Happy Birthday to You!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITsAeikk9w

Singing 'Happy Birthday' to the man of the hour...

One Year Stats

Both boys had a doctor appointment on Monday. Grant needed to have an ear check (after his first ear infection). When we got there, the nurse weighed him. 38.8 pounds. Gary asked her what percentage that is... still in the 98% range. This kid is huge. And he eats nothing. Go figure.

Grayson's appointment was just a well check. He is doing well, even if I have a little concern about his weight gain. Here are his one year stats:

Height: 30.25 inches (60%)

Weight: 20 lbs 9 oz (15%)

Head: 17.75 inches (13%)

Grayson's One Year Photos

I've been trying to upload the cutest video of Grant for days now. Sigh... I guess we'll move on. My little boy turned one last week! To celebrate, we took him to have his pictures taken. Both kids were exceptionally cranky, but somehow Kristy took all these wonderful pictures! Enjoy looking at my sweet boy!

Santa Yoga

Grayson is such a sweet, funny kid. One of his favorite things to do is stand by the front door and watch the cars, squirrels and people pass by. One morning, while he was on neighborhood watch, he decided to throw in a little exercise...

... he just makes me laugh!

A Day at the Park with Uncle Mike and Aunt Robin

We met up with Uncle Mike and Aunt Robin one Saturday for some fun at the park.

Grant took advantage of the outdoors and ran every which direction. Luckily his Uncle Mike was there to keep him nearby. :)

But he did have time to pose. Oh, and Grayson decided he was a super hero! Ha! This picture makes me laugh.

Aunt Robin and Grayson.

This face... he scrunches his nose all the time. Funny.

Me and my sweet boy.

For some reason, Grant is going through a phase. A stripping phase. Fun. Anyhow, it was actually pretty cold this day and Grant decided he no longer needed his shirt. Hmmm... Oh, I love the look on his face!

Mr. Soccer

Halloween Trunk or Treat (Finally!)

For Halloween 2010, we dressed the boys as...

...a train engineer and a... ... train? Yup, just as I thought. Grant did not want to wear his costume! Oh, well. We did manage a short appearance at Tippi and PawPaw's while wearing the train, but we wouldn't repeat that performance for Bibby and John. After all our stops, we headed to the church building for the annual Trunk of Treat...

... where Grant decided to wear his costume for a whole 15 minutes! Yea, Grant!

Daddy and Grayson enjoying the festivities.

Mommy and Grant waiting for some frito pie!

Ballunar Festival 2010

Every year NASA holds the Ballunar Festival. Every year it is perfect weather. And every year we decide not to go. Well, this year was different. And we have decided that we are NEVER going to miss this event again. We were able to walk right up to the balloons. We watched as they passed over a rocket and tried to drop a hula hoop on it. You'd be surprised how hard that looks. Then we watched as they landed right in front of us. It was BEAUTIFUL! I've always been drawn to hot air balloons, so I could have spent hours just looking into the balloon filled sky. Grant and Grayson loved it too. After talking with some local ballooners, we watched the sky divers do a skills test. Twenty or so men and women jumped out of a perfectly good plane and all landed within feet of each other (right in front of us). Unfortunately, I forgot the memory card to my camera, so all I can provide are a couple mobile uploads...

Gary and Grayson enjoying the view. There were so many beautiful balloons! Afterwards, we walked around NASA. They open some of the buildings and allow free entrance during this event, so we got to see a side of NASA we hadn't seen before. When we were done touring, we had worked up an appetite. We found the perfect spot to put down a quilt and have a picnic. The boys played and Gary and I lounged. It was a perfect day!