EIGHT Months!

Grayson officially turned eight months old on October 6th.  See photo below from the actual day:

The past few weeks were pretty difficult overnight.  Grayson had been sleeping overnight, but in early September he started waking up two and three times each night.  We originally thought he was going through a growth spurt, so we would feed him and he would go back to sleep.  It was a pretty typical routine - we even made our bottles and anticipated the 1:00 or 2:00 am wake up.

Needless to say, it was wearing on both of us.  We were going about our normal routine when we got a call from daycare saying that he had a fever.  Since we visited the doctor's office quite frequently, I called and we decided to try some Motrin and monitor him overnight.  The fever came and go, so we finally took him in to the pediatrician's office,. 

Turns out that he had a double ear infection.  Our theory is that he never actually recovered from the initial ear infection he had previously.  Since he started his antibiotics, Grayson is a totally different baby!  He has gone back to sleeping through the night and the entire household is much happier.

We are still anxiously anticipating that first tooth!  Could be any day now - could be much longer.  But Grayson has branched out from just his favorite sweet potato and now eats zucchini and squash in addition to his favorite vegetable.  Fruits are never a problem with this kid - he's had apple, banana, pear, and peach.  I am still making his food, which has been working out really well.  It is down to a science now so about once a week I get out all the supplies and stock up the freezer.

Ben and I also just took out first long weekend away from Grayson this month.  We traveled to Chicago for the marathon and we certainly missed our little guy.  Luckily, he was in the capable hands of Granny and Papa and didn't seem to miss us too terribly.  Here is a photo from when we were happily reunited:

I also took Grayson to a school fundraiser at a local froyo shop and he finally got to meet a few of my student leaders.  Needless to say, Grayson LOVED their long hair and all the attention.  He officially has two Colombian Aunties:

The pediatrician said that Grayson could quite possibly be the happiest sick baby they have ever seen.  This is what a double ear infection looks like:

This is our favorite after-work activity - counting cars in the front yard:

I will save the all the details of Grayson's first Halloween for the next post.  Until next time y'all! :)

B&L&G