43 weeks.

Graham opens up 2 giant boxes of new-to-him toys from Grannie Annie and Grammy. Very exciting! So far, the tambourine and bell shaker are the biggest hits.

42 weeks, 4 days.

Graham found today's playdate so exhausting he had to take a quick snooze in Violet's crib.

42 weeks, 3 days.

Graham was happily chatting in his crib after his morning nap. I went in to discover him having a conversation with Mike Vick.

42 weeks, 2 days.

Birthday season has begun! Graham took a piggyback ride to the park, and then carried on to his friend Pearl's first birthday party. Pearl has an amazing toy collection--walkers and crawling tubes and pianos, oh my!

42 weeks, 1 day.

After much searching, Graham found the book he was looking for!


While picking out our Christmas tree this afternoon, we ran into St. Nick. Graham didn't seem too pleased to meet him. Graham doesn't react to anyone by immediately screaming, so we can only assume he wanted a classic baby-scared-of-Santa shot for the photo album.

42 weeks.

Graham managed to squeeze in a trip to the park between playdates and a tree lighting ceremony. He's having a great time at the park now that he can cruise around the toys and crawl on the equipment. He also likes to slide.

41 weeks, 6 days.

Graham and his friend Theo had a playdate this afternoon. Graham enjoyed meeting Theo's dog Ricky. Note that the babies are interacting!

We also discovered that Graham is not allergic to peanut butter today. He scavenged a Bamba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamba_(snack)) from one of his buddies at an earlier playmate and scarfed it down before I could get to him...and did not react at all. Good to know!