Lots of fun stuff...

So it's been awhile since I've posted-so this is going to be a long one with lots of photos!
I know that in the previous post I mentioned Gray and his Bumbo seat-well I finally got some photos of him sitting in it. Sometimes he likes it-and sometimes he doesn't. But he likes to sit and chill while bobbing his head up and down...


We tried rice cereal the other day while he was sitting in his Bumbo-but it didn't work out too well--he was smiling too big to keep the cereal in his mouth-it just came spewing down the sides. It probably didn't help that I was laughing the entire time as well because he looked so freaking cute.


Over the last few weeks while the weather has been nice-Grayson and I have been going to Loose Park with my friend Rachael from work who is on maternity leave as well. So here's a picture of the boys before our walk. This is pretty much what they do the entire 2 hours that we are walking. Except for when we stop and have a little formula to keep the babies going.
Once a month all of the girls from high school we get together for a Sunday lunch at 54th Street. Grayson attended his first gossip session a few weeks ago. I got to sit next to Ethan-Steph's baby-and watch how he's eating like a big boy-and I even got to hold him for a few minutes-until he realized I wasn't mama.
One day while we were having our dance party in his room-I decided to put Grayson's summer time hat on him to see if it would fit his tiny head. It did! And it is so cute-I had to send out pictures of him in it to the fam-and they all said that they got big smiles on their faces when they saw them. Who wouldn't smile at this face???









This past Monday Lucy had her first t-ball game. If you've never seen 4 year olds play ball-I highly recommend it. It's very entertaining and a stress reliever. Their team is the Lil Crushers-how cute is that? All of their helmets were either pink or purple-and their bats were all pink and they said 'Girls Rule.' The helmet is a little big for Lucy's head.
Lucy and Aunt Sara

Grayson and Grandma Becky-she insisted that Gray put something on his head because it was a little windy-he did not like it.
We decided to try out Grayson's tummy time surfboard mat. He likes to lay on his tummy on the couch-so I wanted to see what it would be like to put him on something that he could play with while on his tummy.
We are supposed to put water in it to make the fish swim around-but neither Rob or I can figure it out
Grayson's new thing is that he likes to stand up. Which is crazy to me that at 11 weeks he is trying to pull himself up. So he grabs onto our thumbs and pulls up. It's the funniest thing because he can't stand without his mouth open-maybe it helps balance him? Who knows.

Rob and I put a for sale sign out in the yard this past weekend. We were looking at houses last Saturday and stopped to look at a house when the realtor asked if we wanted to look inside. We were telling him about our house-and he asked if he could show it in an hour. Umm...ok. You realize we have 2 dogs and a baby-so it might not be the cleanest...But the couple came and looked-said that they totally loved it-but are set on living in Prairie Village. All I have to say is-good luck trying to find a house with as much space as ours has in your price range over there. So we are doing For Sale by Owner right now-to see what we find. I made some nice fliers and everyday Rob counts to see how many have been taken. The number is high-but no one is calling-probably just nosey people wanting to see what we are priced at. After a month we are going to list it with Doug.

I go back to work next Tuesday-I can't believe that 13 weeks has already come and gone! I had so many things I wanted to get done while I was off--and you know how many I did...zero. I don't like to think about leaving Grayson all day and sending him to Missy's. But he likes it over there-and she likes him. There are 2 other little girls that are with the babies--Taylor and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was in awe of Grayson-and all she could say was 'Baby Baby'. I wish that I didn't have to go back to work-but I guess that's life-I have to let the little guy go on his way for a bit at least.

We are headed to Mulvane this weekend to see Aunt Carole, Mimi and Papa. So it's Grayson's first 3 hour car ride-so we will see how well it goes! Have a happy mother's day to all you mama's out there!

2 Month Check-Up

Just a quick post on how well the little stink did yesterday at his 2 month check-up. I was way nervous about him getting his shots-not due to the vaccines-but because I didn't want Grayson to be in pain-and I can't handle him crying for long periods of time. Anyways-he checked out great! He's 24 1/2 inches (90%) 12 lbs 2 oz (75%) and his head is in the 35% percentile. He's a big boy! He took his shots like a champ! Luckily-Rob was there so he was able to hold Grayson's arms down while I looked away and packed up all of our stuff-and then mommy swooped in to hold him after his shots. He only cried for a few seconds. We know he's getting to be a big boy because Dr. Nelson told us if we wanted to we could start feeding him some rice cereal...already?!?! Holy Cow-this kid's on a role!
So far he hasn't shown any problems with the shots-he's eating like a champ-and slept the whole night last night. This is becoming a regular thing in the Swindle household. We put him to bed about 9:45-and he falls asleep on his own-and then he wakes about 5:30 or 6. That's a total of about 8 hours-already! Hopefully it sticks.
Today we are going to the park with my friend Rachael and her new baby Parker. We were supposed to go earlier in the week-but I had a mishap and had to get my wedding rings cut-off...long story-but we were just a little too tired to go-so we are going today!
Gray started sitting in his Bumbo seat this week-I'll take some pictures this weekend of it and post them.
Enjoy the nice weather this weekend!

