handmade for Graham

My mom cross-stitched this for Graham! Brett and I are deciding if we should make it a pillow or frame it! She has been working hard on it since we had Graham, and she was able to finish it on her trip out here! Thanks Mom!

time on the porch

We have had a whirlwind of a week. My mom was in town visiting and we were super busy everyday! Graham got some new clothes (thanks Grammie!) and we painted pottery! She got to participate in a play date, we really appreciated the extra set of arms for baby holding, and she got a lot of Graham time. She was great to have during the daytime for some company for me. We got to spend some quality time on the front porch toward the end of the week.

sleeping update

While we haven't had the success of those first two sleep marathons, Graham is doing considerably well with his sleeping. He takes short naps throughout the day and for the last two nights has slept about 6-7 hours straight. These shorts naps are several in number and short in length. Sometimes, he sleeps for about 20 minutes! He is feeding about every 2 hours during the day and sleeping those long stretches at night. He is doing a great job!

cute outfit

This is a super cute outfit that Graham wore today. His first pair of overalls! He is staring intently at his Colt's mobile, and the blanket his Great Aunt Anne made him is in his crib. Turns out, I have a very similar blanket that I had when I was a baby!

He is officially 8 weeks old today, and his 2 month celebration is on Monday! Time flies when you have a baby! Graham has found out he has strength in his legs...he loves to stand up and now he can push himself around, and when he gets angry, watch yourself. He is smiling a ton now...and starting to make new noises. Sometimes Brett doesn't know if it was me or Graham making the noise!

We also had some tummy time today...you can see, Graham has figured out that this means he can lay on his belly and suck on his hand. He does very little lifting of his head.

more sleeping

Graham did it again, two nights in a row, sleeping from 9pm-6am!! This is great, but I am trying not to get my hopes up...I will keep you posted!

playdate

I have been blessed with a wonderful girlfriend, Bronwen, who lives in Glenside. She has two fabulous children, Treyton and Sage. Trey is 2.5 years and Sage is 3 months. Graham and I hang out with the three of them at least once a week, and we always have a great time! Trey always makes us laugh, and seeing Sage, I get a glimpse of what Graham has coming for me. We took some photos of the kiddos on our Monday visit; how we got Trey to sit still for them I don't know, but they are adorable!

I just realized Trey has his shirt off...he sprayed himself with the hose and got his shirt all wet! Oh, and not to leave out Jeremy, Bron's husband, he is super great too!

sleeping

Lately, Graham has been giving us a 5 hour stretch of sleep at night, or two 4 hour stretches...you get the idea.
Last night, he slept through the night!! He slept from 8:30 PM-7 AM!! Brett and I woke up at 6 am, he turns to me and asks if I did the early feed without him? I say no, he didn't wake up! We then jumped out of bed to go check on him and sure enough, he was there, sleeping! We could not believe it, but then I felt how rock solid my boobs were, so I could believe it! I think this was a 1-time deal, but still, it was great!
This morning I went to another support group for moms who breastfeed and I met some really great moms in the Glenside area. It is so empowering to go to these meetings, the babies are adorable and the moms are great! Besides the rain, it has been a really great day!