This month I've started saying that Meili is legitimately helpful with Grant. Up until this point, I was just happy that she didn't smother him as much as I thought she would. But there have been a few times this month that I have thought to myself, "Thank goodness for Meili!" because she's actually able to entertain him for a few minutes. And I think he's starting to like her-whereas before he's always just tolerated her. But now he smiles and laughs at her.
However, having an older sister does have its embarrassments.
Meili drew this picture of Josh and I thought it was pretty awesome. You can see that her drawing is developing.
While we cleaned out our garage, Meili kept herself occupied.
This outfit was Josh's when he was a baby-although I think he was an older baby when he wore it. And we solved the mystery... I am told daily how much Grant looks like Josh, so we finally got out one of Josh's baby pictures. Nope, Grant doesn't look like Josh as a baby. He may look like him now, but he actually looks more like my baby pictures-or maybe even my mom's.
All day Meili tries to give Grant hugs, and all day he tries to eat her face.
It's not the best picture, but she had a french braid in her hair, and just cut it off right below the elastic. When I asked her about it, she showed me the layers in my hair, and said that she wanted her's to look the same. So I went from being very angry, to still being angry, but thinking she was kind of sweet at the same time.
We headed off to Cookie Cutters...
Ta Da!
It took a couple of days getting used to, but now I think it's pretty cute.
And these are Grant's 4 Month pictures...
-Last post I complained about our 4 doctor's appointments in one month. Well, little did I know, we weren't finished yet. We had to sneak one more in on the 31st-just in the knick of time. Grant finished his round of amoxicillin and a couple days later, all of his symptoms came right back. I took him to Instacare and the doctor said that his ear infection was resistant to the amoxicillin, so we got to start all over again. Luckily, I took him back in last week just to make sure everything was cleared up, and they said he looks great! I'm praying that we don't see another doctor until next month, for his well-child check.
-So far, I haven't found anything that Grant won't eat. Yea! He's had sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, bananas, apple sauce, peaches, yogurt, mandarin oranges, and more things I can't remember. But most important... Ice cream! And he is a fan!
-Josh and I were asked to be group leaders at Youth Conference, which meant half the day Friday, and all day Saturday we were up on the USU campus... with Grant. I was super nervous about it. I'm not gonna lie, it was a lot of work keeping an infant quiet, happy, fed, entertained all day. But we survived, and it was actually really fun. It was uplifting, a change in the regular routine. I liked spending more time with Josh, and Grant took quite a few naps in the stroller which has been life-changing, because now I can actually get him to sleep when we're not home. I've been able to attend all three meetings of church!
-And I've come to grips with the fact that Grant is probably not going to figure out how to sleep through the night on his own anytime soon. So... we're resorting to letting him cry it out. I hate that we are to this point, but I need sleep, and we need to get him out of our room sometime this year-so this is where we are. Thursday night was not bad at all. Friday was no fun :( But last night he made some progress for, I would say, the first time in his life. So I'm hopeful. I'll keep you posted.
