A new twist on Thanksgiving

I suppose I should post about our holiday events! We went to the Wisconsin Dells (largest indoor water park) with our friends for Thanksgiving. Yes I know...who goes to a water park on Thanksgiving??? WE DO!!! And my oh my it was fun! As soon as we got to the resort we quickly changed and hit the pool, I was excited to see what Grant thought of it. The kid loves bath time so I thought he'd be in heaven. Well the whole thing was quite a psychedelic trip for him. I mean look at this.....slides, fountains, buckets of water.

The kid didn't know what to think. We took him on the lazy river which he seemed to enjoy but we realized that he was still too little to really care. Thankfully our friends offered to watch him in the hotel room while David and I went from slide to slide to slide to slide. It was so fun to just hang out and know that Grant was being taken care of. We are already planning to go back when he can walk around and really enjoy the water.

On Thursday Grant was having a hard time napping in the hotel so we decided to just drive around town and see all the shops. I was bummed because all the cute little diners, ice-cream and fudge shops were closed for Thanksgiving. I swear when I was working retail we were open like 24/7 but as soon as I want to go anywhere they close up shop! Oh well...more reason for us to come back:) On our drive we saw this crazy hotel (?) and we were definitely intrigued.

We had to leave early Friday morning so David could go shopping for work. I know tough job huh? It was really sad to walk in a store just to see what everyone else was buying! Later that night we did our fair share of purchasing though! Grant didn't seem to get in the whole "black Friday" thing considering he slept most of the day!

I love Thanksgiving and having the chance to really reflect on my blessings. I often feel unworthy for all that I have been given. I try to appreciate the small and simple things in life and everyday Grant makes me realize in some way how to live a full and happy life. I am grateful for eternal families, for friends, for the gospel and the knowledge and happiness it brings to me. Oh and I am grateful for water parks and Wal-Marts that stay open on Thanksgiving!

7 months

Stop growing up Grant! Stop it! Man oh man this was an interesting month for all of us. Grant was committed each and everyday to do the impossible---he decided to set a goal of NOT napping for more than 40 minutes A DAY!!! Yes that's right, he figured there was a record that needed to be set and for those of you who know me well you know I am all about goal setting so it was just natural for him to take on this challenge! Ugh! We finally convinced him that Santa is watching his every move and knows if he's been naughty or nice....well that and we realized he likes it to be in the dark, who knew a dark room would knock him out for 2 hours at a time? This sleeping/routine thing has made a world of difference for all of us! Hum just in time for us to go on vacation and get all out of whack again! Sleeping or not we sure love this little guy!

*still sleeps well at night
*holds his right ear and sucks on his left hand to comfort himself
*likes to watch Mickey Mouse
*has started branching out with foods
*likes looking at books/mirrors
*loves to watch David play guitar and has started laughing at us....we really have to work for it but he'll do it!

open wide

We were planning on giving Grant his first taste of cereal while in CO but he thought sleeping would be more fun. I'm actually really glad we didn't because he was all messed up anyway and to add cereal on top of that would probably be a bad combo. Anyway we gave him some spoonfuls on Sunday and yep it's official the boy is ours-this kid loves food! He kept trying to grab the spoon and had a death grip on it the whole time.

blast off

What can I say I think this is the cutest lil' costume out there! And the lil' astronaut boy is pretty darn cute himself! We had a fun Halloween, made "crater" cookies and spent the day with friends/neighbors. It wouldn't have hurt to have it be a smidgen warmer out but atleast we didn't have snow like there usually was for me growing up!

I'm excited to be a mom now for all the holidays. I keep remembering all the fun things we did growing up and I am getting excited for when Grant is old enough to enjoy trick-or-treating and counting down the days until Christmas. I know I shouldn't get ahead of myself but I can't help it! It's been so much fun watching him grow!

the big hunt

Guess who loves to fly...and blow bubbles???

About a week ago we decided to scoot on over to CO to check somethings off our list.

David and his dad elk huntin'-check
Grant has a 1/2 birthday-check
Grant falls asleep during his "party"-check
spending time with friends-check
spending lots and lots of time with family(and seeing David's grandparents)-check
Grant "napping" through the night-check
G gets a cold-check....and still checking that one off
flying from MKE->ORD->DEN->HDN and back-check
Grant sleeping on EVERY flight and doing very well....uh...he did have one teeny tiny 3 minute freak out from Chicago to Milwaukee but after 6 legs of flying I think we were all about to flip out!

We really did have a great time, Grant is still trying to get back to his routine. I'm sure things will become smooth again about a week before we leave for Christmas;)




What was so scary? I look like a deer in headlights! Yikes!

6 months!

Due to our trip to CO {more to come} this is a little late....Grant is 6 months!!! Man I love this kid! He has been so much fun lately and I know it will just keep getting better...until potty training ;)

weight: 14 lbs
height: 26.5 in


*when he is tired he will suck on the top of his left hand while holding his right ear
*likes to blow bubbles
*still prefers to be outside, while in CO he would stick out his tongue and just take in the cool crisp air
*rolls and rolls and rolls
*usually ends up on his stomach while sleeping
*likes to be held and look around at everything
*has fun and smiles when i bounce him on my lap
*likes books
*puts EVERYTHING in his mouth

the ever so popular "pumpkin patch" post

There are a lot of reasons why I love Grant but I have to admit that having a baby is the best excuse to get out and do fun things. David and I are no strangers to family events (circus, hayrides, festivals) but now that Grant is in the picture it doesn't seem so silly for us to go! On Saturday we went to this cute little pumpkin patch/corn maze...sure it wasn't the greatest but since this kid could stare at his hands for 5 hours we weren't really too picky!

ooo scary Frankenstein---look he even has fingers growing out of his neck!

checkin' out the corn


G-bug and his new best friend