Cutie Patootie

I cannot believe my baby boy is 9 months already! He is such a chubby, kissable, cute baby! He does this weird hybrid caterpillar crawl, but it doesn't stop him from getting anywhere he wants to be. At 9 months old he weighs 17 1/2 pounds and is 28 1/2 inches. He is in the 7th percentile for his weight and 68th percentile for his height. He loves to play and to be outside. He sleeps pretty well at night and is a really good baby.

He is always chewing on his fingers right now while he's teething. Poor baby!
He looks exactly like Kylie at this age.

March Card

This month for card group the theme was male birthday and we decided to add an extra twist of using blue and orange. I found these stamps and card idea online and loved it. Its a slider card (the little crab and note slide back and forth). It was a fun card to do.

Blue and Gold Banquet

Tonight we went with Bradley to the Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet. He loves scouts and I love how seriously he takes it. He has earned his Bobcat and is well on his way to earning his Wolf. Bradley had to bring a cake so we worked on it together and he won the Grand Prize! I was so happy for him. We had a fun night!

Bradley with his "campfire" cake

The family

(Grant looks really excited!)

Bradley and me

Valentine's Day

This past week the 3 older kids all had Valentine's Parties at school. Ben was so excited for his first ever Valentine party. He had his Valentine's all ready to go a week in advance. On Friday, we got to go out to dinner while my brother and sister-in-law babysat. We went to P.F. Changs and then did a little shopping. Dan also got me 2 dozen tulips (which I love) and tickets to see Brian Regan (the comedian) next month. We got the kids little gifts from the Disney Store and See's. We always set it out on the kitchen table and they love coming down to see it in the morning. This morning Dan made heart shaped french toast and for dessert tonight I made a brownie cheesecake. It was all so good! I included a couple of random pictures of Grant because he is just too cute!

Ready to Party
Fun gifts

Breakfast

mmmmm

Bathtime

(This kid loves to splash!)

Playtime

The little boys

Santa Claus?

When Grant was in the bath tonight he kept patting his stomach and I said "Are you Santa Claus?" He cracked us up when he shook his head 'no'. He kept doing it for the video camera, but only when we asked him that question.

Growing up!

Bradley and Kylie seem to growing up so fast lately. Last week, Bradley started Cub Scouts and earned another Eagle Award at school for being an excellent student. Kylie lost her first tooth and is really starting to read well. Here are a couple pictures of the big kids!

New Years

On New Year's Eve we went to Nut Tree where they had face painting and other activities for the kids. We also went bowling and then had a family party at the house where we did a countdown at 9 pm because it was Midnight in New York. Grant loved blowing on the horns! We had such a great vacation and loved seeing our families!

My brother Matt and his wife Alyssa holding Grant

Ben stayed very still

(This lady was a little eccentric!)
He got a snake with snowflakes

I'm not sure what Kylie's was supposed to be, but it had a rainbow and hearts so she was happy

Bradley with his snake and snowflakes

Bowling

Cheese!

Bradley was so frustrated because he got 9 pins almost every time

My boys minus Ben