90 year old man

Geoff and I sometimes joke that our son is really a 90 year old man.... he gives us this all knowing look with his forehead all wrinkled, or when he looks like hes pondering the fate of the world, or flashes his toothless grin. This weekend however, Grant showed us his 30-40 year old self, (as the picture shows) he gave us a glimpse of a beer belly/couch potato future. Yes, it was an NFL game and there were plenty of belches and rumblin in the pants to pull off the part.

P.S. I love the fact that he already is pushing buttons with his thumb

Peekaboo, I see you!

Ladies and Gentlemen

...we have a teether!

Grant has been drooling and gnawing on his hands for the past few days, looks like the we have just entered the wonderful world of teething! JOY! The teething ring is still a little to big for his mouth but he sure has fun trying to make it fit, as for poor butterfly, he gets decapitated hourly!

Caught in the act

...now if this doesn't make you smile, you must be dead!

I was trying to snap pictures of Grant in his cute Lion head towel after his bath tonight by holding the camera out blind in front of us and just snapping away. Needlesstosay I laughed out loud when I looked back over the pictures I had snapped and saw this "action shot"! Oh the joys of having a baby... get them out of the bath and then there is spit up everywhere. hey, at least hes still cute even when caught in the act!

Here are some more pictures from the week: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BZMmzJw5aNZ8&notag=1

Hot off the press

Here are the pictures from Grant's latest photo shoot. He got his first big boy teddy bear this weekend and loves it (not as much as the blue dog, but a muched loved second): http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BZMmzJw5aNZe&emid=sharshar&linkid=link5
You'll notice a lot of pictures on the exisaucer, its amazing that hes actually starting to play with the toys on it instead of just starring at the monster. You can also see how big he seems in it now as compared to a month ago: http://www.laurabartholomay.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b350f82425ae

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!