1 Month!

"Playing" sidewalk chalk with Mom and Ava

This boy has some long feet!

Dreaming of all that he will be!

Tummy time with Sissy!

Don't you just wanna kiss those sweet little lips!

He's learning how to prevent his binx from being snatched by Ava!

Our Grady-bug is 1 month old already! Time sure does fly when you're having fun....or when you have two under two! Grady is growing and changing every day. He no longer has that newborn baby look, he is long and lean, and I doubt he will ever have "baby fat". At his 1 month appointment he was 23 inches long and 9.8 lbs, he's in the 75th percentile for weight and 97th for height. He is 2 inches longer and his head is a 1/4 of an inch larger then Ava at 1 month. I find this hard to believe as she has always been off the charts.....my children are like little Green Giants! This week his 3 a.m. grunting sessions seem to be tapering off a bit, they are getting shorter and less frequent! He is still nursing every 2 hours during the day for the most part, he is a growing boy after all! A strong growing boy at that! I can't believe how high he can lift his head, and the neck control he already seems to have! My sweet Buggy Boy, we are so in love with you!

Fantastic Foursome!

This boy has every baseball related outfit, towel, etc in existence!

Kisses from Sissy


Sweet sleeping angel.....don't let him fool you, this is rare!

First Bath

Hangin out in the bouncy

Grady is just over two weeks old now and every day brings a new and different joy, challenge, and/or obstacle. He is such a sweet snuggler and his big doe eyes are to die for. The first week of nursing him was a challenge, he liked to pucker up like a little kissy fish and did some serious damage to the Momma. But we had a few little talks and about 50 million "latch breaks" and he's doing so much better! Daddy was home today so Grady and I went to Mom's Club where I got to weight the little booger. 9lbs exact. While he is gaining at a healthy rate, I feel as if he should weigh about 20lbs already as frequently as he's eating! Every 2ish hours during the daytime hours, and every 2-3 at night. I love the quiet time I get to spend cuddling him for the first couple of night time feedings, but my sweet little man turns into Grunty-McGrunts-Alot between the hours of 3-7 a.m. I hope we get to the bottom of what is causing him to be so uncomfortable before we all turn into zombies. Ava is a fantastic big sister and has a special kinda love for "baby". She wants to know where he is first thing in the morning, I'm talking before she even has her morning banana. And as most of you know that morning banana is like her morning coffee. She brings him blankies and only steals his binx occasionally now. Overall, we are all settling in and working on a routine, and a sense of what normalcy is for our new family of four.