Grayson's first Haircut!

This is Addison getting her first haircut
Grayson waiting his turn. Check out the hair behind his ears!

During the torture

"NO, please don't!!"

And....AFTER!

It went pretty much like Addison's first haircut. There were lolipops and lots of tears. Addison was 2 before she had her first haircut, but my little man had some serious extra hair growing behind his ears, so off we went!

My sweet prince is 11 months old....

I don't even know what to say. I'm so sad that this little guy is so big. It's bitter sweet knowing your last baby is almost 1. The knobby knees, squishy thighs, puckered hiney, chubby fingers and tiny toe days are almost a memory. Each time I feed him, I just look at those sweet features and try to engrain them in my memory.

Grayson is such a big boy and he's changing right before my eyes. He's not walking yet, and has just started to stand on his own-for a few seconds. He's a speed crawler and a big babbler. He loves to wave and point and loves loves loves food! He's eats more than his 2 year old sister at almost every meal and he eats most everything we do. He is so happy all the time, from the moment he wakes up to his last snuggle before I lay him in his bed. We have been so incredibly lucky to have such an amazing son. He lights up our days and I can't imagine our lives without him.

We're off to see the wizard!

Every day brings something new with a 2 year old. The past few weeks have been no exception. Since Griffin picked The Wizard of Oz to watch at Papa's house over Christmas, Addison has been in love with this movie! She's pretty much watches it every day. She asks to watch it as soon as she wakes up and would probably watch it twice a day if I let her. We first saw the Ruby Slippers at the Gap this past weekend and when I showed them to her it didn't click. She just moved on to the next thing so, so did I. The next day...CLICK! "Momma, can we go to the Gap and get slippers like Darby?"...yes, she calls her Darby. So, the next day off we went to Gap to get her Ruby Slippers. She's worn them non stop since.

Griffin & Addison

Going for a ride
Sharing fruit snacks

Reading with Papa

Playing on the pool table

A sweet embrace...not.

Griffin & Addison had so much fun together. It was great to see them having such a great time together. Hopefully they will remember each other and be able to share the same fun the next time they meet!

More Christmas in Michigan

Melissa & Andy
Lori & Martha

Tuppy & Jack

Uncle John, Griffin & Addison

Mike & me

John & Melissa

Tuppy & Grayson

Maggie, Melissa & Me

Family

Jack...gotta love this picture!

Uncle Andy preparing dinner...man, was that YUMMY!
Griff rockin' out


Suzie

Madie, or is it Maddy, or Maddi...how are you spelling it these days?

Addison & Aunt Maggie

We had a great time in Michigan with our family. The kids all had a blast and it was so nice to get together with everyone for a Christmas...it had been way too long.

Pre-Christmas get together!

Becky and Pierson sharing a little snuggle
Jackson checkin' out his new Handy Manny Tool set

Horsin' around

Takin' a scotterin' break to catch some Dora

We got together with The Todd's for a little pre-christmas get together. Addison and Jackson really can't get enough of each other. They each got a new scooter and loved scootering around the house! They had dinner in their jammies and really had a great together, as always!

Panties....

Don't have a picture to share for this one, but after I tell you the story, I'm sure you'll have a pretty good picture in your head of what we saw.
We got out the big girl panties in a frugal effort to spark some interest in the potty. There were pairs of all different types-Dora, Little Mermaid, Cinderella, etc. She loved them. She wanted to try all of them on. I got excited!!! Then it faded and she asked to put her diaper back on....Ok. So bedtime came and the diaper was changed and the jammies put on. She went to sleep, or so we thought, without a hitch.
I went to check on her before we went to bed, which I'm learning now, is a necessity, not just a "one more kiss" sorta visit. I walked into her room and her jammies were on the floor. This was not a huge surprise as she's done this a few times before when her jammies she has on aren't good enough and she needs a "new kind". She was all snuggled up in her big girl bed, tucked under the covers nice and warm. I drew back the covers and found her in a pair of Dora panties and a pair of socks. We've never laughed so hard at one of her silly things as we did with this one.
I woke her up to put a diaper on her and she refused to take the panties off. So, what's a mom to do? I put her diaper on right over the Dora panties. yep, she woke up a few hours later cause her "panties got ALL wet".
Is there any hope?

Crazy for this girl!

What can I say, I'm just crazy for my sweet (most of the time) 2 year old.