Made in America

Last week, Graham's teachers asked us to dress him in red,white, and blue. I think they were working on some door decorations for 4th of July...

This just in...

Graham got a second tooth this week! He also tried bananas, but did not seem to like them. As a matter of fact, the first time he had rice cereal is the best he has eaten. The last few nights we have tried feeding him he has had a come apart fit.

Graham threw up an entire bottle this morning. Since it was the 3rd in a 24 hour period, we decided it best not to go to church. I think his teeth were really bothering him because he was going to town on a teether. I spent an hour trying to get a picture of his teeth. He's just wearing a diaper because we had to strip him down after his incident. The bottom picture is from this afternoon. I was playing with him, and he was giving me big smiles to show them off!

First Father's Day

Graham sported his smocked golf outfit for Father's Day and had a special day with his Daddy and Papa (pronounced Poppa). Graham gave Daddy a monogrammed golf towel and Mommy gave him two pairs of sunglasses - one prescription and one not. The prescription pair wasn't exactly planned but Daddy got an eye thing this week and needed them anyway but especially for his golf game the day before Father's Day. He also got some shorts. =)

After a great lunch at Nana and Papa's, Graham played in a hand-me-down exersaucer and LOVED it. We brought it home with us because now that he is mobile, we need something else to contain him. Graham has never taken much interest in any toys except his taggy blanket until this. He loved looking at everything and could even spin himself around to look at all the gadgets.





Finally caught one of those big smiles in the Exersaucer

Graham with his Papa

This is what Graham made for Daddy at daycare...

All Dressed Up

Last night Daddy and Mommy got all dressed up to go to Mommy's friend's wedding. Grandmother and Granddaddy came over to keep Graham and Granddaddy got his Father's Day presents early. It is his first Father's Day as a Granddaddy!

What a morning!

My bad morning actually started yesterday afternoon...all times are approximate

4:40 PM Pick up child from daycare to discover huge scratch on his face
4:50 PM Called Portrait Innovations to discover they cannot touch up pictures
4:51 PM Wonder what I am going to do for Father's Day cards now that I have to cancel his pictures while driving to the dry cleaners to pick up outfit for the pictures that will not be made
5:00 PM Discover that husband has just passed the dry cleaners and never called to offer to pick up the dry cleaning
5:05 PM Stuck in rush hour traffic with screaming baby
5:45 PM Finally make it home

A lot happened in between like shopping, errands, cleaning...

6:22 AM Husband gets up to go play golf (part of his Father's Day)
6:35 AM Baby starts to wake up; make bottle and feed him
7:00 AM Daddy cuts baby's nails so that he doesn't scratch himself more
7:20 AM Baby starts to fuss; put him in bed with me and discover bad smell
7:21 AM Changing dirty diaper; baby wets everywhere during the process
7:22 AM Discover blood all over baby's clothes and bib while changing his clothes
7:23 AM Get cloth to hold on baby's hand where it is bleeding from his manicure (he never screamed or flinched when he got his nails cut)
7:26 AM Baby coughs and spits up entire bottle; lucky for mommy this happens so often she was prepared with a beach towel on the floor so it all went on the beach towel (sad that this is the success of the morning, right?) baby is only wearing a diaper and is totally covered; begins to laugh and kick is his spit-up
7:30 AM Give baby bath; good thing he is so darn cute and happy
7:35 AM Finger is still bleeding! Blood on mommy; blood on carpet; blood on crib sheet (just little dots but still)
7:40 AM Try a little bandage while I am holding him; it comes off
7:45 AM Try a bigger bandage and put on a mitten; I am paranoid about him swallowing a bandage since he puts his hands in his mouth constantly but nothing else was working!
7:50 AM Baby is entertained by trying to figure out how to remove mitten
7:53 AM Baby is successful at removing mitten and bandage came off with it
7:54 AM Still bleeding! Hold cloth on finger again and begin blog post.
8:41 AM Put fussy baby in swing; it is 5 o'clock somewhere, right?

Here is a picture of him with the mitten and the other pictures are from the rest of the day.

