Happy Birthday Michael!

Today is Michael's birthday.  I thought I'd steal a fun idea I saw on Lacey's blog and post some pictures of his childhood.  You can see what a cute little boy he was!   I'm grateful to have such a wonderful husband who is my best friend in the world, and who makes me incredibly happy.  He's a great father to our two boys, and I'm lucky to have such an amazing family with him.  He even comes with awesome in-laws!  :D  Happy Birthday Michael!!  

I totally would have had a huge crush on him!  

Cowboy take me away...

Look at those curls! 

Daddy and Gabe

sweet baby Grant

When I look at the pictures of Grant, I think they look nothing like him.  Maybe that's because the camera doesn't capture the special loving mommy filter over my eyes, or because at this age they literally change so much every day.  Michael took these amazing pictures the other day, and this is the closest I've seen the picture look like my sweet little guy.  

Brotherly Love

Gabe is quite the involved big brother.  He is constantly aware of what's going on with "baby gwant".  He loves to help out with diaper changes, and then climb up on the chair next to him while he wiggles around.  Here are some shots of the 2 of them together yesterday.

Chunky boy!

Today Grant had his 1 month appointment.  He weighs 11 pounds 4 ounces, and is 22 inches long.  That puts him gaining 3 pounds and 3 inches in only 1 month!  WOW!  I must produce butter!!  The Doctor was impressed with his weight gain and says he is a very healthy boy.  He had 1 shot today and only cried for a minute.  He is in the 86th percentile for weight and 68th percentile for height.   I think he's one of the easiest and sweetest little babies ever.  He sleeps wonderfully at night (I said AT, not through!) and puts up with his big brother mauling him multiple times a day to show his affection.  Grant is going to be one tough little boy!

 

1 month old

Grant turned 1 month old today.  I can hardly believe it's been a month already!  Time flies when you're sleep deprived!  :)  He's been such a wonderful baby and I sure love having him in our family.  What better way to celebrate a 1 month birthday than in your birthday suit?  :)  And for comparison, the top photo is Gabe at 1 month old.  (Would you have known if I didn't tell you?  They sure look alike!)

GABE at 1 month

Grant in his birthday suit

Love that smile!

He still has him umbilical cord

Daddy's Boy

I'm convinced that Grant looks more like Michael every day.  (Lucky boy!)  Here's little Grant spending some time with daddy this morning.

Fun with Grandma & Grandpa

We recently enjoyed a wonderful visit from my parents, who came to help out with the birth of Grant.  Gabe had a great time building block towers with Grandpa, and playing with Grandma just about all day long.  Here's some pictures of the great tower that Grandpa built with Gabe, using every block we could find.  It was almost as tall as Grandpa!  And of course, more cute pictures of our favorite chunky monkey!  Thanks for a great visit Grandma & Grandpa!  

Proud Grandparents

Building towers

The BIG tower

Grant - finally caught a smile!