He's a month old!

Here are some pictures from the past two weeks. Grant is getting big and starting to fill out more of his outfits. Life is getting somewhat less hectic as we are beginning the semblance of a routine. However, Grant still likes to switch it up a bit every day to keep life interesting. One very nice present Grant has given me is a 5-6 hour sleeping block at night. He will usually eat at around 9 pm and sleep until 2 or 3. It has been awesome, I hope he keeps it up, especially since he doesn't like to let mom take naps during the day.

Grant is looking for a way to get out of mom's grasp. He's certainly an active little guy, I have to hold on tight so he doesn't jump out of my arms.

Here's a funny face, it must have been a little gas...


Whenever I put him on his tummy, or even hold him up to my shoulder, he has to push himself up like this. He's just so "advanced for his age" :) he he

He has smiled for us a few times but right now he mostly makes different "o" shapes with his mouth. We still think just about any face he makes is cute...yeah, he's got up hooked.

This swing has two speeds, no swing and Pirate boat at Busch Gardens swing. He looks like he's about to hurl.

The past two weeks

Here's some pictures of the past two weeks. They have been fun but also exhausting. We can already tell Grant is getting bigger, even though he is still quite a long, lean baby. My parents were able to come down again for a few days this weekend, which was a great help. It's nice to have help who are more than willing to hold a crying baby! Grant is definitely past the newborn sleep-all-day stage, but he does pretty good at night. He will usually go 3-4 hours between eating, which gives mom a little sleep. I do admit I am a little loopy these days, Grant cried for awhile this morning before I realized it was him crying and not this annoying baby in my dream.

This onesie says it all. Grant will wait until you take off his diaper and then proceed to pee with impeccable aim all over your clothes. I've gotten pretty good at using his diaper to block the attack but he can still find a way around it

Grandma attempting to burp Grant, which he doesn't like to do.

This is one of our first family photos, taken a couple days after coming home from the hospital. This must have been when he was still a sleepy-head.

Grant occasionally likes to sleep all stretched out.

He already takes after his father, Grant enjoys a good hair twirling. Hopefully this won't lead to premature baldness.

Grant and dad, just hanging out.

This picture was taken after his second bath at home, I guess we made no improvements over the first.

Again, Grant enjoying a good hair twirling and some light reading.

Okay, enough with the pictures already!

Grant loves the nice infant seat Tracie, Troy, and Robyn got us. It is great, thanks so much!

Grant is here!

Grant Douglas Wood arrived at 11:08 am on Friday May 11th. Ryan and I went to the hospital on Thursday night so they could put in a catheter to help me dialate and which also started labor. At 5:00 the next morning they started the pitocin and he was here 6 hours later. He is completely healthy and we were able to go home Sunday morning. My mom was able to stay with us through this past Wednesday which was very helpful. Since then we've been taking it one day at a time, which mainly revolve around feeding, changing diapers and clothes, and trying to take naps. He is such a sweet little boy and we are completely in love with him.

Poor little Grant right after birth. He was slightly swollen and bruised and had the most perfect frown, it was pretty funny and really cute. I'm not sure he thought there was anything funny about it.

Here he is all cuddled and in his elf hat. He was feeling a little better at this time.

A happy mom and dad with an unhappy little baby.

Grant is enjoying the boppy while I try a firm burping hand.

Grant liked talking with Grandma and wishes she could come back.

Here is the cute crib bedding set I got from my work shower. We really like the little sheep jumping over the fence, maybe the little guy will learn early to count sheep and sleep through the night!

My clothes are running out of room!

Look what a good father he'll be, he's cooed that bear right to sleep! The Robinson's are letting us borrow their Bjorn to see if the baby will like it, I know Ryan already does!

We went to Weaver Dairy Farms to get some ice cream and hang out with the cows. They were right next to the fence until we came by and then they moved out of picture range. They don't cotton to no bipeds on their turf!

That tummy is not just from eating too much ice cream!

Today is actually Ryan's last final and then he has a two week break from school. We're hoping the little guy decides to join us in the next two weeks before Ryan starts back up again. I'm due in 9 days but it sounds like it's going to be up to the baby when he's going to come, the docs don't seem too keen on inducing. Until then, we're going to try to go out and do things we won't be able to easily do once the baby is here (even though there's not many things I can easily do now!) I'm sure the next post will have some baby pictures in it!

Beach Trip to Nags Head

Over Ryan's spring break we rented a beach house with some friends from school. It was in the off season so it wasn't quite beach weather, but we still had a great time! This is Ryan in the waters of Okracoke Island. You have to take a 40 min ferry ride to and from the island. We were too late for 5:00 ride back to Hatteras so we had another hour to play on the beach until the ferry came back at 6:00.

Even pregnant ladies can frolic. "I'm a pony!! I'm a pony!!"

We went to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, but they wouldn't let us go inside. Did you know they moved this lighthouse from the shore line in the 90's? It's the tallest building ever to be moved...or maybe I made that up...

Ryan braved the freezing waters in a very Bay Watch-esque manner.

We made a beautiful sand mermaid complete with seashell bra and disturbingly broad grin.

I decided it would be a good idea to hang out with the locals while we were at the beach. Old Blackbeard didn't seem too happy to have his picture taken.

That's Ryan taking on the Red Baron at Jockey's Ridge. It is very windy up there, but Ryan was able to keep the kamikaze kite in the air for most of the day, despite its best efforts to dive bomb the dunes.

Me around 6 months pregnant

Ryan and I suprised the family on Christmas Eve. I was supposed to work on Christmas but instead got to leave early on the 24th and got off on Christmas. It was great to be home!

My dad and a little Christmas elf.

At the NC Botanical Gardens you can play life-sized chess. Woo Hoo!!

This is the recliner/rocker we got for my B-day, but mostly for rocking the baby.

Here you can see the wonderful chocolate cake Ryan made for my B-day (several people have said it was the best chocolate cake they ever tasted, I agree).

We went to Carrabas for my birthday, it was quite delicious and filled my craving. Now all I need is Red Robin's chocolate milkshake!

Howdy all. I've decided to finally start a blog, it will be an easy way for people to see pictures. Hopefully I'll be able to figure out how to get this all together. Anyway, life is going well. I'm feeling big and pregnant and have about 8 weeks left. Ryan's staying busy with school but we still have time to hang out and have fun. We're trying to go out and do things before we become home bound with a new little one. I'm going to attempt to put up some pictures of what we've been up to lately.