Blisters

My little sir has blisters on his big toes. So sad!! He's been jumping so much lately - using only his big toes for take-off - and when he does his army crawl he only uses his big toes. His blisters are too sad. Any ideas?

This Boy Can Jump!

Graham now LOVES this bouncy chair that hangs from the doorway. It's taken him quite a while to get used to it. But, he's officially addicted. It's a bit like "bumper chairs"...

Graham and Allie

I LOVE this picture of Graham and his friend, Allie! (I think she likes him...)

Graham Has REALLY Found His Voice

Graham has been rather vocal for many months. He's particularly vocal these days...here's a taste...

What We've Been Up To...

We had another dinner at our house - my mother's birthday present. We had my mom, dad, and one other couple over for dinner. Loved it! We love having just a few people over and being able to linger over a long meal. Graham loves being at the table with us, too. (Although he gets a little loud...)


Kyle and I are alternating reading/ singing time each night. (Then we both sing to him as we put him to bed.) Well, our repertoires are MUCH different. A sampling ...

Song #1
I've got a gal named dirty 'Lil
She lives up on garbage hill
She never takes a bath
And she never will
Hop-a-chooey
Dirty 'Lil

I hestitate to write down his other songs. This does cause us quite a bit laughter at bedtime. And, Graham LOVES his dad's songs. We need to work on Kyle's repertoire. Obviously.




LOVE the feet that escape the sleep sack!

Graham's First Trip To The Zoo

The weather was perfect, we were looking for something fun to do with Graham....so we went to the zoo!! We had a ball. Graham's favorite thing to watch wasn't even an exhibit - he LOVED the geese. (Seriously?!) He also did like the meer kats and the prairie dogs. But the geese were definitely his favorite. We tried to walk away from them about 6 times - he cried every time.

We removed the "cup holder" tray in front of Graham once we realized he was having a hard time seeing things. Even the elephants and giraffes!

Graham laughed hysterically when he got in this bubble and was eye-level with the prairie dogs. Too funny!

He was very interested in the "animals" he could actually sit on...

Graham loves the water, but it took him a little while to warm up to the fountains. He was more interested once he saw all the kids in their bathing suits running through them

What's New...

Graham is just getting more fun by the day. Both Kyle and I are finding ourselves completely addicted to him! Some of his new things - he's got all kinds of new words (la, dada, something that sounds like mommy, fa - he spends a lot of time getting the "f" out of his mouth). He loves sitting at the dinner table with us - especially going out to dinner when we sit outside. He's a people-watcher just like his mom. He's giving great kisses these days - comes in with both hands on the face and mushes his wide open mouth on our faces. He has started biting....we think he learned this from his friend Allie. He hasn't bitten me, yet. Just Kyle. And he doesn't even have teeth, yet! So, he's just "gumming" it. Kyle says it still hurts. And, of course, Graham thinks it's hilarious. Which makes us laugh. How does one discpline?! With such a cute face, I'm such a sucker. Oh well.

This is Graham's friend, Allie. She's 6 weeks older, and they are too cute together. We had dinner together the other night, and these two were fun to watch interact.

Well just toppled over this way. Promise!

Graham is really interested in the hair dryer. So, we usually set his hair and blow-dry it into this style...

The garden - we are eating these veggies as fast as we can pick them. Unfortunately, there are not enough for me to make soups, sauces, etc. and freeze for the winter. I think we could actually eat twice the amount hte garden produces. My first purple pepper!

One of my favorite flowers - hibiscus. Have no idea how it survives every winter, but it does. Comes back every year.

One of our evenings out at dinner. We love going to Bravo and sitting outside. It's right in front of a fountain, and there is usually live music. This makes Graham very happy. And his mom and dad can have a very leisurely dinner. This evening there was a dance troupe on the commons - Graham loved watching the dancers! Very cool, I must say.