Three months old and finally sleeping better.

Among other things, Greyson turned 3 months. He has also started rolling over (back to front) and he can do small little belly-push-ups from his front. He is starting to discover what those things at the end of his arms are for... grabbing things and shoving them in his mouth. And Alex, some of your genes slipped in somehow because he is a big-time drooler. Every piece of clothing is soaked after an hour or two. Greyson has also been on 4 airplanes now. Luckily each of them was not full and we were able to leave him in the car seat and he slept the entire time. I'm still dreading the first time the flight is completely full and I have to hold him in my arms... crying and screaming is a definite possibility. And my favorite part of his development... Grey is finally sleeping longer than 2 hours at a time at night. We can usually get a 4 hour section of sleep, followed by a 3 hour section, followed by a 2 hour. Hooray!!


Today is a very big day for our friends having kids... Brandi and Michael's little girl Berlin just turned one... Andi and Charles are finding out the sex... and Matt and Steph are inducing this morning... stay tuned for the exciting conclusions.


Since he has started exploring the world around him a little more, I put together a bunch of new toys for Grey. He now has the following equipment in his arsenal of "awake-time-distraction-toys": Infant sit-up seat (bumbo), infant sit-up seat with toy trey attachment, 'discover and play' activity center, mobiles, play mats, bouncer, swing, jumper, walker. If you come over to our house, it looks like we are running an infant day care.


Two pictures in the walker...

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This is a very nice smiling picture in the sit-up thingy with toy trey...

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This is the bumbo (Patty tells me that "anyone with kids knows what a bumbo is, so you don't have to explain it")

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This is me and Grey playing on the floor.

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We've seen bathtime pictures before, but this one shows his new favorite meal... hand-sandwich.

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Tia MacKenzie bought him a very cute UC Davis onsie. Here are couple pictures. Notice the extra-fat cheeks

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Flying through the air.

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One of Grey's favorite people in the whole world... Tia Lissette.

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Patty dressed Grey up in these really cute overalls, so we took some pictures

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Grey made his first airplane trip up to Alex's house

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And here are some pictures of Grey on his 3 month birthday.

A New Toy...

He may not be quite ready for it yet, but Greyson didn't totally hate his first time in the Jumper.






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These are a couple of great pictures of Grey laughing on his play-mat.

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We went for a walk on a sunny day and Grey just had to look cool.

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This is just a funny picture of Alex's bulldog, Dwight.

Catching up...

OK, this picture doesn't do him justice, but Grey is really getting fun right now. Patty and I just laugh and laugh and laugh with him at times. I think we'll keep him.

Abbey and Omar found out this week that they are having a girl... Greyson is very excited [we're all excited :-)] ... I don't have an updated picture of Abbey's belly but this is basically what she looks like...

;-) just kidding Abbey

While Grandma and Grandpa Smith had the G-Unit for the night, Patty and I had a night to remember at the Dave Matthews concert... Noses were bloodied and jaws were broken, but in the end, the little scrappers from Bonita came out on top. The trophy was ours and ours alone.

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And finally…

While your death has left us reeling and searching for answers, I want to reiterate just how much we love you David. There are holes in us all that will never be filled. Conversations that will never be had. And children that will never know the joy of your wit and intellect. We love you. Rest in Peace.

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Get your Bjorn on!!

OK, we haven't updated in a while so we just want to get a few new pictures out. At this point in time I would like to remind everyone that I was praying for a dark (not-so-white) baby and it appears I got my wish

Greyson the Super-hero with his yellow cape and binky of power.

Abbey at 17 weeks... she finds out the sex on the 21st of August... everyone call her and ask :-)

Little Blue-Grey

I know the answer!

The G-Unit on his 2 month birthday

This has nothing to do with Grey, I just like to take pictures of my wife when she is sleeping.

ENJOY!

Grandpa Smith's Birthday

Sunday, we went back to Bonita for Doug's fifty-something birthday. I got a great action picture of Omar cooking the paella. Later on, the ants invaded. And as alway, here is Abbey's progress... 15 weeks I think. "Come on little Yokey, Greyson needs a friend"

The birthday boy

Hanging with Grandpa

Pay attention, this is how you cook the paella

The ants invaded, and we barely escaped with our lives



15 weeks

Hanging out at the Lira's

Here are some pictures from our most recent outing to Bonita. We spent Saturday at the Lira's. I love the picture of Kaya (our German Shepherd) inspecting the strange new life-form.


OOOOOOHHHHHH!


The Chef at work


Utah in the water as usual


So you're the reason I'm banished to the garage huh?




"Oh, no pictures please"


stop looking at my double chin