The Busy Bell Boys: October 2010

I thought this was so sweet. Jones just woke up from a nap and looked up at Jai...sooo sweet!

With a belly full of milk...happy, sleepy Grayson!

This picture makes me laugh because of Elmo's eyes!

One of Grayson's first smiles!

I LOVE THIS SIGN!!! It was given to me at the doctor's office where Grayson got his Synagis vaccine

Wow, I've finally found the time to update the blog!!! Now, where to start:

Grayson is growing like a little weed! At the last doctors visit, he weighed 12 pounds and 3.5 ounces! What a chubbie lil guy! He has filled out and really looks like a cute little baby now (he has always been cute, but turned into a baby from an infant, and yes, there is a difference!). He is now smiling and interacting more with us. Developmentally, he is right on track with a 2 month old which is perfect for him because his corrected gestational age is 2 months.

BCBS did approve the RSV vaccine, so he is getting that shot, Synagis, monthly through March which will really help through the winter RSV season.

Easter Seals has started to come see him. They will follow him until he is about 2, I believe. They plan on seeing him weekly and will do developmental assessments, play with him, etc, to track his development. The idea is "early intervention" so that if a developmental delay is identified, they intervene early with the appropriate therapy, but hopefully there won't be any delays.

Grayson has a pretty good schedule. He usually starts the morning in a good mood, naps around 8:30-9:15, eats, stays awake until about 10-10:15, then naps for a while. The rest of the afternoon follows the same routine, nap, eat, play, nap, eat, play until his witching hour around 7. He is usually just tired and wants to get in his swing and go to sleep! So he will fuss for a little while and fight sleep (I've never understood that) and then he is usually in dreamland by around 8:30 and if we are lucky, he stays asleep until around 1am, eats, and up again at 4am and thats when we snuggle in the bed (I LOVE that part!). This week, my plan is to get him to sleep in his crib (yes, the Munire crib that I just HAD to have has been a glorified laundry basket since he was born!), so his schedule may change a little.

He is going for his 4 month check up on Wednesday and then he has his first developmental assessment with Easter Seals on Thursday. I had planned on talking with Dr. Head on Wednesday about when to stop the caffeine that he is still taking, so I was being a proactive momma and called Long's Home Medical and had them come out to the house Friday to download his heart/apnea monitor. The plan was to download Friday and put a rush on the interpretation and have something to show Dr. Head on Wednesday. Well, everything was beginning to work out as planned, except when Long's came for the download, her computer died during the download and erased an entire MONTH worth of apnea alarms, readings, etc...so now because of that we are a month behind! GRRRRRRR!!! I am still really mad about that but oh well, it is out of my control and that does mean that I get to keep the monitor one more month, which is fine by me!

Now for our little Jones. I really think that this age, around 20 months, is my favorite so far. I just love interacting with him and hearing the little things that he says. He is now able to count to 10!!! Now granted, it isn't perfect and he only does it when he wants to, but he will count all the way to 10. He tries to use his little fingers but he only sticks out one, and then he will open up all five fingers, and he always ends with "YAY!" and claps. He also can name the following colors: purple, pink, blue, green, red, yellow, orange, brown, white, and black! I am so proud of my little guy!!!! Now we are working on the alphabet. He will sing his ABCs, it usually sounds like one big long letter, but he is doing it!

He calls Grayson "gay-gee" or just says, "the baby." He loves to rub Grayson's head, and he also helps me when Grayson begins to fuss, Jones will say, "Manie, baby crying" or "Uh oh, baby paci." So cute!

He is just the sweetest thing. He loves giving hugs and kisses. When he does give a kiss he says "mmwwaahhhhh" at the same time!!! He is mostly a good boy, but I have been told from the teachers at Windsor that Jones has become a bully. The other day he went to timeout 6 times before 9am!!! They say that he picks on one baby that is new to the toddler room and that he pushes him over and sometimes tries to sit on him! I really think he learned this from other kids in the class because I have seen them do that. But the new baby is only there on Wed and Thurs so those are the only two days that he is bad! So we are learning what things are "not nice" in Jones' terms.

It seems like every day he does something new. He is in love with Barney, whom he calls "Baa-gie." Every time the Barney theme song comes on, he gets up and stomps around the house like Barney does in the video. Jones also loves to sing. He is constantly singing random songs, like Barney's "Clean up" song, or "Hey, Hey, Hey, I learned something new today" which ever song that is. He loves music.

We have spent a lot of time "out-guide" lately since the weather has been so nice. He loves to play with our neighbors, Ashton (6) and Elaina (4) and balls are still his favorite, although he LOVES a vacuum!!! Actually anything that cleans, he loves, but especially a vacuum. He loves them so much that he thinks his corn popper is a vacuum and he actually turns it on and moves it around like a vacuum. It is hilarious! He also likes to use wet paper towels to "clean" the walls where he colored on them with crayon. He is a hoot. I tell ya, this is definitely my favorite age.

Jai and I have been interviewing nannies. I plan to go to work part time sometime in November and then return full time in January. I just hope that we can find someone that we really like.

Ok, I need to upload some pictures, do laundry, and plan on making a sour cream lemon pound cake all before Grayson wakes up...haha, yeah right. Hopefully it wont be another 6 weeks before I update the blog! I apologize to all that follow frequently (Karen Ann and Aunt Mary, especially!)....Love to all!