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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!

4 pictures for you

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."

Visit to Granny's

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!).

This N' That

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!

Hawaii

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!

An Early Birthday Party

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!

MOA and a playdate

The carousel never gets old...especially when you ride on an ostrich.

This ride cost a dollar and lasted about 10 seconds....but he had to go on it.

I had today off, so after the ultrasound (which we wisely had Grant go to school during) we went for a playdate in Lakeville.

Happy New Year!

We got back into the swing of things last week. Yesterday (Sat.) we all did our own thing--Grant went to Grammy's, Ben went to Treasure Island with Adam, and I visited my friend Kristen in Eau Claire.

Here's Grant and Ben making a giant cupcake with a pan we got for xmas from Mavis. Cool!

The proud baker showing off the finished product.

Grant got this cool gift from Uncle Tyler.

I'm going to TRY to make a post every weekend....so check back next week!

Christmas 2008

Sorry for the long hiatus! Here's some shots from our Christmas vacation, which thankfully, is not over yet! Here's Grandma E and Grant showing off their art projects.

Uncle Tyler always knows how to find good gifts!

Grant had a ton of fun with Owen (Strei) in Rochester!

A taste of what's to come... (this is Owen's little brother, Ben)

Big brother in-training!

Grant got to spend lots of time with his Granny.

More practice! This is my friend Kristy's little boy, Nolan.

Another opportunity to hold a baby! Grant also got to play with his friend Gabe.