Arboretum Day

We went to the arboretum again this year to see all the pumpkins. Grey got to run around everywhere and loved being able to go about at his own pace! There was a time that he did take a detour through the shrubs and there wasn't even a path :) This was my Dad's first time there and he hasn't stopped talking about it yet! He made sure to visit every inch of the place, including the pioneer exhibit. We thought he was just going to show Grey the teepee, but after 20 minutes of waiting and no sign of either one of them, I found them going through all 5 houses to see them all. It was a fun way to end my birthday weekend!

Running through the woods

Typical picutre of Grey lifting up his shirt to play with the tag

In the mud hut from the pioneer exhibit

Smelling the flowers

Catching up....again!

OK, I know 5 months is WAY too long for an update but things are never dull around here :) I am officially the worst blogger to-date!


So what have we been up to? A LOT! So I'll start out with the most exciting news first....Grey has a new "cousin" Sutton (Amanda and Patrick) who is just beautiful! She is so sweet and easy-going...ahhh what a joy! Erica and Daniel also had another "cousin", Hayes, who we are excited to meet! We are also going to have another new cousin (Noah) in October (Uncle Tim and Aunt Shelly). It will be so much fun with all the new cousins to play with!


This summer has been very eventful! Grey is getting so big! He moved to the toddler room at school and loves it! He gets to play outside everyday ("side" as he calls it) and comes home daily with new artwork. He's learned to march (he only lifts one leg :) ), go in circles and walk backwards. He also dances if you ask him to. It's too cute! I tried to video tape it but he gets too distracted by the camera. My favorite is when he sings. You can't make out what he is singing but he is pretty consistent with what he says so I know it must be some song he is trying to sing :) What it is, we may never know but that's okay! He recently started singing "I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas". He says "eat, eat, eat" clearly but the rest is a little fuzzy. He does his sign language for "eat" too when he sings it. I think he likes that he can sing that song :)

He is still obsessed with "puppies" and we even make trips to PetSmart just to see them. I think he says "puppy" about 500 times a day and somehow finds every puppy on t.v., in books, magazines, etc. He also loves to make animal noises (i.e. lions, cats, puppies, monkeys, roosters, ducks, horses). When we read books now, he takes our finger and points to an animal and says "That?" and we have to tell him what every animal is. At times I have to make up the name because I don't even know what it's suppose to be :)

He is starting to love baths now and will squirt me and Dan with his water bottle ("pow pow"). That seems to be his favorite bath toy these days - go figure. He also tells me and Dan to "sit" so we can throw balls to each other. He just laughs and laughs when we do this.

Here are a few pictures from the last few months.




Grey playing with p.j. pants on his head.

Grey saying "cheese" for the camera.

Concentrating real hard on his art work.

Grandpa and Grandmommy holding Grey and Maddie at Maddie's first birthday party.

Grey walking Morgan's dog Bailey. He thought it was great!

Grey messing up my hair. He would then move it out of my face, sweetly say "Hi" and do it all over again.

Dad and Grey at White Rock Lake on a HOT afternoon.

A few weeks ago Grey and I went to the Aquarium with some of our friends (Sutton, Beckett, Margo, Hannah, and Ryan). He was a little nervous at first but got the hang of it quickly. We went through the whole thing and I could tell he didn't want to leave so Amanda, Sutton, Grey and I went back into the main area that had all the birds and monkeys and look around again. He loved the monkeys! He also loved the fact that it was empty enough that he got to walk around at his own pace too...we zoomed by some animals and spent 10 minutes looking at others :) He crashed on the way home! I don't think I drove for more than 2 minutes before he fell asleep. We had a fun day and can't wait to take Dan back with us next time!

Labor Day weekend we went to Turtle Creek to feed the ducks. That was another fun day! He kept saying "Quack, quack" the whole time we were feeding the ducks. There was one FAT duck that would get real close to the creek bank, which Grey thought was great because then he could really throw the bread to him. The other ducks would come and go, but this one stayed around. He was smart :)

Grey also got his first "professional" haircut last Monday (aka. not a haircut by me). He liked playing with the toys while we waiting for his turn but as soon as we had to put him in the chair he started crying. Even a dum dum didn't work! He stayed in the chair the whole time but didn't ease up once on the crying. Hopefully next time he will like it more :) He looks handsome (and older) with the new hair do.

(Ahh, it feels good to kind of get caught up on this :) I will try to be better about updates!)

Just some pictures and stories

Here are some random pictures and stories of Grey from the past two months. Since I've been terrible about updating the blog, I thought it might just be easier to post everything at once.

I guess it must have been at least a few months ago Grey's class went on a buggy ride. Grey was sitting next to Azure in the buggy and Ms. Nancy said that he nonchalantly reached over and grabbed her hand and held it the whole buggy ride. What a flirt he is already!

Then last week, the teachers told me they thought Grey was going to be a football player because he and his friend Jackson were throwing a ball and then chasing after it. Ms. Veronica said that one time Grey crawled and tackled the ball before Jackson could even get there. He definitely is not afraid of anything!

So for a few days, Grey was getting bad report cards saying that he was being aggressive towards his friends. I was thinking, "Great, I've got the kid that's going to be the biter in the group." About a week later, his report said "Grey is learning to play and give back toys to his friends." Although this was meant to be a compliment, they were still saying that he is continuing to take toys away from friends....just giving them back now. Never dull! We are working on being gentle and sharing.

Tonight after school Grey, Spencer and I went on a quick walk. Grey had to hold Spencer's leash (with my help) as we walked literally two houses down and back. He thought it was great that he was the one holding the leash. Spencer did good - I think he was too nervous to go crazy because he knew Grey was in charge :)

Here are some pictures:

Grey coming home from school. I almost didn't recognize him because he looked so much older that day and his hair was curly!


I was cooking dinner and looked over and Grey had crawled into Spencer's cage. He was so excited!

Grey just having fun before bed.

Grey's Walking!

On February 27, Grey took his first few steps. I was standing in the kitchen and Grey had crawled in to say "hi" (he really comes into rooms and goes "Hi".) He stood up holding onto the wall and then took 2-3 steps towards me. At first I couldn't believe it! I knew he was close to walking but he also likes to make sure he can really do something before he makes the jump (i.e. standing without holding on to my pant leg). We have been practicing walking a lot - he makes me take him in circles from the living room, down the hall, through the kitchen and dining room, and back into the living room. I think we have made that loop a million times in the past few months!

Since then, he has started taking more and more steps before he plops down and starts crawling. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before he is running with his determination!