The Grahaminator at 7 months!

Those chubby cheeks still refuse to smile for the camera!!
But check out that belly!! :)

Weight: 17 lbs, 4 oz!!! He made it to the 25% this time, and we are officially operating as a normal baby now! No more weigh-ins, just normal checkups every few months like every other baby. No extra calories snuck in his bottle. No stressing out over every feeding. NORMAL. Whew.

Height: 26.5" (25% also)

Clothing size: 6 months.

Diaper size: Cloth, but size 2.

Feeding: All formula, all the time. Letting go of the mommy guilt and LOVING the freedom of this! He's also started solid foods, and has learned to like sweet potatoes, squash, zucchini, etc. His favorite so far is pears. He puts them away and begs for more every time. 

He HATED the spoon and sweet potatoes the first try... and second... and third. :)

Sleeping: Finally pushed bedtime to 8pm, and naps 3 times a day. He also likes sleeping on his tummy now, which is pretty cute.

Milestones: Solid foods! Sitting up by himself. Getting some blonde hair in! First tooth!

Practicing sitting up.

Likes: Snuggling. He still wants to be held ALL THE TIME. My back doesn't love it, but I kind of do, knowing it will not be like this for much longer. MOVING. He is such a wiggle worm lately!! Blowing bubbles and making noises with his mouth. Being outside!! Being sung to. He's always liked it, but it is amazing lately how this calms him down when he's fussy.

Exersaucer on the front porch!

Dislikes: Not being held. Missing naps.

Adventures: First road trip to TN! Sleepover with cousin Kaleigh. Children's Museum. Pool! Pretzel shop. Library storytime.

Already acting like family. :)

Biggest Children's Museum in the country and his favorite is gazing at himself in the mirror. :)

Ready for the pool with the Kings!!!

First look at the pool!! 

What happens after a couple hours at the pool every time. :)

What we couldn't live with out: Summer!!! We are loving this weather! And our awesome neighbors, the Kings. :) 

My favorite part of parenting this age: All the new adventures! Seeing him try new things is so fun!

The hardest part of parenting this age: Andrew having such terrible poison ivy for two weeks that he couldn't hold Graham or help at all. :(

I found this picture of me near Graham's age. When I first saw it, I couldn't believe how much it looked like him!! But I had a hard time finding a pic of him that really captured the same look. What do you think? He looked exactly like Andrew's newborn pic's, but lately I think he definitely looks more like my baby pic's.

    

  

Graham Baby's Summer Bucket List!

What our way-too-cold-for-this-Southern-girl spring looked like:

What I want our summer to look like:

Graham has been telling me he has lots of big plans for this summer, so I thought I'd write them all down for him in one place. Introducing Graham's summer bucket list...

I don't know if you can really see it, but little Graham is making progress already, checking off items like "Splash in the pool," "Ride the carousel at the Children's Museum," and "Be cute." Just realized you can click on the pic to make it bigger! :)

Anyway, other items include... 

• Learn to sit up all by myself
• Make new friends
• Go on a picnic
• Ride my stroller around the Canal downtown
• Win staring contests
• Meet Mommy's friends in Memphis (!!!!!!)
• Smile for the camera
• Try new foods from the Farmer's Market

And lots of other fun things! He should have probably included something like "Nap enough for Mommy to finish her summer bucket list!" Luckily several of ours line up. :)

Checked off one today-
Playing on a playground for the first time with fun friends.
He loved the swing!

We are ready to dominate this summer!!! Bring on the sunshine!!

G-money's first road trip!!

We finally made it down to Tennessee! Because of all of the crazy-ness with Graham's lack of weight gain, this was our first trip. I was dying to see my family and be in the South again, but we were a little nervous about how G would travel. He likes riding in the car, but the longest he'd ever been at one time was 30 minutes. He surprisingly did great though! I stayed in the backseat with him to help, just in case.

Sweet pea snoozin' away on the car ride.

One of the things I was most excited about was Daniel and Shelby getting to meet Graham for the first time. They've seen G over Skype several times, but this was the first time in person. Shelby LOVES babies, so I couldn't wait to see her interact with Graham, and she did not disappoint. :) It was love at first sight!

Sweet cousins.

This wasn't even posed! She just wanted to kiss him and hold him all the time. :)

Shelby helped me give him every single bottle. :)

She literally couldn't take her eyes off him!

Someone is completely fascinated by their Daddy!

Loving snuggles with Nonnie!

I love my family!
I always wish I'd taken more pictures!
Sorry to everyone I didn't get a shot of. :(

Loved seeing this sweet face on the way back!!!

And G-money became a tummy sleeper on this trip! Before this, he would just scream his guts out when he flipped over in the crib. But he finally learned to go to sleep that way and like it. :) Big lesson learned though when we stayed in TN- I get ZERO sleep with him in the same room as me. Just like the first night in the hospital, I still wake up at his every little noise. And this kid is noisy in his sleep! Not making that mistake again. :)

You can see how much his dark hair has fallen out in this pic!
A blonde fuzz is taking its place.