Happy 3rd Birthday Grant!

Happy 3rd Birthday Grant! I can't believe 3 years ago you came into our lives. It has been a joy watching you grow and learn new things. I can't wait to see what this year brings. I love you tons!

Here are a bunch of pictures my friend Lauren took of Grant while she was in town. I will post pictures of today and his updates later this week:)

Thanksgiving/Xmas tree

Loving the Xmas tree-we can't keep him away from it.

My 2 little turkeys on Thanksgiving

Bryce in his Thanksgiving shirt

This year for Thanksgiving it was just us. No one came to visit and we stayed here since we are flying home for Christmas. Though it was kind of quiet, we still had a nice day and so many things to be thankful for! We are so very thankful for our 2 healthy and happy boys!! I can't imagine my life without them. In the morning we packed the kiddos up and went downtown for the Thanksgiving parade. Grant really enjoyed it and Bryce was happy to just hang out outside and see the big balloons:) When we got home we got our turkey in the roaster and started dinner while the boys took naps. Dinner was good, but I have to say it was a lot of work for just us eating. Way too many dishes!

The next day we put up the tree while the boys napped. Grant was so excited to see it and both boys love to look at it. Grant just keeps saying WOW when he looks at it and gets so excited to look at all the different ornaments-especially the Mickey Mouse ones from Disney the past 2 years (I always buy ornaments from places we visit each year-it is so fun while decorating the tree to remember all the fun places we have lived, visited, etc).

Little update on Bryce-he now has 5 teeth-got another top tooth this weekend and hasn't stopped talking and babbling the past couple of days. I love to hear him to talk:)
Tomorrow Grant will be 3 years old!!

Visit to Santa

Last Wednesday I took the boys to go see Santa for the first time this year (Bryce's 1st trip ever:) ). I wasn't sure how Grant was going to do since he kept reminding me he cried when he saw Santa last year. I can't believe he actually remembers that and even asked Andrew if he had told him. We were the only ones in line so we got to spend lots of time with him. Grant was a little timid at first, but warmed up quickly. Bryce, of course, didn't mind at all and smiled the whole time. Here is the funny conversation between Grant and Santa. Santa asked what he wanted for XMAS..Grant says, " A train table. M&Ms. Gatorade. " Santa then looked at me and said, "In all of my years I have never had a kid ask me for Gatorade". They then chat a little while and Santa gave Grant a coloring book. Grant looked at it pointed to the picture of Santa and yelled "Santa!" then he pointed at the snowman and yelled "Ghost! " Santa gave me a strange look and told Grant it was his friend Frosty the Snowman. I have now told him repeatedly when he sees a snowman and yells ghost that they are snowman, but even today when we pulled up to the house he informed me we had a ghost in our yard. I am sure we will visit Santa again before Christmas when Andrew is with us, but had to share the first experience of the season:)

Grant's 3rd birthday party

Grant had his 3rd birthday party this past weekend at Sugar Creek Baptist's Church indoor playscape. Yes we are 2 weeks early but that was the only date they had around his birthday so we went for it! Grant had a wonderful time climbing, jumping, sliding, etc with all of his friends:) His cousins also came in from Corpus so he was very excited to have them there to play and celebrate. My sister made the little collage above and below are tons of pictures.

The birthday invitation Courtney made! Super cute-our 2 little crazy cowboys!

The cupcakes I made and my sister frosted

His cheesy smile as I try to get a picture of his cowboy shirt

The boys with their mamas

Family picture

Sliding with Colby from his class at school

Bryce was a trooper with no nap

His front tooth hanging out

Blowing out his candle

2 very busy boys eating-Grant only had a bite of the frosting. His focus was the ice cream -his favorite. He really isn't into cake or cookies, but LOVES ice cream and suckers.

yummy!

Cousins Madeline and Caroline

All of the kiddos eating

Bryce-10 months

My happy boy turned 10 months old on Friday (tear! tear!). I feel like it was just yesterday he was born and now he is almost 1:(. He is still a super happy little guy but has started throwing little fits and crying when he doesn't get his way-mainly because he doesn't want me to leave the room, or stop holding him or taking something away from him he shouldn't have. He has been a mama's boy his past month but in the past couple of days he has reached for Andrew too which is sweet:)

Updates:

-I weighed him this morning with me and it said he was 19.5 which probably means 19 pounds at the Dr. Still wearing 6-12 size at Gap and Gymboree and 12 month clothes from Carters.

-He now has 4 teeth-2 on top and 2 on the bottom

-Still only has breast milk-feedings/bottles 3-4 times a day. Trying really hard to get him to just 3 feedings a day. Combo of table food and some fruit/vegt baby food when he lets me.

-2 naps a day still (great little sleeper!)

-This past month he started pulling himself up to standing which he LOVES (so proud of himself!) and starting to do a little cruising around his activity tables and couch. Still crawling on his belly and very quick.
-Same favorites-Mommy/Daddy, Grant (who he thinks is hilarious), Chiefy, taking toys out of toy basket, all of Grant's toys that move, power cords, paper...

Messing with his brother's train-tries taking the trains off the tracks when they start moving

At Grant's bday party-you can see those 2 top teeth

Halloween night in their matching PJS. Bryce feel asleep in the wagon while Grant loved trick-or-treating. Grant never even asked for any of his candy. Daddy has eaten almost all of it!

My boys (missing Chief)