Monday, May 28, 2012

Graham is 6 months old!

My baby boy is 6 months old!  I just can't believe we are half way to Graham's 1st birthday!  This little guy makes my heart melt on a daily basis!  He is just SO sweet!  6 months have come and gone so fast, I just can't imagine life without him!
Graham is still wearing 3-6 month clothes, size 2 diapers and he doesn't wear shoes much but size 2 fit.  Compared to Reed, Graham has such little, skinny feet.

Still not a great sleeper, he normally makes it until 4 or 5 am for the paci and then wakes between 6:30 and 7:30.  Going to bed between 7:30 and 8.  Still takes good naps, but has had some days lately where he has mainly just cat napped.  Usually has a long morning nap and then 1 or maybe 2 shorter naps in the afternoon.  Most nights when Graham wakes up for the pacifier we let him fuss for 15 to 20 minutes and a few times lately he has put himself back to sleep, I wish this were the case every night.
Graham LOVES to eat!  He has now had sweet potatoes, avocado, bananas, pears, peaches, peas, carrots, apples, mangos, papaya, nectarines and apricots.  He has not turned away anything!  I added lunch after the 11 o'clock feeding last week and today he had yogurt for breakfast for the first time.  Lately I feel like he is never satisfied, I think the 6 month growth spurt is in full swing! We can't even eat in front of him or he is constantly whining for our food.

Still the best snuggler and loves sleeping on his stomach.  He will just lay forever flat on our chest when he is tired.  I LOVE it and can't get enough!   
Teething like crazy!  You can see his two bottom teeth through the gums!  He even had a low grade fever tonight. 

Perfected putting the pacifier back in his mouth in the last couple of weeks.  He has also mastered spitting it out when he sees something he wants!   

Do you see those eyelashes?  Graham still has blue eyes, but some days I would swear they are green or brown.  Most days I vote that they are going to turn brown, but these pictures really made them look blue, so who knows.   

Still not sitting up great without support, he would rather just roll around.  I try to sit him up in the boppy pillow as much as I can, but he will lean back and literally roll out over the top of it.  He can roll across the room in no time.  He knows how to get to what he wants.   

I love this sweet profile!  Graham's hair is really starting to fill back in.  He had his first hair cut on 5/9/12 (pictures to come).  We just had the sides and the top trimmed, but I already fill like it has grown quite a bit. 

Constantly chewing and slobbering on everything!  Everything goes straight for the mouth!
Do you see the drool?

Talking and squealing more and more every day!  Graham said Da-da for the first time on 5/26/12.  He had been saying "Da" a lot, but Saturday morning while Josh was getting him dressed he started saying it.  Josh yelled at me to come in there and Reed and I ran in there.  It was a sweet moment for us all to be there together as he said "Da-da" a couple of times, but of course not when I turned the video camera on.

I bought a walker a couple of weeks ago and Graham loves it.  He loves sitting up to play!  He can't quite push it forward, but he pushes it backwards very easily.  He  loves the jumperoo, he is really starting to jump and turn around in it and play for quite a while. He also loves playing peek-a-boo and any toys he can slobber on for a while!

Loving drinking water from a sippy cup!  It took him a while to figure it out and for a week or so he would spit out most of the water, but he is getting better and better at it every day.  He has also perfected holding his own bottle I hadn't seen him drink from a bottle in several months until last weekend and I was shocked how well he could hold it.

Interacting more and more every day with Reed.  Reed can still make him laugh harder than anyone.  Reed still loves him to death, makes my heart so happy!

Had his first plane ride and did perfect, it never even phased him!  I had to travel for work and couldn't bear to leave him so the best Aunt in the world traveled with us to baby sit! :)


Starting to reach for me and will lean towards you when you reach for him!  It is the BEST! 

So big!

Okay, I promise just one more!  I can never get enough of this smile!

 
 Graham you have filled a space in my heart I didn't know I had! We love you so much, little brother! I wish I could freeze time and snuggle you forever!


 
Reed at 6 months!  They are pretty much opposite in every way, I seriously can barely remember Reed at this age, makes me so sad!

