Home Run Ball!

Grayson is one lucky two year old! As a Father’s Day gift, Blaine took his Dad, my Dad and Grayson to Grayson’s first Major League ball game last Sunday to watch the Diamond Backs. Not only was it “free backpack day” for all the kids, but Daddy actually caught a home run ball during batting practice! It was apparently a great winning game and the boys had a fun trip and great time together.

The Saturday before we enjoyed some time in pool at my parents for a BBQ.

Colbie and Grammy taking a dip!

As I mentioned in the last post, Grayson has been very particular lately about what he wears and this includes a new pair of shoes that he insists on wearing EVERYWHERE! He loves them! The shoes are cute, but I got them a while back, thinking he could wear them in the fall and winter with jeans…..not with any color shorts, swimsuits, etc.! Whatever, we have to pick our battles, right?! I think it’s just cute now!

And little missy is crawling all over the place now and getting pretty speedy too! It’s definitely given her a new sense of independence since she can follow you anywhere and pretty much get into everything! But it is just that….she can get into everything now and we can no longer set her down and keep her “contained” for a few minutes while finishing dinner or laundry or something. I am also having to be a little more careful now with keeping clean floors (super easy with a toddler!!!), since she sees something she wants (like a popcorn kernel) and it goes directly to the mouth!

Trying on my new shades!

Having a chat with brother!

Three more days of work and then we are off to the White Mountains with the Goodwins next week for some cooler weather and r & r!

…And We’re Off!

Colbie is officially crawling this week! And unlike Grayson, who did a little army crawl for the first couple months, Colbie went straight to crawling on all fours. And she pretty much has the swing of it now and will attempt to follow you anywhere. She’s also figured out how to pull herself up to a sitting position from her belly, so we’ve had to lower the crib, as she is a strong and MOBILE little girl!

I had these pictures taken of the kids this month, mostly for my mom, since she bought this adorable dress for Colbie and loves the Fourth of July. I also wanted some nice pictures of the two of them together. I’m surprised they turned out ok, as we had one of our fabulous rolling-on-the-concrete-kicking-and-screaming tantrums outside of J.C.Penney’s before going in for our pictures. It all started over nothing really…...doesn’t take much to set the G-man off! When I was getting him ready that morning for his pictures, I was combing his hair and saying “you are so handsome Grayson…..we’re going to have to fight all those girls off!” Well, as most toddlers do and ESPECIALLY Grayson, we took this very literally and were deathly afraid of all girls after this, including the girl who he assumed would be taking his pictures……Thank God it happened to be a man! Anyhow, all things considered, I think they turned out pretty cute!

He is a funny little dude! He is really into dressing himself these days…..also a super fun and challenging thing to deal with! Most of the time (especially on the days that I’m home), I just let him pick what he wants or don’t give him too many options. Last night, the boys were getting ready to take a bike ride to feed the ducks and get some DQ, and this is what he came out wearing! Apparently he was prepared for some mud and rain and maybe some fishing along the way! Maybe a silly outfit for our climate, but I was impressed with the camouflage coordination! On that note, he’s also very attentive with what I am wearing and how my hair is looking…..and he is also VERY opinionated and totally indiscrete about it. He makes a face and tells me “I don’t like those pants” or “I don’t like your hair tangled” and approves once I fix things for his liking! He really likes dresses and doesn’t usually like my hair up (which is great since I have a “grabby-hair” 7 month old!)! Kinda scary….I know!

I think every mom feels this way at some point, especially with your first born!

One more thing I have to mention (since this blog basically serves as my baby book). As most of you know, Grayson has always been VERY attached to his “lovies” and has gone through several over the years. We couldn’t go to bed or go anywhere without his lovie for a long time….including school. I even got into making lovies for a while, since I was tired of buying them and having meltdowns when it was bedtime and we couldn’t find one or one was in the wash. Anyhow, I’ve just noticed lately that he seems to have outgrown his “wuuvies!” He hasn’t been taking them to school for the last several weeks or toting them around anymore. It’s just funny how little things like this make you realize how quickly your little one is growing up right before your eyes!

4th of July Weekend

We had an awesome trip to Laguna for the fourth of July weekend. We missed Grammy & Papa this year because they had a wedding in Northern Arizona, but it was fun to have Ryan & Kim join us, as well as the Anderson/Hollenbach bunch. We had two great beach days….the water was actually warm enough to go swimming. We joined the Andersons at their place for some yummy steak tacos (thanks to Eric!) and then the next morning for Sandi’s “world famous” eggs benedict for a 4th of July brunch. Since Ryan and Kim had to leave after the brunch, we sort of laid low 4th of July day and went out for an early dinner that night and then came home to watch the fireworks. Although Colbie couldn’t stay up late enough for the show, Grayson had a ball watching fireworks from the condo, where you could see about 7-8 different shows! Tuesday, we got up early and took another trip to Sea World, since Blaine & Colbie weren’t able to join us a few weeks back. Now, back to muggy HOT weather and work for a few weeks till we head out to the White Mountains at the end of the month. We also have swim lessons for the next couple weeks to look forward too!

Getting buried in the sand by Daddy!

Blaine took Colbie one morning to let me sleep in till 7…….oh what a treat! And this is what I found on the couch….two sleeping babies!

At the Andersons place Sunday evening for dinner.

Grayson and his “Grandi Sandi!”

At the Anderson’s again the next morning for a 4th of July brunch.

Checking out the boats at Dana Point Harbor

I love this picture. This was taken about the same time last year at Dana Point.

And here we are one year later with another little bundle of joy!

SEA WORLD!

Happy girl!

Taking a little siesta!

Can’t wait to go again in August!