Graham- 5 months!

Every day I feel like Graham has grown. He seems a lot taller then the other kids. I love getting him out of bed everyday and snuggling him.
Graham at 5 months:

*17 lbs 9 oz
*25 in and 3/4 (I think...)
*Loves baby food. So far he is enjoyed sweet potatoes and squash with some rice cereal.
*Thinks his older brother is hilarious and loves to follow him around with his eyes
*rolls over both directions and rotates and maneuvers around everything.
*He only likes to chew on his binky. Sometimes he will take it if he is screaming in the carseat.
*Loves the TV/ screens. The colors catch his eye and he stares
*He will stare at someone until they make eye contact with him
*Loves to smile, especially when someone smiles at him. He was a stubborn smiler in the beginning but he has transformed into one happy boy!
*He loves to chew on things.
*Can't keep shoes on for the life of him.
*Loves any attention. All the time.
*I finally have him sleeping in his crib unless he is eating. Sometimes I fall back asleep and he sleeps with me for a tiny bit but not much.
*Takes 3-4 naps a day. Usually 1 or 2 longer ones. Still loves sleeping in his carseat while we are out.
*Loves the swaddle. After our trip to Disney world this week, we will try and take the swaddle away. He rolls over while being swaddled and ends up face down.
*He usually gives me 4-6 hours in the beginning of the night and then eats every couple hours. We also need to work on that :) I am a push over. But if by chance, he is our last one, then I don't care! He goes down around 8 ( give or take an hour) and sleeps till 7:30 or 8 before waking up for an hour or so.
*Lily likes to share her blanket with Graham and have him smell/eat it. I think she will convert him to be a blanket loving person.
*He loves to talk after naps. Just coos away
*starting to get a little whipsy hairs. Some grow longer then others
*Takes a bottle and is starting to tolerate some formula. (We are leaving him with Grandparents while we go to Universal Studios for a day and I didn't want to bring frozen milk)
*Loves to chew on his toys and fingers.
* I likes to hold his pants or toes
*He is a happy baby as long as he gets his naps and eats. Still mostly on demand, with a little schedule.
*He likes to be upright. Always in the bumbo, high chair or anything. He doesn't like being on the ground very much.

I lost his stickers during the move.. so he gets Lily's. And a feminine tank top...

Classic Graham face

He didn't have fun at the salon

feeding lots of babies

Lily sharing her blanket during scripture study

We looked over at Graham and he was sitting like this. Eyeing Bryson's food

Akoy made sure Graham wouldn't roll around and eat his legos.... He trapped him

Graham 4 Months

Our little "gammy" is 4 months. Lily can't quite say her "R" and it comes out Gammy. It is really cute in her voice. Graham is continuing to grow every day. About once a week we are in awe in how much he has changed.

Weight: 16lbs 10oz-66%
Length: 27.2 in 98%
Head: 42.5- 67%

Neither of my other kids were tall. Maybe Graham will be tall like my brothers! :)

-he had his first double ear infections. they were not welcome! He wouldn't smile and was horrible. He had a cough and runny nose and it was so sad to see him sick. Luckily he seemed to perk up after the medicine kicked in.
-Discovered his fingers. He loves sucking on them. Usually 3 of them, sometimes 2.
-Wears size 3 diapers. He has a history of blowing out. Being on an antibiotic did not help. He was having multiple blow outs. I'm so glad he is off that stuff. Most of poop (sorry TMI) ended up on his clothes but sometimes it would venture on the floor or myself.
-Started to giggle more and more. At first it was more of a grunt. It almost sounded like he was in pain trying to laugh.
-I still haven't got him on a good schedule. He usually has a few naps during the day and one long one in the afternoon. He sleeps really well in the carseat when we are out and about. LOVES being swaddled. He won't sleep without being swaddled. He usually wakes up between 2-4 times a night. I really need to work on that... :) He still sleeps with me a good part of the night. We are slowly getting used to the carseat in the crib. I need to get him out of that as well...
-some of his nick names are, Gammy, bubbles, graham oh graham,
-Started ROLLING OVER a week and a half ago. He can go both ways. Sometimes that dang arm gets in the way but he is totally rolling over. BEFORE 4 months. He started rolling off of an ottoman and luckily I caught him before he fell off.
-Loves all attention. He just lights up when I start talking to him. He will "talk" back to me and just smile so big. Sometimes I feel like he doesn't get enough attention and is just a growth on my hip. I've been trying to be better about giving him attention.
-We seem to get a lot of comments on his 'big eyes' He still needs to grow into them. They usually have a good amount of white on top. Just a curious guy!
-We introduced rice cereal and he loves it. He eats it so well.

He liked tackling the bear

He has crazy eyes

Can you believe he is already growing up so fast?!

Graham's Blessing

We blessed Graham January 12th, 2014. We had both our families and a couple friends attend. Bryson's grandpa (who we live with) doesn't get out of his room much. We asked if he would be part of the blessing. He agreed, so we went ahead and had the blessing at the house.

A few of things that stood out to me during the blessing:

• Graham B Gregory- early that morning Bryson's mom was doing some genealogy work and came across one of her grandmothers. Her name was Lily Bell. Bryson's mom has called our Lily, Lily bell before knowing this. There were also other family members with the middle name, as "B". In preparation for the blessing and during the blessing he felt prompted to change Graham's middle name from Bryson, to "B". (We later decided to leave Graham Bryson Gregory on his birth certificate and Graham B Gregory on the church records)
• Members from the other side were eagerly preparing him for this earth.
• Get to know his relatives/heritage to help throughout his life
• Be a strength to those around, provide hope when there is none and give strength to others. 
• Serve on a mission and marry someone int he temple who recognizes the importance of this gospel
• patience and a key knowledge of the world and the difficulties that may come across. 

We sure love our little Graham. I'm so glad he is part of our family. I wanted to get better blessing pictures, but never did. Oh well. Story of my life.

Back Row: Matt, Brandon, Gregg, Brett Bryson, Bryan Stuart Bradley
Front: Keith, Buddy, Graham