St. Patty's Day

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Grayson has a little Irish in him so I thought it would only be fitting to dress him up in green, but we got a little carried away and bought 4 outfits for him.  (My mom's side of the family is English, Welsh, Dutch, Irish and Scottish.  My dad's side of the family is 100% Dutch and he immigrated to the US in 1949 when he was 9 years old.   Craig's side of the family is German, English and Irish.)  Well, at least I didn't buy all 4 outfits.  Oma bought him two of the outfits, I bought him one and Christy got him the My First St. Patty's Day onesie sticker.   I did three of the pictures on Sunday and the lucky me picture was taken on Monday morning, but he was very tired and crabby so I didn't get the best pictures.  Everyone always asks if he is always smiling and I thought I better share these as he is definitely not always smiling.  He has fussy periods especially when he's about 75% done with his dinner.  In order to get him to finish I have to sing, play music on my phone and show videos of Grayson's girlfriends, Cora and Elin.  He is such a happy baby most of the time, but he definitely lets us know when he is not happy about something.

Our little leprechaun

Grayson Playing the Piano

Craig loves to take Grayson into Ethan's room and play the keyboard piano.  Grayson actually knows how to hit the keys so it's fun watching him even though he doesn't really know what he is doing.  Maybe we have a little future piano player...Craig says maybe he will be able to play the piano like Elton John.  Ha ha.

Grayson, Beckett and Harper

Christy, her mom Janet, Beckett and Harper came for a visit as well as my mom and we had so much fun.  Friday night they got in around 9:30 and we ate some appetizers, opened gifts and had a glass of wine.  Christy and I laughed the next day because while we went to bed after one glass of wine our moms partied it up until 1:30am and finished a bottle of wine.  My how times have changed. :) 

This was the first time they met Grayson so it was a special visit.  He loved all of them and of course flirted with Christy and Janet.  Beckett tickled him and made him laugh so he was pretty smitten with him.  Grayson and Harper were cute when they were posing for pictures on the couch.  Later when they were playing with toys on the floor Grayson kept trying to get the toys out of Harper's hands.  I didn't know the sharing thing started this early, but I guess so.  Ha ha.  

 Saturday Christy and I had lunch at a cute new place by my house while the grandmas (Oma & Meemaw) watched the kids.  Later we went to Navy Pier so we could go to Build A Bear.  It was Grayson and Harper's first time so of course we had to get them something.  Grayson got a monkey (thanks to Meemaw - so sweet of her) and Harper got a lamb.  Beckett got a dinosaur that roared and helped stuff all of the animals.  Last year we took Beckett to Build A Bear for the first time and bought him his first bear so it was fun to do it again this year.  

We can't wait to see Christy, Meemaw, Beckett and Harper again!  It will be so fun when the kids can all run around and play together.  

Grayson and his future girlfriend Harper

Beckett was so cute with Grayson

Grayson - eating his toes, sippy cup & pushing up

Grayson loves eating his toes, started drinking out of a sippy cup and has been pushing up on his arms a lot.  It's so fun watching him do new things.  We love our little guy so much.

Grayson, The Ohlanders & Katsaros Triplets

Holly, Stacey and her triplets and Grayson and I went to visit the Ohlanders.  The kids all had fun playing together and so did the adults.  Grayson was in heaven again hanging out with Cora and Elin. Whenever Grayson gets upset I play the video of him with Cora and Elin and he normally stops crying and has a big smile on his face.  I keep bugging Allison to send videos of the girls so I can rotate them.  I did manage to get one of Cora and he loves it.  Stacey's boys are so cute.  They love to pretend clean and had a blast with Allison's vacuum cleaner and brooms.  I might need to hire them for my place.  

L to R: Cora, Grayson, Gabe, Elin, Jackson, Charley and Patrick

Daddy & Grayson

Craig came home early from work today to spend some time with Grayson.  Grayson sure loves his Daddy!  It's so cute to see them together.  Grayson is pretty much a mini Craig.  Today they read books, played music on Ethan's keyboard, played during bath time and hung out.  Daddy just taught him how to hit the keys with his hands and feet and he's pretty darn good at it.  Craig said he is actually better with his feet.  Ethan is a great piano player and teaches himself how to play songs so hopefully he will be able to teach Grayson when he gets a little older.  Grayson loves playing the piano.    

Grayson only wants to sit up now when taking baths.  If you lay him back he will try to sit up and does not want to lay down like a little baby.  We put his bath toys in the water and he loves to pick them up and chew on them.  He is turning into such a big boy! 

Grayson Loves the Outdoors

We are really enjoying this heat wave (50 degrees feels like 65 now from the polar vortex) and have taken advantage of it the last two days.  His nanny took him out yesterday and sent me these adorable pictures.  My mom got him that cute hat and he reminds me of my dad a little bit in those pictures.  I work from home on Tuesdays and Fridays so today I took him on two walks and it was so nice to be outside.  I had to get a picture of him sucking on the tag of the crinkle paper that I talked about before.  He absolutely loves that thing!