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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Happy Birthday Mista Munch!




So our precious lil Greyson is 1 year old today!  
Here is what you are up to these days!

-You go down between 8 and 8:30pm and get up between 6:45 and 7:15am
-You still prefer to go into your crib with your binky and blanky awake...you roll around, sometimes you play with your busy box, sometimes you cry, but within 10-20 minutes, you are usually out like a likght!
-You still take 3 bottles a day...7am, 1:30pm, and 7pm, but we have just started phasing out your 2nd bottle and replacing it with vitamin D milk.  You love milk so far!  We only have about a half of container of formula left and after that's gone, you are done with formulas!!!
-You also eat 3 meals a day...we never know what you are going to like each day!
-Breakfast usually consists of oatmeal, cereal, yogurt, fruit and/or gerber cereal bars
-Lunch is usually grilled cheese, mac-n-cheeze, turkey, veggie straws, crackers, fruit...
-Dinner is usually whatever we are eating for dinner....we never know if you'll like it or not, but recently you liked meatballs and chicken.  You even liked a few bites of refried beans:)
-You still can't tell me when you are done eating...but I know, because you throw food on the floor when you are done:)
-You are non-stop motion.  From the minute you get up til its dtime for bed, I feel like all I do is chase you!  You get into everything and anything you can get your hands on!
-You have started pointing at things when you want them....this is typically accompanied with a whine:)
-You are wearing 12-18 months clothes but the more you walk, the loser your pants are getting.
-People always say you are a big boy and guess you older than you are
-You learned how to say no this month....and you love to say it over and over again
-You have started giving kisses...and we cannot possibly get enough!  You open your mouth and lean towards us (or your stuffed animals or the characters in your book)...sometimes you even give slip us the tongue...lol!!!
-You also can point to people's noses when we ask "where is mommy's nose?".   You don't know where your nose is quite yet, but we are working on it!
-You still love to be outside...and you just go go go!  When you get something in your head that you want, there is no stopping you!
-You have really gotten into books lately...you constantly grab them from your shelves and bring them to us so we can read them to you.  You love to turn the pages!
-You absolutely love Thomas the Train!  You love your books, your toys, but most of all the Thomas the Train movies/shows!  You clap every time the music comes on!
-You still have 8 teeth
-You still put everything in your mouth...gravel, mulch, sand...you name it, and it goes on your mouth!

My how you have changed over the last year....












Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Birthday Eve...

I need my binky...

I really need my binky....

Forget the binky...I want in the cabinet!

I really want in the cabinet..

What mom?  

Yeah...tomorrow is my birfday!

Let's go mom...I got my blanky...I'm ready for year #2!!!!

Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy 4th of July!


Happy 4th of July!!!

It has been such a wonderful long weekend....I am so sad to see it come to an end:(  Sky had to start his week this evening with a road trip so we made a nice lunch and spent some QT this morning.  Even Mr. Munch enjoyed the chicken (from our chicken tacos) and refried beans.  When Sky left, Grey and I headed over to Greg's brother's house for a 4th of July picnic.  We didn't last for the fireworks, but we did have a great time for a couple hours.  Greg's brother and sister-n-law have four kids so their house is like Toys R Us!!!  Grey had so much fun watching the other kids and trying out all the new toys!  He tasted some sand, tried to steal some other kids' sippy cups, crawled UP the slide, rode the swing, spit so much water we had to change his outfit, ate some kiwi, raspberries and strawberries, and had lots of fun.
Sweet Baby Girl...Ruby (5 months old)

Grey loved touching her and Ruby would just laugh and laugh:)

Grey didn't like it so much when she touched back...he wanted the control I guess!


Let the spitting begin!

Not sure who thought it was funnier...Auntie Dani or Grey!??!?!?




everything in the mouth...






