12.14.09

Grady was 4 months old last Monday!  He is growing so quickly...I can not believe it has already been 4 months...time goes so quickly!  He is still an angel.  He sleeps from 7 at night until 7 in the morning.  He has to sleep on the go a lot and seems to be ok with it!  Lately I have been laying him on the floor in the playroom and he will rotate himself around so that he can watch Addie.  By the time he gets to where he can see her, she moves and he has to start again.  It is so cute to watch.  Most days, she loves reading to him or sharing her toys with him.  In this picture, she is sharing baby horse with him (which is huge!)

He loves his bouncy seat and gets a HUGE smile anytime I put him in it!  Addie has been sleeping late the past few days and I have been bringing Grady back to bed with  me after he wakes up.  He will eat and then go back to sleep for an hour or 2...it has been so nice and he is such a great snuggler!  We go back to Dr. Benbow on Friday.  I am really curious about his weight...he has gotten quite chunky!  He is wearing 3 to 6 month clothes but I'm not sure how much longer he will be in them!!!

Right before Thanksgiving, Addie had her friend Sophia over to play.  We did a couple of crafts and made these turkeys.  They turned out really cute and the girls had a great time!

We finally got our tree decorated!  I thought we would make a fun night out of it and drink hot chocolate and have treats.  I was really excited and told Addie and she said, "I don't like hot chocolate."  I think I have the only child in the world who won't drink hot chocolate.  So I went to the store and bought sparkling grape juice and told her we were drinking a fancy christmas drink...she did not like that either.  So she drank water and ate a candy cane!  This morning when she got up, she immediately went to the tree and said, "Oh my goodness!"  She was so proud and so cute! 

Here are Addie and Daddy putting the cross she made at school on the tree.

 Each year we get Addie a hand painted photo ornament.  I love it because we can look back at Christmas pictures from the previous years.  Here is Addie with her ornaments from her first 2 Christmases.

Look what Addie made this morning!  She had a great time and did a wonderful job!  She decorated it by herself...and I did catch her squirting the icing into her mouth at one point!

Here are a few pictures from last week.  Grady is 17 weeks old!  He is giggling a lot more and has started grabbing at the toys above him when he is laying down.  He is still desperately trying to suck on a finger or thumb...I never thought I would be happy to have another child suck on fingers but now I am ready for him to pick something so that he can soothe himself!!!  He has not been spitting up as much this past week...I am hoping that means he is outgrowing his tummy issues!  All I want for Christmas is some dairy..ha ha! Addie has been so funny lately!  When she gets in trouble she asks, "Are you happy?"   We will tell her,"No it makes us sad when you do not listen."  Then she asks, "What can I say to make you happy?"  Too funny!  She also says, "Yes ma'am mommy" when she knows she is in trouble.  I have a hard time keeping a straight face!
                                               

Santa

Remember this picture?

We took Addie and Grady to see Santa over the Thanksgiving holiday and they did great!  When Addie saw Santa, she asked, "Santa where are your reindeer?"  Then she told him that she wanted some vegetables for her kitchen, some cars for Grady and a tv for daddy.  I think Daddy has been coaching her a bit!  Here is the picture from this year.

Grady laughing