Happy One-Quarter Birthday!

Grant celebrated his 3 month old birthday today by being the mack-daddy escorting three lovely ladies to the pool. (We warned everyone that he was going to be a ladies man)

Our "little tubbie" enjoyed his time in the "big tub" until the water reached his bottom... then he let the world know that he was NOT having it. I can't believe how big he has gotten --case in point, those swimming trucks are size 12 months, I bought them on sale a while ago hoping to save them for next summer, guess I'll have to rethink that idea because they definately won't make it 'til his 4 month birthday!

The Cat is away

so we will play!

Geoff left for a week in the field, so Grant and I are holding down the fort. Unfortunately with the troop getting ready for a motnh long training camp in California in November, its going to mean a lot of feild time in the next month! Grant's baby book has offically been started (note: the wedding album has not, haha) and we're getting excited for our trip to NC next month for Grant to meet the Bartholomays, Valentine's wedding and seeing friends at Elon's homecoming!

PROGRESS:

Grant is really starting to hold his head up at the begining of tummy time, he gets pooped pretty quickly though. He still isn't interested in rolling over, in fact it scares him when I help, like he doesn't know how he got there and doesn't like that!

I never knew that one little dog could make a baby smile so much but Grant has singled out one of his toys as his favorite. A blue and white lovey with a dog's head on it that the Rossis sent him. I don't know if its the fleece and silk, or the fur of the dog's head, but Grant loves this thing.

The one eyed Grant monster hasn't been spotted in several weeks... Grant has actually started to somewhat enjoy bath time (i.e. not scream bloody murder throughout the whole process) He did manage to wet the changing pad before we could slap a diaper on him last time though... "you gotta be quick with these things mom"!


As for an update on Ray and Tiffany, they have moved down to Tampa for rehab but Ray got an infection and is back in ICU. Once the infection has cleared they will go back up to Bethesda to have the surgery to remove fluid from his head, then be back in Tampa to continue rehab. Ray is in isolation right now so its gown and gloves for Tiffany and little Alli hasn't seen her day in a few weeks~


Hope you all are having a great week!

Worth thinking about

what do you think the chances are that Jesus was a colic-y baby? I mean I know he was the only perfect person who ever lived, so does that mean he didn't cry for no reason and drive his mom and dad nuts?
poor Mary... can you imagine living in the year O and having to take care of a fussy newborn Jesus without so much as a bouncy seat or Gracco swing in sight? I mean there is enough stress involved in being a parent without having the whole 'savior of all mankind' pressure to deal with. did she have to worry that she was doing the right thing or was she comforted in knowing that he was going to be perfect no matter what?

incase you were wondering... it took awhile for our little "angel" to go down last night...

Holding his head up high... kindof

Look carefully, can you see the sliver of air between the blanket and Grant's head? He wants to crawl so badly (but lets face it, thats a lot of weight to have to push up and move) Plus I'd settle for rolling over, but hes not interested in that AT ALL!

Mommy and Me

Mommy got done up for the first time in ages, make up and everything , for some Army thing and so we got our picture taken together... I wasn't feeling very photogenic though....

SMILE!

note to loyal readers: if you are ever in need of a baby shower gift, go with Baby Legs! Geoff said "why is my son in legwarmers?" but I tell ya, these are Grant's PJs because they make middle of the night diaper changes such a breeze. His legs stay warm so he stays halfway asleep, it is glorious! Plus, I think he looks pretty darn cute!

Diapers galore!

Here is today's random and fun fact: by my calculations we have gone through 358 diapers so far (plus however many we brought from the hospital with us so lets say 363) From newborn to 1s and now into size 2 diapers! We can't believe how fast hes growing! We've found ourselves falling into the "It seems like just yesterday" trap, but it does, it seems like just yesterday that we changed his diaper for the first time in the hospital and the newborn diaper was tiny. Then when he started to get plumber's crack going we moved up to 1s. The tabs nearly crossed in the middle because they were a tad to big for him and we were trying to synch the waist, but as of yesterday the size 1s tabs could barely find velcro to stick to to keep them on!

LONG TIME, NO BLOG

Sorry that I have been slacking on things everybody! We've got new batteries in the camera, the house cleaned from one set of visitors and anxiously awaiting the next (friends Eric Snyder and Liz Hacker from Elon/ROTC are coming for Labor Day), we've packed away the newborn clothes -insert single tear- and have moved the 3 month clothes from the closet into the drawers... life is chugging along!


Many of you have been asking about Tiffany and Ray, so I'll fill you in on an email we got from Tiffany last week. [Ray was injured on July 11, 2007 at FOB Hammer in Iraq. He sustained a head injury with possible brain injury which will be determined thorughthis rehab stage.]
"He lost his right eye from shrapnel wounds. He had tohave surgery on his front portion of his brain and they had to remove part ofhis skull because of brain swelling but it will be replaced in 2-4 months. He had to have surgey on his liver and diaphram because he had a penetrating wound. He has been recovering better than thedoctors had anticipated. Ray and I welcomed our beautiful little girl, Alexandra Cynthia Fleig into our family on Sunday August 12, 2007 at 4:45 A.M. We were lucky that Ray was having a good day and that he got to be by my side through the entire delivery. Ray is so proud to be a new Daddy that every day that Alli comes tovisit it is his highlight of his day. We are lucky enough to be staying literally just outside the hospital door that when ray says he wants to see me it only takes me less than five minutes to walk there and get to him if the nurse calls at night."
Please continue to keep them in your thoughts and prayers, we know that Ray is one heck of a fighter so we're keeping our fingers crossed!

Our little man (big baby)

When your baby comes out at 8 1/2 pounds you know hes a big boy... but when you got to his 2 month check up and he weighs in at a whopping 12 1/2 pounds you know you have a chunker! Heres Grant in his little man outfit, looking all studly. LOOK AT THOSE CHEEKS! Glad to know that the chipmunk gene got passed on... :o)

Whats he dreaming about?

I walked by Grant sleeping a few days ago and he was out cold with his arm up in the air. This is not an action shot, he was sleeping with his hand suspended above his belly for a good 10 minutes... I can't help but wonder whats going on in his dreams!

Hanging out

We're enjoying Tummy Time now instead of the fussiness of before!

Grant's Baptism~

We've had a wonderful weekend, full of family and friends here to celebrate Grant's baptism with us! Here is the "action shot" and one of the godparents~ We are truly blessed!