Grayson's First Birthday!

I can't believe it, my little baby is one! : ( I can tell you it has been a little emotional for me, yes I know I am pathetic. As they say, it just seems like yesterday I was holding him in the hospital.

Last I posted I believe he was just starting to crawl and now he is very much so on the move! I figured he was about 10 1/2 when he actually started crawling. I just love it, everyone told me to be careful what I wished for because once he is moving you will wish he wasn't, but for me I enjoy this age MUCH more. He has such an amazing personality. Soo many facial expression, I wonder some days where he gets them from. He is definitely our little ham.
He now has 3 teeth and the 4th is just about through. He is starting to realize that he can bite with those few teeth...little turkey.

Grayson turned 1 on the 19th. We had to have two parties for Grayson because there was no way I was going to be able to fit both families and all of our friends in my town home. We celebrated with my family and friends on Sat the 19th (his actual birthday) and Brady's family and friends on the 20th. Both parties were a complete success. Grayson got so many wonderful gifts, we have such a wonderful, generous bunch of family and friends. Thank you everyone!
I was lucky enough to have my mom fly home the Tuesday before his birthday and everything wouldn't have been possible had it not been for her...she is the best : )
I did a safari theme, I was very happy with how everything came together. Mindi told me she could tell I was a first time birthday mom because I did the whole decorations/theme thing...haha, I guess so but it was fun!
I will post picture from both days.

Grayson went to his 1 year well check this past Wednesday. He weighed in at 24.4lb and was 32 3/4 inches long. He seems to staying at the 50th percentile for weight and 95th percentile for length. Healthy, growing boy!

Christmas 2010

We had a wonderful Christmas. : )

This year Brady and I hosted Christmas Eve. My mom, dad, grandma, grandma, uncle Kyle, uncle David, Ryan, Heather, Jeff and Sydnee all joined us. It was a really nice night. Christmas morning we went to Brady's parents and in the afternoon we went to my parents.

Grayson seemed to have a fun first Christmas, he did really well throughout all the festivities. He actually ripped some wrapping paper off a couple gifts. However, he was really more interested in playing with all the wrapping and tissue paper. Go figure.

I will post a few pictures from Christmas, there are so many so I will try not to go to crazy. Haha, at least I know I got pictures of his first Christmas.

Grayson has actually had a couple BIG milestones in the past month.
He is now moving. Not completely crawling but darn close. I know now he can get to where he wants, some way or any other he gets there. He can go into crawling position now and will either end up on his belly OR go back to sitting. He mainly scoots around and can go backwards. He's getting there, soon enough he will be fully on the move.
Grayson cut his FIRST tooth. All sorts of firsts these past couple of weeks...first Christmas and first tooth.
You can't see all of the tooth yet. I can see the top of it but it is not all the way through. Once it is, trust me I will have a picture for you. : )

Grayson ended us back at the doctor again last week. We spent the entire Sunday night, after Christmas, up crying and with a fever. My child likes to pick the Holiday's to get sick. Anyway, I brought him to the doctor on Monday. Yup, another ear infection. Fourth one in 6 weeks, let me just say one way to many.
So we are on our fourth antibiotic. We are going to try this one and check him again about a week after the antibiotic is gone. That will put us about 2 days before we leave for Florida, so hopefully he wont' be sick for our trip. If things are not cleared up at that time than we will be talking tubes.
I am hopeful we won't have to do tubes. I have heard cutting teeth can have a lot to do with kids getting ear infections so here's to hoping that's the case with Grayson.

9 month & First Haircut!

Grayson turned 9 months a little over a week ago. I took him to the doctor this past Wednesday for the well check. He was 22lb, which puts him between the 50% & 75% weight on the growth charts. He was 30 inches tall, that puts in a little above the 95% for height. He is tall, I just hope he keeps that height. Grayson is otherwise growing just fine, everything is healthy and good : ) Doctor checked his ears to see how the ear infection from the previous week looked...he indicated they looked great!

I will post a few pictures from Grayson's first haircut!! I went to get my hair done and the we all agreed that he needed a little trim around the ears and back. He did so good!! : ) It kinda made me sad, yes I know I am a sap but oh man he is getting so big.

