Pop-a-top Again!

Just wanted to share a couple of Grayson's 9 month pics that we had taken last week at J.C. Penney's.

Also, we caught Grayson drinking a beer last weekend (Michaela's Aunt Laura got him hooked!), so we had to share! I hope you all realize he didn't actually have any beer, but these photos were priceless...I know my brother will appreciate them!

Grayson finally got another upper tooth, so we can't call him snaggle tooth anymore. He's really into sharing food with you now and gets a kick out of it if you eat what he offers you. He's also starting to point to things when you ask him where the doggy. kitty, mama, dada is. Fun stuff! Hope everyone is having a great week. I'll try and share a video later today or this week.

I know these pictures are terrible, but they crack me up! He's definitely a lightweight!

The last one is of Grayson in the pantry...he found some really big green balls to play with!

Team Goon Takes the Gold!

Mud Run Weekend 2009 was a BLAST!! OK..... maybe running 6 miles, most of which is uphill, jumping 5 foot walls, crawling on your hands & knees through small rough tin tunnels, crossing a river waste high and getting mud in your face and mouth as you crawl on your belly to the finish.....may not be considered a "blast" to the majority of you, but we thoroughly enjoyed it! Especially because Grandpa Pops did so AWESOME! He took home not 3rd, not 2nd, but the FIRST PLACE metal for his age group! Pretty amazing! He finished in approx. 1 hour 2 minutes, taking over 10 minutes off of his last year's time! And yes, he beat his daughter and son-in-law, who are 30 years younger.....but obviously NOT in any better shape! Blaine finished next and then myself, both of us finishing in approx. 1 hour and 3 minutes. Neither of us placed, but we did pretty well for our age groups. Grammy was a great sport and stayed back to watch Grayson, take pictures and cheer us on. Grayson was definitely this year's good luck charm for Team Goon! We are so proud of you Pops! You trained hard for this and you SO deserve that metal! Here are a few fun pics from last weekend's event.

No major changes with Grayson...he still cruises all over the place on his belly, climbs up onto everything and still has a snaggle tooth. He doesn't say mama as much anymore. Last week, everything was "Ba!" Now, he says "Da Da" quite a bit. Here's a short video from last night showing Grayson cracking himself up! We were playing a new "catch me if you can" game last night and he apparently thought it was hilarious!

9 Month Check Up

Just wanted to share a few pictures and updates....Grayson had his 9 month wellness check up today and according to the Doc, he is doing great! He weighed in at 18 1/2 lbs, 28 inches and has a 46 cm cabeza! No shots this time around - thank God! Next check up will be at a year old. Grayson has a new trick this week....he can go from his belly to a sitting position quite easily, so we now find him walking along all the furniture, pulling himself up onto everything and sitting or standing in his crib when we go to get him....it's pretty cute and also pretty frightening! Can't take your eyes off him, as he is getting into
EVERYTHING now! He is especially interested in all those things he is not supposed to have, like computer cords, remotes and Chases dog bones. We also gave Grayson spaghetti for the first time on Sunday, and needless to say (as you'll see in the picture), he loved it! While he does pretty well with all the baby foods now, the few "real" foods that we've let him try, he'll just makes a face and play with instead of actually eating. Spaghetti, however, was an entire different experience!

We are headed out to Laguna for the weekend. My dad, Blaine and I are running in our 3rd annual Camp Pendleton Mud Run on Sunday....actually this is only my second as I was 6 months pregnant last year and had to sit out and be a cheerleader instead! I know, we are all crazy! It's even crazier that we are all actually excited about it! I will try and post a few pics next week of Team Goon in action! Hope everyone is having a great week!

GO TEAM GOON!