2 months

my sweet baby boy is 2 months already! time has flown by, but i am so grateful he's getting older, more aware, less colicky, and he even gives us some gummy grins once in a while. he is our little butterball, and he is so loved! his 2 months stats are:

weight: 12 lbs 6 oz

75th%

length: 21.5"

10th%

head: (didn't get the measurement)

50th%

soooo...needless to say he's taking after his sisters. he is one short chubby little dude! (and one day in life i'll have a fancy expensive camera that takes awesome pictures. probably when the kids are all grown up and there's nothing left to take pictures of!)

life savers

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plus this

equals this:

the short story: as you probably all know, greyson hasn't been the happiest baby on the block. he has mild reflux, so he's been on prevacid and he's been sleeping in his carseat, in the bassinet, next to the bed since he was born. if he sleeps laying flat, milk just comes right back up. monday night he would not go to bed for anything. finally after midnight nate took him downstairs. i woke up to feed him about 4am, only to find him fast asleep, laying flat, IN THE BASSINET. i was shocked. i also realized after vacuuming around him several times, he sleeps so much better with white noise. so tuesday i ran and got him a sound machine with a projector. now at night we swaddle him, stick him in the bassinet with ocean waves next to him, and he falls asleep on his own between 9 and 10. no kidding. it ONLY took us 8 weeks to figure that all out. PHEW! yes, the sound machine was $20. but all you moms out there, let's be honest...it's worth $20 A NIGHT if you ask me!!

feedin' the ducks on labor day, abby kept yelling at the ducks because they would steal the bread before the huge fish could grab it.

this is about as close as emma would get

 love my ems

i LOVE baby stretches. and i love his double-dimples on his chin when he stretches!

 i have ONE question...

did you get tickets for the gun show?

 such a good helper all day with her brother 

behind

i'm behind (but getting used to it!) as usual, so here's a few pictures to catch up....

greyson's blessing was last sunday...and a big thank you to all that came to share that special day with us. nate's amazingly domestic mom made (yes hand made!!) greyson a full-on tuxedo complete with cumber-bun, bow tie, tails, the works. heather made some cute white shoes to go with it. and amazingly enough, he didn't cry once during his blessing! it turned out to be a great day. aside from the fact that i realized afterwards my camera was on the lowest resolution setting. (thanks girls for playing with my camera)...

carrie took some family pics with her fancy camera...i'll post them soon....

 getting dressed for the big day

 handsome man!

 ENOUGH with the pictures already mom!

 my dad and carla

 some of the kiddos

found this pic on my camera. this is abby at the top of the shower. ??? whatever.

 greyson used to konk out walking the girls to the bus stop in the morning. he loved sleeping in his stroller...for a week or two.

 caught red-handed. if he could figure it out more often, i think he'd be a big time thumb-sucker.

 tubaroonie time

 thank HEAVENS for caitlin and the big helper she is with greyson.

 church clothes on...ready to go. screaming in true greyson style

 1st day of preschool...did i say she was allowed to grow up? :o( love my little ems

 the stansfields stopped by for a short visit (and got the cops called on them in the middle of the night...someone reported a 'homeless man sleeping in his car outside our house'. their car is a new lexus SUV!!! how funny....)

 best friends, distance does nothing to make these 2 grow apart. they'll always be best friends.

 lils and ems, best friends too. we just love these girls to pieces!

 all the kiddos. dylan is getting so big, such a cute little boy. wish we lived closer to you guys!!

so that's the picture update. as for life nowadays? let's see, my body finally kicked it into gear and i'm doing great now.  greyson has decided screaming is a way of life for him. especially from about 7 or 8-11pm. he SCREAMS and screams. and screams. he's a tad better for nate when nate is home at night, but he's quite the handful. he's better during the day, but definitely has turned out to be quite the high maintenance bebe. he's getting chubby though, and starting to smile. we all love him so much! caitlin and abby have started dance company quite a few hours a week, and they are doing great. along with preschool, emma has started dance as well. she loves it! finally no more watching the girls' classes, begging to be in a class of her own. so life is good. i'm slowly starting to get caught back up in life, but i've come to the realization that until greyson grows out of this fussy stage, i won't be near as productive as i would like to be. and that's ok. one day at a time, right?