Growing Grant

Some things Grant has been up to lately:(as of the past 2 months)

• feeding himself with a spoon and fork
• Carrying around his blankey after his naps
  
• repeating animal noises - he knows the lion, the elephant, the dog, and the duck
• stepping up small stairs and trying to walk up regular stairs
• sitting in booster seats at restaurants
  
• helping clean up his toys
• he has 12 teeth - all 4 molars!
  
• throwing things in the garbage can when asked
• talking on his cell phone all the time
• giving presentations and announcements
• cleaning the floors and walls with paper towels (I don't know why!)
• standing on chairs at the table
• throwing tempers for a diaper change :(
• grabbing my purse and telling me "bye bye"
• loving all of his shoes
• saying "more" after we tickle him
• wiping his own face after meals
  
• learning to say some new words - spoon, done, book (that's all I can think of right now)
• understanding almost anything we tell him
• running to mommy and daddy's room when he wakes up

Parenting is so much fun and we are really learning a lot. We are trying to teach Grant that it is not Ok to hit when he gets frustrated. He is not necessarily hitting us, but the wall or the floor, and occasionally us. He knows it it is not Ok but it his frustration of not yet having the communication with us that he wants. However, it is so neat to see him learning so much so fast. We actually went to dinner as family on Fri and Sat night this week and Lance and I almost forgot he was there both nights. He just sat in his booster chair and ate his dinner and then played with his crayons like such a good boy. Lance and I really enjoyed talking and sharing things with each other. That won't happen every time, but he is becoming more independent and it is very special to watch happen.

We won't be the best parents ever, we will make mistakes, and there will be very difficult moments. We will learn things we like from other parents and things we don't like. We will make adjustments to make things work for our family.... But we are having so much fun going on this journey and watching Grant grow.