Reed's 1st T-Ball Game

Reed started t-ball on April 16th!  He was so excited, as were we!  This is one of those things we used to talk about before Reed was born.  We just couldn't believe he was old enough to play at only 3 years old.  He had to be 3 by April 30th, so he just made the cutoff. In the weeks leading up to it Josh had taken him to get a glove, bat and cleats, so he was all ready! 

Reed's team is the Cardinals!  Reed's best friend from school is on the team and 5 other team mates are from church.
I never imagined how cute they would be, they all look a like once they get in these uniforms!

Warming up!

Headed back to the dug out, all warmed up! 

Up to bat for the first time.  I have to be honest and say I was overwhelmed with joy when he went up to bat!  I literally started tearing up, they came from no where.  Just a proud Mommy moment I guess! 

Swinging for the fences! :)
Running to first base!


Rounding third (Daddy there to coach him along)!
He made it home! :)

Back to the dug out!  He looks so grown up to me!

Out in the field!  Did I mention how cute they are?

Catching the ball!



The whole team running for the ball.


I think Reed wants to make sure he catches it....the hat and the glove are down!


The cheering section! :)  Everyone was there to watch!

Reed's biggest fan!

Graham loved cheering on big brother!

Reed's 3rd Birthday Party

Reed was SO excited about his birthday this year and couldn't wait for his party!  I of course was very excited about planning the party and with the help of Josh and Amy we pulled it off.  Reed loves painting, coloring and making things so we went with an "Art" theme and had an Art Party!

Picture with the Birthday Boy before the party began.
The whole family!

Food table decorations! 
Reed's only request when you asked him what he wanted to have at his party were cookies, cupcakes and cheetos!

Thank you Amy and Josh for making the streamer table skirt!

I found the cutest party decorations on Etsy from a shop called Chickabug.

Artist Fruit Kabobs
Artist Palette Cupcakes


Paintbrush Pretzels


Artist Palette Cookies, these were done by Holly.  I found these on pinterest and knew of Holly, through a friend in Fayetteville.  I emailed her to see if she could do them and I was so excited she was able to and shipped them to me just in time.  They tasted as good as they look!  The perfect centerpiece! 

Marshmellow Pops!
I displayed the cupcakes on real artist palettes.  I was really happy with how they turned out.


Another of Reed's favorite.....candy! 
Water bottle labels that said, "Reed's Third Birthday"!
Cup labels and fun paper straws!

Reed making his plate...notice the finger, already getting a lick of icing!
And of course the candy!  After the party was over and we were cleaning up we kept catching Reed pulling the candy jar to the edge to get more! :)



Craft tables & streamer chandeliers  The other half of the room....which I didn't get a good picture of was step up the same way for eating with artist palette placemats and paint bucket centerpieces.
This one was labeled Friend Frames. We had a photo booth set up with a poloroid camera where all the guest could have their picture taken with the Birthday Boy. The foam frames could be decorated with markers and foam stickers.
 
Funny Glasses & Slap Braclets to decorate with markers and foam letters and stickers.

Canvas Bags to decorate with fabric markers

Sand Art necklaces...rockets for the boys and flowers for the girls.

Going away table with big disney pens that said, "Thanks for making my day a Masterpiece!"  I also didn't get a picture of the outside decorations. :(  I had Reed's easel outside and it had written on it "Welcome to Reed's Art Party!"  There were also aprons for everyone.

Photo Booth!
All the little guest, got to choose an apron

Making frames!
Making bags!


Making necklaces!





Time to sing Happy Birthday to the Birthday Boy!

Blowing out the candles!

Picture with the Birthday Boy!

Telling school friends bye!  Reed had 20 friends at the party between church friends and school friends.

We requested no presents at the party, but several friends brought gifts anyway and Reed couldn't wait to open them!

He loved this bubble blower as you can see! :)

A few pictures with the grandmas, before heading home!

Gran & Reed

Gigi & Reed

Aunt Cara & Uncle Bob

Being silly with Grandad

We can't leave out baby brother....he loves a mirror! :)


I still can't believe my first baby is 3!  Reed had an amazing birthday, thanks to everyone that made it so special!  Sorry for the picture overload, I had a hard time narrowing them down!