Almost 2

Dear Gray,

      I hope you know how much I love you. Recently I have been feeling guilty for playing favorite a little bit with you. You're so cuddly. You are just so light and small at %3 average and you are just talking all the time so you look like a little baby genius. Even though your tall, you don't look 2. I don't think you could be any cutter. I honestly have never seen a cuter little boy. You say all kinds of things now but you have a weird little accent. Close to everything ends in "ah": ex. Mommyah. You can't quite say Lydia yet, you call her Dia. It's starting to stick. You also say "found it" followed by what ever it is that you found. The problem is when you have something in your mouth it sounds like another "f" word. Your sister is going through a slightly mean stage right now. Boo.

    You have started to realize that you don't have to listen to us but that there are consequences, and for some reason you really like time out. You started climbing out and into your crib but after one day of no nap you climbed out for the 18 time that day and fell and hit your head, so now your over that. Good choice.
You really enjoy nudity. Lucky for you being as skinny as you are means you can fit out the neck hole on anything. For a while there you kept taking your diaper off. Poop all over your bed and you were fine with it. But then it happened again and I heard you crying really hard and there you were huddled in the corner away from the turd. So I hope that's over. Yesterday you took off your diaper and then peed ALL OVER your bed. At least I hope this all means you will be potty trained soon. You have peed in the potty but that is about it.
You really like shoes. And Necklaces, but usually only to put into cups. I don't know.

In your second year.

Dear Graycen,

You are so cuddly. Literally half of every hour needs to be filled with kisses and hugs or at least just sitting on my lap. You will just come over and climb onto our laps all on your own and sit there and then when you have our attention you say "hug". That is also how you ask for food. Your first word was "mama". Then came "eat". Then "car". "Ball". "Bubye" which shortened to "bye". And last "Hi".

Of course you can say many other things if I ask you to repeat it but you don't quite understand the meaning, not even of "dada". But if I say go see dada you know what I'm talking about. You just don't use the word to refer to him but I'm sure that will come soon.

Your so cute when you talk, see: 

Family Photo's Fall 2014

The Zoo With My Boo

Dear Graycen,
Stop trying to climb on my lap top right now.
When I think about the zoo, the word "Hate" comes to mind. It seems you feel the same way but i'll wait until you can talk to fully decide. You were hot and everything.

One Year Pic's

Dear Graycen, 

Sorry this was just you, me and my iPhone baby boy. Nothing too fancy. But your adorable enough to make up for it. 

Let me tell you a little bit about your first year:

You were rather quiet, especially any time there were people around. Not in a way that your dad would be but just that you were very observant. Your favorite toys usually consisted of half an easter egg and a ball with which to put in the half of an easter egg. You were quite possessive over these toys and no matter what you were doing if i handed you a ball and an egg you were distracted for at least 15 min. All other toys you have a good 30 seconds to. 

You really like the remote, but probable just because it's off limits.

Your diet consisted of a bottle built of 3oz of pureed fruit and veggies, 2oz of fruit flavored baby oat meal and some milk. You had a hard time with anything else, even when you got teeth. And for whatever reason you hate banana's and greek yogurt but you love bacon, well really any kind of meat really. And anything that is in your sisters bowl is gold because you are a fast handed little smuggler and you will run fast to get away with your ponder. 

You never, not once, had a diaper rash. 

Your jeans size up to a full year was 3-6m. 

I cut your hair 3 times. 

You never had a black eye but your calf bone always has at least one bruise. 

Your pretty hard to discipline. If I say no or try to spank your bum when I'm changing your diaper and your trying to get away, you just laugh at me. 

You can say mama and dada but you only say it to get what you want. 

You really like it when I scare you. I will literally hide and jump out and roar at you and you will be scared off your feet but you will just laugh and laugh after. Then for a half an hour you walk around like it was an inside joke, saying "roar" to me and laughing. Thats how I already know you will make it in life. :) 

You really love the bath, like an obsession. You will literally head dive in, in your clothes. 

You have a favorite light blue half velvet, half satin blanket with a little care bare in the corner. Obviously a hand-me-down as they no longer make care bare memorabilia. Your just in to vintage like that. 

Your scared of our cat, but who isn't he is evil. Your also scared of your sisters auto-matron cat. 

You really like to dance whenever there is music. So I play it a lot. 

And you kept this hat on for most of the time.