Pumpkin Patch (Part 1)

Last weekend we went on Graham's first trip to the pumpkin patch near Raleigh. Graham got to dress up in his first costumes, play in a tub of corn, go on a giant slide and play with the pumpkins. Here are some pics.


This is Mommy and Graham just arriving at the farm. Graham is wearing his giraffe outfit that earnerd so many "ahhh..."s and "oh, how cute"s. Yes, Graham is waving...I taught him that.


Here is Graham and Uncle Shane.

Mommy and Graham playing in the corn with Kaden and Connor. Notice that Connor is trying to bury Graham in corn.

Graham playing...he's getting good with his hands!

I mean seriously, do they get much cuter than this?

Graham looking for Daddy's hair...let me know if you find it buddy!

Learning the low crawl.

Playing in the hay with Mommy.

Kaden and Hope on the train!

TAR HEEL!

Daddy decided to play dress up with Graham. He liked his new outfit but after a while....


...he was more interested in his thumb!

Here are a few more of him just being cute in general.

Enjoying his thumb....

Wrestling Madawi....

Wearing his own "custom" monogram outfit...I forget the name of the company that makes this "custom" wear but they do good work.

catching up...still

Here are some recent and not so recent pics...

Shannon and Graham and the first family run. Notice the towel dumpers and the chest straps that cross the chest instead of dropping straight down. Graham might be a little young but Daddy believes in ingenuity...and sucking it up! Someone get me a kettle bell!

Here is from Auntie Kerry's visit. This was Graham's first almost-full immersion (no head dunking) in the ocean. He didn't like it at first (not as warm as his baths) but after a few seconds he was just happy as ever. We actually have a video of this but Shannon would kill me if I posted it as it shows her in her bathing suit...she's crazy!

Here are a few more from Grandma and Grandpa Pardo's visit.

Dreadful discovery

This just happened tonight. I guess we thought we would have more time...we're going to have to keep an eye on him.

Here are a few pics from the Grandma and Grandpa Pardo visit...will post more soon!

Time to Catch Up

Wow...I am really behind on the picture posting. Grandma and Granda Pardo have come and gone and we still haven't posted pics from their visit. Recently, we had another great weekend at the beach...but first, here are the rest of the pics that we had done by a photographer. Also a big shout out to Mike and Christina who are going in to deliver today!

WARNING! YOU COULD GO BLIND!

**** VIEW AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!**** In order to prevent the certainty of blindness by over exposure to sheer cuteness, we will only be posting a few of these pics at a time. ****VIEW AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!******

When Graham was one week old we had some professional pictures done with him. We finally got them, scanned them and now here are a few. More will follow.

View at your own risk!

Long Time No Blog

Please excuse our long absence from blogging. Things have been crazy the last two weeks with Shannon going back to work and with me travelling and getting ready to go back to school. Since the last blog a lot has happened.Graham took his first bottle. It was amazing- we were worried that he would reject it or once he tried it he would reject the boob. None of that happened; in fact, the very first go he ate 5 oz of formula like it was nothing...he practically chugged it. That bottle that I am giving him is 4 oz so we actually had to refill. It was awesome getting to feed him myself for the first time. We wanted to make sure that he was used to a bottle before he had to go to day care and he's been great- no problems with throwing up or excess gas.

Right now even though Shannon is back at work, she is able to pump enough milk so that we only have to supplement once a day. Other exciting news is that at only 7 weeks old we have been able to get him to sleep through the night 3 of the last 4 nights. How we do this is a secret...maybe Shannon and I will write a book.

Since the one month birthday we have also gone on several nature walks. Here we are with Grandma Pincock on a walk around Reservoir Park.

This is actually from our first nature walk at the dog park just before.....

...it started to pour rain. Don't worry he was completely dry and in fact he was asleep the entire time.

Here's a random one of Graham having a bath. He loves a warm bath but he hates the 6 seconds between the warm water and the dry towel. He also surprised us two weeks ago when he rolled over from his stomach to his back on his own.

Sorry these aren't the best pictures. We actually received prints of some professional photos we had taken when Graham was one week old. I will scan and upload those this weekend.