It is a lot of fun to watch the brother/sister bond develop!
Had to get a picture of Evy in this "Powered by Milk" t-shirt as we have one of Grant in it. (a gift from Grammy Mavis!)
I think Evy often feels as she looks in this picture, although many times I look over and she looks like his "number one fan."
Grant was really in to flattening our gingerbread cookies tonight.
In the last couple days Evy has become a champion sitter! She hardly ever topples over anymore, although it is kind of funny when she does... I think she is quite pleased with her new skill. Even Grant noticed and said "look, Evy is sitting!" My only concern...isn't crawling next??
We have been loving the warmer weather. This past winter seemed particularly long. Grant is still saying "we don't have to put on hats, or boots, or mittens!" every time we get ready to go out. And he has a new stick collection that he is very proud of. Every time he finds a stick in the yard he has to tell us about it. I'm sure he will be very willing to help Grandpa Erickson with stick clean-up.
...and here's a stick now. A typical picture of a 3 year old--obviously trying to run away and insists on holding something found on the ground!
Grammy Mavis found Grant some new Batman p.j.'s! He had so much fun last summer with his "caped" p.j.'s. Now Ben wants a pair too...
Ben joined Grant at school last Friday for "Special Person Day." Grant introduced all his friends and said "this is my daddy."
Who says you can't suck your thumb and balance at the same time?
Looks like they're having challah for snack!
We are very excited to get up to the lake this weekend! One month left til baby comes!
Not sure if anyone looks at this thing anymore since I'm so bad at keeping it updated! Here's some of the highlights from our last month...
This is my college friend, Kristen and her new baby Macie. She is adorable and Kristen seems to be loving every minute (good to know that life with 2 kids is survivable!)
This is Grant and Hannah (a friend from Eagan) at the MN zoo. Next time I go to the zoo I'm putting Grant on one of those leashes...
This is Grant at the zoo holding a town meeting.
This is Grant and the Streis' 6 month old baby, Ben. Grant can't wait for all the skin-on-skin contact he will have access to when the baby arrives. (in other words, Grant is VERY touch-feely...don't ever wear a crop top to our house--he loves belly buttons).
If you can't get them to look....make em' laugh!
Yikes! I don't know what happened...I woke up one morning looking like THIS! And my book tells me the baby has at least 4 more pounds of growth to go.
Grant wanted to ride in this stroller, rather than the umbroller, because "the baby isn't here yet so I can use this one."
Ben apparently thought it was really nice out yesterday! Grant wasn't allowed to wear shorts and a t-shirt quite yet...
Grant was impressed with Ben's playground skills.
Today we tried to walk around Lake Calhoun but had to turn back because Grant said "I'm cold...I'm having a bad time."
We had a fun visit to Granny's last weekend. She can play and play with Grant--she's great at it! He absolutely loves spending time with her. Here he is having loads of fun with a box...it's so true that the things around the house are the best toys!
Granny is trying hard to get a picture without Grant's thumb in his mouth!
It was a nice day for a walk, although Grant was soaked by the time we got home...
Granny gave Grant a special "animal baby" plate, fork, and spoon that he held on to the whole way home (even during his nap!).
Grant has gotten a lot of use out of his birthday hat from school.
Here's Grant showing how many fingers old he is. It takes a while, but he gets it!
Finally, the snow was just right for a snowman!
I had to scrounge around in the cupboards for suitable facial features (vanilla wafers for the eyes and raisins for the mouth).
"You mean there's going to be ANOTHER one?"
Uncle Tyler came over on Grant's birthday with presents galore!
Most mornings we walked to the Hyatt for coffee, fed the fish, and looked at the birds and penguins.
Ben, Troy, and I did the "drive to Hana," a very windy and scenic drive that took almost all day.
Troy kept Grant busy on the beach!
Ben and Grant took a ride on the "sugar cane train."
This is back at home. We had just watched "101 Dalmations" and Grant told me he was dressed up to go fight Cruella!
This morning we went to Grant's joint bday party with the 8 other Jan/Feb birthday kids in his classroom. It was well-planned, but chaotic nonetheless. Grant was a bit wary of it all and had his thumb in his mouth the whole time. In lieu of gifts, each family donated a book to the classroom. We donated "Madeline."
Here is Grant and his friend Charlie.
Grant showed us how he likes to do the dishes.
The reptile man brought snakes!
Here's Grant bustin' a move in his classroom (while one of the mom's plays guitar).
Time for cake!
