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| Such a happy baby! |
I have decided to write a separate post about Christmas because I have too many cute pictures to cram in to this post. :) We were very happy to be reunited with J before Christmas after not seeing him for three weeks. He flew up to Utah so that we could spend the week with my family. We had an awesome holiday filled with good food, great company, and our first night away from our sweet boy. My parents offered to keep G at their house overnight while we went out for dinner, a movie and a night in a hotel. We love our little man SO much but it was great to have a night as just adults and also to have a night where I knew for certain I would not be woken up at all! We were very grateful to my family for taking such good care of him! Our flight home involved my first time changing G in an airplane bathroom which was actually a lot easier than I expected so that's one fear I don't have to worry about while flying in the future. We had an awesome time in Utah but it was also nice to get back home and get back into our normal routine.
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| G loved seeing his Grandparents! |
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| So happy to have Daddy back! |
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| Cutie! |
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| I don't know what this face is but I think it's adorable :) |
We had a nice quiet New Year's at home with just our little family. G fell asleep way before midnight and then J and I had a netflix marathon which is something that we really enjoy! We spent some time at the beach since we are lucky enough to live in nice sunny SoCal where it is 70 degrees for the holidays. About a week later it was 85 degrees so I put G in his swimsuit and we met J at the beach for lunch. We stuck G's little feet in the ocean for the first time and he didn't seem to mind it when it wasn't rushing in from behind him. He was really interested in the sand so it was a bit of a challenge to keep his hands out of it so that he wouldn't shove it in his mouth. We had a lot of fun and we are so grateful for our remaining time in California!
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| G got Babiators for Christmas! |
We finished out Gray's 6th month with a visit from J's parents and his brother G. We were able to have a pastor from our church, North Coast Calvary Chapel, come to our house to perform a private baby dedication while we had family here. It was really great to be able to share the moment with Grayson's grandparents! Our church doesn't believe in baptizing a person until they are old enough to accept Jesus as their Savior so instead we pray over the baby together. It was so nice of our church to send someone over so that we could do this in our home since they only perform dedications during the service every other month and the dates just didn't work for us. We plan on raising Grayson to be a Christian and we hope he will grow into a Godly man. We spent the rest of the weekend going for walks to the park, enjoying the beach, and having fun family time.
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| Lunch at Beach Break |
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| Trying to get the Bible from Pastor Adam |
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| Chewing on the lamb from Pastor Adam |
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| Love our little family! |
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| Glad we had some of the Mueller clan with us! |
At 7 months Grayson:
- weighs about 18 lbs. He definitely went through a growth spurt!
- is about 28 inches- I think that is about how long he is but he is a squirmy kiddo so it's tough to get an accurate measure!
- Is still wearing mostly size 3-6 months but some of it is starting to get too short. He has also developed a little bit more of a belly so he is filling things out a little more.
- sleeps all the way through the night about half the time and the other half I have to get up to put the bink back in his mouth and sometimes sing "Twinkle, twinkle" to get him back to sleep. I am very grateful to have a baby that is easy to get back to sleep when he wakes up! We still usually sleep in until 8 or 9.
- is constantly trying to move and always wants to see everything around him. He is a big fan of craning his neck around so that he sees every direction. He seems to get extra curious when I have him in his carrier since he has to face me.
- has started pushing up to all 4's and rocking back and forth. Since we have hardwood floors I finally ordered a floor mat for G to play on and within 5 minutes of me putting it together he had already pushed up to all 4's. I'm not really in a hurry to have him crawling since I think it will make life a lot more crazy :)
- loves dancing with his mama! He really likes being thrown in the air and flipped upside down. He also likes spinning and bouncing and when I have enough energy he loves it when I jump with him.
- loves "reading" books by which I mostly mean chewing on them or looking at the pictures with me.
- loves jumping in his jumperoo and exploring lots of different toys. I usually put several toys near him and he wiggles around until he gets to the one that he wants.
- eats sweet potatoes, avocado, carrots and bananas. I puree everything and freeze it in ice cube trays so that I don't have to prep it every day. He is pretty messy while eating but he has been improving.
- says "bababa", "lalala", "dadada", "t,t,t" and "mamama". He really only whines "mamama" but he always says "dadada" in the cutest little voice. :)
- can squeak Sophie the giraffe, loves Pete the Peacock, Mort the Moose, anything that makes the crinkle sound, and his stacking rings.
- can sit up for about ten minutes at a time though sometimes he topples with no warning.
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| G trying to wiggle himself off the couch to get his toys :) |
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| Loves his jumperoo! |
It has been so fun to watch him grow and improve what he can do on a daily basis!
He's a dolly! And you're such a cute mom. I can tell that he makes you so happy! Love reading your blog :-)
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