We've Got Good People

We've got amazing people in our lives. When Grigg first arrived we thought we had a fool proof plan in place for child care, however things shift in life and plans always change. We had most days taken care of with the exception of Fridays. Matt and Jessie graciously take Grigg the first Friday of every month but that is the extent of planned care for Fridays. Last Friday we were in a spot without help and we asked Shelley (soon to be Shelley Shelton, which Mike repeats over and over and then giggles uncontrollably) and Josh (the other half of the to be) if they would be willing to fill in. Without hesitation they accepted and came over to watch iggs for us. Despite an unfortunate experience with a lint ball the size of a softball and binoculars, all went very well.

To all of our people, thanks for being so great and being a part of our kid's life! (And for surprises in the freezer too)

Sitting up

Grigg has mastered sitting up all on his own




















But sometimes its just as fun to roll around on the ground with mom.

Formidable

The other day we were discussing Grigg's sturdy stature with Matt and Jessie. As my lenthy experience of 6 months has made me an expert on babies - suppress the giggles my friends - I know that he is at the top of the pack. Or to be completely honest, shoots right on past the top and off the graph for weight. Now I won't say I'm worried about it, because who doesn't love a chubby baby, however there is always the little voice in the back of my mind that says "is my baby normal??"
In our discussion, Matt in all his wisdom (and as one of Grigg's favorite people -besides Mike and myself of course) had a very astute remark. As we were discussing Grigg's healthy frame Matt cleverly said "he's just formidable!" Frankly, I wasn't sure of the real definition so I had to actually look up the word formidable. "Of discouraging or awesome strength, size, difficulty, etc; arousing feelings of awe or admiration because of grandeur, strength, size etc; of great strenth forceful; powerful."
Maybe not a completely accurate description of our puffy little man but I think "of awesome strength, size and arousing feelings of awe or admiration becasue of...size" seems pretty good to me. From now on Grigg is no longer chubby but formidable! Thanks Matt for the vocabulary lesson.

Sleepy

Grigg and Ronda were reading the other night and he was done. He was out about 4 pages into Oh The Places You Will Go.

Big Boy Bath

Since Grigg is now sitting up on his own we are trying out the bathtub! He does pretty well ....if we keep a hand on him.... He LOVES floating on his back and kicking his legs. Getting ready for those swimming lessons.

More January

I love my new hoodie from Kasey!!!

January 2010

Cereal Round 2:
This time the eating cereal went much better. Grigg was very fascinated with his booster seat and tried eating that instead of the cereal. As you can tell he was a little excited to eat.