Cooing Graycen

Here she is in all of her cooing glory!!!! I crack up everytime I see it. I am waiting for that giggle though! I know it is coming any day now :)

3 Months Old!!!

Wow! Graycen is 3 months old already!!!!! She is doing so well. She is such a sweet and happy baby, we could not have asked for more. She presently weighs approximately 16 pounds (yikes!) which puts her above the 95th percentile for weight and at her last doctor's visit she was almost 26 inches long which puts her in the 85th percentile for height. She is already in six months clothing. She is really thriving developmentally. She is cooing and starting to babble some. She is starting to reach for objects and is very interactive and social. She loves to stand up on your lap and is really stronger that I thought a 3 month old would be. She is also finding her thumb more and more each day. I think she is going to be a bookworm too! When we read books at night, she stares intently at the pages. And I have heard the same thing from Joanie and Gigi when they read books to her during the day. I am going to go to the library to get some more books, so that we can spice up her repetoire a little bit (okay, so maybe it is so mommy doesn't get bored reading the same books over and over again). We have established a schedule and she is finally in her own room. My mom and Lenny were hounding me to get her in there since she was sooo squinched in her bassinet. And, I must admit, she sleeps much more soundly in her own room. Anyway, she goes to bed around 8:00 each night and awakens around 7:00 am. It is nice that Lenny and I can have some evening time to ourselves again. Oh yeah, one more update. We think Graycen officially has her first boyfriend. She saw Tad one night at Bernie and Michelle's and gave him the sweetest eyes I have ever seen...and what does Tad do? He blows her a kiss. It was the cutest thing ever! I think we might have to watch these two in a few years!

Mother's Day and the Zoo!

I hit my first milestone as a mommy, Mother's Day. I had a wonderful day. Lenny and Graycen gave me a day at the spa and a beautiful "G" necklace from Tiffany's! He also cooked a wonderful steak dinner. But, let's face it, everything he cooks is wonderful! But the dinner was especially wonderful that night. The weekend after Mother's Day we took Graycen for her first trip to the zoo. She had a blast! She was awake for most of the day, but fell asleep during the Swamp area. It figures, it is so dark in there anyway. I think she enjoyed the trees, plants, and greenery more than the animals themselves, but regardless, it was a fun day for all. Now that we are members of the Audubon Institute, we can go whenever we want! Hopfully we can get lots of visits in before it gets hot! We really do have a sweet girl on our hands and she looked especially precious for her first day at the zoo in her jumper and sun hat (thanks Joanie and Poppie!).

Graycen's Baptism

On May 4th, Graycen was baptized at St. Dominic's Church in Lakeview. Her godparents are Laura and Richie, our maid of honor and best man respectively. While Laura is fine with going with the title "Nanny", Richie would prefer to be called "The Don." Yep, you heard it right, "The Don." He figures since he is a godfather like Don Corleone, he can use the title too. So from here on out, Graycen has a Nanny and The Don. Her baptism day was wonderful. All of our friends and family came to the church and then to our house for a crawfish boil. The weather was beautiful too! We could not have asked for a better day.