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Gorgeous Saturday in November
Monday, November 16, 2009
We had such gorgeous weather here in West Michigan on Saturday, it was in the high 60's and we enjoyed it thoroughly!
Robb and my dad spent part of the afternoon hanging Grayden's new baby swing up high in the tree and I stayed put on the ground taking pictures where it was safe! Our trees are so big they didn't have any low branches so up, up, up it went!
We weren't planning on hanging it until the Spring but the weather was just too nice to stay inside all day. And he LOVED it! I foresee many hours spent pushing him in that swing in the near future.
I also made some more baby food for Grayden on Saturday, this time on the menu was carrots, pears and bananas!
After that we were off to Qdoba for dinner and came back home to give Grayden a bath and then Robb and I settled in front of the computer to catch up on 'FlashForward'!
I could handle a few more weekends as nice as this one for a couple more weeks until the snow falls!
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Selah/Avalon Concert Pictures
Saturday, November 14, 2009
They were SO good!~
We got great seats and we were so blessed by the music!
What a great night!
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Grayden Robert, you are 6 months old!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Grayden~ I can't believe you are half a year old already, what a big boy you are!
Mommy and Daddy love you so much, you have brought SO much joy to our lives! We are so thankful to your birth parents and to God for choosing us to be your parents, we hope and pray that we are doing a good job! These past 6 months have been the best times of our lives!
Here's what you have been up to this month:
You eat 4 6-oz bottles and 8 oz before bed. You also have oatmeal in the morning and rice cereal at night. And you've been trying some veggies and fruits like green beans, peas, squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, bananas, and applesauce. So far you seem to love peas and bananas the most!
You're sleeping habits continue to seek improvement! You wake up a lot and we are not sure why but last night you slept 9 hours straight and then woke up for a bottle and slept another 3 hours so maybe you are starting to get back on track like you were 2 months ago, fingers crossed :)
You weigh 18 lbs 6 oz and 27" long....you've moved up into the 75th %ile!
You wear mostly 3-6 months clothes
You are in size 2-3 diapers.
You are developing so much physically, you are putting yourself into the seated position, pulling yourself up to stand, and just recently mastered the army crawl/forward scootch! You can slowly get anywhere you want.
You had your first sleepover by grandma and grandpa r's house so mommy and daddy could get a full nights sleep!
You had your first cold, you were pretty sick for about 5 days and had a fever, cough and runny nose. Not fun!
You went to grandma and grandpa l's cottage up north for the first time and we had so much fun there!
You had lots of pictures taken this past month, Grandpa R's side of the family all got together for a family picture and we had our picture taken with Mommy's side and had our immediate family pictures taken! Good thing you are so photogenic!
You started sitting in the high chairs are restaurants instead of staying in your car seat! This makes you seem like such a big boy to me!
This i
s what you did the whole time during dinner Tuesday night at Logan's.....you'd arch your back so that you could watch everybody as they walked by you!
You dressed up for your first Halloween!s what you did the whole time during dinner Tuesday night at Logan's.....you'd arch your back so that you could watch everybody as they walked by you! 
You love to give kisses.
You love books and love to be read to!
You love to just sit and play for hours!
We can't wait to see what you'll be up to next!! Love you tootie ;) ( I promise I'll stop calling you that by the time you are in Kindergarten!)
~Mommy and Daddy
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Selah Tonight!
First of all, Grayden turns 6 months old today!! I can't believe it. So, to celebrate we are going to the Selah/Avalon concert tonight! I am so excited, I love both those groups, but I am looking forward to seeing Selah the most, I've seen Avalon in concert a few times before including once last summer. I bought there new CD the day it came out and I now know EVERY single word to every song. In fact when I hear the ending of any of their new songs on the radio I start to sing the beginning of the song that comes after it on the CD! Ha!
Have any of you been to any of there concerts? Are they as good as I think it will be?
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A couple weeks ago we spent a gorgeous fall afternoon having our family pictures taken. It was so much fun and Val did a great job capturing Grayden's personality. I just love them all and had the hardest time picking which ones to order!
Click here to go to Val's site and check out a few of our favorites.
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Amazing Race
Monday, November 9, 2009
Our neighbors, Jim and Sarah, invited us to be a part of their 'Amazing Race' party a few weekends ago. It was a blast. We raced all around town participating in detours, road blocks and trivia tasks!
Robb rocked the obstacle course at the Aquatic Center and we ran around downtown (Robb was still wearing his swim shorts at the time) trying to sell dead flower bouquets to strangers for $1. Our teammate bobbed for apples in a toilet bowl filled with Mt. Dew (eww!) and we had to feed 5 baby calves and make a fire. It was intense! We came in second to last place but had a GREAT time racing!
Here are some pics of our adventure!
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one proud momma
Friday, November 6, 2009
Wednesday night Robb and I were getting Grayden ready for bed and laid him in his crib for a few minutes to play and suddenly he was sitting up so we grabbed the camera and watched him put himself into the seated position for the second time ever...we were so proud
but then within minutes after that we watch him pull himself up to STANDING using the crib bumper and rails....we were stunned, how did he learn to do that?
So needless to say we were all up til 11 o'clock that night trying to figure out how to lower his mattress.
what a big boy...as you can see he is pretty proud of himself too!
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wordless wednesday
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
"who-o-o, who-o-o" ~ grayden's first 'word' :)
{how appropriate}
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2 years ago today
Monday, November 2, 2009
I found out I was pregnant. I remember thinking that day about the many ways that baby would change our lives but never did I imagine just how much that would be.
You can read my post from last year here.
I can't believe how much has happened in our lives since November 2, 2007.
You can read my post from last year here.
I can't believe how much has happened in our lives since November 2, 2007.
We've been on a crazy ride but it's been worth it all.
I am honestly at the point now where I can say that.
"It may not be the way I would have chosen, when you lead me through a world that's not my home. But you never said it would be easy, You only said I'll never go alone."
~Ginny Owen
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Family Weekend at the Cottage
A few weekends ago ( I told you I was behind on things!) we headed up to Ludington area with Robb's extended family for a weekend at the cottage.
We had a great time, here are some pictures from the weekend!
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National Adoption Awareness Month
Sunday, November 1, 2009
we love him more than words could ever express and feel so incredible blessed by God to have him as our chosen child.
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