haircut #2

The little man got his second "official" haircut while Grandpa and Grandma O were visiting...needless to say it was just as traumatic as the first one! We won him over with fruit snacks though and the woman cutting his hair was really fast so he survived...look at that little smile when he was finished! Ha!

A visit with Grandpa and Grandma O

Grant adores having Grandpa and Grandma O visit...and why not, he gets thoroughly spoiled and entertained every waking minute of each and every day. I'm pretty sure he's bored with just his Mom and Dad around now!

It was such a blessing to have my parents visit us this month. They always help us tackle multiple household projects while they're here and this time it even involved a few plumbing issues that literally "sprung" up during their stay...fortunately for us, not so fortunate for my Dad ;)

Grant assisting his Papa on the computer...actually trying to turn it off

Enjoying gym class with both Papa and Gama

Grant insisted on Gama putting him down for naps and bed each day

We love you Papa & Gama, thank you for taking the time to make the trip to see us, we miss you!

Happy Mother's Day

This year Mother's Day was that much more special for me as I had my own Mom here with us. It was bittersweet though as just days before my dear friend Jamie suddenly lost her own mother. It is during these times we truly learn to appreciate what we have been blessed with and to not take anything for granted. My heart truly hurts for Jamie and her family and made me try to enjoy and appreciate this special day with my own family all the more.

We were able to squeeze in a play date at the park with some friends in the late afternoon so Grant was in his glory!

I just love it when I can catch these close-up shots of our little guy

the weekend

This weekend we had friends, Kurt & Sarah, visit and with them came their dog Cotton. Grant was in heaven with that little white fluff ball around for two days, his expression says it all!

We made it to two parks this weekend so Grant was thrilled! The sun was shining on Sunday so he had to have his "glashies."

"Wing" with his buddy Rossi

Solving the world's problems with Daddy & Pri at the duck pond.

just plain fun

Grant was invited to his friend Diana's birthday party last weekend and had a blast...look at the size of those cupcakes!


Tonight was Family FUN Night at our church and Grant had a blast, he played, played and played some more!

always something

Things are never dull around here, yesterday Grant ended his afternoon with a spill on the bottom of our driveway. I wasn't but 3 feet from him, doing some weeding, and heard the awful sound of head meeting concrete. Thankfully I expected much worse, he came away with a bump on his forehead, bloody lip, and some nice red roadrash on his upper lip & nose.

Today is another story, I was doing some mending (Mom aren't you proud of me? I'm not leaving it all for when you arrive next week :) and Grant seemed pretty content, running from room to room when all of a sudden I saw him duck into the bathroom....instantly I knew there was trouble! I ran in behind him to see him shoving the toilet lid down on top of 2 stuffed Care Bears & some of my fabric scraps, AGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Needless to say, he is becoming more and more familiar with time outs everyday.

TGIF everyone!
Abby

snails and things

As the weather continues to improve we have begun to tackle our backyard and Grant has been a big helper :) Just this afternoon he made friends with 3 snails, ha!

Last Friday afternoon , over the course of a few hours, we had 8 kiddos running around our house, what fun! Playgroup gone wild, ha!