Mother's Day

We went up to Ken and Esther's in LaConner and had a great time on Mother's day. We sat outside most of the afternoon eating course after course (including fresh spotted prawns) with our martinis -not too shabby of a Mother's day.

Grant just loved playing with his cousins and was really beating on Collin which had us all rolling in laughter. The kids made Grant lots of pictures for his room. I hung them up above his changing table and he LOVES them. Thanks Collin and Amanda!

My sis-in-law took these great pictures.

Take me out to the ballgame.

We have tickets to about 4 games this season and SUPER awesome seats thanks to uncle rad chad. We are just 4 rows away from the field near the left field, foul ball post. The fun part is that the section has hard core fans. We had a wild couple to our left that danced their rally monkeys all over the place. Then we had a loud guy behind us that yelled all the time- Grant love this guy and would not stop smiling at him.


He slept for a full 5 innings.

Grant is on the move at 6.5 months!

As of Saturday, April 24 we have a babe on the move! How nice of him to save his big moment for a Saturday, when both mom and dad were home!

He is crawling all over the place. He is exploring all the fun new stuff like the TV cabinet, dresser drawers, the bathroom scale and his favorite new toy- the door stop that springs back when he pulls on it. Caught you, Grantie!

I really want to put on a video of him crawling, but the one I took has the TV on in the background and some angry dude is swearing. Not the kodak moment I was hoping for but heck, I do not have time to do a re shoot so let's roll with it...



For those of you that know me I love to have a clean house and would consider a fun Saturday polishing the cabinets and stainless steel appliances. In fact, I feel a little ill when the house is a mess-that goes for Grant too. Well I decided to live on the wild side and let him go crazy over the applesauce. The cross-eyed spoon pic is priceless!



Here is a super cute picture of Grant and my friend Sandra. Friends since 1st grade, go sunnyside lions, yay for Mr. Thacker the butt whacker (our principle).

The 6 month update

We have been visiting friends, playing games, exploring outside, and not posting photos. We have lots to catch up. Grant is officially 1/2 year old. They sang happy 1/2 birthday to him at daycare on April 6- so cute.

He is busy, busy, busy these days. He is closer to crawling. He is up on all fours and rocking. He does a little tummy lunge and then gets back up on all fours. He thinks it is fun to squeal and is going to be a really loud kid we think.

He has also gotten really grabby, grabbing anything and everything he can include neck skin, ouch! We had him outside recently with the nice weather and he loves to grab the grass and plants.

He can get him to laugh by tickling his chunky legs and playing "I gonna get you." Here he is standing and holding onto his car seat.






These were my bunny slippers when I was a baby. They were the perfect size ans made for some pretty cute Easter pictures.

And the biggest news of all...Grant is sleeping through the night. It happened magically on March 31. We probably could have done it sooner but we are softies and since we work so much we kind of looked forward to the night time snuggle. We are enjoying the extra ZZZs.

Smiles and a Sportscar

We went to my parents to watch the Husky basketball game on Saturday. We had a great time- lots of wine and blackened fish tacos, yum!

Grant got to "drive" grandpa's cobra for the first time. He loved it. He was all smiles. If we let him, my dad would be taking him for a drive, car seat and all.

I love this one...

A few more photos from this weekend....

Happy baby. Just hanging out with Mom and dad.

Gabby found a comfy spot. I am still not sure how her big body managed to fit on this narrow pillow.

Grant's 5 Month Photos

Grant is 5 months old (a few weeks ago). Mom is a little late getting these one up.

He is into grabbing now; faces, hair, spoons- whatever is in reach. He especially loves his kitty. Whenever she is in sight he gets a look of utter delight. He likes to "pet" her but it is really is getting a fist full of hair.

He is getting closer to crawling. He lays on his tummy and pushes his put in the air and tries with all his might to get somewhere....but he is going nowhere yet.

Catching drool.....

Yay for Mussells!

My mom and dad have been going to the Penn Cove Mussellfest for years and invited Kyle and I this year. I really needed to get away especially since the all-consuming Harborview Gala is over (happy dance). It was a gorgeous day. Coopeville was so picturesque with little shops and a breathtaking view of the water. We loved it.

Here we are changing diapers in the trunk.. It would have been easier if we weren't parked on a hill.

Grantie and grandma jo jo.

The Fam.

Here is the star of the day.....mussells. The ones below were the most delicious. We gorged ourselves and even snuck some wine in dixie cups.

Grantie and grandpa.

We sneaked a peak at some daffodils in bloom in the Skagit Valley. Gorgeous! Also, the neat rows are so oddly satisfying to me- must be those type A genes.

Ahhhh, the best part of a busy day- a super tired baby. Besides the sweet, peaceful face and little snores, my favorite part is that an exhausted baby = more sleep for mom and dad.