At the park

I took Grady to the park the other day (it had finally stopped raining!). We tried the slide, the rocking horse, and the swings. He's too small for both the slide and rocking horse, but going on the swing was a hit!

At first he wasn't too sure:

Then, he started to enjoy it!

Happy Seven Month Birthday Grady!

One week old

Four months

Seven months

This is actually two days late, but life is busy and I'm glad to finally get to post these pictures. Our little boy is seven months old ... wow. Last month, Grady's sixth month, was definitely the one where he changed the most. It seemed like he was doing something new every single day!

He has his two bottom teeth and he has four teeth coming in on the top. His top left is all the way through and the other three are slowly making their way down. This has caused him (and us!) a fair amount of pain these past few days. We had one evening where he just cried and cried - that was a tough one. Since that night a few days ago, he's been much less irritable so I'm hoping those teeth just cut through and we can all have a break from teething for a few weeks.

We started solid foods this month. Grady was a champion eater right from the start and has even shown signs of wanting to spoon his own food into his mouth. He's still working on his technique, but it's cute to watch him try to get the food into his mouth. He's had rice cereal, oat cereal, barley cereal, sweet potato, squash, peas, acorn squash, green beans, and carrots. His definite favorite is peas and his least favorite is probably acorn squash.

Grady sits up completely on his own now and has started to actually play with toys. His favorite "game" is to pick something up (a ball, book, or block) and bang it down against another toy. This makes a big noise, which he loves. He also likes it when we read his books to him. And, he still enjoys the exersaucer and jumperoo.

Grady has started to like riding in the stroller, which has been great. He'll sit in there for an hour or so without fussing so we've been taking Ryder for his walks on the road lately (all the trails are giant mud pits).

Also, he's very talkative! Grady doesn't babble that much though. He really likes making this noise that sounds like an old man sound ... it's really hard to explain, but it sounds like "uuuuuuuuhhhhhh" and it's loud! He makes this noise all day long. I'm not sure what he is trying to say, but he's definitely trying to communicate.

He hasn't started crawling at all and really, he doesn't show any interest in it. He still loves to stand up with our support and we've started leaning him against the couch and letting him stand on his own for a bit.

So, it's been a busy month and I think it's probably just going to get busier as he gets older and more active. We are absolutely loving every minute though. Our little guy makes us laugh every day and we love him so much. Happy seven months Grady!

Happy baby!

Playing in the leaves

Up until a few days ago (it's now pouring rain out), we were having beautiful fall weather. Grady, Ryder, and I were going on long walks and enjoying the sunshine and cool air.

Happy Halloween!

"It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... Superman!"

Grady's costume this year was actually a pair of pajamas, but I don't think he noticed. He did make a very handsome Superman and we had a lot of fun flying him around the living room.

Tired from all that flying ... had to take a rest.

Superman and Ryder saying hello.

Superman and his friend, Teagan, the turtle.

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin time!

Tonight we carved our pumpkins for Halloween. We had a little baby one for Grady and a big one for us. I carved Grady's pumpkin and Sandy carved the big one. They both turned out great.

Preparing to carve

Grady's pumpkin with the lid off: "Let me at it!"

Grady and his pumpkin

(I'm not sure if you can tell from the picture but I carved the pumpkin's

smile to match Grady's: two bottom teeth and one on the top!)

Trying to get a picture of Grady smiling with his pumpkin

... no such luck!

Grady with both pumpkins.

Taking off the lid.

Just like everything else, the pumpkin goes in his mouth.

Family photo :)

Super cute

I bought this outfit for Grady when we were in the States. It's his first pair of overalls and he looks super cute in them!