6 months-way behind!

I am way behind on posting this blog-considering Grayson turns 7 months in a few days!  Our iMac kinda died (hard drive was completely busted....no reason why...and it's only like a year old.  Not cool).  Luckily, we had extended warranty!  Yeah!  Anyways, we're back.  Grayson turned 6 months old on the 4th of July!  We didn't do anything super exciting for the 4th.  My parents and little brother came to visit us, so that was fun!  We didn't even see any fireworks though :(  Grayson is going to bed much earlier these days, so there was no way he'd last that late.

Grayson is getting SO MUCH FUN.  I love this age!  He is super interactive, and loves playing.  Absolutely everything goes in his mouth (and I mean everything!)  He was walking around in his walker and found a dangling cord from our candle wax warmer.  I walked over and he had it in his mouth chewing on it.  Time to baby proof!

Here are some 6 month stats on our little man!

Height: 27 3/4" (88%)

Weight: 18lbs 9oz (68%)

Diaper size: 3!  Also had to go to nighttime diapers for when he goes to bed.  Even these he pees through a lot of the time....not sure what to do about that.

Clothes: Size 6-9 month in most things.

Bedtime: Between 8-8:30.  Usually wakes up around 6-8am.  Napping 3-4 times a day anywhere from 20 min-3 hours (3 hours is extremely rare, I think it's happened maybe twice, usually in the 30-40 min range)

Eating: started rice cereal around the 5 1/2 month mark, then after our 6 month well check, tried carrots-loved them!

Favorite toys:  Sophie giraffe, his rings, his car walker, our phones and remotes.  LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Rolling across the room!  Jumps like crazy in his bouncy, and started sitting in highchairs at restaurants

 Party on the Patio

 First trip to Joe T's!

Lovin his carrots

Father's Day

Jason had his first Father's Day last weekend!   I didn't post anything about Mother's Day...oops.  Basically to recap Mother's Day real quick:  we went to church, had to leave early because Grayson was too busy talking to listen to the sermon.  We then went into Ft. Worth and had brunch at the Reata (where we opened our card finding out if Grayson was a girl or a boy) then we shopped around at the University shops and this mama got some stuff at Lululemon!  yea!

Okay, now back to Father's Day.  Jason had a bunch of stuff he had to get done at work, so he headed into the office really early.  We were planning on going out to breakfast, but Grayson's schedule didn't allow us to do that. :(  Jason's Father's Day breakfast ended up being McDonald's.  But really....McDonald's breakfast is pretty good.  No complaints here!  Then after Grayson had a nap, we went to Lifetime and Grayson went to the infant room and we went and spent some lazy time by the pool.  Yes, Grayson was in the childcare center on Father's Day.  It was super relaxing though and we had a great time just spending some one on one time (which we basically get never nowadays!)  Grayson got his daddy a framed picture for his office, which I think turned out really cute.  It's a horizontal three picture frame with these pictures in it:

It says Dad.  Sometimes it takes a minute to figure that one out.  Thanks to Pintrest for the cute idea, I think Jason really liked it!  Grayson got really dressed up in his tuxedo onesie for the photo shoot.  The tuxedo says he's fancy, but the hair says he's still ready to party.  

Happy Father's Day to the best husband and father I could ever ask for!  Grayson loves you to pieces, and my favorite thing in the world is to watch his face light up when he sees his daddy.  We love you!!

Water Baby

Grayson has been LOVING the swimming pool this summer!  We have our neighborhood pool right across the street from our house, so it's really convenient for us to head over there with little man.  If he gets fussy, we're just a short walk away from home.  :)

We got him a whole swimming get up, along with his own boat to float in.  Unfortunately, he's still a little bit small for his boat...we have to hold him up in it, otherwise he goes too low and he tries to put his face in the water.  He's a huge fan of bathtime, so I knew he'd like the pool!

Here's some pics from our first pool trip:

Five Months!

Grayson is five months old!  So big!  He is getting to be so much fun!  I love seeing his little personality shine more and more each day.  He definitely is his daddy-he's got my blue eyes, that's about it.  I love when Jason is holding him, they look so much alike!  He can roll over, and basically won't ever stay on his back anymore (unless you put on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse...it's his fav).  He's so cute when you put on that show-his face lights up and he gets so excited.  When he's super excited about something, he does this little shake, almost like a shiver goes through him and then he squeals.  Pretty cute if you ask me.

Here's some five month info:

Weight: Not on a doctor scale, but when I weighed him with me he was about 17 lbs!

