Cutest Ring Bearer Ever

Uncle Jared and Aunt Jill got married over the weekend and Grant was the ring bearer in the wedding. I didn't think he'd make it down the aisle, but he surprised me and did it, even though it took about 15 minutes as he took baby robot steps all the way down. When he finally made it to me he said, "Mommy what's that noise?" We hadn't practiced or talked about the loud organ music and he was a little confused.

Watching a show with Uncle Jared, Daddy, and Uncle Adam before the wedding.

Time to get the special outfit on!

Checking out the cool new shoes. Grant stomped his foot on the step and sang Wheels on the Bus for everyone.

Grant thought this was his special seat.

Enjoying cocktail hour with Mommy.

One of the many family photos.

Aunt Jill and Uncle Jared bring out the tickle bug!

Aunt Rachel and G were Grant's official babysitters.

Cute boys

Notice how happy Grant looks.

Teaching Daddy some dance moves.

End of the night for Grant.

Other funny things: The hotel had an elevator with a big glass wall so you could look out at the fountains and rest of hotel. Grant kept calling the elevator "alligator" and had to hold on to the rail with both hands for the ride.

The Wonder Pets is Grant's favorite show and he has a stuffed Ming Ming that was in the car. Ming Ming's big line in the show is "This is serious." Uncle Adam had Grant going around saying that to people at various points in the weekend. It was pretty funny.

It was a beautiful wedding Jared and Jill! We were happy to be a part of it!

2 Month Update

So I haven't posted in a long time. Moving and being pregnant pretty much put an end to that. But here's what Grant's been up to in the past 2 months.


Cain and Aunt Rachel came to stay while our sitter was on vacation. The boys played outside a lot and Rachel did a lot of packing and cleaning to help us get ready to move. Rachel brought a slip-n-slide that sprays water up onto the slide. Grant was very unsure of it at first and didn't want to get in the spray, but once we turned the water off he got braver and had fun scooting down on his tummy.


Here is the start of Grant's new blankie obsession. He has to be covered up at nap and bedtime, no matter how hot it is. The boys are probably watching "Truck Tunes," which highlights different construction vehicles with cheesy songs that quickly get stuck in your head. They watched it about a hundred times.


While G was here we all went strawberry picking. There were hardly any berries left, but we managed to find a few.




These shorts were a gift and we think they are hilarious. They're really long and droopy. This picture doesn't do them justice.


Uncle Adam moved back to Ohio for the summer and came to visit us. We hadn't seen him since Christmas. When I got the camera out to take this picture Grant got so mad at me. Didn't want his picture taken just like Daddy.


And we moved! Here Grant and Daddy work to put together a new stool for our island. Grant transitioned really well to the new house. Many times he has randomly told us "I like the new house." We also switched to a big boy bed. It took him a while to fall asleep the first few nights, and maybe twice he woke up in the night crying. We put a night light in his room, which helped until we got the valance up. Then the valance created a shadow on the wall and Grant was scared. We now have new night light that's not as bright and points down.





Grant also got his first non-Grandma haircut. We went to a kids place down the street. He didn't want to sit in his special airplane chair, but Elmo on the tv and a sucker helped with that issue. He was really good and even let her use the clippers.





Grant has started expressing an interest in using the potty again. Here he is checking out his new big boy underpants. I had to help him put every pair on- all at the same time and with his jammies still on. Every night he is using the potty before his bath and going quite a bit, not just a few little dribbles. Twice now he has been on the potty and excitedly told us "It's coming!" right before he goes. So funny. And the other morning he told me he had to potty and then actually did. We may be trying out these big boy underpants soon.

The Adventures of Butterfly Boy

Grant and Daddy made these butterfly wings at Miss Meredith's storytime. Grant was very proud of them and has talked a lot about storytime since then. Actually, the last time he was at the library it was to pick me up when it closed. He cried because he wanted to go to storytime.

Grilling out with Daddy.

Grant is obsessed with being outside and playing in the swimming pool. What he really wants to do is play with the hose. He could spray the hose for HOURS.

Random Pictures

I'm going to work!

Truck line up

Getting ready for the Spring Game with Cain

Weis guys

Zoo Day

Boat ride with Daddy

Cheesy face

Tiger Over There!

Everything is a drum these days...

We went to the zoo today to check out the new polar bear exhibit. The nice thing about the new exhibit is the rest of them aren't as busy! Grant especially liked the elephants, lorikeets, and gibbons.

I'm Not Sure He's My Son...

Today at lunch I tried to give Grant some pudding. He looked at it and said, "No thank you. I don't need that." Um, ok then. What kid turns down sweets? Not mine!

My Daddy is Jason Bateman and Other Stories

The other day we had a movie on the table. When Grant picked it up to look at it I told him it was Daddy’s movie. He looked at the back cover for a while then said “I see Daddy!” When I asked him to show me where daddy was he pointed to 2 pictures of Jason Bateman. “Daddy right there!”

We used to have Grant using his pacifier (aka Binka) only at nap and bedtime. Sometime about a month ago he started to want it more and ask for it a lot. This past week he’s been sick so we have given it to him a little more than usual. This morning was one of those mornings. When it was time to leave for the babysitter’s, I told him we were going to leave the binka at home and I put it up. He had a fit, crying hysterically. I got him in the car, all strapped into his seat still hysterical. As I’m backing out of the driveway, he gets himself so worked up that he throws up. All over his coat, his shirt, his pants and the carseat. All because he didn’t have his pacifier. So I had to pull back in the driveway, try to get him out of his seat without getting vomit all over myself, and get him inside to change. I did give him the binka, but he didn’t calm down until he had clean clothes on and his hands were cleaned up. Then he was happy as a clam and you’d never know he had just made himself sick. When we got to the sitter’s I asked him if he’d leave the binka in the car and he put it in his seat and hopped right out. I think we are in trouble!

Grant’s bedtime routine is that I usually rock him and Troy says good night and shuts the door when he leaves. As Troy was getting ready to leave Grant kept saying something that we couldn’t understand. I finally figured out he was saying “sweet dreams,” which is really odd since we’ve never said that to him and I can’t think of any books we’ve read that have had that. He must have picked it up from all the tv he’s been watching lately or from the babysitter. I think it’s so interesting when he takes something he’s heard somewhere and puts it in the right context.

Our neighbors had a yard sale over the weekend and when we spied a bike just Grant’s size for sale I went over and snagged it. We had been thinking about getting him one, but hadn’t gotten around to it yet, and why pay $70 when you can get the same (slightly older and used) one for $5? The first bike experience did not go well. Grant refused to sit on it. He wanted to push it. It’s not easy to push and when no one is steering it the bike goes wonky. Grant had a fit. Sunday morning I showed Grant all the newspaper ads with kids on bikes and told him how big boys ride bikes. Later in the afternoon we asked him if he wanted to go ride his bike. He excitedly said “big boy!” As I was getting his shoes on he said “bike awesome.” Since when did he start saying awesome? The second attempt went much better. He’ll sit on it and try to keep his feet on the pedals, but he doesn’t petal and doesn’t really steer. He just wants us to push him. That’s better than him wanting to push it himself and having a fit!