As you might remember from our last update, Graham was diagnosed with croup and had missed some days of daycare. He is on the mend, although he still has a slight cough and a runny nose. Graham hates to have his nose wiped; when you come in with a tissue, he tries to hide his face and ends up getting crap all over your shirt. Nobody ever told me about the number of clothing changes I would have to go through as a parent! As a young baby, it was not unusual for him to spit up all over me. Thank goodness Graham stopped this a few months ago. This must be a Gregory tradition. When Aunt Peggy visited us, she said that her kids did that all of the time but stopped by about one.
Graham’s first birthday is the day before Thanksgiving, so we are getting excited for his big day next week. I am not sure what we are going to get him yet, but we have several ideas. And with Christmas soon after, anything we don’t get him for his birthday, we can get him for Christmas. I am not sure what kind of cake he might like, but I can assure you, he does like sweets. My Mom went to visit my Grandparents two weekends ago and came home with a home-baked apple pie. My mom was having some pie for dessert and offered Graham a bite. Well, a few bites later, my mom had to go back for her own piece because Graham ate her whole slice!
Graham, my mom, and I went to Pennsylvania this past Sunday for a surprise visit with my grandparents. (Eoin was bummed that he couldn’t join us, but he was at a weekend-long seminar.) The three of us had a great time with my grandparents. They were upset that they didn’t have any advance notice so they weren’t able to make us another apple pie. (Graham was upset too. Just kidding!!!) While we were in the area, we also visited my friends from College – Becky and Joe and their little girl, Fern. Actually, we didn’t give them any advance notice either, and we ended up crashing Fern’s first birthday party. Fern is super cute, and Becky and Joe are great parents! While we were at the party, Fern was opening gifts in Joe’s lap. When Fern saw Graham, her eyes lit up and she gave him a huge smile. It was awesome! I am convinced that babies have a special wavelength where they communicate with only each other.
This week, we’re going to get Graham’s first birthday professional portraits. The only problem is that he has a BIG blue goose egg bruise on his forehead. We received a call from his day care last week and they said that Graham tripped over a toy and hit his head on the floor. They took him down to the nurse’s office and she put ice on it. (This makes me really glad that we selected this day care facility, because most of the other ones in this area do not have separate nurses’ offices.) He’s fine and doesn’t notice that it’s there, but I guess it goes with the “little boy” territory. With the photograph technology these days, they might be able to photoshop it. We’ll see! Wish us luck and keep your fingers crossed for a smiling and happy Graham.
Until our next update, take care!
Love and hugs,
Eoin, Graham and Jessica