Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids

Grady had his four month check up this week. Aside from being a very LOUD, chatty boy, he did relatively well. His measurements were as follows:

Height: 25 1/4 inches = 75%

Weight: 11 lbs. = less than 5%

Head: 16 1/2 = 50%

Adam was in a jury trial and was unable to go to the visit, but the doctor had a little message for Adam. The doctor (who plays basketball with Adam) said Adam had better be careful because soon Grady will be blocking Adam's 3 point shots. Grady keeps growing taller and taller, but gains little to no weight.

Grady's latest fun trick is to always be playing with his feet. He can almost shove his toes in his mouth. Adam is amazed at Grady's flexibility and attempted the same move as Grady only to discover his calling in life is not as a Yoga instructor. Camille openly mocked Adam while trying to touch his toes to his mouth. Note: Adam limped off, whimpering.
Father-Son time...Adam and Grady got some cozies on the couch while they tried to cheer on their Cougars. Notice neither of them are too happy...ah well, maybe next week.
The final high school home football game was this week, and since Grady has come along, we haven't made it to a single game. We know quite a few kids on the team and generally like to cheer them on. This week, we felt brave and pulled out Grady's winter cap. Note: Many a woman and girl were wooed by Grady's suave glances.
The biggest news of the week is a result of the doctor's visit. The doctor said that since Grady is our equivalent of an Ethiopian, it is time to start feeding him some real food...RICE CEREAL. When Camille called Adam and said it was time for Grady to eat cereal, Adam was pumped and ready to run to the store for some Fruity Pebbles, Trix, POPS, or Honeycomb. Camille finally had to convince Adam that it was rice cereal. Adam then asked if we could get those cereals anyway.

We were very nervous that Grady would hate the cereal. From all the books we read they said it is common for an infant to not like the texture or taste, and therefore be prepared for them to spit it out and cause a large mess. We were prepared and stripped him down to a diaper with a towel underneath him.

But, from the first bite...he liked it....Grady liked it!! Now we are on day two, and hope that he starts to put on some weight real soon.

Grado Potato

Did you all really think we would be able to make a non-Grady post? Surely you jest!! We have been very busy lately with real life and have not been able to update the blog. Grady has been growing quite a bit. He laughs all the time and is really getting to a fun age. A week or so ago, Adam was brushing his teeth and getting ready for work. While doing so, Camille asked him to open the door for her so she could get Grady to the sitter and herself to work. Adam quickly complied and in the process of brushing his teeth and opening the door threw his back out. He whimpered in pain, and when Camille came out she found him in his suit, with his tie half tied, laying on the floor. For a full week Adam was stuck on the couch or floor. He wanted to help watch Grady, but Adam also wanted to watch the BYU game. So, he got the best of both worlds. Grady would sit on Adam's belly, and they would both watch the game. It worked out quite well. Note: Adam is doing his best to brain wash Grady to be a BYU fan, despite our ward members trying to persuade him to cheer for WYO.

We have been trying to work with Grady sitting in his little "Marshmallow" chair. Note: Adam cannot remember the name of these chairs, so he calls them Marshmallow Chairs. However, we have found that Grady is far too skinny to actually fit. He can sit up quite well, but because he has no fat, starts to fade to one side or another. We included this picture because we thought his expression was cute, and not because the toilet is coming out of his ear. In fact, try and cover the toilet up with you finger while looking at this post.

Ah the tub pictures...Grady has always loved the tub. Lately he has been splashing and loving the tub. The other night as we were bathing him, Camille parted his hair...and well, we couldn't resist taking pictures of this precious little face.

We even had to include a close up. Adam says he looks like a future missionary...well, a future nude missionary...but at least his hair is parted.

Conference Weekend

Since we live fairly far from our families, Conference weekend is a good time for us to visit and have time to hang and do some fun stuff. This year we went to Adam's parents house and made a visit to the Uintas. We packed a picnic lunch and went to Mirror Lake, which was absolutely beautiful. The food was very good too. If you look closely, you can see Uncle Chuck with his mouth stuffed full of sandwich, chips, and cookies. The other great thing about being around family is that we can get some pictures of us together. They're rare!!
Grady had a little hat on to keep the sun out of his eyes. He looks extremely serious here, but he actually LOVES being outside. Note: As Adam looked at Grady he would say he looks like the lady from Fiddler on the Roof, and couldn't help but sing, "Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match..."
There was a really nice trail that went around Mirror Lake. Mt. Baldie overlooks the lake. It was a very nice day. The last time we went to Adam's parents house for Conference it snowed and was very cold. We welcomed nicer weather.

Adam was the lucky fellow who had Grady strapped to his chest. Camille said Adam would finally know how it felt to be pregnant. The second Grady was strapped on, Adam's ankles swelled, his back hurt, and he had an overwhelming desire to eat peanut butter, pickles, and ice cream...weird, huh? Anyway, in this particular picture, Adam couldn't help but fish a little...despite having the boy strapped to his chest. If you look closely at the picture, Grady is totally enthralled with what Adam is doing. Adam is claiming that the hero worshipping is just starting early.

Grady has always been a tall drink of water...no fat...just tall. These little "Lamby" jammies really show how tall and skinny he is. His newest tricks include: Rolling from both his belly to his back and back to belly, babbling none stop, ripping his binky out of his mouth and playing with it for a while before throwing it, rolling his tongue, and standing with dad's help.