I had to fight to keep the little guy awake on the car ride home....he was tuckered out!  So now he's in bed and I'm chillaxin a bit before bed...reflecting on the fact that a year ago today, we were anxiously awaiting Grey's arrival and today I was chasing the lil guy all over the place.  What a difference a year can make!  I am proud to be his mama and also very proud to be an American.  Thanks to all those past and present that have fought for our freedom.  Happy 4th of July!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Family Reunion

So we headed to Morgantown, WV on Friday afternoon for a family reunion.  My great uncle (grandma on my mom's side brother) hosted a wonderful weekend for the entire family.  We kicked it off Friday night with a party in his penthouse (he actually lives on the top couple floors of the hotel he owns...insane!!!).  We had a fabulous dinner....lobster ravioli, filet, parmesan chicken, 3 choices of salads, bread, dessert....and on and on.  It was so so good!  There was a one man band singing and playing guitar all night....and Mista Munch was the life of the party.  I spent most of my night chasing the lil guy....but we had plenty of laughs thanks to him!
Gettin ready to go...

After about 10 attempts, this was the best pic we could get....great view of the city anyway:)

Just munch spitting his water in mama's face!

Grey on the floor...

Grey Dancin...

Grey kissing Great Aunt Jill

Grey cracking Mimi and Baba up...

Grey kicking Great Uncle Dave's head...

Grey messing with Pop

Brotha & Sista


Greg & Grey singin..or something like that!
Mista Munch was mighty wound up.  Sky took him to our room at about 9:15 and bathed him....and I came back to our room at 9:45...they were both still awake watching Thomas the Train on the computer. He was calm and we figured it was a matter of a few minute before he fell asleep....NOT SO MUCH!  He just did not want to go to sleep.  I finally put him in the stroller and walked around the room for 20 minutes....Grey finally passed out at 11pm!  You would have thought he'd sleep in Saturday morning....but if you did think that, then you were wrong!  Munch was up bright and early at 6:15am!~  After a bottle (of which he spit half of it up), Mimi and I took Grey for a long walk by the river right outside the hotel.  After breakfast & more pacing in the stroller to get Grey down for a nap, we headed up in the mountains for a family tradition....a big lamb roast!  We were told there was hiking, paddle boat, canoeing, fishing, etc... as well as an air conditioned building.  I pictured a simple building with a small kitchen....boy was I wrong.  The facility was amazing!  It was a huge cabin looking 3 story house with a huge porch overlooking the mountains.  We ate, we drank, Munch napped...it was a nice relaxing afternoon.
This facility was built largely in part to my Great Uncle...and he dedicated it to his parents...just a nice tribute!
(you can't really read this, but its a nice dedication to my great grand-mother and father)


My second cousin Laura and her son Cal....





 After EVERYONE napped...after all, eating and drinking, is HARD WORK:)  LOL  There were no planned activities last night, so my parents, Sky, Grey, Dani, Greg, Uncle Dave, Aunt Jill and I went to dinner.  Grey was such a good boy (as usual).  We took a stroll by the river after dinner and Grey fell fast asleep!  The lil guy just wore himself out.

We got up this morning and headed home.  There was lunch on a big boat today, but because Sky will be very busy this week, we decided to get home at a decent time.  Lil grey slept for 3 hours on the way home and was not himself the rest of the day.  I think he just overdid it and is overly tired!  I hope he sleeps well tonight...after all he has a BIG BIRTHDAY coming up!!!!

Happy 4th of July!

P.S. If you are bored in the car, Grey has a suggestion on what you can do....

Baaa Haaa Haaa!!!!

Friday, July 1, 2011

Busy Thursday

Yesterday just seemed like one of those days where I was busy all day, but didn't really accomplish much.  I was home with Grey and he is definitely phasing out one of his naps.  He has been napping from about 10:30 til 12:30ish for the past few days....and then might doze in the car for a bit if we are out and about, but other than that, no sleep til 8-830pm!  On one hand, it's nice because you don't feel like you have to hurry and rush to get everything done to be home in time for nap time, but on the other hand, Mista Munch sometimes gets a lil fussy.

He was a walking fool yesterday!  Check out this video...he wanted the motor oil Sky has in our garage in the worst way.  I kept picking him up and taking him outside...and he would walk straight back into the garage.  We did this about 20 times...lol!  Determined lil guy:)

I am really looking forward to a long weekend with my boys....off to Morgantown today for a family reunion!





I am so lucky to have both of these boys in my life....