First up was driving to Scottsdale so that we could celebrate Thanksgiving with J's family. It is awesome to be within fairly easy driving distance but over six hours in the car is still a pretty long time with a squirmy 5 month old. G was good for most of the drive but he was definitely more fussy than when we made the same drive at 2 months. We were able to have a very pleasant Thanksgiving with J's parents, two of his brothers and some of their family friends. The weather was as nice as it always is for the holidays in Arizona so we were able to spend some time outside which is still something I haven't totally gotten used to after spending so many cold holidays in Wyoming and Utah growing up. Grayson was a pretty good trooper and we dragged him around to visit a lot of people. We were able to introduce G to some close family friends of my in-laws, visit some of my extended family, and see my best friend J and her mom M. G decided to sit by himself (when propped there, he still isn't moving to the sitting position on his own) for the first time while we were there which was fun to see. It was a short trip but we loved hanging out by the fire, playing at the park and of course stuffing ourselves for Thanksgiving!
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| J holding Grayson :) |
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| Our family on Thanksgiving |
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| P, J, Grayson and Grandma M |
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| J with Grayson and B |
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| Love his funny faces :) |
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| G's first time sitting on his own! |
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| G watching football with his Grandpa M |
We drove back to California and then J took off the next day to go to 29 Palms (a training area in the middle of the dessert) for a few weeks. Before he left we decided to give Grayson his first taste of food so I mashed up an avocado and he made some pretty funny faces. The first try wasn't very successful but he is improving quickly. G and I spent a week together at home by ourselves and he was an awesome baby! I was a little worried about not having anyone to take a turn every once in a while but he seemed to be on extra good behavior for me. :) We worked on him sitting up which he is getting more solid at though I'm still not willing to move away from him. We also got a jumperoo for Grayson which he absolutely loves! His feet didn't reach the floor so I had to put a pillow under him but he thought it was loads of fun. After a week of just the two of us, we packed up all of our stuff and flew up to visit my family in Utah.
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| Daddy tried to pack him :) |
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| Not too sure about avocado! |
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| But he is sure he loves his jumparoo! |
Our trip to Utah was a ton of fun! G and I spent over two weeks there with Julian joining us for the last week. G hit 6 months while we were in Utah so that is where this post will end. He had a lot of fun hanging out with his aunts and uncles and his grandparents and we were lucky enough to get to hang out with my grandma too. My parents got an exersaucer for G to use at their house and he really seemed to like it a lot. Since G is an only grandchild he gets pretty spoiled whenever we are around family. Everyone likes to hold him and play with him. I have to say that one of my favorite things about being home is being able to take a nice long shower without needing to rush because I'm trying to finish before he gets mad :) We are so grateful to be able to spend so much time with such supportive loving family!
At 6 months Grayson:
-weighs 16.2 lbs which puts him in the 20th percentile. I feel like he has filled out a ton so I was surprised that he was so low on the weight chart.
-is 27 inches long which means our tall little man is in the 75th percentile for height.
-wears size 3-6 months and his clothes are fitting much better now that he has a bit of a belly :)
- has been sleeping through the night a lot though in Utah he decided to start waking up a lot more which left me a bit tired. He has also settled into a regular nap routine where almost like clockwork he is ready for a nap two hours after he wakes up from his last nap.
- is a total wiggle worm! This kiddo likes to wiggle around and kick his legs and swing his arms all over the place. He is getting better at using his hands together and actually getting his bink to his mouth or picking up toys that he wants to play with.
- loves it when we are super animated with songs or books. He also likes to dance around with mama or get thrown in the air or flipped upside down.
- loves Mort the Moose, his jumperoo, the toys on the top of his playmat, his Aunt C's hair and chewing on anyone's face.
- makes a spitting noise that is pretty funny, smiles and laughs a lot, says babababa and loves to shriek just for the fun of it. It is seriously ear slitting!
- has added small amounts of pureed food to his diet. Sadly my milk supply has dried up so we made the switch to mostly formula which was a little tough since I wanted to breastfeed as long as I could but he got about 6 months of breastmilk which is what the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends so I'm grateful for that.
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