Rollin'

On Friday Grant went to the pediatrician for his 4 month check-up, which meant another round of shots. This time he took them like a champ... and then cried hysterically. Unlike the last round of shots however, he did not have a fever afterwards and was back to his usual self that night. His official stats are now: 13.7 lbs (30%) and 24 inches long (50%), with a head circumference still at the 50th percentile. The other exciting news from the appointment is that the pediatrician feels that he is ready to try some rice cereal. So we plan to start that sometime soon, which we hope will help him go a little bit longer between feedings at night.

In other big news, Grant rolled over for the first time this week! For the last couple of weeks we've been waiting for him to figure out how to complete the process of rolling from his back to his tummy but he kept getting stuck on his side. One morning though Shannon put him on his tummy and away he went. Luckily she grabbed the camcorder just in time to catch him doing it again. Although he still hasn't finished figuring out how to roll over from his back, we're confident that soon he'll be rolling all over the place. Watch out world... here comes Grant!

Punkin Patch

This week we got ready for Halloween by taking Grant to a Pumpkin Patch. Even though he was pretty tired and not smiling too much, we were able to get a few cute pictures.

We were even able to get a family picture!

You might also enjoy this video of Grant chatting it up (loudly). Its been hard to get any good videos of him lately because he has become very curious about the camera. If we catch him talking or doing something cute, he stops once the camcorder comes out and just stares at it trying to figure it all out. So for this video Shannon had to be across the room (so sneaky...) to capture him talking while he was playing under his gym.

Wicked awesome weekend

I don't know if you've noticed it... but I like firsts. I love that Shannon and I still have firsts and am excited that we get to experience all kinds of firsts with Grant. I don't know if you could say that I'm obsessed with firsts (although I am kind of crazy and have to have the first chip out of a bag of Doritos), but no one ever remembers the second time they did something, right?

So with that being said, we've had a couple more firsts lately. On Friday night, Shannon and I went to see the broadway show Wicked so Grant had his first non-family babysitter. It worked out pretty well because the show did not start until 8 pm so we were lucky enough to have our friends Erica and Darren over for dinner before the show. Since we've been putting Grant to bed around 7:30, all they had to do was change his diaper, put on his pajamas, and hang out while he slept. Normally Grant has been sleeping until at least 1 am, so we did not anticipate any trouble. He did however throw Erica a slight curveball when he decided that he was hungry a little after 11 pm, but luckily we were on our way home so it all worked out. We are so thankful for them because this was the first time that we have gotten out of the house together without Grant since July!

Then the following morning, KU played Iowa State so we decided to head to Choppers, the KU bar in Denver, to watch the football game. It was Grant's first time to watch KU outside the house as well as to observe other people, besides daddy, get very excited and upset at the television screen. Needless to say, he soaked everything in. He was stylin' in his new KU shoes (that mama made) and was a big hit with the waitress. Due to all the excitement in what would turn out to be yet another win for the Jayhawks, he stayed awake the entire time we were there. Next week its all about "Hawk love" and the Buffaloes.

Grant attempting to roll - stay tuned

Playing with Freddie the Firefly

(this is Shannon) By the way, David just named himself "baby benadryl" due to his new ability to put Grant to sleep quickly. I guess you can count that as his first daddy nickname. :)