Fans/Dance/Parties/Playdate/Smiles/Family/Easter

Whew-you can tell by the title it's been awhile! Sit back-relax and enjoy all the photos that have to be updated!

A few weeks ago I read somewhere that babies need to listen to all different types of music-not just lullabies. So in Gray's room he has his own iPod-and one day I played the Cha Cha Slide-and Grayson laughed and smiled the whole time. It was way cute. He's a big fan of Bryan Adams-and also likes the old break dance songs that Rob used to dance to. So we have a dance party every day-mostly just with momma-but sometimes dad partakes too-and it's a major boogie session!

Here he is showing off some of his dance moves-did I mention he likes to be naked baby when we do it?

Another thing that I have come to realize is that I can lay Grayson on the couch-turn the fan on and do what I need to for at least 30 mins. This kid doesn't need any toys-all he needs is his iPod and a fan and he's good to go! Every room we enter-he looks at the ceiling to see if the fan is on-and if it's not-he'll start to fuss until it starts moving. Warning: My voice sounds really annoying in the video....and the cinematography isn't all that great.

Lucy was finally able to meet her baby cousin. He hasn't been able to meet baby Olivia yet-she was home sick with a cold. Lucy was a big help with Gray-she really enjoyed being around him-except when he would get fussy.

My friend Shelly from grad school had her baby Fletcher in the beginning of March. He was about 3 weeks early-but is growing like a champ! Grayson and I went and had lunch with Shelly and Fletcher a few weeks ago-Gray looks big to me compared to Fletcher.

They liked laying on the floor playing with each other

When I was getting Grayson all locked up and ready to go to the grocery store on a cold day-he gave me some cute smiles-and thought I would share

This past week we had Rob's family in town. We had Aunt Gail and Uncle John up from Florida-we had Donna, LeRoy, Carole and Chase from Colorado and Aunt Carole from Mulvane. It was great! While we were all together-we were able to celebrate Chase's 3rd birthday with a little party at a local park. It was Grayson's first birthday party-and he slept through the whole thing-he's such a party animal!
Here's Chase and Uncle Rob playing on the slides

Everyone eatingMimi feeding GraysonDonna, Rob and Carole on the alligatorBrother and sister on the teeter-totter. This was way fun to ride on--Rob and I did it for quite awhile!Sara and JenniferAnd now Jennifer, Sara and I on the alligator--it was THE picture spot!Grayson and his PaPa LeRoy snuggling in the rocking chairWe had a great time with everyone! Thanks so much for coming!

Grayson enjoyed his first Easter. I wasn't really able to get that great of a picture of Gray in his Easter outfit-but believe me-he was super cute. And in the pictures-it doesn't really show how cute his hair was-I styled it in a little Mohawk-it was too cute.
Here's his Easter basket from Grammy and Grandpa Joe. The blanket on the top is the blanket that me and Sara both came home from the hospital in.

Grammy had knee surgery on Friday-so she just wanted some baby snugs from baby Gray. As you can tell-he was really enjoying them
Aunt Sara and her favorite nephewAnd here's some photos of his outfit--he had on plaid pants-with a navy polo and cute blue shoes.On Monday morning-Tubs and Grayson were still so tired from the busy weekend and previous week-this is how they were taking a napAn update on Rob and I--Rob's been really busy this month doing lots of surgeries-which is great. I've started working with my personal trainer-so slowly but surely this left over baby weight is going to be coming off-plus the pre-baby weight I should have lost! I go back to work on May 12-so we are going to start taking Grayson to Missy (babysitter) for a few hours to get him acclimated to it-as well as us. We measured Gray the other day with a tape measure-and we think he's about 23 inches long-and a little over 11 lbs. We go to the doctor next Thursday for his shots.
Have a great rest of the week!

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!