3 months

Grevin William DeShazer.

Happy 3 months, baby boy! Can you believe how fast (again) the month has gone by? And you are growing so fast that you won't be my little baby much longer. I love every moment that I get to spend with you and seeing you discover the world around you.

This month has been full of new discoveries and adventures like always. You are getting really good with your hands. Your favorite new toy is a handful of mommy's hair! You giggle and smile constantly and LOVE it when mommy and daddy tickle your tummy or munch on your cute little feet. Your hands are fascinating and you are always surprised that they are still there later and that you can control them. Your hands are constantly in your mouth along with anything else you can get. And you are such a drool monster...because you are cutting your first tooth! I thought I had months before that would happen, but you are constantly surprising me. Luckily, you are not cranky and it doesn't seem to bother you. Your daddy thinks that once you have a tooth that you should be able to eat big people food. But what can one tooth really do??!

You can hold your head up like a champ and you LOVE to stand. If you are on anyone's lap, you would prefer to be standing on your feet rather than sitting or laying down. Your head is constantly spinning around, looking at everything, grabbing everything. Luckily, you still love to cuddle with me in between standing and exploring the world.

You love to spend time in the garden and Ado likes it, too. He throws his ball to you through the fence and looks at you patiently, waiting for you to pick it up and throw it back to him. Now you look at it and reach your little hands out, but can't quite reach it. It is good thing because that ball is disgusting! It won't be too long before you will be playing with him and making him very very happy.

You absolutely love the water-in the tub or the pool or just listening to the garden hose. We were at the pool the other day and I was holding you while your legs were in the water. I looked down and you had fallen asleep!

Of course, you are still growing like crazy. I put you on the scale this morning and you were over 16 pounds! I guess you are getting enough to eat :-)

Well, Grevy, I look forward to waking up with you tomorrow and seeing what other new things you can do to surprise me! I love you to pieces, baby boy!

Lots of hugs and kisses,

Mommy

You can't be serious...

I have been in denial for the last few days. Grevin has been drooling like crazy, soaking his shirt with slober. "Developmentally appropriate," right? His hands are constantly in his mouth. "Developmentally appropriate," right? What is that white thing on the lower right hand corner of his gummy smile? It must be some residual spit up or something. I finally got a good feel and a good look at it today. You can't be serious...it is a freakin' tooth. Where is my baby going??!! At this rate, he will be shaving by the time I go back to work in a few weeks!

Hello, summer!

Summer is finally here even though it hasn't felt like it the last few days. It has been rainy and overcast and cool...but we are taking advantage of the sunshine when it comes out! I am a little scared that it is June and I have to go back to work in July. We are going to enjoy every moment because it is going too fast. Our summer has started!

Zippy and I finally took the time to plant our garden. We planted tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, lemon cucumbers, peppermint, spearmint, lettuce, corn, bell peppers carrots, jalepenos, basil, corn, and we are still looking for some cilantro. Yum, yum!!

Zippy watering the garden

Grevin watching his daddy

One of my bestest friends, Kristie, from high school in Missouri came out to visit with her aunt and her mom. The four of us used to do girlie trips to St. Louis and Chicago during the first summers after high school. When I moved out to California, they came to visit(about 7 years ago). This time, they came out to meet Grevin for a girlie trip reunion. The weather looked like it was going to be terrible but we headed to the coast anyways. It turned out to be a beautiful day! It was Grevin's first time to the ocean and he seemed to enjoy it. The next day, we dropped Grevin off at Grammie Jane's house and went wine tasting(I didn't take my camera so I hope I can get copies of Kristie's!). We also went swimming at the hotel where they were staying. They had a heated pool and Grevin was loving floating around in his turtle floatie. Again, no camera. I am such a bad mom!! I had such a good time with them and I miss them already!

All of us at Goat Rock

Kristie and Grevin
Grevin feeling the sand between his toes for the first time

Today, we headed out to Sacramento to celebrate Jerry and Matt's birthdays. We had alot of fun hanging out with everyone, drinking sangria, and swimming in Jerry and Kim's pool(the peops who made the cute block). Matt lives just around the corner from us and has a son who is two weeks younger than Grevin. They are best buddies-they just don't know it yet!


Noa and Grevin wearing Jerry's 'bro'(his man bra...don't ask)

Noa and Grevin

Hanging out in the pool with dad

(the water was too chilly to do anything but stick his feet in)
Zippy wanting to throw him in the air. I told him he has to wait a little while longer!

My little man

Photo Friday

Good morning, everyone!!

Sleeping in Andrew's swing

Playing in the garden

I am DROOLING over you!

I have a tongue!

I love to play...

Playing is exhausting!

Birthday fun!

