5 months and growing

Last Thursday our little man finally learned how to rollover! And we caught it on tape. He had been trying for a while but he waited for both his parents and the camera to show off his new ability. He was not exactly sure how to respond after he rolled over - he wasn't sure why mommy and daddy were making such a big deal of the situation. Grady is just growing up so quickly - this age is so fun to be a part of. Now we are working on rolling over from back to front. Our son is such an all-star!

Grady's first Easter was full of excitement ranging from sitting on the Easter bunny's lap to wearing a hawaiian shirt as his Easter outfit. He really does love to show off. He is so well behaved while out in public and then loves to fuss when we get home. We were at church from 7:15am to 12:45pm and he was such a trooper. Daddy even took him out for his first Easter egg hunt. Mommy and Daddy of course got to eat the candy.

Who knew that during Easter, the Easter bunny visited the mall just like Santa does! Grady did not seem to mind the big, kinda scary fluffy rabbit, however he was determined not to smile!

As a close to the 40 days of purpose campaign and also as a way to celebrate Easter, Ben encouraged the congregation to wear hawaiian shirts. So of course we had to make sure Grady fit in with his daddy and wear an obnoxious flower shirt.

Grady turned five months on April 7th and he is getting so big. He now weighs 19lbs and is 26 1/2" long. He also experienced his first double ear infection this month - which is continuing to linger still today. We have had so many long nights of fussiness and keeping him upright; many nights of tylenol and antibiotics. Grady has caught on to my tactics of giving him his medicine - he now clinches his lips together and will not open his mouth. I can see his intelligence could cause me some problems in the future. This month has also led to many discoveries for Grady. He was introduced to his exersaucer and he is learning to reach for and play with toys. He especially loves his musical bee that he got from his cousins. Of course everything continues to go in his mouth including mommy's hair, Aynsley's tail, and daddy's hands - no teefers yet though. Two of his fun discoveries have been finding his feet and learning that splashing in the tub can be really fun. He has figured out that he can make it hard for mommy to change his diaper by grabbing on to his toes and not letting go! He really can be a little pickle. He is really learning to love to be tickled by both daddy and mommy. His giggle and deep belly laughter is such a joy to our household. Every day I thank the Lord for what a blessing our son has added to our family.

Here are some of Grady's 5 month pictures as well as some

other great shots of the cutest baby ever!
He's almost getting too big to fit full length in the picture

He is starting to be able to sit up and support himself without much help. Pretty soon he won't be face-planting it anymore!

Here Grady is having a blast playing with his mama sporting his Cubs gear of course. He looks so cute in his little "thuggin" hat

Grady just loves hanging out with mama after she comes home from work. As he is getting older, he has been able to stay up later just so he can spend some quality time with with mommy.

Grady's hair is just so wild so I thought I would see what a little mousse could do. Here he is sporting the mohawk. Such a cute little punkin bear!