10 Weeks Old Video

I love to coo and smile....

My First Halloween...10 weeks old

Today was Grady's first Halloween. We had a few wardrobe changes ;-) Last weekend at the Clemson game we dressed him in the little tiger outfit Aunt Lauren bought him. He also wore it to school on Friday. Then last night he wore his 1st halloween pjs Aunt Jessica gave him. Then today he work his I love Mummy shirt I gave him :-) And tonight he wore his skeleton outfit Grammy bought him. He was too precious! I can't wait for next year when he can really enjoy getting dressed up for Halloween!

Here are some pics!

dont know how to rotate the pic :-)

me and my friend JJ

after a long day, ready for daddy to put me to bed

8 Weeks Old

So my baby turns 8 weeks old on Monday. I take him to his 8 week appointment to get shots on Tuesday morning, then I head back to work right after his appointment. What a day that is going to be. I am dreading it so bad. I cry a little each day. I know in the long run, it will be good for him to be around other children to help with his social development blah blah. But it certainly does not make it any easier to leave him next week. I am so afraid of missing out on everything! I have not left him more than only a few hours total since he was born. These 8 weeks have been amazing spending each day with my sweet baby. What a change next week will be. The only thing making my first week back a little easier, is my mom is coming up to keep him this week. And Kevin will keep him Friday on his day off. Then Grady will officially start daycare the following week.

My boss is allowing me to work partially at home some hours of the day (probably the afternoons will work best with my schedule) So that way I can see him in the afternoon and work with him right by my side. Then once Kevin gets home I can put in a little more time to finish out my workday. Hopefully all of these factors will make heading back to work not so impossible!

On a lighter note, Lauren, my mom and i took the boys to Reedy Falls Park to take pictures of the boys. Here are some of the pics....

and another video...

I'm Smiling!!!

Today, Friday October 8th, Grady has begun to smile back at us!! This morning I was talking to him tryin to get him to smile as I have been doing for a while. When all of a sudden he started smiling back at me. I slapped Kevin- "Kev kev, babe wake up our son is smiling back at me!!" Of course Kevin didnt budge and Grady didnt repeat this. So I went about my day thinking it was another "accidental" smile.

Then today we went over to Kevin's mom's house, Grammys. And we started talking to him again. He smiled back again and again and again! Finally someone else saw him. Though this time he continued to smile back at all three of us over and over. Grady has finally learned how to smile back at these crazy people that keep talking to him all the time. It was the sweetest thing in the world to see!

Here are a few pics and another video that captures some of his sweet smile. Notice he is wearing my favorite bib. I promise he has others, I just love this one! :-)

Grady is 6 Weeks

So my lil Grady is 6 weeks old now, almost 7. I cannot believe how fast he is growing! He is beginning to be more reactive to us. He definitely recognizes us and follows us as we move around him. He smiles a lot, but usually in his sleep or after eating. He doesnt smile back at us yet. But getting close. I took him to get weighed Monday. He weighs 9 lbs 14 oz! He is growing perfectly! He loves being outside and loves when daddy comes home from work. They have their time together after dinner while I have some time to my self. It is the best part of my day. Although half the time I go upstairs and peek in the bedroom just to see them together. It is so sweet!

Today I was sitting on the couch and Maggie and Grady were laying on the floor. Grady was just a cooing and making the sweetest sounds- another new thing he is doing lately. So i got my camera out to try and get it on video. Of course he was more vocal before I got the camera out, but this is still cute. You can really see how much he has grown.

Here are my 2 angels....

Grady is 5 Weeks!

So Grady turned 5 weeks old yesterday. I can't believe it has already been 5 weeks. Time is going by way too fast and my maternity leave is quickly diminishing. I am so sad that I will be heading back to work in just 3 short weeks :-( I officially signed Grady up for daycare. It is so hard to think I will be leaving him at that place for someone else to raise my baby during the day. Luckily the daycare is brand new and very clean and nice. But it still doesn't make it easy. I know he will be fine there, but I wish we were at a place in our life where I could stay home with him. Just something we have to do for now.

He is changing everyday. He is smiling more and more now, but not reactively to us just yet. He will just be sitting there and crack a sweet lil smile for no reason. I'm sure the reason is the present he is dropping in his diaper for mommy. But either way, it is so cute to see! He is discovering things more and following us with his eyes. He loves lights and fans (what baby doesn't) and he still is wide eyed all the time just taking everything in.

This past weekend, I let him sleep in his crib for the first time. He did great. Even I did ok :-) We have the video monitor set up. When I put him down sometimes he is asleep and sometimes he is awake. It is so cute to watch him just look around and slowly fall asleep. We are so lucky he continues to be a good baby.

Here are some updated pictures of him...

he loves bathtime

finally fitting better in his carseat

ready to go huntin with daddy and papa

my sister Lauren and nephew Jaclson

all stretched out

sitting with my mom Nana and Jackson

Our lil Jackson and Grady photoshoot

holding Grady's hand

proud nana and papa with their grandsons!

me and my sweet angel