Look at that Boy!

My goodness, my little baby is growing so fast.  It seems each day Gray has a new trick up his sleeve.  I wish I could slow him down a little bit.  But he wants to go go GO!  I know my family has been wanting to see more pictures and video of him, so here you go!

He did this all on his own.  He LOVES to stand up.  And he falls a LOT.  But there's no stopping him.  I'm going to go out on a limb and say he'll be an early walker.  He is always trying new things and wanting to move!

Here's a video of him when that picture was taken

And of course, we can't forget crawling!

Gray loves him some tickles :)

 

Cousins cousins are so fun!

*side note* Gray loves Drew! He screams in delight whenever he's around Drew.  Drew just looks at Gray like, "why are you screaming at me?"  Gray also tries to get Drew, but Drew is faster and can get away. It's funny.  Watch for it in this video.  :)

 

More cousins with Jackson trying to get the babies to listen to him.
Watch and see how well that went. :)

30 Items in 30 Days- Living Room

If you didn't see my last post on this, I'm participating in a challenge on the IHeart Organizing blog to purge 30 unneeded/unnecessary/just-generally-junking-up-my-house items in 30 days.

Today is the living room.  I didn't think I would be able to find much at all to get rid of in my living room.  Basically it's furniture {which I'm not getting rid of!} and my two bookshelves with books I love and decorations.  I looked carefully though and was able to get rid of these 3 items-

The letter "J" I've had since college and it's pretty beat up now and I'm kinda over it.  Plus now that I'm married with a family and all, I think the letter R is more appropriate.

The Prince Caspian book I got for free last year.  I've never read the Chronicles of Narnia nor have any desire to. 

The second book, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, I got at a yard sale last summer.  I liked it and enjoyed reading it.  It was good.  But I don't think it's one of those book I'll want to read again.  So it's gone too.

***If any of my Lexington friends wants one or both of the books, you can have it/them!  {Or even the J for that matter} Leave me a comment if you do.  Otherwise I'm selling them. {Half-price Books baby!}

It's so freeing to get rid of things and declutter.  Seriously!  If you haven't tried it yet, you should.  You'll be surprised.  It's a great fresh start for Spring! 

Total items purged = 6

A Momma's Cry for Help!

I posted recently {I think} that Grayson has started crawling.  In addition to crawling, he is also now constantly pulling up on things.  I did NOT think these 2 things would come at the same time!  He is not too balanced yet and often falls when he tries to stand up.  He's been getting lots of head bonks as a result.  But he keeps on tryin' and tryin'.

Unfortunately, now when we put him in his crib, he just crawls around and plays and pulls up on the sides.  Which means it's almost impossible to get this kid to go to sleep in his crib!  We've let him cry and cry, but he just keeps sitting up and moving around.  Eventually, when it's waaaay past his bedtime, I give up, and put him in his swing where he'll fall asleep.   Then later, Josh will transfer him to the crib where he'll sleep the rest of the night. 

{This was 2 different days.  We peeked in and found him standing up!}

Did any of you other moms have this problem?  What happened when your babies got mobile and could crawl and sit up and pull up?  How do I get him to go to sleep in his crib?

PLEASE HELP!

I'd love any of your suggestions, tips, advice, comments, whatever!

thankssomuch :)