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Cassie took some photos of Greysen tonight. His Mama and Papa LOVE LOVE LOVE them. However will we choose the ones we want to frame and put up in our house? Could you help? Here are a few... Please comment on the ones you like most.

New Take on "Tummy" Time

I go to Cassie-care (CC) every day to feed Greysen during lunch. It's not an unusual sight to see one of the Mama's sitting on the couch at CC breastfeeding. I guess that's what happens when you have 3 children under the age of 1 in the same place.

Yesterday there was a visiting 3-year old to CC. I call her Big G cuz Greysen is Little G. She is quite the little smartie but I didn't know whether she'd ever seen breastfeeding. So I covered up. At one point, she looked around and said, "Where is that baby?" And Cassie pointed at Greysen's feet sticking out of the coat he hid under while eating. Big G moved around to position herself to see and find out what he was doing in there. She looked at me and said, "What is he doing in there?" To which I responded, after looking frighteningly at Cassie, "He's eating." Big G asked what he was eating and why he was under there and then she said, "Why are you feeding him from your tummy?"

PHEW - that was a little more comfortable than the atlernative question that could have resulted about birds and bees and storks and all that. But my response didn't satisfy her curiosity cuz then she poked, prodded and rubbed my "tummy." I didn't want to act like it was a big deal but it really wasn't comfortable. So I told her that she shouldn't distract Greysen from eating. And then I finished up, covered up and got the h-e-double-l out of there.

And then I had to explain to Big G's Mama what went on so she didn't hear it first from Big G's perspective. I didn't, however, explain that I was felt up by her 3-year old. It didn't seem important since she obviously thought she was feeling my tummy.

Some random cute photos of Greysen and fans.

Oma and Greysen at the Farmers Market in Missoula.

Greysen in the Jump N' Go. He hasn't quite figured out that he's doing the work, but he loves to flop around and make the music play.

Greysen and Mama playing airplane. He drooled all over my head.

Those blue eyes are killers especially when he wears

his favorite robot jammies. And that smile might get him just about anything.

Proof

Greysen turned 5 months old on Sunday, August 22. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BABY GREY!For his birthday, we gave him rice cereal. We knew he needed to be adept at eating solid food by his 6 month birthday. But we didn't know how long it would take him to figure it out so we started a month early. Turns out it took him exactly 3 bites. Sure, he gets it all over his mouth and bib, but he also gets a good amount in his belly. The proof, as they say, is in the poop the next day. I can't imagine what the peas, squash and carrots poop will look like. OH, the joys.

Tummy Time Video

I just learned how to post videos onto my blog through YouTube. So, you'll have to excuse my late post of Tummy Time. I tried to post this long ago to no avail. But my old brain learned a new trick and now I must use it ...



Enjoy.

Camping Part Deu

Earlier in the summer, Greysen and his crew (Mama, Papa, Oma, Opa and Aunt Cass too) took another camping trip. We went to Vigilante campground near York, MT.

G supervised the setup of camp from the back end of the truck. He advised us that our tent placement was substandard. We agreed and moved it to our own campsite. That way he could scream all he wanted in the middle of the night and not wake the neighbors (Oma, Opa and Aunt Cass).

We took a hike in the mid-afternoon HOT sun. In order to cool down, G laid on the blanket in his diaper with Aunt Cass for awhile.

Aunt Cass, armed with camera, got many awesome photos of G lying under the blue sky - if you look close enough, you can see the whispy clouds reflecting in his eyes.

Later on in the evening when the sun went down the heat let up a bit, G and the dogs passed out, G on the blanket and Sake nearby to guard him. I put his hat on and my shirt over him and he slept there while we played ladder golf. What a good boy.

Sake was a great source of entertainment for G when he woke up. He couldn't keep his hands off of him.

Even though G slept like a champ that night, he awoke the next morning kinda out of it. Aunt Cass could relate to morning sleepiness so they hung out.

