Grayson & Liam ~ September Photos

The boys had fun this month.  Liam is learning to write mom and dad at school.  The boys got new blankets, Minecraft for Grayson and Star Wars for Liam.  They are having fun getting ready for Halloween and trying on their costumes.  Mommy and Daddy had a wedding in Michigan so Phil, Kat and Paxton watched the boys.  They went to a cool playground and got ice cream.  They always have fun with Pax.  Liam is loving preschool and meeting new friends especially his new best friend James. 

Our 15 Year Anniversary

We celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary at RPM Steak.  We had plans to celebrate our anniversary in Italy, but we weren't able to plan it in time so we hope to do this next year.  It's crazy to think it's been 15 years...we've been through so much in this time, but thank GOD I was so obsessed and so persistent...we've been blessed with two amazing boys!  

Grayson's 6th Birthday Party at Altitude Trampoline Park

Grayson celebrated his 6th birthday at Altitude Trampoline Park.  He has 30 friends in his class (they have two full time teachers as well as several aides) so we invited all his classmates in addition to his other friends in the neighborhood.  Grayson had the best time with his friends at the trampoline park. They spent the first hour jumping, followed by a dodge ball game, pizza, cake and more jumping.  

Grayon's presents:

Samantha: book, Rory: book or legos, Sienna - Amazon gift card, Builing blocks huge snake, monster truck book, Batman battle power, Alice T - Bernstein Bears book, Not sure:  Bobble head hanger, Andrews world mystery figure, Nora: walls and warriors game; Martin: cars launching mack transporter, April: gift card to Jenni's ice cream; Ginny: batman; Andrew: how to train your dragon; Will: rock, paper, scissors, pickles game, woopy cushion, Beurskens family: minecraft legos, lion guard stuffed animal; Riley: minecraft wallet, minecraft stuff, baby animals; Charlotte: star wars legos; Michael and Poppy: light up football, light up rockets; James: shark monster trucks; Conner: batman bendables, city legos; Luke: uno cards, batman legos; Jack: minecraft legos; 

Ariel: sharkology for Liam, other cool stuff for Grayson; Alice: star wars legos; Francisco - city legos,  Ross family - gift card, Sergi family: gift card, Mimi/Papa/Oma: gift card.  

Theme for party:

Grayson is obsessed with Minecraft so of course we had to have a Minecraft themed birthday party.  Grayson wore a green button down creeper shirt from Minecraft.  We had pizza, fruit, Sweet Mandy B's birthday cake and treat bags.  We also had fun Minecraft balloon bouquets and decorations for the party.  

Grayson's Endocrinologist Appointment

Grayson is such a strong little guy.  He had to go to the endocrinologist to make sure his weight/height were okay for his age.  They did a lot of tests and luckily he is okay.  His doctor was a little worried about his height and weight compared to last year, but it turns out a big part of it was the nurse didn't weigh and measure him appropriately.  Part of the problem is the doctor's office does not have as sophisticated equipment as the endocrinologist office.  They did a bone scan and one good thing is his bone age is 5 years when his actual age is 6 years, which means he still has room to grow.  We will continue to monitor his height and weight and hope that he continues to grow on the growth chart.  When they took the blood they had a hard time collecting the blood and had to take it from several veins.  He was sitting on my lap and screaming...it was so sad!  Luckily they found a vein that worked.  The bone scan was very easy and there were no tears shed. Our little boy is a trooper and such a strong little guy.  We love him so much.