Grant Wesley Falkenborg

Born November 17, 2015

Weight: 9 lbs 11 oz

Height: 22 inches

STATS

1 month:

2 months: 15 lbs 4 oz (95-98%) 25 inches (above 98% off chart)

4 months: 19 lbs .5 oz (95-98%) 27 1/4th inches (above 98% off chart)

6 months: 21 lbs 1 oz (95-98%) 28.5 inches (98)

This beautiful boy is now 6 months old and I cannot believe it. He's literally the most amazing, sweet, gorgeous boy. We can't even find the words to explain how much we love him. He has completed our family in a way I never knew was possible. We can't love him more. 

My pregnancy definitely ended in a way that made me happy I was done having babies! He was so big and heavy I could barely walk. It was awful! I couldn't have been more excited to have a little boy of my own. He came out STARVING and ate for three days straight. I've definitely done my best at taking in all the moments I've had with him these last few months because I know it's going to fly by and he'll be 5 before I know it! I don't think I did much else besides snuggle and feed him those first couple months. We had a ton of help and I took advantage of the time to truly love on him and my girls all day long. 

He spend his first months napping and smiling! Thank GOD he never had the girls' night time fussiness. There were a handful of nights that he screamed for about a half hour but that's it! We were so thankful for that. He was a great eater and sleeper until just before his 4 month bday. He started waking up every hour during his sleep regression. We decided to do sleep training at that point and I HATED it. I was a mess the whole time. It was awful to hear him cry. Luckily he "got it" and it all worked out in the end. That never gets easier. Liv was definitely the easiest, then G and then our feisty girl Co. I'm so glad to never have to do that again! 

This boy is a great sleeper (once we finally got through sleep training which was the worst two weeks of my life). He takes three naps a day right now which are about 1-1.5 hours each. He also sleeps from 8 pm to 6:30/7 am (with one dream feed around 1 am. I need to drop these at some point but I cherish this quiet time with him and I think I'm going to miss it immensely). 

He is the sweetest, smiliest boy ever! He smiles all day. He has been smiling since he was two weeks old. I always smiled every time he slept. It was so adorable. Such a happy boy. He's so happy and content I couldn't have asked for more. As long as he's not hungry or left to play without any attention for too long, he's good. But watch out when he's mad! WOW. That boy can wail! He is loud and has strong lungs! It doesn't happen often, but when he cries, it breaks my heart. 

He was born a super spitty baby. EVERY time he ate he would spit up. He spent his first 5 months spitting up ALLLLLLLL over us and the furniture/carpet/hardwoods. He is now finally able to keep it down more other than the occasional spit. He's also been the DROOLIEST kid I've ever had! He can soak a shirt in no time! CONSTANT drool! No teeth yet!

He is definitely spoiled with all the people and attention around him all the time so when he goes more than 10 mins or so he needs someone to come play or hold him. Reminds me of Coco when she was this age. He loves his mommy. He looks at me like I'm the light of his life and I can't even begin to explain how it makes me feel. He's mine all mine!!! ;) He obviously loves his daddy and sisters too. He gets SOOOOO excited when Livi comes around. She makes him so happy. Coco took a little longer to pay more attention to him but is now playing with him more which is so sweet. Wes and Grant have a sweet bond that is a perfect daddy son bond. They love to just hang out and relax together. G loves his chill daddy time for sure! He also gets his evening bottle from daddy and you can tell he cherishes that time. They are going to have the best times in the future doing man stuff! 

He loves to kiss my face when I kiss him and he cuddles up in my neck. He has always been a snuggle bug until about two weeks ago when I could tell he was getting busier and wanted to play more and snuggle less. 

He just figured out how to do raspberries and does this new shrieking sound when I walk away to try and get me to turn back around and come back to him.  He LOVES attention. He's "talking" more and more but isn't doing a ton of word sounds yet. 

He started rolling around 3 months 3 weeks old. It's funny because he rolled a good amount that first week or two and then was kind of over it. He's been sitting really well on his own since about 5 months so he prefers that. I'm thinking he'll go straight to crawling and skip the whole rolling around the room thing. He prefers his back and actually still sleeps only on his back! 

He's a big boy and everyone is always SO impressed by his chubby body and giant squishy thighs. They are the best! He's always been in much bigger sizes than his age. He came out wearing 3 month clothes. By 4/5 months he was in 12-18 month clothes. 

He started eating baby food about a month ago. So far he's doing well. He just started actually opening his mouth really wide and taking more violent bites! He's hungry! He still prefers the boob though I have to say. 

He's REALLY ticklish. 

We call him bubba, bubba boy, G, G man, boo boos and boo boo boy

He's BUSY. About a week or so ago we noticed a shift in his activity. We can no longer sit him on our lap at the table while we eat. He's here there and everywhere. Grabbing this, throwing that. It's a little chaotic. We are started to see the difference in girls and boys as my girls would sit contently for much longer. Should be interesting when he's actually mobile!