Monday, June 27, 2011

June

We've had a relatively uneventful month here. No traveling, no visitors, just some good old fashioned family time! We've had birthday parties just about every weekend, and Mike and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary the day before Father's Day. We've been taking the boys to the pool quite a bit- it's too hot to be outside otherwise!
Grant is 15 months old now. He's 30 inches (25th %ile), 26 lbs. 3 oz. (75th %ile), and his head is 48 3/4 cm (90th %ile). He's been saying a lot of small words- no, dog, hi, ball, etc., and he's signing "more" and "please". He loves to wave (especially when skyping with his Gram and Pap on the computer), and he's currently obsessed with raisins. He's not quite running, but he gets around very quick, including up and down the stairs. He's picked up on Nolan's love for dancing, although Mike thinks he's more into rock 'n roll (he's got a great head banging move) while Nolan's more hip hop. The kid gets into everything!!!!
I also took Nolan in for his 3 year check-up. He's 37 inches (25-50th %ile) and 32 lbs. (50-75th %ile). He continues to test us daily, but he's such a sweet boy! I can't even count how many times a day he randomly gives me a huge hug and says, "I love you so much, Mommy!" He melts my heart and makes me laugh so much! For the most part, he's a great big brother to Grant, although they have their moments (usually fighting for attention or wrestling that gets out of hand). He's going to camp at his school 2 days a week and his teachers tell me he does a great job there as well. He's been potty trained for a few months now (underwear at night, too!), with only a couple random accidents here and there. He's been going through a phase of being scared of the giants in his room at night, but we seem to have that under control now with "giant spray" (water in a spray bottle).
I couldn't love my boys more- I'm a very lucky wife and mommy!

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Memorial Day

Our annual passes to both the zoo and the aquarium expire today, so we decided to get one last use out of them on Memorial Day. The zoo won out because it was such a nice day (although it got pretty hot). With such a busy month behind us, it was really nice to have some family time!



Monday, May 23, 2011

Happy 3rd Birthday to Nolan!

Nolan turned 3 last Sunday and had a week full of celebrations! We celebrated with our family on his actual birthday, then had his Dinosaur Party on Friday with his friends (and Mike made a surprise appearance too). My parents came in for the weekend, so we celebrated my dad's birthday on Friday as well. As usual, the visit with my parents was too short, but they left at the right time because both of the little guys got sick. I'm hoping they get better quick! 






Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Cape San Blas

We spent the second week of May in Cape San Blas, Florida with our friends. There were a total of 10 adults and 10 kids under the age of 3 in one house! I was nervous about how the trip would go, but aside from a few snags (babies not sleeping, tarballs on the beach for a few days...) it was great! The cape was beautiful and peaceful and the weather couldn't have been better. Our house was right on the beach and had it's own pool, too. Every night after dinner we took the kids for a walk on the beach before bedtime- I wish we could do that every night of our lives!






Monday, May 16, 2011

Photo Shoot

We had some family pictures taken down by the Chattahoochee River. Sarah Esther did a great job!








Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Happy Easter!

We celebrated Easter yesterday with a bunch of our friends. The weather was perfect and the kids had so much fun hunting for Easter eggs! Once again, we're so thankful to have great friends to spend holidays with when we can't be with our families!




Sunday, April 17, 2011

Grant's recently decided that walking is a better way to get around than crawling afterall. This is just another video to show how far he's come along!