Bryce is 11 months old!

Bryce was 11 months old on Sunday. As I write this I have a lump in my throat-I can't believe my baby is almost 1. I feel like this year went by way too fast and my baby is growing WAY too fast. I think I am also emotional since this could be my last baby. I feel extremely blessed to have 2 healthy and happy boys!.... But, there is still part of me that wants just 1 more...we will see when Bryce turns 2 what we decide, but I think it makes it harder knowing this could be my last little one. I know I have said it every month, but Bryce is still such a joy-a very happy baby(although he definitely lets you know when he isn't happy these days especially when he wants to be held and you put him down). Here are all his updates..

Weight-19.5 pounds-12% :(

Height-around 28.5 inches

Size 3 diapers

Wearing 12 month clothes in most things

Shoe size 3.5-4

-Eating-happy to say I MADE IT! I am almost done breastfeeding. I am just nursing him in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon and then he gets a bottle of frozen breastmilk in the evening. I only have about 1-2 weeks of milk left in freezer so we started whole milk this week also-mixing it in. At first he was spitting it out, but yesterday I gave him a sippy cup of all whole milk warmed up and he drank the whole thing:) When he go home to IL I will be leaving my pump:) and by 1 year Bryce will be on all whole milk and hopefully off the bottle too! He eats like a horse just like his brother did at this age. He loves fruit and will always eat it first if you put several things on tray-especially berries. He also loves carrots, pizza, tortillas..and just about everything else you put in front of him. The other night he ate 2 large pieces of pizza, a pear, yogurt and vegetable pouch. I think he would have kept eating if I put more on his plate. After a bath he ate an 8 oz bottle. oink! oink!

-Sleep-still 2 naps a day and goes to bed around 8:30pm and up at 7am

-He loves to be tickled and claps for everything. Whenever music comes on in car, at church, commericals, etc he claps. He also waves to everyone. At dinner the other night he kept waving and smiling at another baby and then would babble. Bryce really enjoys being around other babies.

-Talking-Lots of DaDa, a little mama, likes to say LaLa-not sure what that means though. He babbles a lot-especially at night.

-Crawling on all fours and army (still prefers) and pulls up on everything. A little cruising and walking with walker too.

Making a mess eating a meatball sub-he ate the whole 6 inch sub!

He loves to listen to Mickey sing

Christmas Fun

We have been having lots of fun getting ready for Christmas this year. Grant really gets Santa this year and it's so much fun to watch him get excited and talk about Santa/Christmas. This post has pictures from Moody Garden's Festival of Lights and The Christmas Train in Alvin. Even Bryce loved all of the lights and couldn't stop babbling about them.

My 2 little elves next to the tree

At Moody Gardens with the Texas Boot

My favorite boys

Grant at The Christmas Train in Alvin. It was super cute. We took a little train ride around this camp that was all decorated with lights and then we visited Santa where he asked Santa again for a train table, gatorade and m&ms. Grant loved being on the train! This was the last picture I took before the camera was dropped and broke. The rest of the pictures were taken with Andrew's phone.

Christmas Pictures

Grant's 3rd Birthday

Grant had a great 3rd birthday. I feel like we have been celebrating for weeks since his birthday party was almost 3 weeks ago. Not sure how he is going to do when his birthday and Christmas are over and there are no more parties and presents. We shopped today at Kohl's for a gift for the little boy we picked from the church tree. Grant looked at all the toys and picked out a fire truck for him. I reminded him it wasn't for him, but for another little boy. He replied, "I want the fire truck too". I told him no and reminded gain who it was for. He stopped for a second and said, "Well I want it for my birthday then". I told him he would be waiting a while:) We also went to the Dr today and Grant is very healthy-for the first time Grant is in the 50% for weight! Hooray!!! He is also in the 50% for height and had great blood pressure:) Below are the pictures from his actual birthday. The picture above is at chapel at his school-Bryce and I got to come and watch his birthday chapel.

My little man praying! They were saying a blessing for him and the other little girl who shared his birthday-so sweet! He is wearing a birthday crown his teacher from Monday made him:)

After nap Grant got open his presents. Here he is on his scooter (which he says foo-ter)

Riding his new bike with Dad! He loves it.

Family picture before we headed out for dinner. Grant chose LaEscondida for tacos and chips and cheese. Just like his Mommy and Daddy- he loves Mexican!

After dinner we came home for cake and ice cream. Grant doesn't really like cake or cookies-will only eat them once in a while, BUT he LOVES ice cream ..and so does his little brother.