definitely your favorite. We went out to the river over Labor Day weekend and you wanted to stay up all day and night to play with everyone there. The only time you weren't sure about someone was when you woke up as we got there and Bruce (aka "Santa") wanted to play with you. You gave us that pouty lip and started to cry. That was the first time I had ever seen that!!
You are still not sleeping through the night consistently. Some days you will go 6 hours, other days 45 minutes. Nothing consistent. I try to put you down awake but you scream as though your heart is breaking and I just can not let you cry it out. I guess you will just sleep with your mommy and daddy forever and we will have to go to college with you. I hope your wife doesn't mind sleeping in the family bed :)
You would think after being back to work now for two months, that it would be easier to be away from you. You really have lots of fun with Grammie. She takes you all over the place, visits family, and takes you for lots of walks. It is great knowing that you two are having a great time together, but I still wish I could be there. The weekends do not come fast enough and then I can't get enough of you!
Your daddy and I were talking yesterday about what a great baby you are. We even said that you have ruined it for any sibling of yours because there is no way they can be better....unless they slept through the night and took great naps from day one! Other than that, we are spoiled!!
Looking forward to the next 6 months...guess I better start planning the first birthday party soon!!
Love,
Mommy
You are expressing yourself with happy babble and you definitely let us know when things are not going your way! If you want something, you won't give up. For example: You try to play with the remote and I used to be able to just move it out of your sight and it would not be an issue. NOW, you look for it and wiggle and wiggle trying to get to it.
You smile your big smile when you recognize someone who walks into the room. If I come to pick you up after work and I don't pick you up immediately, you will start crying even though you were smiling a second ago. You are starting to reach out to the person who is picking you up. You absolutely love peek-a-boo. We can look at you and say 'boo' and you crack up. You love it when we throw something over your face and you can take it off. We get your big smile every time!
Right after the 5 month mark, you started sitting up. Now, you act like you have been doing it forever. You can reach way over to grab toys and not fall over. If you do get off balance, you can correct yourself immediately. I rarely see you topple over anymore which is a good thing with us having hardwood floors in the house! I have seen you once go from your belly to sitting so I am sure you will have this mastered by next month.
You are really trying to crawl. You get on your hands and knees. Rocking like crazy, moving your knees. You just haven't figured out how to move your hands. You go backwards without a problem and we often find you tangled with your legs around the coffee table or under a chair or the couch. You entertain yourself for longer and longer every day, trying out all of your new found skills. If we lay you on your back, you immediately flip to your stomach and start doing push ups. You used to get so upset when you would go backwards, now you starting to realize that you are actually moving yourself!! If you are sitting up, I can leave you and come back to you being in the same place...but if you are laying down, who knows where you will end up!
We started solids this month. You LOVE, LOVE , LOVE to eat but the rice cereal did not seem to agree with you so we changed to avocado. You can't get enough of it and I am impressed that it doesn't end up all over you. You already want to feed yourself and we can't get it into you soon enough. Next week, we are going to try sweet potatoes!
You are still a people baby. Men with facial hair and children of any age are definitely your favorite. We went out to the river over Labor Day weekend and you wanted to stay up all day and night to play with everyone there. The only time you weren't sure about someone was when you woke up as we got there and Bruce (aka "Santa") wanted to play with you. You gave us that pouty lip and started to cry. That was the first time I had ever seen that!!
You are still not sleeping through the night consistently. Some days you will go 6 hours, other days 45 minutes. Nothing consistent. I try to put you down awake but you scream as though your heart is breaking and I just can not let you cry it out. I guess you will just sleep with your mommy and daddy forever and we will have to go to college with you. I hope your wife doesn't mind sleeping in the family bed :)
You would think after being back to work now for two months, that it would be easier to be away from you. You really have lots of fun with Grammie. She takes you all over the place, visits family, and takes you for lots of walks. It is great knowing that you two are having a great time together, but I still wish I could be there. The weekends do not come fast enough and then I can't get enough of you!
Your daddy and I were talking yesterday about what a great baby you are. We even said that you have ruined it for any sibling of yours because there is no way they can be better....unless they slept through the night and took great naps from day one! Other than that, we are spoiled!!
Looking forward to the next 6 months...guess I better start planning the first birthday party soon!!
Love,
Mommy
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Favorite 6 month photos
Not sure why the first two are sideways/upside down but we had so much fun taking pictures today! He cracks me up :-)
what a little man!
what a little man!
Trying to crawl
Grevin has been trying to crawl for the last month. He is going to get it really soon!!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Feeding Update
It looks like the rice cereal wasn't a huge hit. He absolutely loves eating it but it doesn't really get along with his tummy. He was really gassy and couldn't sleep. I don't think it is related and neither did the advice nurse, but he started getting congested as well. Every time I would lay him down, he would scream (gas and pressure in his ears from congestion?) so I decided to stop feeding him the cereal on Wednesday. He has done much better since then so I think we are going to go straight to fruits and veggies this weekend.
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