After Bath and Baby Booty

Over the last few weeks Grayson has been changing quite a bit. He's getting to be such a big boy! We went to Rob's office yesterday and put him on the mailing scale-and he topped them at 11 pounds! Holy cow! Apparently Rob and I are doing something right! He's also started holding his head up on his own for a few minutes at a time. It's still really funny when he does it because he isn't quite sure yet what to do with this new fun task. He just kind of stares at you-and gives kisses. He has a new activity gym on the floor that he loves to play on-especially looking at himself in the mirror.

The last couple of nights have been a little difficult with sleeping. Grayson has been very vocal during his sleep-so Rob and I are always checking on him. He woke up about 1 AM looking for food last night-because we were fussing over him making sure he was ok. So tonight we are going to move the Pack N Play to the other side of the room to see if helps him sleep better. I thought I had read somewhere that sometimes babies don't sleep well if they sleep close to their parents-and vice versa.

Grayson has found a new way that he loves to lay-and I had to take a picture of it because his baby booty looked so cute

Here's the rose that was on the alter at our church in honor of Grayson's birth. He was actually in the newsletter that goes out twice a month. He's famous!Last night I had a fabulous night out on the town with Sarah for tapas and wine. So Rob was on single daddy duty. He gave Gray a bath and took some pictures with his little bunny towel that Jenni got him.

Today Addison decided that since her brother wasn't using his Boppy pillow-she was going to
Grayson was laying with Aunt Sara watching Wheel of Fortune yelling out all the answers. He'll meet Pat and Vanna someday...
Have a great weekend!

Already!

Grayson is 1 month old today! We can't believe it! But as Rob says-we've had him for 4 weeks and we haven't done any major damage-so that's always good. Things are still going great-he amazes us on a regular basis. He's started cooing and making some other noises-which puts a big smile on my face. He loves his tummy time and he likes to lay on his back and kick, gurgle, make noises and play with his pups. Tubs and Addy are doing fantastic with him-they don't like it when we leave for the day without them-it's too cute.

The past 3 nights from about 7:30-9:00 Grayson will cry and cry. We haven't figured out why just yet. We think he's maybe trying to poop-but he's not constipated because he's fine during the day. Maybe it's just gas? So we give him gas drops. That lasts for about 10 mins and then all of a sudden he'll pull his legs up and just scream. Any ideas? Supermom (Katie)-you have any ideas?

Nothing else really new going on. Rob and I are doing great-Rob's still trying to adjust to his 4 AM feeding. I'm still getting used to doing things on Grayson's schedule-not on mine. But it's still loads of fun! Here's some pictures for you to enjoy!

Tubby LOVES his little brother. He has to nap with him every morning-otherwise he gets a little cranky

This is how I found him the other day in his crib. He broke free of his swaddleAunt Sara laughs at this picture...it's a pretty good close-up! His cheeks are starting to fill outHave a great week and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Mimi's Visit/Follow-Up Dr Appt

Last week Mimi (Donna) came and visited us for a few days. It was wonderful! She of course immediately fell in love with Grayson and wanted to help out as much as Rob and I would allow--so we said--Have at it! She would do the night time feeding and would bring him up to bed when he was asleep. So Rob and I were able to go to bed around 8:30 and sleep through the night. I was able to sleep in because Rob would get up and do the 4 AM feeding with his mom-I of course jumped on the chance to sleep as late as I wanted. We were able to go out on a date while Mimi had a date with Grayson. Rob and I went to Pot Pie and I enjoyed my first glass of wine-we got to be adults for a few hours!

We took Grayson for his follow-up visit to the doctor last Wednesday. She was very impressed how well he was doing. He had gained almost 1 pound in 5 days! It's amazing how much weight they'll gain when you feed them the amount you're supposed to-the nurses at the hospital really didn't know what they were talking about. Any way-since he was looking so great-we are now able to cut out his 1:00 AM feeding! Yahoo! So now I do the 10 PM feeding and Rob does the 4 AM feeding. So we each are able to get about 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep (on a good night). His jaundice is totally gone-he's about ready to lose his little belly button stump-and he's just still as cute as can be. He has had so many visitors come over and love all over him. It's fantastic.

So we just hang out during the day-waiting for daddy to come home. Only a few more weeks until we can go out in public with him. The dr. says not until he's 6 weeks due to the RSV being so out of control so we just hang out and snuggle. He's already growing out of some of his clothes-so I guess let's start the garage sale pile! Here's some more pictures of the little guy...

He loves to sleep on his belly-we so wish he could sleep like this at night!

Our little thinker...

Trying to sit up like a big boyGrayson also had his first photo shoot last week. Not sure if this link will work or not-but it's worth a shot http://www.bassettphotography.com/shop/gallery.php?dir=family2&name=Family

Try it-and if it doesn't work-and you really want to know how to see the pics-let me know and I'll post the directions. I'll try and take some more pictures of the little man and post them soon! Have a great week!