Lately...

Here are a few pics and updates about what has been going on in Perestaville the past couple of months. Since my last post in August, we have celebrated:

Fall and Halloween

 

Thanksgiving

 

and will be celebrating Christmas in a couple of weeks.  You both experienced your first snowstorm of the Winter last week and snow is still on the ground.

 

 

Also, I have begun watching Eden (my niece) since her mommy has gone back to work.  Eden has fit right in around here and the boys LOVE having her around. 

We celebrated Jace going to be with Jesus.  You both love all of your cousins so much.

The boys have both gotten taller, are still active as boys are, and definitely fight and play like brothers.  Owen is in 4t clothes and size 8-9 shoes and Brady is in 24 month clothes and size 6 shoes.

They love to play all boy toys including cars, trucks, trains, superheroes, legos, and blocks. Owen loves puzzles and they both love books. Owen loves to chill at times and watch his favorite shows or movies and has just started to pretend more and make up songs. He is very smart and loves to learn and is still going to preschool 2 mornings a week.  Brady is very active and is rarely sitting still. He loves to play, climb, and to be rough.  He also is our snuggler and loves to read in our laps. 

 

We love our boys so much and are so blessed to have both of them.

 

Jess and Grant (mommy and daddy)

Update on life

Update on life...

Brady had to get his 15 month shots yesterday :-( That was a pretty interesting appointment to say the least.  They told us to get there 20 minutes early to fill out paperwork for their new computer system, then as I go to the counter, they said it looked like I didn't need to fill out paperwork. So, since Brady's appointment wasn't until 4pm, we had 20 minutes to kill or so I thought.  They didn't even call us back until 4:25.  AHHHH!!!!!  Anyways, he is a cute, chubby, precious boy.  He is 23 pounds now (27th percentile) and I can't remember in the commotion how long he was but I do know he was in the 77th percentile. 

Brady's personality has really taken off and he is such a hoot!  He is walking all over the place now.  He loves to make noises and looks at us and babbles like we know what he is saying.  He is working on getting new teeth in so isn't too thrilled about that, but he is dealing with it. 

 

We cannot believe that Owen will be starting preschool in a week and a half!!!!  Where does the time go?  I don't think he fully understands what we mean when we tell him he is starting school, but I know he will absolutely love it!  He is getting so tall, smart, handsome, funny, and just downright cute.  He has become such a big helper in anything I ask him to do around the house or to help out with his little brother. 

 

 

These two boys love each other so much!  They really do get along really well and love to play together.  Their personalities are night and day, but I think it compliments each other well.  Our prayer as they get older is that they continue to love each other and truly become best friends. 

 

As for Grant and I, we are loving being parents and are still best friends.  We definitely have a crazy, fun filled, exhausting at times life, but wouldn't change it for anything.  Grant is still busy working in the ISD department for Walmart, and I am busy hanging out with our boys and doing playgroups, library, playgrounds, or whatever else comes our way.  We love our church so much and Jess is playing keyboard on the worship team and Grant is serving on the sound team. 

Brady 1 year!

Sweet Brady,

You have officially reached the one year milestone!  We cannot believe how quickly this year has flown by.  You are such an amazing addition to our family and we are so lucky to have our lives.  Your personality is so funny and unique and you were definitely hand crafted by God.  We cannot wait to continue watching you grow up into a strong man of God.  We love you more than words can express and are so proud to call you ours. 

Love,

Daddy, mommy, and Owen

Brady 11 months

Brady,

You are 11 months old.  It is hard to believe that in less than a month you will be a year old!  Time flies when you're having fun, and you my dear are a ton of fun. 

You just learned this week how to stand by yourself for about 10 seconds, will reach out for what you want, will mimic what you see someone else doing, and learned to clap.  You are also becoming quite the climber.  You will climb up the stairs, and now you are climbing on the laundry basket and into chairs by yourself.  You are learning so fast and your personality is really starting to shine through more and more.

You love, love, love to eat.  If it wasn't for your allergies, you would literally eat anything we put in front of you.  We are finding more and more that you can eat or will modify what we are eating for you.

Nothing has changed much in your sleep routine.  You take 2 naps a day at around 9 and 1 and go to bed from 7pm-7am each night.  You have become such a good sleeper and will put yourself to sleep.  We think back to 6 months ago, and things are so much different now.

You are working on getting some more teeth and have been chewing anything you can get your hands on.  You have tons of drool coming out right now too. 

You still say mama and dada (still not directly to your dad or I), say "uh-uh" for uh-oh, "nuh-nuh" for no no, and you are starting to babble in your own special language so much more.  You will look directly at your dad, Owen, or I and will just start talking. 

We have started saying no to you a lot more.  You have decided the last couple of weeks to throw your food or cup when you are finished eating, and are catching on to the word no.  You sometimes think it is funny though and will smile at us when we say it.

You and Owen still play so good together.  Poor buddy, we can tell you're the little brother thought.  Owen thinks he is supposed to help us correct you, but is also a super great big brother and helps whenever we need him to.  When asked to share his toys with you though, he will give you the car missing a wheel, the toys with no batteries, or other gimpy toys that he has no interest in. 

This month you celebrated your first Easter.  You and Owen dressed alike.  Also this month, you went to Louisiana to meet Mawmaw Barbara and the rest of mommy's family for the first time!  They absolutely loved you and thought you were a sweet baby. 

