5 guesses as to what Graham is thinking...

Chloe may have her issues, but in the world of Graham, she is a SAINT!

Today, Jen and Graham went to play with Andrew and Lauren James. The kids were very happy to pose in front of their Christmas tree...

especially Andrew!

One of the highlights of the afternoon was when the song "Locomotion" was playing and Andrew wanted Graham to be part of his train. He was so good about leading Graham around very slowly, and he even let Graham have a turn being the engine car!

Graham has recently been craving more independence at the breakfast/lunch/dinner table. His coordination is somewhat lacking, but his effort is really good! We also just tried cereal puffs for the first time, and we think that this may be a real turning point for Graham and Millie's relationship.

Happy 8 Month Birthday, Graham!

19 pounds and we think 27 inches (either the doctor's office measurement where they mark the paper while he's lying down has been a bit off or Graham is shrinking.... we measured him standing up, and we think 27 inches is pretty accurate right now)

"Check out my teeth, everybody!"

Graham is on the move ... so close to crawling

And apparently getting sick of these pictures

Graham the Red-Nosed Reindeer

I think we have said before that Graham gets to do all sorts of fun things at "school." We have really grown to love his daycare and the wonderful teachers he has there. They recently sent us a few pictures from the last time the kids were playing in shredded paper. You can see how much Graham enjoyed it!

Graham and his friend Dominic

Our play group met today at Laurie's house for a fun-filled hour of mom talk and baby bonding! Graham and the girls had a blast ... Vivi is on the bottom left, Karina in the middle and Molly on the far right.

Graham and Vivi

Laurie and Karina

Lindsey and Molly

Apparently this is where you sit to get attention around here now... so where's my attention?

Yesterday was Thanksgiving Part II at Derrick's mom's house. It was a fantastic day, full of lots of laughter! Jamie and Steve, Matt and Stefanie, Matt's dad John, and Nancy made for perfect Turkey Day company.

Graham got to eat while sitting in Derrick's old highchair! He discovered that his toys made a slightly different noise when he banged them on this high chair. And he thoroughly enjoyed his usual game of fetch, during which he chucks things on the floor and waits for Derrick to go get them.

And he LOVED Derrick's old crib toy! It has a rotary phone dial and everything...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nancy had saved one of Jamie's old toys, a cassette player with a microphone. And while we originally thought Graham might be a drummer or a piano player, we are now fairly sure he wants to do Karaoke for a living ...

Here he is warming up to the mic:

And here he is well-rehearsed:

Thanksgiving part I was at Grandma Teal's house on Thanksgiving Day, where we had a wonderful time. Aunt Kim, Rick, Meghan, Stefanie, and Matt were all there, along with the three of us, of course. We enjoyed a perfect afternoon full of fun with the family and lots of delicious food. We made a respectable dent in the 24 pound turkey, too! And of course, Graham got more love than he knew what to do with :-) Today, we're resting before Turkey Day part II at Nancy's house tomorrow...

Graham is always happy to go for a walk, and he even tolerates his hat!

Standing against the couch

and having fun with Daddy now that Daddy is over the flu!

Rockin' and Rollin', Jumpin' and Jivin'

Graham didn't know what to think of the pile of leaves Daddy raked for him

Daddy knew exactly what HE thought of the pile of leaves, but it's not fit to print

If you look closely (and maybe zoom in) you can see my two little teeth on the bottom!

7 Months old... and as far as we know, around 18 pounds! And yes, this was a two-outfit photo shoot.

Chloe thought it was time for her photo shoot (again). Graham thought it was time to eat ... cat, bear, whatever was in reach

This last week, Derrick was at the annual Greenbuild Conference for 3 days, this year in Arizona. Back at home, Grandma Nancy came down to help Jen and enjoy some time with Graham!

Despite having a rotten cold and having kept his parents up two nights in a row with lots of inconsolable crying, Graham is happy, as usual, to ham it up for the camera while demonstrating his changing-table antics. Getting any changing done on the changing table is quickly becoming a thing of the past!

Over the weekend, our friend Amy came over with her little girl, Grace. Graham, as you can see, was very interested in everything Grace was doing, studying her every move. Grace, who is almost 18 months is just cute as a button and has lots to teach Graham.