Guest Blogger

I told Grant I would take 5 pictures of whatever he wanted and he could tell you about them. Here goes. 5 pictures plus a bonus picture.


I wanted Mommy to take a picture of our blue wall.


Take a picture of our new furniture.  This is me and Leah. I like to have my jammies on for the picture.


These are my toys.  I like them.



I like our bird feeder.  Miles got out.  Mommy took the picture right away.  Miles came out right when you took the picture.  He almost ate the bird food.  Mommy got Miles.  He's a bad kitty.  I love our bird feeder.  The birds like to eat the food.  There's a little zero food. 


I like my transformers stickers.  I like all my stickers. 


I like Buzz Lightyear. He has a thing that opens.  He has like a special sticker. He has one more sticker.

The Past 2 Months We've Been...

Grant using a roll of toilet paper as binoculars to watch the birds.

We really did not pose them like this.  They just ended up in the exact same pose.

Leah rocking her babies.  She had a fit right before this because she couldn't get in the rocking chair while holding both babies.

Grant "helped" make cookies for his school birthday treat.

4 Years Old!

Happy 4th Birthday Grant!  Our big boy is 43 inches tall (95 percentile) and 38.5 pounds (70 percentile).  He's still really in to Buzz Lightyear so we had a rocket cake and Toy Story party invitations. We took Grant to COSI the day before his birthday and did the big kid exhibits without Leah.  He was terrified of the Space exhibit, but we eventually got him in and he started to enjoy it.  We had his party in Napoleon this year  and he had a good time and enjoyed opening lots of presents.

Christmas Card Outtakes

These just didn't make the cut...

Actually

Grant has added a new word to his vocabulary.  It's actually.  He actually says it around 2 times per sentence.  The other night he said to me, "When I actually turn 4, it will actually be my birthday."  Or "Actually, I changed my mind, I actually want that."  I actually cannot count the number of times he says actually per day.  He also has all of a sudden started saying banana instead of bana.  And tonight at dinner he was crying about something, and Leah was helping the situation by screeching along when Grant sobs, "Mommy, Leah said I don't love you , but I do!"  Wail!  Troy and I couldn't help it, we both burst out laughing.  Oh Grant.

These Boots Are Made for Walking

We got the kids snow boots the other day. Leah was so excited. She saw me bringing the boots downstairs and started whining and moving her feet like she knew they were for her and for her feet. You can see how happy she is in the pictures below. Once the boots were on she went to the door and started patting it to tell us she wanted to go out. Grant was pretty excited about his light up boots too.

Here Leah walked up to Grant and held his hand. So cute.

Did You Miss Us?

Making birthday cards for Daddy. Grant drew a lawnmower and a fence. Leah will take a nap after this and wake up with a 103 degree fever.  But she doesn't look sick here...






Leah LOVES the football pads. She'll beg to have them put on and once they're on she's happy as a clam. I tried to get a picture of her wearing them while riding the panda rocker, but of course she got off as soon as the camera was out.



Grant is totally cracking me up in this picture.

We're still here! Same old same old. Leah is eating a ton, Grant is eating hardly anything. Leah is a happy girl, Grant has been really whiny. Leah has bitten me and Grant so far. She really really better not turn into a biter. Both kids like playing "climb all over Mommy and Daddy" games, and if you get up before Leah is done climbing she pushes you and pulls at you until you get back down. It's kind of funny. Grant is very interested in when people's birthdays are and how long it is until his birthday. And first thing when we get up we have to do the advent calendars. I tried a new thing this year where I wrapped a Christmas book for each day, but he's not into it. He opens the book, looks at it, and says he'll read it later. I thought for sure it was something he'd be really excited about. Oh well.