Cruising

We have just returned from an amazing Southern Caribbean cruise with all four of Grant's Grandparents, needless to say we had an absolute blast! Grant is sure to not remember any of the eight islands we visited, which is a shame, but we know he had as much fun as we did.

We started in Puerto Rico and the view from our balcony made us want to just stay there for a couple of weeks :)

Starting his vacation right, sipping his milk poolside

This was our home away from home

The doting Grandmothers, Grant was in his glory...and so were we!
How we spent most of our days, heavenly!
The crystal clear waters of Curacao were among my most favorite, the snokeling was magnificent

We enjoyed the colors of Grenada and shopping for spices

Grandma O celebrating her birthday on the ship!

Trying to keep Mr. Grant entertained during formal dinners each night

Did I mention he had a great time?!!

March

March has been a very busy and fast month to say the least. My great friend, Jen, paid us a visit all the way from Iowa for a long weekend to start the month and we had a wonderful time with her here. I think Grant missed her just as much as I did after she left! Thanks Jen for making the trip! Here are some photos from her time here and a few other random shots of what Grant's been up to.

Oh my, is it possible that he could someday be taller than his daddy?!

Grant is very much into throwing things right now so he thoroughly enjoyed himself while throwing sand at the beach!

Jen joined us for Grant's "gym class," he loves the balance beam and doing somersaults right now, he has now mastered the somersault without assistance!
With Coach Leslie on the trampoline

These photos are from his earlier bout with pneumonia, we made a trip to the park once he was on his antibiotics and feeling much better but not ready for play dates!

Grant adores playing "boo!" with his daddy

Taking his daily ride in his pjs on the ironing board, ha! Funny guy!

absent

We've been a bit absent lately and for a number of reasons. We ended our January in Texas with the "O" side of the family and had a wonderful time as you can see!

We're pretty sure the highlight of the trip for Grant was Grandpa O's golf cart, he still says golf cart a lot!

The family that could make the trip, what a blast!Grant with his 2nd cousins, Witt & Nash...and his golf balls

The 1st cousins!

He looked so intent, just his size too

Daddy & son...yep, same golf balls

Once home Grant's cold made a turn for the worst and resulted in pneumonia and ear infections so we've been homebound for quite some time but are thankfully much, much, much better and not nearly as sleep deprived as a few weeks ago! We are READY for SPRING!!!

Washable

The package said washable so Grant thought we'd give it a good first test! Happy to report it came out of his clothes and off his skin without too much effort.

Mohawk Man...thanks to Debbie ;)

31 Biblical Virtues to pray for your kids

#25. Hope. "May the God of hope grant that my children may overflow with hope and hopefulness by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Ro. 15:13).

Bowling

We had fun bowling last weekend with our friends the Shumates. Rossi and Grant had a great time with all of the noise, lights, arcade games and pizza to name just a few of their favorite distractions!

Pri, Anna & Rossi

A-B-B-Y

Last night I put our little bud to bed (while Daddy watched a little football with "the guys") and before he finally gave it up and fell asleep he kept saying, "Abby, Abby, Abby." It was adorable and of course melted my heart so I recorded the monitor...corny, I know, but I couldn't resist and wanted Frank to hear it too. I should also mention that we played with a friend of Grant's this week and her name is Abby which is how I found out he can even say the name!

Golfer Grant

Grant loves his new golf clubs and continues to work on teeing it up ;)