sunny days

someone has some cool new shades thanks to his grammie!

we're definitely ready for the beach now!

sunday morning visitors

we were so lucky to have miss nicole stop by our house this morning before she headed back to raleigh. the little dude was definitely loving all the attention! he didn't want her to leave either. he was grabbing at her face right before she left. it was very cute. guess that means we have to schedule a visit soon!

side note...graham was REALLY into these blocks today. it's so crazy how his favorites change from day to day. surprisingly enough, sophie is not in this picture. she is the exception to this phenomenon. i think she will ALWAYS be a favorite.

rainy day blues

and no, i'm not just talking about the dudes eyes!

i also seem to be mad about plaid for this little dude. he just looks so good in it!!

and OMG...when did the little dude turn into a big dude?

chomp

and we have ourselves a case of the giggles!

we like to chomp, chomp, chomp like crocodiles!

on the mend

yesterday was spent eating, sleeping and taking medicine for the dude. he was running a low grade fever pretty much all day, but honestly stayed in good spirits the whole day. not too much crankiness. just a WHOLE LOT of snuggling. we stayed on top of things with tylenol and his antibiotic and today i think it's safe to say we're on the mend!

he's not completely the 'little dude' again, but he was able to muster up some energy to bounce and flash a couple duck smiles (that's what i'm calling them these days)! we're so happy he's feeling a little more like himself. hopefully tomorrow will be even better.

feeling puney

so my hope of the dude sleeping off whatever sickness he had, or that it was just teething, was unsuccessful. poor dude woke up with a 102.2 fever, so i knew something wasn't right. i had to wait until 8 to call the doctors office to get an appointment. luckily though they got me in right at 840.

dr. bill took a look at him and after checking his left ear, thinks he found the culprit. little dude's first ear infection!! poor guy had to go through the nose swab of a flu test after getting gunk dug out of his ear, so needless to say, he was all snuggled up on my shoulder until we left the office.

the flu test came back negative (thank goodness), so we walked out with our antibiotic prescription and well wishes that he'll be much better for his 6 month appointment in a couple weeks. (oh my goodness...how did it get to be almost 6 months already!!!) mommy has the best medicine though. cuddles and kisses! here's hoping the little dude feels better soon!

on a side note, the dude weighed in at a whopping 16.7 pounds!!! over double his birth weight!!

feverish friday

2:21pm

call from school that graham has a fever of 101.2!

2:25pm

walk over to my bosses office and tell him about graham and i get "oh no! get out of here!" gotta love having a boss who has three kids of his own and understands the urgency of the situation.

2:40pm

i get to school and kadisa is holding graham and he's all red in the face and hot. poor dude!!!

2:55pm

we get home and give the dude his first dose of tylenol. something is definitely not right seeing as he's been sleeping in two hour stretches all day and normally he only sleeps an hour at a time and only about two naps a day. we were going on the 3rd nap after i gave him the tylenol and he had already taken two naps at school for two hours each!! maybe he'll just sleep it out?!

6:02pm

we've been cuddling all afternoon and sleeping. fever has seemed to go down. we're definitely at a better, more normal temperature now.

8:00pm

nursed one last time and then put the dude to bed for the night. OUT for the count!

ei yiyi!! the little dude gave me my first dose of a 'sick' baby today. i guess i should count my blessings we made it this far though. 5 1/2 months old without having a fever, and 1 1/2 of those months he's been back at school and hadn't caught anything. hopefully this means the dude has an immune system like his dad. grady rarely gets sick!

bounce to the beat

thanks to our neighbor down the street we now have a doorway jumper for the dude. and thanks to grampa and grady for figuring out how to hang it from our molding-less entry into our sunroom, we now have a bouncing baby boy!

daddy likes this video because it proves his point that the little dude is going to like house music. seems that whenever we put it on he starts jumping more. raver baby! he's also got a little jig in there too!

tuckered out

someone must have had a big day at school!

fun in the bath

sniff snifff....what's that smell?! that seems to be the name of the game this week. well, ever since we started cereal actually. we had been really lucky and hadn't had many blowouts since the dude was born. hahaha, not anymore! it seems he is decreasing the frequency of his movements, which in turn means the volume increases!!! which equals blowout city at our house. the poor teachers at school have to deal with most of them. we were going to wait until his normal bath day on wednesday, but we got lucky and hit the jackpot tonight! let's just say...he needed a bath. :) now that he enjoys his baths though, it's not too much of a hassle. tonight in particular he decided he was going to be a ham for the camera. he was chewing on his book and i turned my head to get his towel ready, turned back and this is what i found!

guess he's using the whole 'i'm learning through osmosis' technique!

graaaaaaampaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

as stingy as the dude was with smiles for everyone else, he definitely was not stingy with them for grampa! all grampa had to do was basically look at the dude for him to smile. it was so cute. it's a shame grampa doesn't love him very much either!! ha!

we definitely wish they didn't have to go home today.

side note...this collage is also a black and gold shout out to VCU. go rams!! final four bound!!! :)

so much love

the dude is so lucky to be so loved! not only did he get a visit from grana and grampa this weekend, but he also got a visit from grammie and aunt sue!

one lucky dude indeed.

silly boy

as grana keeps saying this weekend...the dude has been very stingy on the smiles. but once he does smile, they come pouring out.

fuzzy wuzzy foto friday

maybe the little dude's new nickname should be 'sprout!' there is definite new hair growth and the dude's head is now a cute little fuzzball. it seems to be coming in blonde, so we might have a litlte toehead on our hands!

playtime with grana

we are so glad grana and grampa are here. the little dude is getting LOADS of playtime in!

happy wednesday!

look what i can do mom!

fabulous five months

today the dude is 151 days old! happy 5 months!!

weight, height and head circumference will have to wait until his 6 month appointment next month. buuuuuuuuuut, here is what he's been up to recently:

- wearing size 2 diapers now

- the 0-3 month clothes are in storage bins now!! which means the dude is fitting in 3-6 month outfits

- sleeping between 8.5-9 hours a night

- no more swaddling for the dude. we have transitioned to the halo sleep sacks which work great!

- wakes up sometimes in the night and just needs his binky and blanket. he LOVES to cuddle with his blanket, and we love it too because it puts him back to sleep instantly.

- started eating cereal at breakfast and dinner. we have tried rice, oatmeal and barley so far and we love all three!

- is definitely drooling a lot more these days. i think in the teething mode!

- babbling a lot more these days. especially when he's on his changing table. all the good stories come out then!

- legs have grown long enough to fit in the exersaucer. yahoo!

- rolled over three times in a row one day from his tummy to his back

- can do a half-way roll from his back to his tummy

- celebrated his first st. patricks day

- can sit up almost on his own, he just needs a little support

- would much rather be standing than laying on his back