Easton | 5 Months

When I was pregnant with Easton, I often wondered (okay okay...fretted) about how things were going to be with two kids under the age of two. I could barely handle my one year old at the time, but to deal with two littles?! I just knew I was going to be way over my head.

And guess what. I am way over my head.

But I love it. Easton is such an awesome addition to our family. He has such an amazing giggle, and this great little cackle that is reserved for grandmas, diaper changing and Grayson.

Easton loves Grayson. He thinks he is hilarious. He watches him like a hawk, and he is just so pleased and excited when Grayson pays even the tiniest bit of attention to him. It warms my heart! I love to see my kids interacting with each other.

His laugh is something I hope I never forget. It is the purest, most innocent sound. I really cannot put it into words. And his smile. And his sweet dimple. I just can't even. :)

So what is he up to this month?

Easton can sit up by himself sometimes. Usually he topples over after not too long.

He is eating cereal like a champ.

Bath time is so fun for him. He laughs the entire time!

He likes to be on his belly but then seems to forget that he can flip to his back.

We broke out the jumperoo. The first time he liked it a lot, any subsequent time in the jumperoo has brought a lot of tears, but I think he will get used to it.

He has become increasingly irritable in the evenings. I am still trying to figure out why that is. I have noticed that he needs a small cat nap in the evening and that is sometimes his way of telling me. It always seems to fall just around the time I put Grayson to bed.

He is still sleeping in his rock and play next to our bed, but he has begun to try and flip to his belly in it and he is getting pretty long for it - so I think we will be moving him into his crib very soon.

He is a big fan of Mommy. I am not really sure what to think about this since Mike is the preferred parent in our household. When Easton sees me, he gets so excited and just kicks his legs and waves his arms.

Like his cousin Laurenne, Easton is a face toucher. He loves to have his hand on my face. Or in my hair. Unfortunately both of my kids are hair pullers :( Ugh. He reaches for everything. He is so curious!

God knew what he was doing by placing Easton in our lives at this point in time. We are so thankful for him!

(Sorry - no pictures at this point - I am typing this on Mike's computer over naptime and I don't have any new pictures handy. Trust me. He is super cute ;) )


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

43 and worried

I turned 43 yesterday.  A few weeks ago, I had to get my license renewed. I was feeling okay until I pulled out my old license and went to hold it up against my new license image. Mike caught me doing this, and he said, "NO! Don't do it, Erin!" which made us both laugh until I looked down and was shocked by the contrast. Four years ago, 20 pounds lighter (at least), smiling, hair perfectly done (or as well as I could do hair which isn't ever that great), I looked at least my age. Mike once remarked that of all the many license pictures he sees, mine was a really great picture. (But I know four years ago, life was no easier than it is now - in some ways it was harder.) But then the current picture. No life in the eyes or maybe just a lot of sadness, an abundance of wrinkles, hair that was out of place, and attempt at a half-hearted smile and a few additional chins. Haggard is the word that came to mind. Stress has not been kind to my appearance. I mentioned this to my ...
Read more

He's he-ere!

Image
Introducing... Grayson Michael Born 11/25/12 at 3:02 am Grayson entered the world via emergency c-section. Mike got to step into the role of Daddy immediately and went with the baby while I was in the recovery room. They got to spend some time bonding in the nursery. Grayson is such a joy! He and his daddy hit it off immediately. There is nothing more attractive than watching your husband turn into a daddy. Be still my heart. We were in the hospital for SO many days...I could not wait to get home. I missed my bed. Which funny enough, I haven't gotten to sleep in since that first night home. Taking the steps more than once a day is just too difficult right now. So for now, we have been crashing on the couch. Unfortunately Gray had problems with jaundice, and he had light therapy with a bili blanket. Mike told people his son was rocking a low profile LED light bar - just like a police cruiser ;)  I love his little frowny face :) ...
Read more

Ready for the next season...

Image
Usually I love spring. But this year is a different story. Spring has been mostly gray, cold and dreary - and with it, it has brought a great deal of heartache. With the uptick in aggressive behaviors from Grayson (thanks a lot, puberty) and the realization that we are now a year into being provider-less, to being told that Gray was too severe for one provider company, to having to research and call around to group homes to see if they are a good fit for Gray,  to Grayson's constant elopement attempts, to realizing that Grayson goes to therapy and comes home...he has very little to do for fun and he has no one outside of the family or his dedicated therapists to invest in him.  To make matters worse, right now Grayson gets very upset - to the point of property-damaging, when either Mike or I leave the house without him. His team is going to work on that, but it has been very limiting what we can do. The walks I used to take that I enjoyed so much to clear my head are in the pa...
Read more