Catch up!

I can't believe it's been so long since I have done a post! I really need to be better at this. I will do a real quick catch up because Preston and Graham are still sleeping which means I have a couple minutes to myself which is pretty rare! 

So let's see...

Graham is now 13 months old and oh so cute I must add :) 

He's walking! 

He knows what a dog and cat are and can say them both... Dog is more clear than cat. 

He LOVES being outside and playing in the rocks, dirt, grass. He will bring me his shoes and bring me my shoes and then go to the front door. 

The other night Preston turned on the bath water to give graham a bath and graham ran into his room opened the drawer where his towels are kept and ran back to the bathroom with towel in hand. It was pretty cute! 

I think he understands waaaaay more than I think! He's pretty smart! My iPhone was sitting on our end table in the living room and he grabbed it and took it over to where my charger was which is mixed in with other cords (that he knows he isn't supposed to play with) but my point is he grabbed the right one and tried to plug it in! I told him no, danger... But he's a pretty smart dude! 

He still sleeps with Preston and I which in all honestly we don't mind!! We have tried to put him in his crib and I sat right by his crib and tried to get him to go to sleep and no joke he cried for an hour. It broke my heart. So we are in no rush- it will happen! He won't be sleeping with us forever! And he's still nursing as well! We plan on letting him self wean. No he won't be nursing when he's 4...lol. If it gets to that I will have to do something about it ;) hahaha 

These facts are pretty interesting! 

I don't have that many pictures because I just dumped all 3700 onto Preston's laptop (you're welcome Preston) hehehe 

Graham at 8 months

I can't believe my baby boy is already 8 months. It was just yesterday that he was a newborn!! 

Some things Graham is doing lately: 

-Crawling and getting pretty darn fast. 

-Clapping. Pretty much the cutest thing ever. 

- Still saying mama 

- loves to play on the ground and loves it when mommy is sitting on the ground with him. 

- officially upgraded to his convertible car seat. We bought it several months ago and he used it a couple times but then we switched him back to his infant car seat for a couple months. 

- he is a great eater. He will eat whatever we give him. He loves Mango, pear, apple, butternut squash, sweet potato, carrot, kale, regular squash, oatmeal, peas, punmpkin, broccoli, spinach. We are very blessed he is such a good eater. 

- he loves standing up in his crib and gets a huge proud grin whenever he does. 

-has his two bottom teeth. 

-he is definitely a mamas boy. He loves his daddy too of course . 

- I have still yet to leave him for more than an hour. My parents have watched him once for an hour while Preston and I cleaned up the leaves in our front yard but that's it. We both enjoy and prefer having Graham with us. Now, eventually a date night to dinner and a movie will be nice but that will come. 

- still nursing like a champ. I don't think I will wean him at a year unless of course he wants to. But at this rate I don't think he will want to lol

7 month picture

7 months old

My baby boy is officially 7 months old. It is bittersweet. I love watching him grow and learn new things but everyday it's just a reminder that he won't be my little baby very much longer. 

It's rather ironic because just 7 months ago we came home with our little boy... Those days were hard. Our boy had colic and between that and being new parents it was a very difficult time. But we got through it! And let me tell you it was so worth it! I kind of already have baby fever again! But don't worry number 2 won't be happening yet. Still want to enjoy my sweet baby boy Graham before we make him a big brother, forever! Lol. 

Graham is the sweetest boy ever. Preston and I both love him so much and are so thankful God entrusted us with this precious little life. It is my and Preston's prayer that Graham grows up accepting then Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. 

Preston has been really busy with work and school. We found out that we has another semester added to his 2 that he has left because Chico state is lame and makes you stay another semester taking pointless classes that have nothing to do with your major. We just want to be done and moved on from school! I guess i just have to be patient. After Preston graduates me hopes to get a job at a accounting firm. We are looking to re-locate our family to out of state. We are seriously looking at the Boise Idaho area. The "big 4" accounting firms are there, cost of living is better, family friendly, lots more to do there as far as outside goes and entertainment for families. Preston and I have lived in the same area pretty much all our lives so it will be so fun to experience something different. And it is only 9 hours away from gridley/yuba city so it will still be pretty close to family! We will see. 

That's all for now. :)

I am still here

I know, I've really been slacking on the blog posts lately. I have really good intentions of keeping it up but life just gets so busy with an almost 7 month old. We have been keeping pretty busy lately. We went to the pumpkin patch which was so fun. Brooks and Andrea and the kids came down for a couple days which was so much fun! It was great seeing them. We got our family pictures taken and Graham's 6 month pictures. They turned out so amazing! Graham started solids 2 days before he turned 6 months old. Preston really wanted to wait until the 6 month mark but I just was so excited I couldn't wait. His first taste of food was banana and he absolutely loved it. He is such a great eater. He loves sweet potatoes, carrots, mango, pear, butternut squash, apple, spinach, his oatmeal cereal in the mornings. He rolls around everywhere! Not crawling yet but he can push himself up with his arms. He is such a great sleeper too. He sleeps in our room but honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way right now. When he isn't right next to me I sleep horribly because I am always waiting for him to wake up. So we both sleep better right next to each other. And it makes his night time feelings so much easier because neither of us have to fully wake up. He only wakes up about 1 time to eat. He is sick a happy boy. He responds to his name, gives kisses when we ask for them. Loves watching people. Loves to be on the move. Is super curious and doesn't like to miss anything. We just put his swing away. No more naps in that. It was bittersweet putting it away but now we have much more room in the living room for him to roll around and play which is nice. 

 

I just love him

Excited for the holidays

Just a picture of my sweet boy. He loves his sweet potatoes.

I can't believe he will be 6 months old on Friday. How come when you become a parent life starts to go by so fast?! It needs to slow down. 

We are getting excited about the Holidays coming up. Trips to the Pumpkin Farm and Preston wants to take Graham and I to Apple Hill and hopefully Preston can get some time off in November to go to Sunriver Oregon for Thanksgiving. Then it will be Christmas time and we will hopefully see Prestons sister who is in Chicago and be with Preston's family Christmas Eve and then spend Christmas with my family. I know Graham won't remember his first Christmas but I am so excited for Christmas morning with him!! Since I have know Preston since 2009 I have only spent Christmas with my family once. Not sure how that worked out. Lol. I have loved spending Christmas with Preston's family though and being apart of their family. I sure married into an awesome family. I couldn't have asked for better "in-laws" (don't really like that term but that's ok :) and I couldn't have asked for better grandparents for Graham. :) love you guys! 

Onto other business.... Last night was horrible! Graham fell asleep at around 9 and woke up at 11 and I couldn't get him to calm down until 3 IN THE MORNING.  He must be teething (we've been saying that for months lol). Yesterday I went into town with my mom to run some errands and I finally got "Hylands Teething Tablets" for mister Graham. He had been crying the entire car ride and within like / minutes of me giving them to him he was out. I remembered I  had them at 3am and he was out again a couple minutes after me giving them to him. Those things are magic I tell you. They are homeopathic too so they are all natural ingredients which is a plus! 

That's all for now :)