Happy birthday, Andrew!

Poor Grevin. We keep trying to get a photo of the 4 of us but one of the kids is always sleeping. Grevin wanted to be asleep instead of taking a photo!

Let the birthdays begin! We are at the point now in our lives where the weddings are slowing down (only 4 friends this year!) and the birthday parties are picking up! Our bestest friend Andrew turned ONE this weekend and his mom, Michelle sure knows how to throw a party! It was an airplane themed affair from the invitation being a boarding pass to an airplane cake, baggage claim (for the presents), and even a flight attendant(Michelle) hosting the event! Needless to say, I will be asking for ideas in a few months to help plan Grevin's.

The Party Crowd (Grevin sleeping in the swing)

Grevin and Ruby

We were at our friends on Wednesday for dinner and they have a little girl, Ruby, who is 3 months older than Grevin. Aren't they too cute holding hands?

Wedding Weekend

Wow-where has this week gone? I started this post on Monday and now I am finally getting it up! Our friends, Ben and Kellie, were married this last weekend and it was such a beautiful wedding in Tiburon, CA. We got to hang out with alot of friends we don't see often enough.

The Happy Couple

At the wedding site-looking out at the water

Fancy Zippy

As Zippy was in the wedding, we took Grevin with us to the rehearsal dinner. Ben, the groom, had gotten all of the groomsmen fake mustaches to wear so Grevin got to participate in this craziness!

Ray with the groom's parents

Grevin sporting his mustache!

2 month check up

Today was Grevin's two month check up. He wowed the doctor and nurses with his cooing and smiles...but that still didn't prevent him from having to get his shots! He did fantastic, a little crying during the actual shots, but is doing great so far.

The doctor was also impressed with his alertness and of course, his size. He was 9 lb 13 oz at birth and 2 mths later, he is 14 lb 8 oz (in the 96% of the growth percentile); he was 23 inches at birth and is now 26 inches (the 100th percentile!); his head was 14.5 " at birth and is now 16.5" (the 91st percentile).

Everything else looked great. Our doctor is fantastic, playing with Grevin, making faces, cuddling-he is fantastic...and realistic. He is very supportive of us and what works for our family..and always is willing to share stories of what worked with his children. I am so thankful to have found him and that we have a healthy baby boy!

2 months

Time sure flies when we are having fun! I can't believe it has already been two months. You are such a busy little boy who loves to be on the move. We are going to be in trouble once you figure out how to move on your own. We will never be able to keep up! I am having a hard time getting good pictures because you are constantly moving. There is at least a blurry hand or foot in very picture. But over half my pictures look like this.....

We are so lucky to have lots of friends who are home during the day. We have play dates with Andrew (11 months), Ruby (4 months), Fletcher (18 months), and Noa (5 weeks) whenever we can because you love new surroundings and new people.
Grandma DeShazer watched you for the first time when you were 7 weeks old. We have a wedding to attend in a few weeks and we want to make sure you are comfortable with taking a bottle. You weren't too sure about the bottle but grandma figured out that you are just picky. You have to have it a specific temperature. If it starts to cool off, you stop eating!
When you were just over 6 weeks old, you decided you hated to take naps. You protest quite loudly when you need to nap(it sounds like we are torturing you!) and it takes awhile to get you to fall asleep as you fight to keep your eyes open. You just don't want to miss a thing!! Luckily though you are a 'good' night sleeper. You are sleeping for longer and longer in your bassinet-up to 4 hour stretches and only wake up about twice to eat at night. We may have kicked everyone else out of the room though because your dad tends to sleep on the couch more and more and the dogs stay out there with him!
Milestones:
You can entertain yourself for longer periods of time. You love your playmat-there is frog that you smile at all the time and you love to figure out how to get the cat to move and rattle. You are finally enjoying your swing. This is the only place I have ever seen you just chill.
You are full of smiles and talk all the time to us, to your toys, to the dogs, anything that will listen!
You can lift your head and shoulders off of the floor for longer every day. I am glad you are one of those rare babies who actually enjoy tummy time! You get stronger everyday.
You discovered your hands and feet. Who would have known that those flailing things were attached to your body AND that you could control them?! You have started grabbing my fingers and your toys with alot more control and started grabbing your toes, too!
You and your dad practice 'walking' all the time. You love it when he holds you where you can walk up his stomach and chest. Actually if you start getting fussy, we can always get you to stop by letting you pull yourself up into a standing position.
I really wish you would stay a little baby just for a little longer! You want to be constantly moving, doing new things, and being turned out to see the world. What happened to my little boy who just a few short weeks ago wanted to sleep and snuggle all day long?
You sure keep us busy and we are looking forward to watching you grow!!

Futbol!