Easter

We celebrated Easter three times this year.

First, the Grant Family came to our house to celebrate Easter and the Butler game. :) Grant sported his Butler shirt and it was nice spending time with family.The good news is that Butler won, the bad news is that we were hunting for eggs in the dark. Grant didn't seem to mind, he was super excited!

"Go Bulldogs!"

hunting for eggs with Aunt Jamie and Mamaw

Looking through his Easter Basket Treasures with Papaw.

Then, Grant and I spent Easter morning at church and the afternoon at the Munsons. Before heading over to the Munsons we stopped to see Daddy at work. I was hoping he'd share his new knowledge about Jesus with Daddy, but he wouldn't.



This is what happened: When we were walking out of church I asked Grant what he learned about. He said Jesus. I asked what he learned about Jesus. He said, "Jesus woke up!" I realize that this is a very simple answer to explain Easter, but coming from a 25 month old I thought it was a decent explanation.


At the Munsons, Ben and Grant had an Easter egg hunt. Grant was a pro and quickly made his way around their backyard collecting the eggs. He shook each one and tried to give the ones he thought were empty to me. The eggs each had something in them that helped tell the story of Easter. Grant liked opening the eggs and finding out what was inside.






The next weekend, we traveled to Brook to celebrate Easter with Grandpa Mike, Grandma Ellen and Grandpa Tim. Grant loved playing at the park with Grandpa Mike and didn't want to leave him.

Giving Grandpa BIG kisses.

Easter Egg Hunt #3. Grant enjoyed egg hunt #3, too. He was almost finished collecting the eggs, when he decided he had enough, dumped his easter egg basket and wouldn't help pick them up.

mmmmm, M&Ms

The past few weekends have flown by, but we're thankful for the time spent with family.

Life with Grant

Grant is definitely no longer a baby. He is quite the active little toddler and has an opinion about most everything. It's hard to be in the "not quite a big boy but not a baby still" stage. He's trying to figure out how he feels about things and what to do when life doesn't always go the way he wants it to. Usually it results in hitting the person who is not willing to cooperate to help him get what he wants, spitting, or throwing himself down on the floor to have a good cry. He brings more joy than frustration and we are so blessed to raise this little boy and love on him each and every day. Each day brings something new and we can't wait to see what the next few months hold as we welcome baby #2.

These are things that Grant *loves* these days:

Jean Jonas

Shrek

Wiggling (Dancing)

Hairspray

Saying “No, don’t want it.”

Reading, especially Rocker Babies Wear Jeans -he can act out almost every page by memory. My favorite is when he says, "Mommy takes guitar, baby, 'Waaaaaaah!'"

Fighting sleep at night

Saying I love you to daddy without being prompted

“driving”, especially papaw’s truck

Talking about mamaw and papaw’s chickens, dogs, trucks, gizmo, lila

Climbing…everything and anyone

Building block towers, knocking them down and yelling, "Oh, my gosh!"

Chicken nuggets and corn dogs (oh, so nutritious!) That’s why he gets a multi-vitamin, I guess.

Putting together puzzles

Playing with his farm set and having the dinosaurs eat the farm animals

Riding "the bus" at Karen’s and playing with his friends

Playing with Aunt Becca (he says it with a long E, which makes it even cuter.) He sometimes wakes up in the morning and asks to go to Aunt Becca’s. (We are so thankful for you and Uncle Kevin!!!)

Temper tantrums when he doesn’t get what he wants

Spitting (disgusting, but we’ve found a solution….we think.)

Sliding

Calling Aunt Jamie, Uncle John, Uncle Adam, YaYa, Mamaw and Papaw, and Grandpa Mike

Cheering, "Go Bulldogs!"

Wearing all of the logo shirts (Thomas the train, dinosaurs, airplanes, etc) that mommy wishes would just disappear.

Learning that he can’t have dessert unless he attempts to eat dinner. “No cookies mommy, no cookies.”

Repeating words that are only said once and should never be repeated by a child.

Praying

Singing: The Wheels on the Bus, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Jesus Loves Me, and Seussical the Musical

On a side note: Grant's not so sure about a sibling. When asked if he wants a baby brother or baby sister he thought about it and decided he wanted a bike. It might be a rough transition. :)

Smile!

Grant now smiles on command and it's usually the cheesiest smile ever. This is him practicing his new trick.

Celebrating Grant...He's Two!

We were thankful to spend an afternoon in February celebrating Grant with friends and family. He had fun playing with his friends and has enjoyed playing with his new toys and wearing his new outfits! Thank you to everyone who was able to celebrate with us! We love you!

Grant sporting his new John Deere hat and hoping someone will take pity on him and open the baseball bat and ball.

Birthday Cake!

Ben

Nick, Sophie and Grant



Excited to play with his new birthday treasures!

February in pictures

February brought first birthday celebrations with great friends and family, sledding, and preparing for Grant turning 2.

Ben's 1st Birthday!

Sledding with Aaron

Sledding at home

Birthday hugs for Ava. She's One!

Daddy, Uncle Aaron and Grant

Practicing saying how old we will be.

He's saying "Two."

Practicing throwing temper tantrums so he can welcome Mommy and Daddy properly to the Terrific Two Stage.

Jamie turned 30...almost 4 months ago...

So, this is a very belated post. I bypassed Christmas, maybe I'll get around to posting some Christmas pictures in July. :) Anyway, in January, Jamie turned 30 and Amelia and I traveled to Wisconsin to spend the weekend with her. It was great spending time together and it made me wish we lived much closer.

Jamie, you can now print the picture for the frame! :)