10 Months

Ten! Wow!

Earlier this month Grant got his third tooth with #4 and #5 this week. He also chomps or grinds his teeth. It sounds like he is chewing on rocks and freaks me out!

Grant celebrated his first Halloween as a skeleton and helped me pass out candy.

He's had his second cold and I can't wait 'til his nose clears up. I was hoping he'd get better more quickly last week while hone from daycare, but the funk has lingered in all of us. As of today, he's much much better.

We celebrated my in-law's Anniversary at the Gaylord Texan. We watched football, ate dinner, looked at all the Christmas decorations and went to see ICE! I'd never been before and Grant was a little too young to really enjoy it, but he seemed to like it. It was 9 degrees in there and it made me so thankful that we live in Texas! The theme this year was Merry Madagascar with other Kung Fu Panda and Shrek attractions at the hotel.

We also had a great Thanksgiving at my in laws. Grant's schedule was off so he ended up napping during the meal which worked our great. We are so very thankful for our health, our family and for little Grant Manuel.

Grant also got to meet his Arizona friend, Ginger! Ginger is about a month younger than Grant and her mom Lindsay and I have been friends since 5th grade. It was fun being pregnant at the same time and now have babies the same age. Just wish they lived closer!

Grant is a very fast crawler. It's so fun to come home from work and hear his little hands slapping the floor to get to me. Highlight of my day for sure!

Sleep: this month Grant woke up a lot. I blame the congestion and teeth. This week he has returned to sleeping through the night and I am so grateful!

Food: during the week he nurses twice (morning and night), takes two bottles at daycare and eats about 5 stage three (still some stage 2) purée jars/pouches or cereal. His iron was a little low at his last appointment so we're giving him fortified cereal more often. (I realize no one cares about Grant's PO intake. Some of these items are just for me to remember what was going on!)

Clothes: 12 months. As always, we are so grateful for his older cousin Tyler's hand me downs! They are about 13 months apart so size/seasons is perfect. All the Holiday clothes are the right size at the right time.

Diapers: Still size 3 and still using cloth at home on the weekends.

Grant turned 10 months old on Chris' 33rd birthday. We have several 29 birthdays in the family! We went to a concert so I haven't done his 10 month photo with Ducko. Hopefully tomorrow.

December - So excited for Grant's First Christmas next month!

Sorry this post is so scattered. I try to write things on my phone when I think of what he's up to but I'm going to try to blog more often with shorter posts. We'll see!

40 weeks, 4 days

Today Grant is 40 weeks and 4 days old.  The same amount of time I was pregnant! 

This last pregnant picture of me was technically 40 weeks and 3 days (Saturday 1/28) and Grant was born early in the morning at 40 weeks and 4 days (Sunday 1/29). 

I was huge! Chris and I both had labor flashbacks just looking at that picture. It's been a wild... 81 weeks!

Nine Months Old

So I'm basically blogging once per month. Between Facebook and Instagram, there is not a Grant shortage on the Internet. And honestly not much else is going on in our lives besides Grant!

I always review what we did each month based on my iphone pictures.  Looks like we spent some time with friends watching the Longhorns lose to Oklahoma, Grant went to the fair, cousin Tyler came over to play a couple times, we went to the park and got to swing on the new playground, tried on hats at the store, watched Chris play flag football, went to the pumpkin patch with cousin Tyler and also celebrated Aunt Tania's birthday with the family.

This past month Grant has really sped up the crawling. He's fast! And goes straight to the dog food, plants or dryer. This seems to be a common obsession with kids (Shout out, Tyler & Jonathan!) but Grant loves watching us do laundry and loves banging on the dryer.

He's also gotten fast in his little car walker. It fits perfectly through a doorway so he goes into the laundry room a lot. That little sucker hurts when he bumps into you or runs over your bare feet.

Getting to be a really good eater and working towards more finger foods. Loved eating the grass and hay at the pumpkin patch. (Shout out, Porter.  Fiber!)

We lowered the crib because I know pulling up is just around the corner. Right now he can pull up to his knees but hasn't figured out how to get a foot out yet. He can also stand when propped up leaning on the couch or his play table.
UPDATE:  I wrote this Friday and over the weekend he DID pull up!  First in his crib while he was supposed to be napping and then later on his little play table (over and over again when he would take a tumble.) 

Still in size 3 diapers and mostly 9 month clothes.  No new teeth.

His infant carrier is so heavy and I can't wait to retire that thing.

Height: 29 inches. (47%)
Weight: 19# 7.2 oz. (77%)
Head circumference: 18.31 inches. (87%)

I'm in serious denial that he's already 9 months old.  Almost time to start planning his birthday party!

Grant's First Halloween

Not sure about Grant, but I had fun dressing him up in Tyler's old duck costume (just realized I gotta get a picture of him in the duck costume with Ducko!), "Crankenstein" onesie (perfect for our little Crankster) and skeleton onesie.

I loved seeing all the cute pictures on Facebook today.

Hope everyone had a good time and didn't get a tummy ache from eating too much candy!

Puppy Dog Grant

This weekend was all about dogs!

On Saturday we went to Lucy's (my dog niece) vet for a Teddy Bear surgery day for kids. The stuffed animals ended up being puppies not bears. Each kid got to rescue a puppy who had swallowed some coins. They opened them up, took out the coins then put in your own little heart (like build a bear) and sewed them back up. Our kids (Grant and my nephew) were too little but the older kids were really into it. They gave them a gown, hair bonnet and mask for the OR. It was really well organized and they gave us a picture souvenir at the end. As part of the post-op instructions, they advised kids to make sure they clean up their rooms so their pets don't swallow something they're not supposed to. Nice!

On Sunday we did nothing. Cold day so we stayed in our pjs all day. Crawling seems to have gone from zero to sixty in the past week. He is fast and now makes a bee line for exactly what he's not supposed to. Plants, electric cords, dog door, dog toys and dog food. Of course like any good mother, I grabbed my phone to snap a picture before redirecting him.

8 months old

I typed this all out yesterday (on my phone) and didn't save it. Let's try this again...

Highlights!

Crawling everywhere

Two teeth (bottom center)

Takes two bottles, nurses 3-4x and 2 purée "meals" per day

Sleeps 8-12 hours at night and 1 two hour nap per day (plus an occasional evening cat nap)

Size 3 diapers, size 9 month clothes although he's outgrowing some stuff and I'm sure will be moving up to 12 month soon

He's still a happy boy and doesn't cry too much

We traveled to Albuquerque (plane) and Austin (car). Both trips were great and G was a good traveler. Today's drive home from Austin was a little rough but we made it.

He currently loves his hand me down little front door toy. "Lights on, lights off". Pretty soon he'll be climbing all over it like he saw the Pollard twins doing this weekend.

Had his first runny nose this month. Never had a fever or anything. I know it's just part of going to daycare and being a baby but it was sad to see him so snotty and sounding like Darth Vader. Saline drops, Nose frida and boogie wipes are great! G hates the nose frida but it really works the best at clearing out noses.

Looking forward to cooler temps and more walks!