Sleepy Head II

Grant fell asleep in his high chair the other evening, and without putting much of a dent in his sandwich! Prioritize kid!

Katie, our sons are on the same wavelength!

Lagoon

Jeremy's summer company work party was held at Lagoon so we got some friends from our ward to come with us. My friend, her two daughters, Grant and I planned on camping out at the pool while Jere went on some rides with his coworkers. We got there just before the swimming area opened so we took the kids on a few kiddie rides.

Grant seemed to enjoy the tame ones,

but not anything that made his stomach do flip flops.

By the end of the day, we were all ready for a nap.

What Grant is up to...

In the past few months, Grant has started showing a distinct interest in music and rhythm. Whenever he hears music, he starts to bob his head and wave his arms like he's conducting. Often times, I won't even realise that there is music playing when we are out somewhere until he starts "dancing".

We've been going to the park almost on a daily basis. I try to time it with his naps so I can walk a mile or two while he naps and then when he wakes up, I turn him loose in a wide open space. There are just so many things to explore!

Grant continues to love bathtime which is a blessing! He has figured out that if he holds a bottle underwater, it will fill up and so he can dump it out again. It's just so fun to watch his little mind work.

A few months ago we finally moved Grant's crib away from our bed. It's still in the same room, but independant from us. There have been quite a few rough nights still, but he is getting used to the fact that when we put him down, it's time to sleep. He has the ability to crawl out and every early morning wakes up and crawls up on my side of the bed to nurse, but we're taking steps to better sleep for us all!

California Trip - a little overdue

Back in March, Grant and I (Honor) took a trip to California to visit my family.

We played at the park...

My mother bought Grant a light saber filled with bubbles. He had WAY too much fun with it!

My mother brought out the set of blocks that we played with as children and Grant learned how to topple anything that looked like a tower.

It was fun hearing my dad read to Grant in the same way that I remember him reading to us when we were kids.

Aunt Cammie made sure that Grant had his teeth brushed. Why does there seem to be a tradition starting with taking pictures of our family brushing their teeth together? Grant learned quickly how my dad's headphones worked and kept plugging them into the radio and listening for himself.

We finally met little Cash! I was hoping for more interaction between he and Grant, but they're just not on that level yet. It was a lot of fun anyway.

Here's the only pictures we managed to get with the two little munchkins together.

Uncle Clay playing with the bubble saber (he has more fun with these things than the kids do)!

I think Grant is starting to learn how to pose and be cute instead of constantly grabbing for the camera. Well come to think of it, it's only when he's restrained and the camera is out of reach.

I feel like I have so few pictures of Grant and I, and when I actually get them, they're usually still taken by me anyway.

We visited with Beth and her son Cole. The kids were in the back seat, facing opposite directions. Grant seemed to love having the company, but it had been a long day!

Wondering what Grant is wearing? It's Beth's nursing pad of course! It was just the perfect size for his head!

I know Mom will probably kill me for actually posting this picture, but it was just too funny to pass up. My parents had just bought a brand new plunger and Grant took an immediate interest in it. We had removed the vase from the table by my parents front door so Grant wouldn't break it. We walked into the room later to find that Grant had put the plunger on the table, in the center of the doily. We decided to leave it there until Cammie brought her friends over and see if they would even notice.

MOAB!

Our good friends Nancy & Rob asked us if we'd like to join them and their family on a trip to Moab, UT. We were neighbors through my childhood and I was best friends with their daughters Beth & Katie. We met up with the Bussons (a family we grew up with in Healdsburg ward) and had an awesome weekend! These pictures are from a trail called Hell's Revenge. Grant and Jeremy were in a jeep with Rob and Beth while Nancy and I were in the Busson's jeep with them. Their dog Sadie was sitting in the back between Nancy and I. She reminded me of our family dog Freckles - I love boarder collies! She was so calm through the whole ride, and spent a lot of it of time sprawled across my lap.

Both Jeremy and I took turns driving..... LOOK OUT MOAB!

It was the week of the car show. A lot of the weekend was spent drooling over the cars cruising up and down Main Street. It made for a lot of traffic in such a small town, but it was a lot of fun!

Grant didn't think much of all the cars, but he loved the park where the car show was held!

On Saturday we went up to Arches National Park with Beth, her husband Chris, and their son Cole. While we would have loved to see Delicate Arch up close, the two pictures below were taken as close as we dared to climb with Grant in tow. Can you see the tiny arch over our shoulder?

Jeremy, Chris and Beth hiked up to the Windows while I stayed at the truck with Grant.

Mom - yes, I still stay back in the car with the little one... just like I did in Yosemite with Cammie while you guys enjoyed the nice little hike up to the falls!

Just a few adorable pictures of Cole!

And just in case you hadn't seen it yet, my favorite part of the week happened on the ride home.

How great are my boys?! Thanks for letting me post this Jere!

(FYI, no we don't usually listen to the Backstreet Boys - it was a compilation cd... sheesh!)