Wednesday, September 23, 2015

SEVEN months!

Grayson reached his seventh month milestone back in the beginning of the month, but late August/early September is a little crazy with birthdays in our family.  My niece Emily turned 4 on August 28th, my mom's birthday is September 3rd and Ben's Dad's birthday is September 7th.  We partied HARD in the beginning of the month!  But, better late than never?

Unfortunately, Grayson got (yet) another ear infection this month.  That was officially his third ear infection in seven months.  I'm not sure that he ever completed recovered from the second ear infection, but since his most recent visit to the doctor, he's been feeling much better.  At first we thought he was just a little cranky from getting teeth, but it turned out that we were wrong.  We are still anxiously anticipating that first tooth!

The doctor also recommended that we cut back on the fruits for now, since his stomach was so upset.  So for now he's just doing vegetables.  Sweet potato remains his favorite vegetable.  Next month, he will be able to start eating protein, so hopefully he will have some teeth by then.  As of right now, he just has a lot (!!) of drool.

He also started crawling this month.  Man, he is fast!  His other trick is to pull up on pretty much anything and scoot around on his feet.  The daycare tells us every day how "advanced" Grayson is and that other kids his age have no interest in pulling up on things all the time.  Obviously, we feel like he is super advanced, but we might be a little invested...

Here are some of the photo highlights from the past month:

Reading his Gator book during the Gator game:


Game day ready in Black and Red: (side note: Grayson's Bumpo is a hand-me-down from my niece, Emily.  This is why he rocks a purple chair)


Fancy pants:


"I'm not tired!"


Good morning, sunshine!


Water baby, for sure!


Grayson LOVES being in the water.  Pool or bath he doesn't care.  Some days Grayson will be in a bad mood and we'll just pop him in the pool for a few minutes and he calms down.  He has learned how to make his way to the side and to use his feet to kick.  Also, swimming wears him out!  

This month,  Grayson also started taking a bath in the whole bathtub! (It's been a pretty big month)  He likes to scoot around the entire tub, which makes it a little more difficult on us when it comes to actually bathing him...

That is all for now - until next month! :)