Just a little update..We had a wonderful and yet memorable first Thanksgiving together with Grayson. We went to Brady's mom and dad first than over to my grandparents house in the evening. When we left my grandma's Grayson's cheeks seemed very rosy but I just figured it was warm in there, he had a long day and was spent. After getting home around 830ish I gave Grayson a bath and pretty much fed him his last bottle and he went to bed. However, he did not go to bed as good as he usually does, he fought me a little. After finally falling asleep, I kinda thought he was acting a little off. Yup, about 20 minutes later he woke up screaming. The same scream he had 2 1/2 weeks ago when he had the ear infection. I just knew, he we were in it again, my poor little man was in a lot of pain. You can just tell it hurts so bad. I just couldn't put him through another night of pain. So...we drove to Red Wing and went into Urgent Care. Yup..just as I had thought, DOUBLE ear infection!!! Ahh..man. Soo thank goodness we went in they were able to get him started on the antibiotic right away and also provided us with some ear drops that help with the pain (they numbed his ear) So, one thing is for sure we will never forget our little mans first Thanksgiving, because we spent 3 hours of it in the ER.
He is slowly getting better, it has been a pretty quiet weekend around here. A lot of sleeping and resting.

We did go get our tree yesterday, Grayson seemed to be pretty intrigued with what was going on.

Halloween and First Snow Fall

Grayson's first Halloween was a success. He seemed to enjoy it as much as an 8 month old could. He dressed as an elephant and did not seem to mind being in the costume. We did the parade in Cannon Falls on the Friday before; Grayson just hung out in his stroller and enjoyed watching all the kids in costumes run around.

Today we had our first snow fall. Boy did we get some snow. I have to say I do love the fist few snow falls, but after that I am usually ready for it to be spring. : ) We decided to go to Perkins this morning for breakfast but before we went we had to get Grayson all bundled up in some snow gear and take a couple picture of him in his first snow fall. OHH, all the firsts. However, I believe the last snow falls was Feb 23 and that was the day we brought him home from the hospital so I guess this isn't technically his first snow fall. Anyway, here are some picture of Halloween and him in the snow today ! He has his nine month check up on the 23rd, so I will have to post his growth.

Ohh, I guess we had another, not so fun, first this past week. Grayson had his first ear infection..ohh my goodness was that not fun for mom, dad and Grayson : ( He cried for 7 hours Monday night, it was the most horrible night of my life. I felt so bad for him. He is on amoxicillin and doing much much better.

Grayson John

Here are just some random pictures we have taken lately of Grayson. Nothing to much new to report. We still have NO teeth..lol. I was told from a lady at work that her son did not get his first tooth till he was 16 months!! Can you believe that...even being in the dental field that amazed me. Well I guess there is still hope for my little guy. As well as no teeth we are still not crawling yet. I thought for sure by now he would have been. If he were me he would be just about walking, I believe I was walking around 10 months. However, his father did not walk until he was 14 months, I have a feeling he might be taking after his dad. He is just very content sitting on the floor with his toys. He does not seem to feel the need to move yet. As a first time mom, I find myself always worrying that he is doing everything right and on time, but I have to remind myself that he will do it all on his own time. In the mean time we are having a blast as usually with him. He seems to get more of his own personality every day. He babbles constantly...maybe that's what he will gets from his mom : ) I have some more picture from the pumpkin patch that I need to get on here but they are on my old camera so I will have to do that. Stay tuned for those AND Halloween picture next week, his costume is adorable : )

Pumkin Patch & Apple Orchard

Brady, Grayson and I went to Apple Junction in Hastings on Sat. We had such a great time. : ) It was a hot day, which is something you don't normally say around pumpkin/apple picking time. This apple orchard was very nice, so many things for kids to do. We said we will definitely be bringing Grayson back when he is older and able to run around. There was play area, petting zoo, pumpkin patches, hayrides, apple picking and yummy apple food. We got three pumpkins, one for each of us and the next thing will be to carve them in a couple weeks : ) We also got some very very yummy juicy apples. The day was a success. Here are some pictures from our day.

Nanna Time

I just love these couple pictures. Had to share them with you : )
Mom...why do you have to leave me soon...we are going to miss you sooooo much! Please don't go : (