Smart and Silly Bug

Grant now recognizes the letters "M" and "G". Let's hope he has filed them in his long term memory! He is still making us laugh every day. His new thing is to put his hands up to his mouth and pretend to laugh. He makes his entire body shake and in turn Daddy and Mommy laugh pretty hard. He still loves to dance. He has learned to do the snake and he enjoys turning in circles. So pretty much, he is the cutest, smartest and funniest kid in the whole world!

We got Grant a big boy potty so that he can get used to it. He loves it because it plays music. He likes to sit on it a few times a day so that is a good sign. Here he is with the box from the potty on his head. He still loves to walk around with things on his head and doesn't even mind bumping into walls. Hmmm, don't ask!

Ride 'em Cowboy

Here is a look into Grant's morning:

*He wakes up and talks until Mommy comes in (yes, Daddy is sleeping still and doesn't even know that Mommy has left or that his son has been talking for about 10 minutes) :-)

*He holds up one of the stuffed animals in his crib for Mommy to kiss.

*He and Mommy enjoy an interesting book of Bug's choice.

*Then...without fail...Grant says "Horse? Dad?" Then gets off Mommy's lap to look for the horse as he makes clicking sounds and says, "Neigh!"

*He is distracted for about 3o minutes while he fulfills his duties as a running coach. After that Daddy has to gallop around the apartment while he holds Grant and the stick horse. Thank goodness Daddy is such a good sport!

Good times! Good times!




Grant wouldn't sit still long enough for Mommy to do up the buttons on his shirt. Some things are just more important.

Another Beach Day

Daddy decided to take a day off from studying for the CPA exams to take us to the beach. Unfortunately it was freezing! It was a really foggy day but we still had fun.

Bug has no fear and wanted to keep going out into the water. He didn't care about how deep it was or how cold it was.

Finally, Daddy picked him up and ran back and forth into the water.

That only worked for a little bit though and then Grant wanted down and tried to head out into the ocean to join the surfers.
Thanks for the fun day, Daddy!

Plums

Grant loves to go up to the fridge and say, "This" as he points to it. He continues to do it until I open the fridge. Yesterday he found a way to get a plum out of the container. He was so proud of himself. He had a huge smile on his face as he went to take a bite out of it. He paused to look at me to make sure it was okay and then he went for it. I was shocked that he could actually eat it that way. He sat right down and ate half the plum.

However, today Bug decided that one plum isn't enough. He had to have a plum for each hand.

He switched hands every bite for a while then focused on the plum in his right hand. He almost finished it...yummy!
What a life!

Brought to you by the letter T

Bug can now recognize the letter T. It is so blasted cute! We first discovered this new phenomenon when we were putting him to bed. You see, his name is on his door and before naps and bed we say each letter of his name while pointing to it. The other night he pointed to the T and said, “T!” We then got out a Barney alphabet book and asked him where the T was. He pointed to it! Then this morning I wrote the word Tall and once again, he pointed to the T. But the best was when we were on our morning walk and we passed a little preschool called the TLC Montessori. All of a sudden I heard Grant excitedly say, “T, T, T!!!” It was too cute! Wish you could all hear it.

Trip to UT

We were able to go to UT for Brian's farewell (Adams little brother). He is going to be going to Oaxaca, Mexico. It was fun to see family again and as usual...Grant had a blast.

Here is Adam with his cousin Kenzie and her son Aiden.

I was able to go to lunch with some friends I used to work with. Here is Grant with Will (the son of my old boss- Tess). Isn't he cute?!?

Grant and I were able to spend some time with Adam's family up in Park City (Grant, Peter and Brian).He had fun hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa Barrow.Grandma took him on the Merry Go Round.And so did Uncle Brian (Uncle Scotty kindly gave Uncle Brian the opportunity to do that).Grandpa carried Grant around.

And of course it was fun to see all the "big" boys go on rides. A good time was had by all.

Finally...

Since Grant had his 1st b-day almost a month ago, we thought we should add a tid bit about it. He seemed to really enjoy himself! He had a duck cake and got tons of presents! Here are a few pix of his big day.

Here is his cake.

Grandma Naenae was able to come visit.

King for day :-)

Yum, yum!!!

Grant's favorite gift was probably his stick horse.

And here he is with Tigger. These are just a few of the gifts. Let's just say he got a little spoiled.