End Of The Week

Thankfully it's Friday evening and Graby asleep (for now) in his bed.

It's been a long week - a stressful week, but overall a pretty good week (with the exception of Graby and Buttin being sick).

Graby had a good week at school. He's made the transition very well and I have too. It seems like right when Graby started school we got REALLY busy at work. It was good timing.

My favorite part of the day is picking up Graby from school. Most of the time, he's asleep when I arrive, but I just sit by his little bed, play with some of the other little kids (they're all boys) in his room and talk to his teachers.

Today one of his teachers recommended that we bring Graby into a steamy shower. Here's the picture of Graby in the shower that Buttin let me post.

Lots of Family

The past couple days we've had family in town (well really, my Aunt has had our family in town and I just go visit).

This is the first time that B-Ma and Papa have gotten to meet Cash. Right now I'm a little tired from the busy work week so this little picture will have to do.

Tired

I'm feeling tired. It has actually taken some adjustment to working an uninterrupted half-day. I know that probably sounds silly, but it's the only thing I can think of to explain my general fatigue.

Graby decided to sleep a little differently last night and as a result I think I got more sleep, but I still feel tired. He was down around 7:30, but woke up a couple of times until he was finally down for the count at 8:00. He woke up about 15 times between 11 - 11:30, but I just patted his back to sleep and he slept until 4:00 (whoppee). At 4:00, he kind of wanted to play. He ate a little, we chatted on the couch a little, then he ate a little more and went back to bed at 5:00 where he slept till 7:30!

Not sure what magic combination of things we did last night to get Graby to sleep more, but I kind of feel like an athlete with "lucky socks" or a special routine. Whenever Graby has a good night's sleep I try to duplicate as many of the things we did as possible the next few nights. We'll see how it goes.

Now here's a little picture of a chubby Graby. To me, it looks like he just ate a big meal.

One Year Ago Today

One year ago today, we found out I was pregnant with Graby (at that time, Lumpy).

Our lives have changed so much during the last year. As cheesy as it may sound, my heart is forced to grow on a daily basis because of our son. He is everything that is good (except for maybe all this snot) about Buttin and me and I don't think I fully appreciated life until I met him.

How could you not love this sweet, chubby, slobbery hunk of love?

Doctor Visit

Graby has a cold.

He's had it for over a week, so it was time to go see Dr. Sharpie just to make sure it hasn't turned into a secondary infection.

He's been in a good mood (except for when I use the bulb thingy to suck the snot out of his nose) so I knew it couldn't be too bad, but I just wanted to be careful

Guess what Dr. Sharpie said? Graby has a cold. What a shocker.

She said that sometimes it can take up to three weeks for a cold to run its course and we're doing everything that we can do (suck snot, humidifier and lots of kisses). Dr. Sharpie also said that he looked like a very happy kid and that he was pretty freaking cute.

Cash is now 15 lbs, 6 oz. He was 12 lbs, 13 oz at his 2 month appointment. He's my little chunky Graby!

In other news, it must be a VERY well known fact that I LOVE the Nap Nanny because I got five emails and one phone call from friends and family regarding the recall. In all honesty, I couldn't read the article - I have to avoid anything relating to infant death. We haven't really used the Nap Nanny for sleeping in quite sometime, but it saddens me to think about a family's loss involving a product I love so much. I'm learning (rather quickly) that just about everything is hazardous to children. As a parent, I just be as careful as possible.

OK, there's no easy way to transition out of that unhappiness so I'll just post this cute little picture of Graby & Cartman. It was the first time that Cash really seemed to notice Cartman.

Happy Christmas In July

Yup - that's right, only 5 more months till Christmas.

This morning on the Cartoon Network - they're playing Christmas cartoons. I'm quite sure Cash loves them. I'm looking forward to Graby's first Christmas, but I can wait.

I had an OK run this morning. (This next part isn't quite appropriate for a post about Christmas, so consider yourself warned.) However, my body hasn't quite gotten back into the routine of going to bathroom BEFORE the run (no matter how hard I try). As a result, I left a little gift by some new home construction site. Oh well.

Now, here's a cute little picture of Graby and Buttin:

Quick One

Just a quick little picture on this Saturday night.

Graby at bath time with his new tattoo.