Our Valentines Weekend!

We had such a great weekend! I have to admit that Valentines is not one of my favorite holidays. Maybe it started as a young girl just hoping that I would get the Valentine that I had hoped for, or the simple anxiety of just knowing that I would not be getting anything, while watching everyone around me bring home chocolates, flowers, and jewelry. I admit that having a hubby had made it more fun, but having kids has brought it to a whole new level! We spent a lot of our weekend relaxing together as a family and watching the Olympics. Chase is now SO excited for our ski weekend in March and keeps saying, "I will be Super Fast" We will see once we get him on the snow in his skis.

BOYS AND THERE TRUCKS
On Friday Chris and Chase headed to Monster Jam. Chase was SO excited! He has a few monster trucks that he is always playing with at the house and has seen them on the T.V, so knowing that he was having a fun night with his Dad, Ted, and Adam with MONSTER TRUCKS was almost more excitement then he could stand. The boys got there ear plugs some McDonalds, and then headed to the big show. Chase had a great time and has not stopped talking about it since he has been home. HE has pulled out the camera numerous times just to show me the pics, and video over and over again! What can I say....this boys LOVES trucks!
VALENTINES
I wanted to try to make Valentines last all weekend long....You know, share the love. :) On Friday we headed up to the Veterans Home to have a Valentines Lunch with Grandpa Vic. They always have such a great lunch and we had a great time. Chase helped feed Grandpa, and walked and talked to all the other residents. He is always pure entertainment when we take him there. When we got home Chase and I decorated the house for Chris with little love notes, and balloons. All the way home, Chase kept saying, "Daddy is SO going to love this!" On Friday night I headed to my friend Tatums house and we made cupcakes for my little guys! Chase was so excited when he got home, and woke up at 6am on Saturday morning and came into my bedroom letting me know he had taken care of breakfast! Yep, a 6am cupcake! We spent the day together, and then Chris and I headed for a night out on the town....Roses, Movie, and Steak and all you can eat crab legs! What more could a girl ask for! It was a prefect date night and we had so much sun spending time just together and hanging out! Sunday Morning we had breakfast, church and then I made my boy and Grami Cami a candle light dinner! It was a great day and weekend, and now we are just sitting here enjoying more olympics!
My little Valentines!

7 Months Old!

Today my little guy is 7 months old....I can hardly believe how fast the time is flying by. He is such a little Chubs and has rolls on every part of his body. It is almost amazing how crazy the rolls look, kinda like a little charpei! He is just getting cuter and cuter everyday! He loves to jabber 24/7, and he has some of the cutest little sounds, and one really annoying sound! He usually makes that one when we are driving, or sitting in church. Super Loud and really not the cutest. He is really on the move now. Not quite crawling yet, but definitely trying. He gets in the crawling position and usually pushes himself backwards. He then get frustrated and then just rolls where ever he need to go. He tends to get stuck under the table and piano bench, but lets nothing stop him from getting what he wants. He loves food and wants whatever we have in our hands. I try to give him baby food, which he will sometime take, but if we have something in our hands, that is always more tempting to him and he will grab and fuss until you break whatever it is off a little and give it to him. He has had 2 bottom teeth come in this past month, and you can see two top ones about to push through and those things are sharp, so it is always good to avoid putting your fingers in his mouth. He has also almost mastered the straw sippy cup. It has 2 uses right now....chewing and getting a little sip of water here and there.

Chase and him are the best of friends. Every morning Chase will crawl into the crib with Grant and I can hear them just giggeling away. It is always the sound that i wanted to hear and am so excited that they already love each other so much. As soon as Grant sees Chase he squeals and starts waving his arms. And Chase is always trying to make him laugh!
What a pair the 2 of them are!
More updates to come soon!

Favorite Foods: Really anything....Sweet Potatoes, carrots, Peas, Squash, Puffs, Biter biscuits
Dislikes: Oatmeal

So cute!

My little Gerber Baby!He is even cute when he is crying!

I mean really...Look at those legs!

I'm a little biast....

But I think these 2 are the some of the cutest little guys around!
I mean really? Who can resist these little Gerber babies?
They look like that come right out of a magazine!

Oh Mexico!

Chris and I headed to Mexico without the kids! YES....the kiddos stayed at home and we had a little time to relax and just spend time together! It was perfect....the views were breathtaking, the company fun, and just a perfect time to relax and spend time with Chris without any distractions. I felt a little guilty having such a great time with the kids at home, but they had a great time with Grami Cami and Aunt Melissa. Here are just a few pics of our trip!

Honestly, I cannot wait to do it again!

This was my view every morning....

And this was my view everynight....I know, BREATH TAKING!

And this was our view of the whales...Nature at its best!The view here was PERFECT wherever you were

Infinity Pool right over the oceanRelaxing by the BeachLazy RiverA lot of pics of these twoDinner on the beach...So perfect!The crew...Can't wait to do it again!

6 Months Old

Wow! Where has the time gone? Our little guy is already 6 months old and "ALL CHUNK"! He has been the best little addition to our family and all of us are already spoiling him rotten, including his older brother Chase. Grant is definitely a Mommas Boy. He is willing to go to other people, but keeps a close eye on me when someone else has him. He still is such a happy baby, and loves to giggle and laugh and is ticklish on every roll on that chubby little body of his. Although he is pretty happy most of the time he has no problem in letting you know when he is upset or wants something. He is constantly trying to grad things, and I think just loves to hear him self make lots of noise. He loves to stand when we are holding him and when he sit and is quite the bouncer. He now has 1 tooth that has totally pushed through and 2 on the way!

I took him in for his 6 month appointment yesterday and as always was excited to see his stats, but not so excited about the shots. The doctor was asking the typical routine questions, and I told him that Grant had been pulling on his ears, but thought it was due to teething since that had been the case with Chase. I was so sad to find out that the little guy had a "severe" ear infection. Made me feel horrible. He is on antibiotics now so hopefully he will be better very soon. Other than that the doctor said he looked great and was a very strong little baby with how well he was sitting and bouncing around while sitting. I would not expect any different from our little guys! They have both been very strong babies and impress us every day!

Weight- 18.52 66.07 %tile

Length- 26.5 49.55 %tile

Yummy In My Tummy!

Grants wish finally came true today when he was able to have rice cereal! This little guy has been eying our food and drinks for sometime now so this was a BIG day for him. He was very excited when he saw the spoon coming towards his face and wanted to grab it every time. In fact Grami Cami had to help by holding his hands down so we could get the food in his face because he was so excited! Nothing cuter than your little one having food for his first time!

4 Month Appointment

I can hardly believe that Grant is 4 months already he is growing so fast, and I can hardly imagine our little family before he arrived. He just completes our family! He is such a smiley, happy little guy, and I can honestly say that I have never been able to get a baby to giggle so easily. He has a a rough run with the acid reflux, but at his 4 month appointment we worked a little bit on how we would give him medicine and hopefully we will solve the problem so our little guy is not in a lot of pain! He loves to grab his feet, laugh and talk, and is working on sitting up. Every chance he gets he is grabbing my cup and trying to bring it to his mouth, and stares like at us whenever we are eating. I think it is almost time for us to try solids with him! He really is a great baby! Here are just a few pics!

4 Months Old

Weight-15.85 lbs 67 % tile
Height- 24 inches- 15.31 %ile