Practice

Graham is practicing chasing after cans (and pretty much anything else that moves) in preparation for crawling. He's sitting up very securely now. I'm still hoping for teeth to pop through any day, as his sleeping (lack of) and crying (abundance of) are starting to drive us all a little batty. Graham rarely sleeps more than a total of an hour and a half during the day, usually in one catnap of 15-30 minutes and one 1-1 1/2 hour nap. According to all the sleep books (and a cursory measure of what nap patterns 1) result in less Graham fussiness, 2) give Jack and me a little time alone each day, and 3) leave me feeling sane), Graham should be taking 1-2 more naps and sleeping a total of 3-4 hours during the day. We're working on sleep so that future videos will have more examples of cooing and less of crying.

Despite teething pain, Graham still frequently rewards us with fleeting but adorable half-smiles that he immediately hides by burying his face into the nearest shoulder a la Harrison Ford with separation/stranger anxiety (which Graham is exhibiting in spades).

Jack said to me tonight as I was tucking him in, "Momma, after you go downstairs and after I read my book and the light goes out, I'm going to practice singing 'Hush Little Baby' for when I'm a daddy someday."

Also attached are our Halloween pictures. We went as a pirate family, with Graham playing parrot. I was quite proud of myself for throwing together Graham's outfit especially.