Grayson ~ 15 Months

~ 15 Months ~

Grayson is 15 months old!  He is talking so much now, climbing on everything, growing taller and thinning out, getting all 4 molars (although only two have broken through the skin), loves airplanes, Elmo, playing chase and running under our legs, vacuuming, dancing, loves his Oma, Papa and Mimi (and Momma, Dada, Juju and Ethan of course).  He has now started yelling for Momma and Dada and then waits for us to respond.  He does this at our music class and then runs over to me after I say yes, honey? and gives me the biggest bear hug.  

He is talking so much now and will repeat almost every word we say.  His new words are Oma (Grandma Beurskens), Papa (Grandpa Braham), Mimi (Grandma Braham) ~ (they came to visit Dec 4-9 so I will do a separate post on their visit), happy, yes, doggy, monkey, car, apple, all done and does the sign for it with his hands, open, up, hot, and the following words in Spanish: si (yes), agua (water), mono (monkey), comida (food), naranja (orange), pan (bread), and carro (car).  

He is obsessed with airplanes and loves to watch for them through the window.  He gets so excited when he sees one fly by and will point and say airplane.  He will say bye bye to the airplanes when he he grows tired of looking for them.  He loves Elmo and squeals when he sees him on tv.  His new favorite thing is throwing things over the gate down the stairs.  He is now a pro at opening the gates so we had to buy locks.  We can't keep our eyes off of him for long as his little mind works so fast.  He loves to throw and kick balls.   I'm hoping he will be a soccer player like his momma and I will be signing him up for lil kickers soon.   

Oma came to visit for 2 weeks and Grayson was in heaven.  He loves loves loves his Oma.  And I think she is pretty obsessed with him too.  Their bond is like no other.  One day I was yelling for her to come upstairs and from that day on Grayson yells for OMA! when he wants her.  It is so cute how he yells for her.  I can't even describe it, but I will hopefully get a video of it.  He is so sad when she leaves and can't wait for her next visit.  

~ Doctor's Appointment ~

He got 4 shots at his 15 month appointment and started crying as soon as we held him down before he even got the shots.  It was so sad.  He weighs 23 pounds 13 ounces (50-75th percentile), 32 1/2 inches tall (90th percentile) and his head circumference is 19 3/8 (95-98th percentile).  His doctor said he should be saying 3-5 words now and I was in shock as he's saying more like 20-30 words.    

Papa and Mimi come to visit

Grandpa and Grandma Braham came to visit Dec 4-9th from Las Vegas.  We were very excited for them to come, but a little worried as they are not used to cold weather.  Luckily the weather was very nice for winter in Chicago.  We will now refer to Grandpa and Grandma Braham as Papa and Mimi as this is what Grayson calls them.  It's so cute to hear him call for his Papa and Mimi.  He is pretty obsessed with them and I know they think the world of him.  Grayson loved giving Mimi big hugs and blew her several kisses and loved playing with Papa.  

We took Grayson to Navy Pier's Winter Fest and it was quite the attraction with so many fun kid games and rides.  Grayson was a little too young for most of it, but he had fun when the Christmas carolers sang and played their instruments.  He started dancing, clapping and tapping his feet.  It was so cute and he had a blast.  I think he will enjoy the Winter Fest more next year when he's a little older.  Ethan came with us and as always he was so good with Grayson and it's fun to see them hang out.

Thanksgiving

We had a nice Thanksgiving with my mom, Bryan and Lauren.  Bryan and Lauren came in town Wednesday night and stated until Friday afternoon.  We had a great time eating lots of food and hanging out.  Grayson even sat at the grown ups table this year and loved all the food.  The night before Thanksgiving we had fondue at the Melting Pot, which was Grayson's first time and he loved it.  Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Oh, and Bryan set up Grayson's early Christmas present...a kitchen.  We are so lucky to have great family.  A big thank you to my brother for putting it together as Grayson loves it!!! 

Craig's Birthday

We celebrated Craig's birthday Friday with dinner at Union Sushi with Holly, David, Stacey, Matt, Elif and Camilo (we missed Allison and Scott).  We shared lots of great food and had so much fun.  After dinner we met Amanda and Dave as well as a few other friends at Celeste and Parliment.  Saturday we had dinner at Travelle at The Langham Hotel and although the hotel is beautiful and great for drinks, the restaurant is definitely lacking some key things such as good food and service.  After dinner we met Amanda, Dave and a few other friends at Sable at The Palomar Hotel.  We normally do not go out two nights in a row, but since it was a special occasion we made an exception.    I bought Craig a really nice watch for his birthday and for our 10 year anniversary.  He loved it!  Julia, Ethan and Grayson got Craig a red tie and he was so excited as he's been wanting a new "power" red tie.  

Happy Birthday to the love of my life!  Thanks for giving me the best gift in the world...I will be forever grateful.  You are such a great Daddy to Julia, Ethan and Grayson.  We love you so much!      

Maroon 5 ~ Peak 6 Party

Craig's client Peak 6 throws the most amazing company parties every year.  So far we have seen Counting Crows, Bon Jovi, Train, Goo Goo Dolls, The Script and this year Maroon 5.  The theme was James Bond, Shaken Not Stirred and they had all kinds of crazy things going on including drones bringing down food, a trapeze artist and a car from the James Bond movie.  It was such a phenomenal show and Adam rocked it!  What a talented musician. 

Grayson Videos ~ 14 Months

I took a ton of videos this month because he is doing so many new things and is just so darn cute.  (I narrowed it down from 50 to the best 16)  Note:  I do this blog for Grayson and the grandparents so that's why I post so much. :)