Grant is ONE!!

Its been a whole year, an amazing one at that, since I held you in my arms for the first time. I will never forget the moment our eyes locked, it was love at first site. You had the most squishy kissable cheeks.....and you still do! You are the most laid back, go with the flow little man. Your favorite past time is getting into everything. You love dumping out the dogs water dish and squeezing your little body into small spaces...the most recent being the oven drawer! Everything...and I mean EVERYTHING you come in contact with is fair game for a sampling...in the mouth it goes! I have to watch you like a hawk. You have been walking for a couple months now but you are walking with more confidence these days and I am feeling less of a need for a helmet....no, mommy never really put a helmet on you but I sure did think about it a time or two! You are saying a few words, nothing really consistently but once in a while we hear a mama and dada. The new word is uh-oh, I just love it. You give high-five's, big hugs, and you love open-mouth kisses. You adore your siblings and want to be with them doing what they are doing at all times....I think they are warming up to the idea that you are here to stay. It took some getting use to, for them, to share me with you. Veda loves to be a little mommy to you and Grayson just loves being rough, he thinks your ready to wrestle! Lately, I have noticed him taking more of an interest in your presence and making sure that you are ok, as he once did when you were a newborn. I hope it lasts this time! I cannot wait to watch your bond with the two of them grow.

This 1st birthday has been a hard one for me, I'm trying hard to hold on to every last bit of your babyhood and you just are not having it. You want to be a big boy and I have to let you. I have to allow you to explore and be the little toddler that you want to be. Its such a happy/sad moment for mommy. I'm excited to see what your future holds and I'm sad to let go of that little 8lb 7oz baby I had a year ago. Its going to be an amazing journey! I love you to the moon and back Grant!

Sick, sick, sick!

I swear every time we do any kind of travel the kids pick up all kinds of nasty germs. It all Started Monday after our trip to Boyne. Veda was the first complaining of body aches and a sore throat... Grayson and Grant followed suit shortly after but Grayson was a trooper and didn't really have too many symptoms. Grant was the worst. 3 full days of high fevers and then a nasty rash. 

Just chillaxin!

Such a sweet little man!

Boyne!

Daddy was out of town for the weekend so mommy decided to load all of you up an head north to see Grandma Hosmer, Grandma Foster, and Auntie Ria. We had a wonderful time. I was really impressed with how well everyone did on a 5 hr trip in the car. So proud of you all! We spent the first night at Grandma Hosmer's house and you really enjoyed playing with all of her toys and going to feed the ducks. The next day we headed to lunch with Grandma Foster and then off to the park. Veda was challenged by the monkey bars while Grayson was enjoying the tire swing and Grant the baby swings. Later in the day we headed to Auntie Rias for a 2 day sweep over as Gray would say! It was so nice to catch up and be in the presence of such awesome company. It's so hard to only see my best friend once a year so we had a lot of catching up to do. Everyone played so nicely together. I wish out trip could have lasted a little longer but we missed daddy so we had to go home. Hopefully we will make the trip at least once more this summer so we can play at the beach!

Imperfect vision

Awhile back, at kindergarten registration you, miss Veda failed your vision prescreening so you needed an eye exam and low and behold, you have pretty bad vision and have to wear glasses all the time. You were devastated and it broke my heart. You are slowly starting to be ok with them and hopefully you won't mind them at all once your in school. You look adorable in them!

11 months

What can I say? 11 months has been quite amazing. You are officially a walker!! Way to go Grant!! Mommy is so proud! Chasing you is not easy! your a quick one. You are very inquisitive and into EVERYTHING! I don't blame you, its quite fun to explore. You finally said MAMA!! I recall thinking that you had said it last month but this time, I KNOW you said it! It was clear as day, and my heart melted and Im fairly certain that tears were shed. Waving is a new milestone as well. Your too cute, you wait until the person you are waving at has walked out the door before you wave goodbye. Your 5th and 6th teeth are trying to make their debut and somedays you are quite miserable and just want mommy to hold you or carry you on my back all day. Stranger anxiety has set in and you won't even go to nana or papa without shedding tears. It breaks my heart. I hope this is a quick phase, even though I have to admit I LOVE the extra snuggles I receive when we have company. You are still nursing like a champ but you have also learned to use your sippy cup and love drinking water and milk from it....most of it dribbles down your chin to your shirt but your getting the hang of it! Food? You love all of it! There isn't anything I can think of that you won't eat. I hope this continues because your siblings are quite picky eaters. Time to plan your birthday bash Dr. Seuss style.........I love you baby boy!

Preschool graduation

Wow. It happened. My first born has graduated preschool and is all registered for Kindergarten. I knew that you would grow up too fast, everyone always warns parents of this and the reality of just how fast you have grown saddens me. Of course I am so proud of the little girl you have become, I just wish I could step back into the first days, months, and years of your life and take it all in again, but this time with less worry, less anxiety from being a new mom and less fear that I would somehow screw you up. Unfortunately, all I can do is move forward and continue to watch you grow far too fast before my eyes.
We have a summer packed full of fun and I plan to make the very best of every moment before you head off to Kindergarten all day in the fall. Congratulations on your first of many graduations! I am so proud of you Veda!

I had to share a photo of you and Cody. This is the little boy that you say you are going to Marry.......You came home from school one day excited to tell me all about him. I asked you what it was that you liked about him and you said "mom, Cody is soooo handsome AND funny" Unfortunately we didn't get a photo of you and your bff Keira but you will attend the same Kindergarten class in the fall and we will plan some playdates with her this summer.