New experience...more milestones

Today was a new experience for all of us as we attended church for the first time since the arrival of Grant. Both Shane and I were a bit skeptical about him being apart from both of us as he stayed in the nursery. He has had either Shane or myself in his sight since day one. But the little guy pulled through (and so did Mom and Dad!) and I was only paged once during Bible study because he was hungry. After that he took a short nap and visited with the caretakers and other babies while we attended the Worship service. It was a wonderful experience for all of us and it certainly felt great to be back in the House of the Lord.

We have experienced more milestones in these last few days. The first is that Grant is sleeping in his own bed! It's not that I didn't enjoy snuggling him every night but it is good to be able to change sleeping positions without worrying about waking him. Grant seemed to be ready for that transition so I went for it. It's funny how we are not going 'by the book' during this go around. Jeff was our 'by the book' child; when the book told us to do it we did it with most issues.

And the other milestone that happened today is that Grant is giggling and laughing. During bath time Shane was squeezing the wash cloth over Grant's chest and letting the water drip on him. Grant thought that was so funny. And like his big brother Grant gets the hiccups when he laughs. I don't know if all children do that but both of ours do. Jeff still does to this day.

Jeff continues to be a great big brother and is interacting more with Grant every day. He has asked to hold Grant several times but changes his mind after a few seconds. He even tried to pick Grant up out of his crib when Grant was crying but said that he was too heavy. I'm sure Jeff will start holding him more when Grant learns to sit up. Jeff will be in the 3rd grade this year. Wow! I can't believe how fast these years are flying by. He will be in middle school before we know it.

We are finally finished with all of our school shopping and have just one more week of summer vacation.

Thanks for reading!

Misty