Friday, May 20, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Happy 1st Birthday, Grayson!
My baby isn't much of a baby anymore. Grayson turned one on May 11th. The year went by so quickly, definitely quicker the second time around. Looking back on pictures it's hard to believe the transformation that has taken place, Grayson went from a little, helpless baby boy to an independent explorer that lives for excitement, hugs and giving his brother and sister a hard time.
Grayson is not walking yet, but I have a feeling that it really won't be that far off. I am betting that Grayson will be walking before Saray did (walked at 14 months) and long before Joshua did (walked at 17 months). He has to keep up with the twins you know. He likes to walk if you hold his one hand, but for the most part he is happy to crawl at lightning speed or cruise the furniture. Overall, Grayson is a happy kid. He sleeps fantastic at night (generally 11 or 12 hours straight) and generally naps decent, thankfully.
He loves to babble, loves music and loves destroying books. He's favorite song is "Barbara Ann" By the Beach Boys, he sings the "ba-ba-ba" part right on time and dances til his heart is content. This little boy is such amazing gift from God.
Here are a few pictures, a few from a year ago, and a few from a week ago. Enjoy!
Grayson is not walking yet, but I have a feeling that it really won't be that far off. I am betting that Grayson will be walking before Saray did (walked at 14 months) and long before Joshua did (walked at 17 months). He has to keep up with the twins you know. He likes to walk if you hold his one hand, but for the most part he is happy to crawl at lightning speed or cruise the furniture. Overall, Grayson is a happy kid. He sleeps fantastic at night (generally 11 or 12 hours straight) and generally naps decent, thankfully.
He loves to babble, loves music and loves destroying books. He's favorite song is "Barbara Ann" By the Beach Boys, he sings the "ba-ba-ba" part right on time and dances til his heart is content. This little boy is such amazing gift from God.
Here are a few pictures, a few from a year ago, and a few from a week ago. Enjoy!
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| Dad holding Grayson for the first time |
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| Mommy and Grayson (1 day old) |
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| Few minutes old |
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| One year later - Happy birthday Grayson! |
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| Grayson's birthday - Mommy and her little boy |
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| Daddy and his boy - Grayson's 1st birthday |
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| Saray, Grayson, Mommy & Joshua - celebrating Grayson's birthday |
Our New Home
We have been in our new house for 2 weeks now; the piles of boxes are diminishing and I am starting to find the right place for things, even if that place is the "get rid of this" pile. Our garage is half full of boxes, but hey, that just means that we have gone through the other half! Yay!
The kids are finally settling into life here at our house on Cascade. Saray is now calling it our "new home" vs. "The new house", so we are making improvement. However, we have been making it a point to steer clear of the old house cause it does make the twins sad and it's hard to explain why we are not going back to our old home. Josh is back on track with his potty training and Grayson has mastered the stairs.
Jer and I are enjoying the house more and more, especially as we see the project list shrink one project at time. We absolutely love the neighborhood and the fact that there are sidewalks to walk on and lack of fast cars zooming by our house, this is one HUGE benefit about living on a cul-de-sac, very few cars.
We really have our work cut out for us this Summer; Jer's Dad, Step-mom and sister Maddie are coming Memorial weekend to help finish a bedroom or two in the basement. Then we will put in a water sprinkler system with Grandpa Ivan, then we'll broadcast the seed for the yard ourselves. But before that, Jer wants get rid of a bunch of rocks in the yard, plus add a little more retaining wall off of the current retaining wall by the driveway. A bit more details have to go into drawing up the landscape plans before things move forward too much more. But it is an exciting time even with all the work that lays ahead.
We are excited to be Home Owers (like Emily Hall's Dad says). Even if we are home owers, at least we can it call it our own.
The kids are finally settling into life here at our house on Cascade. Saray is now calling it our "new home" vs. "The new house", so we are making improvement. However, we have been making it a point to steer clear of the old house cause it does make the twins sad and it's hard to explain why we are not going back to our old home. Josh is back on track with his potty training and Grayson has mastered the stairs.
Jer and I are enjoying the house more and more, especially as we see the project list shrink one project at time. We absolutely love the neighborhood and the fact that there are sidewalks to walk on and lack of fast cars zooming by our house, this is one HUGE benefit about living on a cul-de-sac, very few cars.
We really have our work cut out for us this Summer; Jer's Dad, Step-mom and sister Maddie are coming Memorial weekend to help finish a bedroom or two in the basement. Then we will put in a water sprinkler system with Grandpa Ivan, then we'll broadcast the seed for the yard ourselves. But before that, Jer wants get rid of a bunch of rocks in the yard, plus add a little more retaining wall off of the current retaining wall by the driveway. A bit more details have to go into drawing up the landscape plans before things move forward too much more. But it is an exciting time even with all the work that lays ahead.
We are excited to be Home Owers (like Emily Hall's Dad says). Even if we are home owers, at least we can it call it our own.
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