Graydens ONE month old Today!!!

Wow...Grayden turned one month old today and I can't believe how much he has already grown and changed! Where did the time go? Our days seem to go by so fast since he's arrived. I guess we've just never been so busy and constantly needing to do this or that or be here or there. It's so hard to find time to do anything when he's this little and so dependent upon me. I try to take advantage of his 2-3 hour naps during the day but I find all I want to do is cuddle him and stare. When I do really need to get things done the swing is a life saver. I just hook his video monitor up and I can get my laundry done or whatever else and still watch him/hear him the whole time. The video monitor is also LIFESAVER!! We seem to be quite the picture freaks and have taken a few pictures of Grayden EVERDAY since he's been born. I was looking through his photo ALBUMS (yes he already has two) and we have over 300 pictures already!! I can't seem to put the camera down. I just want to capture every moment so we can hold onto it forever. Im going to have to slow down because we're going to run out of room for all these photo albums but I just love capturing those precious moments as much as I can right now. I think we'll have to box up some of his newborn clothes this week. His legs are too long for a couple of his sleepers already :( And last week we put him in size 1 diapers he's too big for the newborns now :( He's growing Way too fast!

I think we are starting to get into the swing of things around here and we seem to be getting the whole bedtime routine down.
He is sleeping between 3 and 4 hour stretches, but doing 2-3 of them in a row. So if we go to bed at 11:30 he gets up around 3ish and then again around 6 ish and up for the day around 10 am. He actually slept through the night for the first time last night!!! We went to bed a little late around 1:30am and he didn't wake up until 7am. It was amazing and I hope that happens more often. Grayden isn't in his own crib yet, he actually sleeps with me. I was totally against having him sleep with me at first because I was scared .... but it seems to be the only thing that works for him right now. Im not comfortable leaving him in another room just yet so we tryed putting him in the bassinet beside our bed but he didn't like that at all.....we tryed leaving him in his bouncy chair but he didn't like that either and would wake up every hour...... I decided to try having him sleep with me and he slept for 4 hours........I love sleeping with him and I know its going to be a hard habbit to break for him AND for me but its what works for now AND I JUST LOVE IT........ Anyway we are both getting lots of sleep which makes me so happy. I had heard sleep deprivation was one of the hardest parts and I haven't had to experience much of that yet, (knock on wood). Grayden really is a good baby.

He is getting more alert of his surroundings and loves to stare at moving objects for as long as his eyes stay open. He loves to sit in his swing and stare into the mirror at himself or watch the little butterflys spin around, Its so cute!! Isn't it funny how the littlest things are so exciting for a new mom and dad. Like when he needs to be burped and he FINALLY lets it out.... you just feel like Supermom. LoL He also does the cutest thing after a feed when he starts to fall asleep. He lets out the biggest smile and sometimes a little giggle. I've been trying to capture it on camera but I have a hard time looking away let alone reaching for the camera... but Im really going to try and capture that because its just so precious.

This last month has been amazing and we've had many precious moments with Grayden. I can't believe how much we fall in love with him more and more EVERYDAY. Out of all the blessings in my life, he is by far the greatest. I now understand all the parents who warned me about how "they grow so fast". This last month has just flown by and I sometimes look at him and cannot believe how much he has grown. I get all teary eyed looking at pictures of him the first week thinking how little he was. And it seems like yesterday. I just remind myself that these are the moments I will cherish for the rest of my life and to just take it all in.

Happy One month Birthday Grayden. Mommy and Daddy love you more than you could ever know and we can't wait to watch you grow more and more everyday.

Here are some photos of Graydens on his One month old birthday!!