Thanksgiving photo shoot

Check out our little turkey! He comes with all of the fixings. :) We had such a good time with our photo shoot and he was such a good sport!

Enough of this turkey business. Everyone knows the story of the Pilgrims and the Indians...so here they are! Grayson with his good friend Cooper dressed the parts to show everyone the true story of Thanksgiving and friendship. Classic!!

First trip to the zoo!

We took our first trip to the zoo in November. Grayson absolutely adored it. He had a great time looking at the all the animals and taking in all of the natural aspects that the zoo had to offer. His favorite part of the day by far was the merry-go-round. He had a blast on it, was smiling, laughing, and holding on to the pole like a big boy.

Check out the video on the bottom of my first merry-go-round ride!

We also got a visit from Poppi, Bibby Sue, and Uncle Jeremy. We had a blast with them. Grayson loves playing with them. They were so much fun!

New camera!

So we figured that with all of the pictures we take of our cute little boy, we might as well bite the bullet and buy a good camera. After 6 months of thousands of "I just missed getting the best picture" we couldn't put it off anymore! Daddy has had a great time learning how to use this new camera and all the fancy stuff it does. Mommy just snaps pictures and lo and behold, they come out adorable. :) Here are a few of our favorites over the past 2 weeks. We have had a lot of mini photo shoots both inside and in our backyard. Even got to take a few of us all dressed up before an engagement party for our friends!

6 month photo shoot and stats

So sorry for the delay! Been crazy around here. We had our 6 month doctor's appointment last week and Grayson weighed in at 18 lbs and 4 ounces. He is 26.5 inches tall. That keeps him in about the 50th percentile for both weight and height.

These days he is a professional sitter and anything he gets his hands on, goes directly in the mouth. Big news: We cut our first tooth yesterday! If you are looking at him, it is the one on the bottom right. We can see the bottom left one through the gums, so it should be making a grand entrance any day now.

We were having some issues with crying at bedtime/naptime. Doctor told us it was the beginning of separation anxiety now that he has the sense of object permanence. We are working on it, using the cry it out method, which has worked great. He now has no problem, knock on wood, for going to bed, we are having a few issues with him staying asleep. For some reason he thinks 430 or 5 is an okay time to wake up. Each day gets better and better and he is becoming a great self soother. Hopefully it just gets better and better!

He is still his happy go lucky self during the day. So much fun to play with and if he gets the least bit fussy, all you have to do is take him outside and he is in heaven. He sure loves to be out there! Laughing/smiling happens all the time and he is now obsessed with peek a boo. I pretend I cant find him, even when he is in my arms, and frantically look around saying, "Where's Grayson?" I finally look down to see a huge gummy smile staring right at me. I can't imagine what that smile will look like once there are a bunch of teeth in there!

Enjoy the rest of the pictures from our photo shoot with friend Kelley.

Grayson in a pumpkin!

Happy Halloween! I am so glad to have met my friend Daphne, she has the best ideas..... i.e. putting our children inside a pumpkin. No no, going to the pumpkin patch and getting pictures with pumpkins isn't good enough. :) They turned out adorable. Both boys were a little confused as to what we were doing, so we didn't get that many smiles, but they both were good sports. We then decided to move onto the playground and let them have their first "swinging" experience. They are so small they both fit in one swing! We had a great day. To make it more fun, both of our moms were in town so they got to join in with the laughs! Hope you enjoy our October themed pictures. Stay tuned for what is in store for November!

6 months old!

I am six months old! We have had a lot going on in the past month. Mommy had a trip to the ER and 2 days later had her gall bladder removed. Nonny and Grammie to the rescue! Nonny flew down to take care of Grayson while Mom was in the hospital and Grammie came a few days later and has been with us for 2 weeks. It is great having Grayson's grandmas here to spend time with. Grayson isnt due for his next doctor's appointment for another few weeks, so we will update his stats then. He still has no interest in rolling over but his new trick is that he can sit up on his own! It is a whole new perspective for him, and he loves it! He also has been blowing bubbles and spitting a lot. He turns bright red and we are afraid some brains might pop out, but it is quite humorous to watch! No teeth yet, but we must be getting close, drool and hands in the mouth are still the norm around here.

We felt bad there hasn't been a blog in a bit, so there are lots of pictures on this one. We went to the pumpkin patch today with our friend Cooper. We were a bit overstimulated I think. Not a whole lot of smiling, but he definitely was taking it all in. Lots of pictures of that are featured below.

Also below is a video of him laughing again. We can't get enough of it. It is hysterical.

Grayson and his Layla. He loves her!

We are growing! Onto size 3 diapers. :)

Cooper came over to "tailgate" and watch the Gator game with his parents. We won that game, that was before the Gators started to stink.
Look at me sitting all on my own!
Grammie made a delicious Rosh Hashanah dinner. We lit the candles and enjoyed some matzah ball soup.
Grayson is fascinated with the vacuum. He loves when I do it and watches it intently with his mouth wide open. Will have to get a video of that for next blog.
Great Grandma Esther made me this cute pumpkin hat for my Halloween costume. I am going to be a pumpkin.

Below are all the pictures from our first pumpkin patch adventure. Check out my monster socks! Mommy couldnt resist!