13 months... getting bigger and better by the day!

This was me and Grayson when he was just 10 days old.. the first time with the monster trucks!!!

This was a race car that we saw on the side of the road in front of NTW... so of course we had to stop!!!

Me and Grayson... he was not THAT interested in pics!!!

Grayson in the Monster Truck... BigFoot's tire....

The show... that Big Foot did!!! It was pretty cool!!!

And the finished product... lots of smashed up cars!!!

Bow down to Prince Grayson!!!

Digging for gold!!!

Grayson picked a winner!!!

All 3 kids at the golf Game... Grayson helping Aiden out... ha ha ha!!!

Well the last post I wrote at work the other day... but couldn't get the pics to load so while Grayson takes his afternoon nap... kinda late... I am gonna try to update some and put up some random pics...

Well to begin two weekends ago Grayson's daycare had a small school carnival that we went to for a little while... Grayson played a little golf... the kid will SO be into sports... he held the club pretty good and made a hole in one... I was impressed... this game was in his classroom so we visited with his AWESOME teacher! I have to say my kid is such an awesome kid! Everywhere I have EVER taken him school wise he is always SO excellent! I always have the teachers telling me how friendly he is and how they wish all the kids would be like him! So we visited with his teacher for a little while then he ate 2 hotdogs... I know the kid is a PIG!!! Then we went to the lollipop tree and if you pulled out a sucker with a black dot on the end you won... both the cousins pulled out duds... but wouldn't you know my kid pulled 2 winners... no he didn't get to enjoy the suckers... but he did get to play... then he went and dug for gold... and we decided to go to the local Firestone auto place! As I was making our way over to Grayson's school I saw at the Firestone a monster truck and a race car... so as a treat Nonnie met me and the other family and we all went up to see the monster truck! We were amazed when we got there and Big Foot was doing a little show and smashing up cars... it was Great! What is even cooler is last summer Aiden's boy scout troop won monster trucks so when Grayson was 10 days old I have NUMEROUS pics of him with the monster trucks and the drivers which is so awesome... and then a year later we just happened upon another monster truck that was not at the one last year! I am amazed to compare how much bigger he is and what he can do... last year I had to hold him... this year he sat in the wheel... amazing!!!

Then we drove to the NTW and took a few pics with the race car and then we called it a day!

We have been SO busy lately it is nice... but also crazy! Grayson is SO active and I love it... it is SO nice that he walks... but also bad cause he throws temper tantrums all the time! and when I tell him no he will have a TT and scream and throw himself on the floor and not move! It is great! He is still eating like a champ... not as well or as much as he was prior... BUT I think a lot has to do with his new school! They have him in the step up class than what he was in at the old school and they only do one nap and they will not give baby food or yogurt! SO he is not eating as much as before... but he is still eating a lot!

On a side note... I just want to say... Grayson is 13 months and still breast feeding... I am SO proud! He is my little champ! We have dropped his feedings if we are out and about... he gets distracted way too easily... but morning and night... nap time and if we are home... a few times during the day! I am SO excited I was able to make it a year I think it is one of the things I am the most proud of! It can be VERY hard but at the same time Grayson and I are SO close and I know it is what is best for the little guy! I LOVE him SO much!

Also, I love to baby wear! For anyone that is nervous... they are crazy... it gives you 2 hands... can be done from the time they are born (if you do it right) and make you so much closer to your child! I started with a simple sling I borrowed from my sister that never fit really well and I made a fake moby wrap! Then a fellow mom from a group I joined had the baby hawk... it was SO cute! It was expensive but I got SO much use out of it... it became my quick favorite! I started wearing him in the baby hawk when I got it when he was about 4-5 weeks old... and I have worn him in it the most! I put it on the back burner a few month ago when Grayson started to ride in his push car or stroller more and I didn't really have to carry him much! Well this weekend it came in handy! We had to part a little away from the stadium for the baseball game and I put him on my back and put the hawk behind him for extra support so my hands were free my back didn't hurt and it was not too bad having to carry the big boy a distance! Then on the way out of the stadium I put him back on the front of me so he could snuggle and settle to go to sleep! I forgot how much I missed wearing him!!! Then on Sunday I didn't have my BH so I found my sling that I have not worn in a few months cause I thought he is just too big... even though I know kids can ride in the in different holds till they are 35 lbs... I go into denial at times! Well I went to Target and Grayson had just fallen asleep and I hated to wake him but I can't hold him without him waking up... well I put the sling on and put him in it... and wouldn't you know that Grayson slept for an hour and a half while I walked around there then into the shoe store next to Target! I forgot how much I missed Baby wearing... but now that I started again... I do still love it even with my big boy... and I think I may start it up again!!!

Well my boy is awake again... guess it is time to make dinner... and play so we can go to bed... off to the pulmonologist tomorrow to check the meds... then to the pedi on friday to get his 12 month shots... just a few weeks late... but we had to wait cause he was on steriods at 12 months... hopefully he won't be sick this weekend from the shots!!! But I figured I have 3 days off... I should take advantage of them and have his shots done!