Height: Don't know-tall

Hair: a light brown color-mainly growing in the middle...definitely rocks the faux hawk

Started rolling at about 4 1/2 months regularly

Laughs all the time, loves giving everyone big old gummy smiles

No teeth as of yet, but drools alllll the time

LOVES his dogs-gets so excited when Bailey and Riley are around him, he thinks they are just hilarious

Wears a variety of sized clothes-mainly 6 month stuff, but can still fit into some 3-6 month, and can wear some 9 month, depending on the brand.  Wears 6 month Jammies (he probably could wear 9 month jammies if I tried them on...he's REALLY long people...and he may or may not have a buddha belly)

We went to the pool for the first time: he loved it!  He loves his bathtime, so I figured he would like the pool

Still hates his paci, but will stick his whole hand in his mouth

Eats about 6 or 7 oz per feeding every few hours.  Only nurses at his morning and evening feedings now

Sleeps from around 8:30 or 9 until anywhere from 5-8...he's unpredictable :)  Nice thing is, when he wakes up, he eats then goes right back to sleep for 2 more hours.

Naps:  About 4 a day.  This is very unpredictable too-never know how long he'll sleep.  Sometimes it's 20 minutes, sometimes it's 3 hours (that's rare).  He has an early morning nap, then late morning.  Then early afternoon, then late afternoon.  Basically he's awake for 2-3 hours, then needs to go back to sleep!

Had his first babysitters, Peyton and Parker, on May 15 when we went to the Byron Nelson Golf Tourney for the day

I am currently watching him on his video monitor talking and looking around...and Bailey just walked in and put her paws up on his crib.  Good work B.

Loves his toys, especially his Sophie giraffe, his crinkly dog book, and his rings.  EVERYTHING goes in his mouth

Had rice cereal for the first time on June 2-he was NOT a fan.  See pic:

At his baptism, pretty pumped about it really...

They even have the same expression on their face!

First time testing out the high chair-he looks pretty proud of himself

Dinner at the Keg-doesn't he looked super excited to be there??

Represent!

Hanging out with cousin Patrick in KC

Loves his daddy!

Before our 4 year anniversary dinner

At Tripp's 1st birthday party

Doesn't sit still for long!

Cannot express how obsessed I am with this little boy!!  Love you Grayson, happy 5 months!!

Baptism Day!

Grayson had his baptism in Overland Park on May 27!  We went back to have it done at my home church, Church of the Resurrection.  We decided it would be better to just do it up there so that everyone didn't need to travel all the way down to Texas!  Worked out great.  He looked super cute, and did not cry...so I was happy! :)  He got a little fussy during the service (it was right during his naptime) so Jason took him out for a little bit, and he fell sound asleep.  When we brought him up to the stage, he was OUT.  He was still sleeping when we handed him to the pastor.  He definitely woke up when she started putting water on his head!  It was pretty cute really.  He was then up for the rest of the service, and in a GREAT mood!  Smiling at everyone and having a fabulous time.   Of course, I left our camera in the car.  I also forgot to put shoes on Grayson....Mom of the year right here :)

After the baptism, we had a brunch for everyone at the O'Bryan's house.  It was nice and easy-picked up Gates BBQ, and had a good time with friends and family.  Grayson stayed awake pretty much the whole time, which was nice because a lot of people hadn't met him yet.  We love heading back to KC to see everyone and had a great time!

4 month old baby boy!

Grayson turned four months old on May 4.  I know I say it every month, but I can't believe how fast it's going!  It's crazy to me that he is growing up so fast!  He definitely is no longer our little tiny baby.  He's becoming more and more of a little boy each day.  Obviously he's still really little in the grand scheme of things, but we see little newborns around and he looks so big compared to them!  We went to the doctor on Monday, and he is doing just fabulously.  He is hitting all of his milestones, and they said he's probably the cutest baby they've ever seen...k I might have made up the last part, but I'm pretty sure they were thinking it :)

Grayson's 4 month stats:

Weight: 15lbs 6oz. (59th percentile)

Height: 27" (97th percentile...tall baby!)

I can't find my sheet for the head circumference, but it was like 57th percentile

Rolled over for the first time on April 30 (while on facetime with my parents!) from tummy to back

Sleeps about 8-9 hours a night (yea!) buuttttt still may or may not be in our room (oops) Swear we're going to work on that this weekend :)  At least he naps in his own room...bad mom move oh well :)

Becoming pretty clingy-I make him sit by himself and he's not a fan.  He likes being in his Moby or just hanging out while we hold him.  Not good!  

Started a new thing a few weeks ago where he arches his back and tries to get out of his carseat when you're strapping him in.  Bit of a 'tude on this child already!!  This applies to everything.  If he doesn't want to nurse-arch the back, doesn't want to sit in his bouncy-arch the back...you get the idea.  Here's proof:

                          

For the most part, he's an awesome baby and so so so much fun!  Some pics from this month:

Baby loves him some bathtime!

Amazed by his new bouncer

Feet don't quite hit the ground yet :)

"Play with me Grayson!!"

This is when he's smiling the biggest, just big old open mouth grin :)

How do you resist that little face?!

Baby faux hawk

First trip to the zoo for Anderson and Ellingtons birthdays

Six Flags 

Love this baby more and more each day!  Happy four months little man!