Grayson update

May 2nd day 77

Our little pumpkin...

So, sometimes Gray gets overshadowed a bit on this here blog because he may not have quite as many tricks up his sleeve(yet) as his big brother. There have been some noteworthy milestones lately that definitely deserve some attention.

• Gray can hold his bottle up by himself (finally!!). Seriously though, he has been able to hold up his bottle for maybe a month, but will he? Until just this week, think again. Why on earth do it myself when someone will so faithfully do it for me?
• Gray can also sit up. This is also about a month old, and a little belated given his age, but we'll take it. He's making it clear that he is on his own time schedule.
• He is getting around a little on his belly just wiggling. Nothing on all fours yet, but between rolling and army crawling he is on the move.
• His first word, I believe, was mama. Actually it was mamamamamama, which really means feed me, but whatever. I still win:)
• Grayson is much more food motivated than his big brother ever was. He wants a bottle in his mouth before he ever opens his eyes in the morning. He loves solid food, except for my homemade brew. I was soexcited to start making him some healthy solids, but apparently edamame, pea and apple is not his combination of choice. It is the first thing that has made him gag. I have to add it in spoonfuls to other food just so it doesn't go to waste.
• He is sleeping through the night!!!!!(yes that deserves five exclamation points). This is only within the last month that we get a full night of restful sleep. He was starting to sleep through the night just before we moved to SLC, but the move messed up his schedule and we were back to bad habits where he wanted to eat at 4-5 in the morn. Not any more, thank goodness! Now it is time to get him out of our room!
• Grayson has a new found love for the bath since he can now sit up. He loves splashing, but has yet to connect that when he splashes Sawyer, he has one coming back for him.
• Grayson had some pretty nasty allergies when we first moved to Salt Lake, and we initially thought it was an allergy to the dogs. His eyes were raccoon red for the first full month. But we tried getting away from the dogs and it didn't really rid the problem, and luckily now it is all cleared up. It looks like it is an environmental allergy of unknown origin.
• For those who do not know, Grayson has all of the classic symptoms of Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, like his brother. The wrinkly skin around the eyes, the smelly boogers, the scruffy voice, the low set ears, the sparse hair, the lack of sweating, and yes, there are no teeth in sight for our hunka hunka burnin' love. But no teeth means no teething, so score for me:)
• Ask anyone around, and they will tell you that Grayson's smile can light up a room. He smiles with every molecule in his face, and it doesn't take much. And then there is his laugh...this high pitched, squeaky, rolling, adorable laugh. Well, let's just say I am one lucky lady to get THAT smileand THAT laugh, just for walking into a room.