Sunday night, at home in our own beds, G slept terribly. We concluded that we'd sell our house and move into our tent so we can all have optimum sleep.

We love camping!

G and His Furry Friends

G loves his puppies!

Six States in Five Months!

Greysen is turning 5 months old (young) this Sunday. He's as sweet as he is cute. And gets sweeter and cuter every day.

We just returned from a whirlwind tour of 4 states. Greysen has now logged 6 states in his short five months. We'll see if he can beat his Papa's record of seeing all 50 states so early in life. The first leg of the trip was with Oma and Opa in the car TEN HOURS to Bismarck, ND where I grew up. G was very good in the car given the circumstances. I fed him from the bottle for the first time while he was in his car seat and it went very well. We only stopped to change his butt and burp him.

We stayed at my Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Vern's place. It was a comfortable place to stay because they have several grandchildren of their own. They had sleeping quarters, exersaucer and SWING for G to camp in. G loved the swing.

We spent Friday evening visiting Great Aunt Cheryl and Great Uncle Vern and then saw Great Aunt Paulette and (here's where I can't figure out the relation) Second-cousin Brent and Third-cousin (?) Jaden. Greysen exhibited a bit of stranger anxiety for the first time but got over it for the rest of the weekend - which was good cuz he met dozens of people for the first time this week. And most importantly, we got to see G's Great Grandmas and take four generation pictures of them both.

I got to see my 7 girlfriends from high school. We were inseparable in high school and when we're in the same town at the same time (once per year as we've committed), we could probably be described as inseparable then too. We took this photo in high school and now it's replaced with this much better looking crew. We've aged like fine wine ... mmmm, wine!

On Saturday, Aunt Jessie showed up and we got to see her too. She helped take care of G that night while I spent the evening with my girlfriends. I think she enjoyed the practice.

On Sunday, the fam had a picnic in the park. Greysen wore his appropo onesie: Are you SURE these are MY relatives? He napped in the park, hung out with aunts and uncles, and provided entertainment for those watching GTV ...

We were back in town for one sick day (both Greysen and I had a cold) and then we flew out, for the first time with bebe, to D.C. Greysen did GREAT on the flights and passengers on the plane advised us: "That one's a keeper. He was SO GOOD." We assured them we would keep him.

G got to meet Uncle Dave Jakes for the first time. There was no shortage of love for the G from Gramma and Uncle. On Saturday, we went to a wedding and G stayed home with Gramma and Uncle. We arrived back home around 10:45 p.m. where G, Gramma and Uncle were lying in Gramma's bed watching Nickalodeon. I almost expected to find cookie crumbs and ice cream spots on the bed.

On Sunday, we went to a BBQ at the Andrico's house. We met the little dolly Olivia and many other little ones we hadn't yet met - Brayden, Taylor, Jake, and Whit. G did so well meeting Papa's peops. He even napped a little on the bed to reenergize for all the smiling and talking he did that afternoon. We didn't get photos of the event but it was great to see the dudes hanging out with beers in one hand and bebes in the other.

Finally, on Tuesday evening, we flew back home. It was a long, long LONG travel day, but on the layover in Minneapolis, we got to see Aunt Jessie (and belly) and Uncle Dave Tierney at dinner. It was the perfect visit for a 4 hour layover. And even though the flight was late on Tuesday evening, Greysen slept every minute of the flight. Not a peep out of him. Sweet boy.

Greysen has been in six states since birth - Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Virginia, Maryland and Minnesota. Crazy traveler already, but since we've been back, he's settled back into quiet Montana life and his good sleeping habits. This morning at 4:30 a.m., instead of awaking to a crying baby, I awoke to cooing and talking sounds: aaaaaaAAAA, eeeeeEEEEE, heeeeeeyyyy, dooooooooo, gooooooooo. I reluctantly interrupted his chat with his crib animal friends to feed him so that he could sleep again until 7:15 this morning.

Sweet Baby Grey is back into the swing of his sweet baby life.