Apple Picking

Went to the Julian Apple Orchards in San Diego with a 4 car caravan for the day to pick apples, sample honey, gold mine, and have some BBQ.

 

Sampling the merchandise

Grants friends, Ava (3) and Charlotte (2)

Making apple pies in the window, the lines were out the door so we missed out.

9 adults, 8 children, and 1 on the way.

1 Year Update

Grant has been walking for 2 months now and he’s getting faster and faster.  He seems to want to run everywhere rather than walk.  His favorite things to do are play with and in water especially swimming pools, push things like toys and his stroller, ride his motorcycle, cars, and rough house by doing assisted somersaults and hanging upside down.  Peek a boo and chase are still a favorite as well. We’ve been lucky that he is a healthy eater with a great appetite.  I add foods to the list on the right hand side of this blog as they are newly tried. There is nothing so far that Grant will not eat and the variety is endless. He’s been drinking out of different stage sippy cups for a while and recently started drinking from a juice box with a straw.  I try and keep him engaged in activities so a typical week will have trips to the park, story time at the library, mommy music and me class, a visit with the grandparents and a day to relax at home and play with toys and read books. Grant went on his first casting call yesterday in Hollywood and he was great since he loves to be around other children.  Number 7^th tooth has broken through, still have several to go. He says Momma, Dad and Ca (cat) but understand and mimics a lot. His favorite video is the Einstein Video, Animals around us with puppets and sing a longs. He has never really taken to baths maybe its because he has to sit still, right now he prefers the shower. Sitting still is definitely not a Grant trait, he can’t even have a bottle in my lap without taking a sip and rolling and kicking his legs and moving positions. Which brings me to diaper changes and sitting still. Yes, we still do most of them standing up or running away. Its been a great year, so thankful for our lil man.

 

 

 

Live to Ride

Lil' Man Party

No longer a baby, now a Lil' Man. Grants 1st birthday celebration.

 

 

A time line of favorite pics from each month of the year.

 

The centerpiece for the table. All things a lil' man may need in the future. His briefcase, ties, cell phone, car keys, etc.

 

Grants bath tub doubling as a beer, water and juice box cooler. Wet your whiskers.

 

Grandpa Hawkins giving me some advise

Helping Grant dig into his cake. He really wasn't interested in it, there were too many exciting people to see.

 

That was it, a little frosting and he wanted up and out.

This toy was harder to put together than it looks. 3 men and daddy trying to assemble it.

Check me out on my new ride!

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Cool Cuts

First of already many haircuts for Grant. His 1st was at 5 months he has so much hair as you can tell.

 

So excited, he usually gets his hair cut sitting on my lap at a salon

Driving the car and watching Mickey

Ok Miss Helen, thats enough fussing with my hair, times up!

Good to go!

Spinning Nest

Our first carousel ride and we decided to sit in the spinning nest. So not only does it spin but the carousel obviously spins. A little dizzy at first for me but Grant and I loved it. I have way too much fun with my lil man!

 

 

The Plunge

Grant and I signed up for the Parent and Me, Learn to Love the Water Class which was 2 weeks, daily for 30 min.  We had a lot of fun and Grant got a lot of underwater time.  He practiced crawling out of the pool and jumping in on the count of three.  He learned to hold his breath by repeated counts of three which we still practice in the shower when he goes under the water.  He kicked, swam under the water to Miss Aly and back to me, went under with her to retrieve a ring at the bottom of the pool and jumped off the diving board twice.