Tuesday, December 20, 2011

3 Months

Our sweet baby turned three months old yesterday, which sadly meant it was time for me to go back to work as well.  It is crazy for me to think that exactly three months ago I was leaving work and heading to the hospital to meet our sweetie. P and Grayson had good day yesterday without me (they even ran an errand for mommy while I worked!) and when I got home, we had a little three month photo shoot.  I decided to keep him on his changing table since it is one of his all time favorite places to be at the moment. 

Elephant Friends

 At 3 months old, Grayson is:
-wearing 0-3 month onesies
-now fitting in most 0-3 month pants
-in size 2 diapers (although they are just starting to fit properly)
-smiling at random things
-cooing and gurgling
-loving lights and ceiling fans still
-getting fussy when he is tired.  We are trying to do better about implementing nap times when this starts to
 occur.
-focusing more on toys like mobiles and rattles.  
-going 6-9 hours between eating at night!
-about 12.5-13 pounds
Besties


I thought it was too cute how little he was in his nursery area.  Although he is looking so big and has developed so much already, it is good to see that is still a tiny baby!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Waaaah

I don't want to go back to work!  Today is my last day home with our sweet baby, and the only thing that makes it better is the fact that I only have to go back for three days before I get another week off with him for the holidays.  (Perks of working for a University!)  I am very thankful that I was able to stay home with Grayson for the first three months of his life.  We didn't quite get to a true schedule while I was home, but in the last couple of weeks we have determined that it is best to get Grayson to bed around 8-9 and he will usually sleep 7-9 hours for the first stretch.  I sure can't complain about that.  He also is usually awake for about two to three hours in the morning before he is ready for a nap.  In the afternoon, we usually got out of the house and ran an errand or two before coming back and hanging out at home for the rest of the day and evening.  
I sure am going to miss this little guy tomorrow when I am back in the office again. 
The other piece of good news is that Gray's Daddy is going to be home with him for the next three days, so we aren't leaving him with strangers or daycare until the new year starts.  I know that P can do it, but he is a bit nervous about it.  Say a little prayer for him if you think to do so over the next three days.  The last time I left P and Gray alone this is what happened:

Maybe we should say a prayer for Gray instead....
Just Kidding!  I have all of the confidence in the world in P. 

Friday, December 16, 2011

Christmas Party

Last week we went to the Hubs' annual work Christmas dinner.  I wasn't going to go this year since we had the wee babe, but my sister-in-law suggested that we use one of her friends from college who lives pretty close to us.  She was available, so we decided that it would be a good event to have our first babysitting experience.  I wasn't too nervous about it, but we probably told the poor girl too much information about caring for Gray before we got out the door. 
We made sure that she knew where a bottle was, where the extra milk was just in case, where the toys were, where the diaper changing station was, how to swaddle Gray, how to comfort him if he is crying, etc. etc.  
We were at the dinner for a couple of hours and had a great time.  It turns out there are 4 other pregnant people in P's department, so that gave us all something to talk about.  When we got home, the babysitter was feeding Grayson his first bottle and said he had dozed on her for a while before waking up and wanting his food. 
I think that our first experience went pretty well, and it must not have been too terrible for our sitter because she offered to come again if we needed. 
He is still our happy little baby!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Baby Smiles

It is hard for me to get Grayson smiling on camera, but I have found a little more success when I take video instead. 
Grayson loves time on his changing table, and it is really where we get most of his smiles.  We think he must be looking at the elephants and letters on the wall.  We just melt when he squeals and smiles!  I'll keep working on getting better video of it.   

G-bug was enjoying his time on his activity mat the other night and I caught some smiles there, too.

Christmas Cookies

The Hubs and I decided to make some Christmas cookies a week or two back because when we were decorating the house for Christmas, it was still 70 degrees outside and didn't feel like Christmas.  We didn't have a whole lot of time, so we didn't opt for fancy cookies that we would have to spend time decorating, like gingerbread men.  We went with a cookie that I just started making about a year ago, the Russian Tea Cake.
P helped me roll the dough into balls for baking.  He did a fantastic job!  He is much more patient with that sort of thing than I am, his attention to detail is really good.

We just used a recipe that I found online, which turned out wonderfully.

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
1/4 teaspoon salt

-Heat oven to 400ºF.
-Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla in large bowl. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough   
  holds together.  
-Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
-Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool slightly on wire rack.
-Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack. Roll in powdered sugar again.   

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Baylor gets a Heisman!

We are super excited about the Heisman in this household!  Thank you, RG3!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Its beginning to feel a bit like Christmas...

No thanks to the weather around here!  I think we may have had freezing weather once in the last week, but other than that I still have not had to pull out my heavy coat.  The hubs likes to point out that this is because I have only gone out in the middle of the day, but still, I don't think it has really felt like Christmas outside!  We put our Christmas tree up last weekend and today we made our first trip to see Santa.  After a little research on my part, we ended up going to the Bass Pro Shop in Pearland for Gray's inaugural visit to the jolly man in red.  When we got there, I didn't realize at first that they were handing out passes for different 30 minute time slots, so when I came back in with Grayson and P, we got a pass for 1 o'clock (it was 11:30).  Luckily, they have a restaurant in the shop, so we were able to sit and have some lunch while we waited.  Grayson was as fantastic as we could have asked for while we waited and had lunch.  He had a bottle while we waited for a table and then sat on one of our lap's while we ate.
I'll take a warm milk, shaken, not stirred.


He fell asleep after we were done eating, so we just waited around at our table until it was time to get in line.  We were not successful in getting a smile out of him when he was sitting on the big guy's lap, but I was just happy that tears were not involved!
We had a nice shopper offer to take a family photo...

And seeing as the Heisman winner is going to be announced tonight, when P saw that there was a stuffed bear in the store...he had to get this picture in!

Now...if only I could get some gifts purchased before I have to go back to work....

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

House Cleaning

I had to set Grayson up in the kitchen last night if the kitchen had any hope of getting cleaned.  P had gone back up to the lab after dinner and G was not too keen on hanging out in the living room without his mommy or daddy.  Baby Love :)

Saturday, December 3, 2011

2 Months

Grayson turned two months old while we were in Dallas for the Thanksgiving break.  I remembered to bring the stuffed bear and his 2 month old onsie so that I could take his pictures while we were there.  It has taken me a long time go get this posted...but without further a do... our 2 month old:

Loving those baby smiles!

 At 2 months old, Grayson is:
-wearing 0-3 month onesies
-still too small for most 0-3 month pants
-in size 1 diapers
-smiling at random things
-cooing
-loving lights and ceiling fans
-mostly just cranky when hungry
-great in the car if it is sunny outside and he can stare out the window
-going 5-7 hours between eating at night
-about 11 pounds



Sic'em Bears!

GO BEARS, GO BEARS, GO BEARS, GO BEARS GO!!  Last non-bowl game of an awesome season.  That's right....we're headed to another bowl game this year.  It has been a crazy last couple of years to be a Baylor football fan!