Saturday, March 17, 2012

Grady is 3 months old!

Grady had his three month appointment today. He is 14 pounds 12 ounces, and 23 & 3/4 inches long. His head and length are both in the 50 percentile, and his weight is in the 75th percentile. Dr. Hughes likes to say Grady's Momma has good milk. This month has been so much fun watching Grady grow. He's started smiling and laughing. He's rolled over a few times - from his tummy to his back, and he even slept through the night for about a week or so. Then, he hit another growth spurt, and he's gone back to only lasting 5 hours or so during the night. It's amazing how fast Mommy and Daddy got spoiled to those nights that slept for 10 - 11 hours. Such a tease! Hopefully, we'll be back to that in a few more days.

Miller has turned into such a HAM! He seems so shy in front of new people, but I know he's opened up in class. Around family, though, watch out. He literally ran around the outside of Nonna and Pops's house, in through one door and out through the other - pretty much screaming the whole time. Uncle Austin taught him to say, "Come at me, bro." One night, Uncle Austin said that to him, and Miller responded by growling, and doing slow motion wax on, wax off movements. We have no idea where he got that from, but as soon as we cracked up laughing at him, he did it over and over again. He loves getting laughs. He's also learned how to spell his name. He'll only do it when he wants to, and he rarely does it when requested, but he can spell it. He's so smart!

Here's Mommy and Miller playing on the couch. We were squeezing each other's faces and giving kisses.

There might have been some snot mixed in with those kisses...
Nonna was tickled one afternoon when Miller just walked up to her and gave her a big hug without even asking for it.
Last week Miller and Mommy had a date night, just the two of us. We went to see Sesame Street Live. We were so close to the stage, and Miller loved it. Abby Cadabby even walked up to Miller and gave him a high five. It was great to have that special time with my big boy.
Keep in mind, it was dark there, so these pictures aren't the best. Miller was pretty wide-eyed when the show started.
Giving me a big grin during the show.
This was at intermission, and he was acting goofy - of course.
His happy face - love it!
One of Grady's smile. He was laughing at his momma in this one.
We celebrated Pi day at work last week. Yes, I work at a lab, so we've got plenty of nerds to celebrate fun days like this. I've also known a few of them to celebrate Mole Day. I'll let those of you who don't know what that is, Google it.
Grady on his three month birthday on March 15th.
I don't think it's possible to love this face anymore than I already do!
I'm finishing up with pictures of my favorite Irish boys on St. Patrick's Day. Yes, there were a ton of pictures. Mostly because Miller was being so crazy that I just kept snapping away. John and Grady don't change much, but Miller - that guy is hilarious!
CHEESE!


I think this one is my favorite. His eyes crack me up.
Wigging out.

More wigging out.
He's escaping!
Here's a little video of the crazy man.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

The boys are growing so fast!

February flew by for us. I can't believe we're almost halfway through with March by now. Miller had his Mardi Gras parade at school, and we went out to the horse track to see Logan race for the first time. We had a play date with Miller's best friend, Jake. Uncle Austin moved back to Bossier to work, but we still don't see as much as we'd like because he works different hours from the rest of us. Grady has started sleeping through the night, and he's doing a great job at it. He'll go up to 11 hours. It's just amazing. I don't think Miller was doing that at this age. Mommy and Daddy are loving it though.

We finally bought Grady's pictures from the hospital. Just to compare, here's Miller's hospital picture.


Here's the G-man in the hospital. Grady's really starting to look like Miller, especially when I compare pictures of Miller at Grady's age.

This morning, Miller really wanted to ride his bike. Even though it was pretty cold, we all bundled up and headed out for a walk. Here's Miller, saying "Cheese".

Here's Grady, barely able to peak out. He loved the walk too though.

We stopped off at Mimi's first, and then we headed down to Nonna and Pops's house. Here's an example of my excellent photography. Thank goodness we've got Aunt Amy for the important pictures.

Again, saying "Cheese." He traded hats with Pops. Apparently, after hitting his head one million times, Pops has decided it will be safer for him to wear a helmet all the time. Miller loved the helmet and wanted to wear it. Yeah, we're totally going to have the kid in the helmet on the school bus.

Pops in the Elmo hat.

Miller with the baby horse, Casino.

During Miller's nap time, Grady was super playful. John got some pictures of him laughing.

He's got a tight grip on Mommy's finger, but he's keeping his eye on Daddy with that camera.

These are the pictures from Mardi Gras. It was my last day home before I went back to work full-time, so we made it a fun one. Miller was so excited to have Mommy come eat lunch with him. Here's Miller at the table. Where's everybody else, you may ask?

Everybody was checking out Grady. These kiddos love the baby. Miller's teacher is on the right, Ms. Ashley. He loves her so much!

After school, we were headed out to the racetrack to see Logan race. Miller had to wear his cowboy hat and cowboy boots. He was being bashful, and trying to hide behind his hat whenever Mommy would try to take his picture.

Walking down to the track to watch Logan run.
Laughing at something Uncle Austin said. He's so funny!
Miller and Uncle Austin.
Here's a video of Grady - such a cutie.

The boys are growing so fast!

February is flying by, and we've got boys that are growing and growing. Grady actually rolled over three times in a row one night. He had his two month appointment on Friday, and he weighed in at 13 pounds exactly (75 percentile). His head circumference was in the 75th percentile as well. His height was in the 50th percentile, so he's doing well all around.

We had a visit from Granny Chris this month, and Miller has such a great time showing off all the toys he got for Christmas. Pops's had his birthday, and Miller "helped" him with his present. Mommy has become addicted to Pinterest. In fact, almost all of the meals I've been cooking lately have come from Pinterest. John's been super busy this month. There's the constants - work and school, but he's also taken (and passed) another certification on top of doing numerous Apple training modules. Then, he'll be going to Dallas for a training class this month. Plus, he's Super Daddy (please keep his alter ego a secret). I go back to work full-time this week, which has its pros and cons. We're all going to have to adjust to the new schedule. Miller and Mommy have been having dance parties. Miller loves for me to play music on my phone, and we dance around together, or, at least until he tires Mommy at.

We got some pretty exciting news this week. Uncle Austin will be moving back to Bossier City! He's going to be working in the Marketing department for one of the casinos. His schedule will be a little different than ours, but hopefully Miller will get his Uncle Austin fix at least once a week.

John's Uncle Mike got married yesterday, and we made the trip over to see it. Most of the family hadn't gotten to meet Grady yet, so they were so excited to see us. It had been a while since we had seen a lot of them, and we had such a great time seeing all of them.

I think that's about it for now. At least, that's all I can think to write about - for now. We hope everyone is having a wonderful February.

Here's Miller hugging on Mommy's leg. I can't exactly remember why, but I think it's cute.

Brothers doing tummy time together.

Granny Chris and Grady
Miller showing Granny Chris how to bounce.
Pops with his birthday present. It's a lottery ticket bouquet (another Pinterest idea). Miller had a good time helping Pops scratch them off.
Those blue eyed boys always turn laser eyed in pictures. Here's Miller and Austin watching Cars 2.
Here's a picture of Mommy with her two Valentines.
Grady, with a half smile, and Mommy.
Grady on his two month birthday.
Miller dancing with Daddy.
Grandma Allison holding Grady.
Grandpa Allison with Grady.
Family picture - Grandpa and Grandma Allison, Perry, Chris, Miller, John, Grady, and Michelle
Mommy, Grady, Miller, and Daddy
Here's a couple of videos. Miller and Granny Chris running around the church and Grady hanging out on his changing table.