Winter 2010

This winter has been a hard on in North Carolina. Usually they don't get any snow and if they do it is just a dusting. Well let me tell you there for about 3-4 weeks every Friday there was a snow storm that seemed to hit right as the weekend came. Grant of course loved it but after a while it was just miserable!!! It is funny how when you are a little kid you loved being outside and could stay outside all day, then you grow up and after a little while outside for the first snow you are ready to come in. Jon built Grant and igloo which he loved and we went sledding down a big hill and Grant wasn't afraid at all he even went down by himself on his belly!!!!

Christmas 2009

This Christmas was really fun because Grant was so excited about Santa! This year Santa not only brought him a Workbench so he can help Daddy out in the garage; but he also brought him a parking garage for all of his race cars, Lincoln Logs, Spiderman shoes, Spiderman Airplane, some Play-Doh but a bunch of other really fun things that Grant just loved!!! You will see no pictures of Jon or myself because it was 7 in the morning and , well to be honest, no one was going to take my picture because they would be risking their life!!

Long over due..... Happy Birthday Grant!!!

My handsome birthday boy

All the kids popping the balloons

Grant's birthday cake

Cole getting a turn to pin the "web" on Spiderman

Grant playing pin the "web" on Spiderman

Cole and Grant playing Ski Ball

My "baby" who now wants to be referred to as a BIG BOY turned THREE years old on November 29th!!! Wow, three years already?! Of course he had to have a Spiderman birthday party with his little friends in the neighborhood and some family of course!!! He got a ton of Spiderman stuff, remote controlled cars, clothes and a Spiderman bike from Mommy and Daddy!! He loved everything and I for sure thought that the bike would be a big hit, but he is a power wheel kid so he is no catching on to the whole peddling thing yet. Once the weather turns nice Jon is going to get out there and teach him though!!! Here are a few pictures from his birthday party!!

We are EXPECTING......

I thought we would share the happy news that Grant is expecting :) I thought that these pictures were too cute not to share.....and sorry for anyone who's hopes I got up!!!

October Update

So these pictures didn't come up in the order I wanted but you get the point. Grant this Halloween was Spider-Man, we are going through a phase where everything and anything has to be Spider-Man. And the funny thing is, is that he has never watched anything with Spider-Man in it so we have no clue where he got this obsession. He loved Trick or Treating this year and covered most of the neighborhood before telling me he was done and going home and eating lots of his candy!!!

After carving the pumpkins I roasted the seeds. I really didn't think that Grant would like them but he LOVED them and kept asking for more"peppers!" (That is what he called the seeds)

Like every year since we have moved to Mooresville we went to Carrigan Farms which is right down the road from us. It isn't expensive at all and you get to do a lot of things. You get a hayride to a petting area where the kids can pet all types of farm animals, then you get to go and pick your pumpkin right out of the patch. After the hayride is over you get to go and drink some yummy apple cider. I was very excited to find that their apple cider was very close to Connor Prairie's which I have missed since I don't live close enough.

Grant got bored one day while I was getting ready to go out and he decided to get into Mommy's eye shadows!! I have to say he doesn't make a cute girl :)

Fourth Of July

So I am a horrible blogger I know. I don't update as much as I should. So here we go. Grant is getting bigger and bigger everyday. He is talking so much more, and really listens to what Jon and I say, then he likes to repeat it. I hurt my back a few weeks ago, I knew it was time to go to the doctor when Grant started walking around saying "my back hurts" he even walked up the the mail man and said it!! He is too funny!!

We had a house full of people down for the Fourth of July. Dick and Kristy (Jon's buddy from High School) came down along with Brad, Jen and Cole. It was so much fun and I love having a house full of people. We had a great busy weekend. We first took the boys to the Lazy 5 Ranch to feed the animals and they both loved it. Now that they boys are bigger I wish that we lived closer so they could get together more. Then we had a block party, since we live in the cul-de-sac it is convenient that the parties are always right in front of our house. It was a great time, we had a huge bounce house again, cookout, corn hole, music, fireworks and alcohol. All the ingredients needed for a fun time. Grant did better this year with the fireworks, but after one tipped over and hit two of our neighbors that is when I took him in for bed. That whole weekend was a blast and Jon and I hope that Kristy and Dick are really serious about moving down here.

PS I think Grant walked off with my SD card so I will put more pics up later

Myrtle Beach

My whole family met down at Myrtle Beach, SC for our first family vacation. It was great to have everyone in the same place for a while. And it was a much needed break from everything that has been going on here lately. Grant had a blast and loved the ocean. Once he was in you couldn't get him out of it. And he wanted to keep going further and further out, what a dare-devil!!! We spent most of our time by the pool or down at the beach. We managed to go to the Ripley's Aquarium which was a really fun place for everyone. Here are some pictures from our vacation I will have more as soon as my mom sends them to me. I hope all of us have a Happy Mothers Day too!!!