snowed in

We're free! We finally ventured out yesterday evening just to get out of the house. The snow started Tuesday and by Wednesday morning we were completely snowed in. Grant went "sledding" with Ryan in the 10+ inches of snow we accumlated. We were thankful our neighbor made us a path with his snow blower so we had a place to start shoveling. Ryan shoveled a lot of the snow, but I made him give up when it got dark. My car is still covered, but I don't think Grant and I are going anywhere. We'll enjoy another day at home. :)

our backyard with over 10 inches of snow

Ryan shoveling.

Our neighbor made us a path with his snow blower.

my car. snowed in.

Ryan's progress. He was a shoveling fool!

snow!

standing by the ledge of snow

uh oh. he had so much padding he didn't even hurt himself.

sledding.

Grant had so many clothes on he couldn't even sit up straight!

Hooray for Aunt Jamie!!

"Look!"

"Yaaaaaaaay, Aunt Jamie!"

"Wow! Aunt Jamie is FAMOUS!"

"I can't believe Mommy gave me paper!"
The cheerios were to distract him and keep him from eating the paper. They didn't work.

Last night Manitowoc County honored "40 under 40." Jamie was one of the honorees. We are so proud of her! Honorees were selected based on career accomplishments, community service, and their potential for service to the community over the next five to 10 years. There were over 130 nominations! Wow! Way to go, Jamie! We love you!

afternoon at the park

Grant and I have been stuck inside lately due to below freezing temperatures. Today it warmed up considerably, so Grant and I ventured out to a local park. It wasn't warm hot, but it also wasn't freezing. Grant was bundled up and ready to play! Once at the park we walked to a local post office and then made our way back to the park and played. Grant was all over the place and fell asleep as soon as we arrived back home. Hooray for nap time! :)

mommy and Grant

he was curious about everything

peek-a-boo, mommy!

climbing up the stairs

(yes, he's a pro!)

laughing at mommy

trying to climb up the slide unsuccessfully

Grant loves to swing. This swing was like a recliner for him. He enjoyed being lazy.

reclining

Mommy and Grant swinging

cute.

this was before he realized he could recline.

our life at the moment

I've been asked to post more pictures and these are the ones I currently have on our camera. :) Whenever people ask for more pictures it reminds me once more how much we're loved and I feel incredible thankful for all of you.

Update:

Grant is becoming quite the little boy and has opinions about everything! He is not a fan of going to bed. Thanks to a friend (thank you, Anna!) we hope to make bedtime easier with the great book Goodnight, Sleep Tight. Right now he wakes up every three hours to eat and then thinks he should be able to sleep with mommy and daddy. We're hoping this book will help us break that habit soon.

When it comes to food, he never knows exactly what he wants to eat, but he definitely knows what he doesn't want. We still supplement his diet with baby food, just because he's so picky with solid foods. He's not usually a fan of solid meat and spits out all rice from the #3 baby foods.

Grant still continues to be a very happy baby and is usually smiling. He is starting to pretend to be shy. Don't let him fool you, he'll still go to anyone. I went to get a headlight changed and Grant made many new friends that day.

He's quickly becoming a toddler and into everything. About a month ago he began crawling on all fours, but sometimes switches to the army crawl-maybe he likes it because he can go faster, especially on wood floors. :) He's walking around everything and starting to take a few steps; however, he hasn't been successful in staying up. He still likes to cuddle and is a great mimicker.

He most recently is saying "hi" and "uh oh." He has become very good at saying "uh oh" as one of his favorite games is "drop the toy and see who will pick it up so he can do it again!" He also now plays peak-a-boo. He hides behind a blanket, the shower curtain, his car seat, etc. It's really cute. Oh the joys of an almost 11 month old!

I need to drag out our video camera and see if I can get some videos posted. Maybe that will be a weekend project....for Ryan. :)

riding his rocking horse

model pose

Hello, neighbors!

like father, like son...

uh oh. Mommy woke the two sleeping boys. :(

At least one was happy to see me. :)

chicken.

Ringing in the New Year

We spent New Year's Eve afternoon and evening together after getting Grant from my parents. (He spent a couple of nights with them so Ryan and I could celebrate our anniversary.) We celebrated the new year with friends, starting with Julie's family and then ending with the Munsons. Grant was wide awake most of the night and fell asleep as soon as we put his car seat in the car when we left for home.

Happy 2009

10 months later and Grant still loves "the swing"

it was way past his bedtime

Ryan comforting him.

Grant started to cry when everyone yelled, "Happy New Year!"

he really likes their large coffee table

playing

The Grant Family Christmas

Reading with Mama while mommy and daddy play Cranium.

Notice he's down to the diaper. It was really hot in their house.

Cranium: Ryan and BBC vs. Jamie and Mary

Lets just say, Jamie and I kept busy looking fabulous. :)

Grant's dream present. The ultimate remote...except it's not his.

Ryan playing with Grant's toy. Grant is so not interested.

Trying to eat tissue paper when he thinks no one is watching...

Playing with his new helicopter

peak-a-boo with daddy

"Come on Papa, I want to play..."

reading his new book from Aunt Jamie and Uncle John

Kissing another book

eating the paper

new rule when it comes to Gizmo:

Look...don't touch

It was very hot. Grant lost his shirt within 15 minutes of arriving.