Playing with Jacob

Grant and I went to the library last week with our friends Sierra and Jacob. Jacob is 4 months old and had never been to Book Babies before. We had a good time, but both the boys were still fairly clueless about what's going on! It's designed for newborns to age 18 months, but the babies who are truly participating are usually over a year old. I've been going with Grant for the past few months (sometimes we go twice a week, sometimes not at all), and he still just enjoys watching what's going on. I'm sure eventually he'll catch on and be able to clap and do the hand motions.

Anyway, after the library, Sierra and Jacob came over to our house for a while. Jacob had already gotten back into his carseat when Grant became very interested in him! I think he thought Jacob was a toy, because he kept pulling at his hair and his face! Jacob was a good sport, though....he never cried or fussed even though it looked very painful a couple of times!

Jacob....what a cutie!!
Grant is having fun, and Jacob is wondering what's happening to him!!

Both boys smiling....

Labor Day

We had a nice Labor Day....we started it off by saying good-bye to the Mustang! Robbie, his wife Ashly, and his dad came down in the morning to pick it up. Here's a picture of all the guys standing in front of it.
Dean and Grant crying as it drives away one last time! Just kidding...
That afternoon, we had a fun Labor Day party with our Sunday school class. There was a big group of us, and we finally figured out (after many tries) how to work the timer on our camera! There were so many kids there....there were 8 babies ages 16 months and younger, plus a few more who are older!

Finally....another picture of the three of us together! I don't think we've had one taken since Easter! It was so cute that I decided to use it as our photo on the front of our blog. Grant had a good time crawling around and playing with Benjamin's toys (we had the party at his parents' house), but he was very tired and ready for bed by the time we left!

Fun in the bath!

Yesterday we gave Grant his first "big boy" bath at home, where he just sat by himself in the tub instead of in his little blue infant tub. We should have done this a LONG time ago, as he has been standing and squirming around in that little tub for weeks now! But I never remembered to look for a large child-sized shower mat while I was out, until I finally found one last week at Target. So he enjoyed playing yesterday, but there were a couple of times that he planted his head in the water while diving for toys. So now we have to watch him even more closely (at least until he figures out what happens when his face falls in the water!). This next picture is about a week old, but shows what he does when it's bathtime. When he hears the water running, I go into his bedroom and take his clothes and diaper off, then set him on the floor. He takes off crawling into the bathroom and stands next to Daddy, just bouncing up and down and making noise until we put him in the water!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EVAN!

We hope you have a great birthday, big boy! We had fun with you this weekend and can't wait to see you again in a couple of months for Grant's birthday! We love you!

Packing is fun!

Grant has been "helping" me pack a lot this past week. He loves to play with tape, and he's discovered that it's really fun to pull it off boxes that I've just packed!
Here he is going through some of the kitchen gadgets I'd just finished putting into a box....
As I may have said before, Grant LOVES to crawl over to the cat food and water bowls. Sometimes in a span of 10 minutes I'll have to go grab him 20 times! That kid has a one-track mind sometimes! The other day, I set up a barricade of boxes so that he couldn't get through to get to that part of the room. But he even figured out a way to get through the barricade....he found a small opening and squirmed his way through it!

Although it's taking me much longer than it would take an ordinary person (without a baby) to pack up our house, I'm very thankful for the company he provides to me! And I'm just more and more amazed every day at things he figures out, and how he's becoming like a curious little person more and more!