Christmas Lights A-Twinkling!

Current status- taking a break from putting up the Christmas tree. It's Thanksgiving weekend! You know what that means? It's officially Christmas season! Yey! Christmas music is playing, the tree is in the process of being put up, the beautiful scent of pine tree is wafting through the air (thanks to Yankee Candle's "Mistletoe"- which is unfortunately in a glob at the bottom of the jar due to sitting in the garage during the summer...hey, it still smells good!) and I'll soon start wrapping presents. Grayson needed a bit of an afternoon snack and then decided to take a snooze on Momma's lap, so here we sit, taking a break.

So this year, we decided to put up colored twinkling lights on the tree. Yes, the terribly awkward, gaudy lights. To buy them, we took the money out of Grayson's money envelope for the month- since they're for him. :) Since he loves staring at flashing lights, etc, we thought they would be perfect for him, so decided to go for it. They are kind of mesmerizing. He's only been awake long enough to scream out in hunger so not sure if he likes them yet or not. I'll try to update you on that later.

Update on us...Life has been pretty good. Jared and I got hit hard by a fast flu bug on Thanksgiving, so we're both just getting over that. We went to my parents on Thanksgiving day and ended up leaving early because Jared wasn't feeling well and before we got home, I was down and out. It was a tough couple days taking care of Grayson while both of us were awfully sick. Thursday night we put him in his crib before he was asleep and he had to cry himself to sleep because neither of us could stand up. Then he woke up at midnight just crying again...I was in tears too because I couldn't get out of bed. It was horrible. BUT, we survived! And we're better and I don't think Grayson got sick so we're very happy about that. Enough about being sick. Makes me queasy.

Grayson is growing up so fast. He's doing awesome. He went to the doctor last week because his voice has been growly lately and he ended up having a cold and was given a prescription for acid reflux. We have an appointment with the ENT doctor next month to get that checked out more. His doctor was impressed with his head control and commented on how big he's getting. He is up to 16 pounds! Yowza! Momma's milk is doing him well! He's filling out his 3-6 month clothes and 6 month clothes already. Crazy how fast they grow out of stuff.

His favorite thing now is sitting in his exersaucer. He loves all the toys that are around him. I'd love to get him a jumping chair but his exersaucer will have to do for now. Maybe we'll get him one for Christmas. He would love that! He also has a few favorite toys- his squeaky giraffe named Sohie and his crinkly blue elephant we named Elvis. :)

Well, little guy is moving all over, making it difficult to type, so I should stop. Enjoy your Christmas! I'll try to update more!