~ 14 Months ~
Grayson is 14 months!
He is talking a lot and constantly learning new words. His new words are pasta, monkey, please, more, kite, airplane, kick it, hi Daddy, hi mommm, this, pumpkin and he tries to say Juju, Ethan and Oma. He started pointing and whining when he wanted something so I taught him to say please instead of whine and it only took him a few days to learn this. At first I would say "What do you say" and then he would reply with please, but now I don't even have to ask him, he just says please when he wants something. It's the cutest thing. He loves making animal sounds and can do the following: monkey, sheep, cat, lion, bear, cow, horse and duck. Our nanny is teaching him Spanish and he knows how to answer Quantos Anos Tienes (How old are you?) and Donde Esta Tu Cavasa (Where is your head). He can also answer those questions in English. He learned how to dance from watching Sesame Street (so cute!). He is getting his molars (I think 3 of them) and his bottom left next to the two center teeth. The molars have really bothered him at times and I feel so bad. He is down to one nap now around 1/1:30 and sleeps 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. I was not ready for this, but he kept refusing his afternoon nap so we slowly pushed back his morning nap. He started a music class that meets once a week. At the first class we all sat down in a circle and he went into the middle of the group and started spinning around and around and fell down and laughed (his new thing). He kept walking up to everyone and saying Hiiii. He is such a little social guy. They also have open play every day so this will be nice this winter.
Notes on pictures below:
He loves going to the park and looking for airplanes. He is starting to notice the other kids at the park. It's fun to see him interact with them, especially when he pretends to give them something and then he takes it back. He saw his first kite and I see us buying one in the near future. Grayson and I had a picnic in the park and it was the perfect little date.
Allison, Cora, Elin and Gabe came for a visit and they had a blast at the park. Grayson loves going down the slide head first and jumping down from the platform on the equipment (only a small drop).
My friend Angie, her husband Chris and their two adorable girls Tia and Lexi came for a weekend and it was love at first sight. He was obsessed with the girls and followed them around.
Ethan came with us to Grayson's swim class and went in the water with him. Ethan was great with him and it was cute to see. Ethan is a great swimmer so the perfect teacher. Ethan also helped decorate for Halloween. They put up a spider web, big huge spider and small spiders. Grayson is obsessed with Halloween decorations and loves all the neighbors spiders and pumpkins. When I take him on walks he wants to stop at every house that has a decoration and see it. He loves the neighbor's cat and has cried a few times when we had to say bye-bye.
We took Grayson to Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch and Oma came with us too. The place was so crowded, but luckily he's too young to want to go on the rides. We did see the lamas and ponies and he had fun playing in the pumpkins. We took some cute pictures in front of the sign that says How Tall This Fall. I think it will be a fun tradition to go every year and take a picture there.
We spent Halloween at the Ohlanders house. Craig and Scott drove from the city to meet us at their house. We had a fun day playing at their house and then ventured out in the cold for trick-or-treating. Cora and Elin were cowgirls, Grayson and Ethan were cowboys and Noa (Natalie's daughter) was a lion. They were all so cute! We had a hard time getting pictures and there were some meltdowns, but I ended up getting several good ones. The boys lasted about 5 minutes outside because the adults decided it was too cold. I gave Grayson his first piece of candy and he loved it. He had a kit kat and had chocolate all over his face. What a fun Halloween!
Grayson is still obsessed with pens and taking the top off and putting it back on. I let him do it while I was sitting right next to him but he still got pen all over his face. Oops! He also loves doing that with my eyeliner. He loves playing with my makeup and sitting on my lap while I do mine, but that's nearly impossible.
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