It's Not For Halloween

Today I pulled out some of the clothes I've had stored for Grayson to wear once the weather got a little cooler. Included in that stack was an outfit that was given to me when Dominic and I had first started trying to have a baby. My sister gave it to me one day when the family had all come together for one of our many get-togethers. She had seen it and thought of me - it was a Snoopy one-piece pullover. She thought of me because I used to collect Snoopy (I still have a bunch of stuff to pass down to the kids) after I played him in a school play.

So today I washed the outfit and took a few pictures of Grayson wearing it. This was the first gift I had ever received for my future baby. Unfortunately it's already a little too small for Grayson (and it's an 18 month size!!), but I'm glad he got to wear it at least once. I'm sure it will fit the next baby since we'll be pulling for a little girl. I would hope she won't be quite as big as Grayson!! Oh, and as for the title of the post, this isn't his Halloween costume, those pictures will come soon enough.

And now for the pictures...

Baby Snoopy

Yes, that's a tail on the back!!

Could I get any cuter??

Eleven Month Update

Our baby turned eleven months old on Tuesday. Honestly, he hasn't been a baby for quite some time really. He stopped eating baby food over a month ago and now eats pretty much everything we eat. And he prefers it. For example, his favorite vegetable seems to be zucchini flavored with basil and garlic and he loves red and green peppers.

He's also kicked the bottle habit. I think his last bottle was about two weeks ago. He was already down to only one bottle in the afternoon by that time and I decided to drop it a little earlier than I had planned. He's not having any trouble at all and I love not having to wash those things and then put them back together!! We've also slowly been introducing milk with his formula. He's up to three quarters milk and only a quarter of formula in his mix. I can't wait to purchase my last can of the stuff.

He's added another word to his vocabulary...cat. It comes out as a very strong "KA" and then he occasionally throws the "t" at the end. He definitely knows what he's saying because he says it every time Rudy, our cat, walks in the room. Unfortunately he seems to be mistaking our dachshunds for cats now, but who can blame him? They weigh less than our cat does.

As for his personality at this age, he's as happy and as social as he's ever been. He loves people and really enjoys socializing. Although he tries to play the shy boy at first it doesn't last very long. He's also incredibly curious. So curious that after Dominic installed the baby lock on the cabinet under the kitchen sink, Grayson figured out how to open it within ten seconds. All this drives me crazy because he's into everything, but I encourage it. It helps him learn more about the world around him when he's exploring and helps me learn a little bit of patience. He's also constantly on the go. He very rarely will sit still. This also tests my patience, but I'm surviving.

I'm now busy planning his birthday and steadily counting down the days until I can turn his carseat around. The poor kid has been 20 pounds since he was six months old, but he's still facing the back of the car. Soon, very soon, little guy!!

Oh, What Fun!

One of Grayson's favorite pasttimes is getting into the cabinets. I don't really have a problem with him exploring, as long as he can't hurt himself in the process. I recently emptied a cabinet in the office, where we spend a lot of our time, and I now store a bunch of Grayson's toys in it. He has since discovered that when the cabinet is empty, he can fit into it. You can see by the pictures he seems very proud of himself. And that he thinks he's getting away with something!!

A Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

Grayson had a great time at the pumpkin patch at Summers Farm yesterday. We are so lucky to have found such a wonderful playgroup!! The moms and I decided to try the corn maze first and we made it out in about 15 minutes, not too bad. We then took the kids for a trip around the farm as we went down some of their slides and took a hayride to the pumpkin patch. Grayson really enjoyed walking through the patch and was amazed that I didn't stop him from getting into things. He had such a good time that Dominic and I plan to go back again at the end of the month for their Harvest-Ween with Grayson in his costume. I'm sure he'll enjoy it even more then!!

Teeth, Teeth, and More Teeth

Poor, poor Grayson. These past few days have been pretty rough on him, but he's surviving (and so are we). His first tooth came in almost two months ago, on August 5th. On Friday, September 29th, we finally saw another one break through. It's right next to his first one, on the bottom left. He now has two coming in at the same time on top. We've seen the white slowly emerge, but I could finally feel them breaking through today. I hope he gets a little bit of a break after these three come in. It has to be painful for him. I don't have any pictures of his teeth quite yet, but we're heading to a pumpkin patch tomorrow with one of his playgroups, so hopefully I'll have some great shots to share with you!!