Graham's Seven Month Fun Facts

  December has been a very busy time for us to say the least, but I am just happy that our little family is together again.  Along with all the usual Christmas festivities, Graham celebrated his 7-month birthday on the 20th and Jason arrived back home on the 14th.  Airport pickups are always the best, and this homecoming was no different, even if it did Graham the full 45-minute ride home to bond with Jason again. 

Here are a  few highlights from our little man's month:

*Sadly, Graham has outgrown his monthly weigh-ins with the fish scale, but he did weigh over 19 pounds when Jason put him on our scale.

*He can feed himself a bottle and often times mistakes a plastic water or soda bottle for his own bottle.

*Jason has been trying to teach Graham to crawl.  He can get up on all fours and then he rocks back and forth for a few seconds, but that is the extent of his crawling skills for now. 

*I thought for sure Graham would have cut a single tooth by now, but not the case.  Graham has discovered his tongue though!

*And Aunt Mary gets credit for teaching Graham his newest trick: clapping.

I will post pictures in a separate posting from Graham's first Christmas.  We hope your Christmas was as blessed as ours!

Such a ham!



I love to watch these two boys play!  Monkey see...monkey do.

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Graham's 6 Month Fun Facts

 

*Dr. Pitre gave Graham a clean bill of health for his 6-month check-up
*He was a little over 50th percentile in weight and height (18 lbs. and 26 1/2")
*Dr. Pitre seemed more impressed with Graham's babbling skills.  She said that most baby's utter "da da" first...but not my little man...Graham first babbled, "ma ma ma".  (I told y'all he is a momma's boy!)
*Graham celebrated his first Thanksgiving this month.
*He can scoot around his play mats and never seems to tire doing push ups.
*He sleeps roughly 10 hours a night and is not a fan of having his diaper changed.
*Still no teeth, but everything he touches he wants to put in his mouth.
*Bath time is fun time!
*He can sit still long enough to have a few pages of a book read to him, but after that he is disinterested.
*And, Graham is already a master treasurer hunter...(Graham remind to tell you about the close encounter you had with a parrot inside an antique store...). 

This has been such a fun stage to watch Graham's progression.  I am so thankful that Jason is finally home to see this progression for himself!  We are so looking forward to Graham's first Christmas and the excitement that will accompany this special time.

Turkey Day

  With so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, I must admit the day was a little bitter sweet without Jason home.  (Plans for Jason to be home this Saturday have since fallen through; so, G and I must wait a little longer...)  Nevertheless, it was a beautiful day spent with family, reflecting on a year with so many blessings--but none as great as the birth of Graham in May!

  Jason was at least able to have some semblance of a Thanksgiving meal with a coworker and his family in Macae.  (I was so proud of my hubby as he even prepared a cornbread dressing dish for the host family.)  Needless to say, he is beyond anxious to get home to see Graham and celebrate Christmas with our family--as are we!