First Cereal

Tonight Graham tried out his new high chair and rice cereal for the first time. He seemed to really enjoy the high chair and gave mommy big smiles after she strapped him into it. At first he seemed confused by the rice cereal, but then would get upset if I stopped giving it to him. He would open his mouth when I held up the spoon and then bite down on it with his tooth. By the end, he didn't seem to like the rice cereal very much so we'll see how he does the next time.

4 Month Check-up

We went for Graham's 4 month check-up today. He weighed 14 lb and 11.5 oz and was 25 inches long. That is 60th percentile on height and 50th percentile on weight. He was so happy and giggly until he got his shots. We can also start rice cereal and first fruits after he is doing well with his cereal. Mommy is so excited!

Also, my baby has his first tooth! He loves to chew on stuff, but his favorite thing to chew on is any kind of cloth. He has also started sucking his thumb in the last couple of weeks. We are not happy about this development so we usually take his thumb out and replace it with a pacifier. Below are some pictures taken during his doctor visit (pre-shots obviously) and in one you can see that he figured out how to stick his thumb in the opening of his pacifier - just like he was sucking his thumb!

May the Lord Bless You and Keep You

Today was Graham's baby dedication at Dawson Memorial Baptist Church. It was such a special day for us as a family. God really has given us a wonderful blessing. We pray for His guidance as we raise Graham and set a Christian example for him. Today was about making that commitment with our church family to raise Graham in a Christian home and dedicating Graham to God's honor and glory.

"The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26

We are so thankful for our wonderful church family and for all of the family and friends that celebrated with us today. We got some great pictures at the church and afterward at the luncheon at Riverchase Country Club. It was late this afternoon before I realized we didn't really take any pictures of just Graham in his dedication outfit. Thankfully he waited until after the service to spit up on himself, but by the time we got home, the outfit was done. =)

Mommy's New Man

Mommy has a new man...for about 4 and half months now! She still loves Daddy too though...

First Braves T-shirt

A couple of months ago, Brian went to Babies R Us with me and Graham. To say he loathes the place would be an understatement. They happened to be having a huge sale on baby clothes and Brian seemed to really get into helping pick out clothes for Graham (Just this once. Trust me, it was probably the first and last time). Until that point, most of Graham's clothes "looked like pajamas" according to Brian. However, he made sure to pick out some very masculine items for his son. This Atlanta Braves t-shirt was one of those purchases. I'll have to admit, it is pretty cute. We did have a hard time deciding on pants to go with it and settled on these gray ones. Shortly after that, we caught a Braves game on TV and they were wearing gray pants with navy jerseys. Perfect. =)

Another First

Last night for the first time, we parked both cars in our garage. (Ha! You thought this was going to be about Graham, didn't you?) Why is this blog worthy, you ask? We moved into this house Memorial Day weekend 2009. We found out that we were expecting Graham on the last night of the move. Talk about shock! The whole move had been a whirl wind...we sold our house, bought a house, I finished grad school and passed the PMP exam, took a vacation, somewhat packed, and moved all in a month. I instantly started feeling the woes of pregnancy and did not feel like unpacking anything and Brian was taking a class at UAB. Half of our garage was filled with boxes due to the rush. By September we started on the kitchen remodel and by November we had to stop remodeling and focus on Graham's arrival. We've spent the last 4 months recovering from his arrivial. However, Brian spent the last two weekends cleaning up the garage. It is amazing what things you find when you actually unpack! No, not all boxes are unpacked, but it is organized, you can see the floor, and fit two cars in there. I call that success and am so happy! Now on to the next project...

Rollin'

Graham has really gotten the hang of rolling over now. He can even roll over while strapped down to his changing table which means we won't be doing that anymore. He had fun rolling and playing on his playmat last night. He can even grab the animals and rip them down now. Sometimes he rolls over and gets fussy like "I didn't really mean to do this." I think it is partly because once he rolls over, he wants to go places and can't yet. He can push off and scoot pretty far though. We may be baby-proofing the house sooner than we expected!