Bananas!!

Grey is starting to figure it out...

Eating Peas

Grevin still loves his peas...even though he is trying really really hard to figure out how to eat them with a spoon.

And I love the "please" at the end :)

Happy Birthday, Andrew!

Grevin's best friend, Andrew, is TWO!!  We had such a good time at his birthday party-eating monkey cake, jumping in the bounce house, and especially playing in the sandbox!

 Happy Birthday, Andrew! 

Playing in the sandbox

Grey*Andrew*Brewer (after playing hard ALL day!)

Including the parents this time!

Happy Mother's Day

I never knew how much love my heart could hold until someone called me "mommy."
-- Author Unknown

 

 

 Look at all the wonderful gifts I received from my little boy...he is so thoughtful!  Grammie and he made this potholder for me.  I promise his hand really doesn't look like that...but it shows you how hard it is for him to sit still!

He picked out some flowers( and a balloon) with his daddy.

And he can't wait to help me dig a hole to plant these flowers...

On Mother's Day, I was able to sleep in while Zippy and Grevin went to the store to get flowers, mimosas, and food for our picnic lunch at the Oakland Zoo.  Grammie and Grandpa went with us, and we met up with the Wings to check out all the amazing animals.  Auntie Zephy even came to hang out with us for awhile, too!  

Grey and I riding the train

Gotta love those kisses!

This was Grevin's first trip to the zoo.  I think he really enjoyed it even though it rained (or I guess I should say because of the rain because there were lots of puddles to play in!)

He really liked the stairs where you go to see the lion...

The sticks by railroad crossing

Going through the tunnel with his dad

And looking at the "wild" animals in the enclosures..

(he was so fascinated by the Homo sapien hosing down the bird cage)

 

He did like playing with the lion...as long as he had his stick!

As you can tell, he really wasn't too interested in the zoo for the animals...and would have had more fun playing in the backyard :)  I guess we will wait a little longer before our next visit so he can really enjoy the zoo for what is there!  

It was a nice Mother's Day and it was fun hanging out with the people who mean so much to me.  I really love being a mother to this cute little boy!

Cover of Life Magazine

Thanks, Grandpa DeShazer, for sharing this with us!

Birthdays and Horse Races

A weekend full of birthdays! And for adults, not kids! Saturday, we celebrated Andrea's birthday and Grey had alot of fun playing with her son, James.  Now that James is sitting up, it is entertaining to watch them interact.

 Grevin trying to share with James

James trying to walk like Grevin!

 Enjoying the sunshine and warm weather

Grevin is in heaven if he can find a shovel and somewhere to dig...we finally found a place where he  could dig and wouldn't destroy the flowers at their house!

On Sunday, we went to celebrate Ben's birthday at Golden Gate Fields.  It was alot of fun to watch the horses, Grey thinks they are big dogs, and he danced to Tainted Love between the races.  

 Ben (aka Uncle Larry the birthday boy)*Grevin* Zippy* OJ

 This is the only picture I got at the races. When he wasn't listening to the band, he was soooo soooo cranky!  I am not sure what has gotten into him this last week, I think it is allergies (runny clear snot nonstop), he has been melting down at anything and everything.  He kept asking for a cracker, as soon as he got one, he would throw it.  He would ask to be put down, as soon as his feet would hit the floor, he would drop to the ground in tears asking to be picked up. I know he doesn't feel well but I hope this isn't foreshadowing the terrible twos!!  Ugh!

Words

I love, love, love communicating with Grevin whether it is in sign or with his spoken words. He gets such a kick out of it, too, when we get what he is saying. On the other hand, he has perfected the tantrum when we don't understand what he is trying to communicate.

A couple of people have been asking me what he is signing/saying and I can never think of them in the moment so here is the list that I came up with today:


Signs:
grandpa
fish
dog
cat
more
please
eat
drink
ball
cracker
banana
bottle
hat
book
again
help
bird
bath
dance (made his own)
keys (made his own)
fan

Spoken Words:
mommy
daddy
kitty
side (outside)
doggy
ball
peez
uh, peez (up, please)
tree
light
Ubee (Ruby)
aqui (aquaphor)
keys
Andrew(sounds like andy)
hat

Noises: cars, cat, dog, pig, lion

I know I am missing some and I am sure Grammy could add some to this list. It is amazing how a year ago he had difficulties holding up his head and now he can communicate! I love watching him grow!

Not much going on...

I have been busy at work this week and Grevin has felt a little under the weather so not much exciting has happened lately.  Here are a few pictures that really have nothing to do with each other-just random ones from the last couple of weeks.

 We have been cleaning house...

 taking naps...

taking baths...

Ruby*Grevin*Andrew

(Andrew was thirsty!)

Showing off his hat he got from Grandpa and Grammy who went to the A's game

his first artistic creation...

HOPPY BELATED EASTER!

This post is a little late but I just had to share this...

 Grevin was not too thrilled about the Easter bunny this year.  He was fine until Zippy stepped away from him!  The photographer thought it would help if she gave him an Easter egg but he thought it was a ball and kept throwing it back to her before she could get a picture!

One Year Check Up (at 13 months)

With the birthday party and our trip to Oregon, we postponed Grey's one year check up until today.  Everything went well, the doctor thinks he is going to be a very social guy. Not sure where he gets that from....

Stats:
Weight: 25lb 11oz (79%)
Height: 2 ft 9 in (or 33 inches)  (98%)
Head: 20.51 in (100%+)

The doctor actually thinks that the nurse measured his head incorrectly but didn't think it was a big deal.  If you look at the growth chart, it looks like there was a HUGE jump and it goes shooting off of the chart but it doesn't look like his head is that big.  Doctor thinks he is going to be the tallest in his class which is funny because Zippy never was a big guy.  Maybe he will be taking after my mom's dad's side of the family? 

The doctor loves that we are doing the signs with him and really thinks this will help reinforce the spoken word.  When the doctor asked us about nutrition and food, as soon as he said food, Grevin did the sign for more and we all started laughing.  There is nothing wrong with his eating!

His ears also looked really good and healed from his ear drum rupture last month.  Everything is back to normal.

Of course, he wasn't too happy about his vaccines, but as soon as the injection tech started blowing bubbles, he was laughing through his tears. 

When we were in the doctor's office, Grevin learned how to open the door there.  I am so glad we don't have those kinds of handles at our house or else I would never be able to keep him inside!

(this is the second post for today so make sure to scroll down and read the next post!)