We love you so much and can't wait to finish watching you grow up.

Brady 10 months

Brady,

You are 10 months old!  How in the world is this possible?

You are still a mover and are currently working on trying to stand up and walking with a walker.  You crawl so fast and love to chase after your brother, daddy, or I when we crawl with you. 

You are easily entertained and laugh and smile so much!

You are such a good eater and you love to eat!  You are so excited that you can feed yourself now.  We have fed you pasta, veggies, fruits, beans, and any other gluten or dairy free food that I can find. 

You have a double ear infection and you go back to the dr this week to make sure that it has gone away this time.  You have so many teeth coming in right now and that isn't making you too happy.

You still go to bed anywhere between 6:30-7:30 and wake up between 7-7:30.  You still prefer to take two naps a day, but will sometimes just take one good middle of the day nap depending on our schedule for that day.

This month you have said mama, dada, say and wave bye bye, uh oh, and are working on echoing things we say.  We don't think you know that you are saying these things or that we are mama and dada but it is still exciting to hear.

You absolutely LOVE playing with Owen.  You want to keep up with him so bad and we can tell that you can't wait to walk.

This month you got dedicated to the Lord.  They prayed a special prayer over you and we receive that and promise to raise you and your brother to love Jesus. 

We love you so much sweet cheeks.

Owen 3 years!

Owen,

You are 3 years old!  We cannot believe it!  For some reason, this birthday hit me the hardest.  Maybe because now I know you really aren't a baby or toddler anymore, but you are a big boy! 

On your birthday, you got pancakes that were shaped in the number 3 and a little single person cake.  Then, Saturday, you had a Mickey Mouse party with our family.  Jaxon and Uncle Justin couldn't make it because Jaxon got a stomach virus and Aunt Emily wasn't there because she lives in Texas.  You got a lot of clothes, pajamas, shoes, underwear, socks, a sandbox, water table, pool, bath toy instruments, puzzle, night light, Spiderman car, and a big ball to bounce on.  You loved all of your presents and had so much fun celebrating!

Since your 2 1/2 year blog post, you have changed a lot in 6 months!  You are saying so many sentences and tell us so many stories.  You are developing a strong will (which your pediatrician told me is normal for 3 year olds) and are starting to throw more fits if you don't get your way or if you don't want to do something.  You are still such a sweet little man though, and are so much fun to be around. 

You are starting to make more and more boy noises.  You love to make farting noises with your daddy and you laugh if you hear someone else make that noise.  Even the way you play is all boy.  You love to knock down trucks and tell me about the monsters, dragons, and giants that are coming to our house.  You are very rough and tumble and I love seeing your personality starting to come out more and more.  You love to snuggle, give hugs and kisses, but it has to be your idea.  One of my favorite times with you is in the car because you will talk and talk forever! 

You are such a good big brother.  Brady is starting to do more and more and gets on your nerves at times, but you handle it so well.  We are working on telling you to let us know if he is bothering you instead of you trying to solve the problem by yourself by pushing him or taking toys out of his hands.  It bothers you when he tries to eat your toys or when he tries to destroy your train track or a puzzle you are working on.  But, we are trying to teach you patience.

You can identify all but about two letters, you know about 5-6 colors, you know most of your shapes, and you can count to 20.  I am working on number recognition, but you are not quite there yet.  You love to read and love to "read" to us.  You love to pretend and I love watching you play by yourself because your imagination is amazing to watch.  You also love to pray and read bible stories.  We absolutely love this.

You were a ninja for Halloween and got to go to the pumpkin patch, and had a great Thanksgiving at Mimi's and a Christmas at Mawmaw's. 

You love going to church, playgroups, MOPS, the library, the playground, Chickfila, Mawmaws house, and Chuck-e-cheese.  You also love to just stay home and play toys and outside too.  You love to watch tv and we have to monitor how much you watch, because you would watch it all day if we let you.  Some of your favorite shows are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Dora the Explorer, Diego, Little Einsteins, and Doc McStuffins.  You love to play with trucks, your train on your traintrack, puzzles, musical instruments, balls, and love to read books.  You are going to start preschool in September and you are so excited about that! 

We got a new dog this month named Tinka and you absolutely love her!  You love to play with her, snuggle with her, and help feed and let her out to go potty.

You still go to bed between 7:30-8 and wake up around 7.   You have always been a good sleeper.  You still take one nap a day, but we have missed it occasionally and you do ok.  But, if you miss your nap more than just once in a while, you will shut down. 

You are completely potty trained!  But, you still wear pull ups for naps and to bed at night.  You have just recently started to tell us when you need to go #2 so that was the final step in the process.  Yeah!  We are so proud of you our big boy.  You have also started peeing standing up "like daddy" and are so glad you can. 

You are 39 inches tall and 32 1/2 pounds.  You are growing like a weed little dude.  You are in 3t-4t shirts, and 3t pants.  You outgrew all of your 2t pants.  You are in size 6 shoes. 

You are finally getting your 2 year molars in!  It's about time sugar!  You went to the dentist for the first time in January and you did so good!

We love you so much and can't wait to continue watching you grow up handsome guy!

 

Love,

Mommy and daddy