Bouncing Baby Boy!

Here is a picture of Grant with his new toy. A neighbor's trash is Grant's treasure! We love having neighbors with kiddos a few years older than Grant! Now Grant can stop jumping on our couch everytime a song comes on the tv. I don't know what happened to the picture...but I am sure that I did something wrong with the camera.

San Antonio!

After Christmas, we decided to go on a short (3 hours)weekend trip to San Antonio. We could visit my grandparents who I have not seen in a long time and we could also visit some of the tourist attractions that San Antonio is known for...such as the Alamo, Riverwalk, and Market Square. We also visited the Children's Museum which Grant probably liked the best! Needless to say...we did a lot of walking!

Our Visit to the Bass Pro Shop!

We finally decided to take Grant to have his free Santa picture taken at the Bass Pro Shop's Winter Wonderland this weekend. I have never been before...because I thought what could that store possibly have for me??? Boy, was I mistaken!!! It was pretty cool between the waterfall, aquarium, and an assortment of stuffed dead animals. A friend of mine calls it a mini-theme park. Here are the highlights! By the way...there was a lot more to the Bass Pro Shop than guns and camo...they had some nice shoes... :)

Happy Birthday Grantie!

Well, Grant is finally 2! This past weekend we had two separate birthday parties for him and he seemed to have a great time! The first party was with his little friends. They played outside on the mini-bouncy house and then they decorated their own cupcakes.



The next day Grant had a joint party with his cousin Jack. They played with Grant's new train table and even had fun trying to break open a pinata. Opening the presents was also very exciting!



Overall, we had a great weekend!!!

Earliest Snowfall Ever!

Well...yesterday is snowed in good 'ole Houston, TX. Since this is a pretty rare event for us so far south...the question on everyone's mind was...Would school be let out early??? And the answer...Yes it was!!! 11:30 :) I know it is ridiculous that this happens when there is only a half of inch of snow on the ground...but that is the fun part. For about 2 hours it snowed pretty heavily which was a big surprise...but then it snowed lightly for a few more hours. As the title says...this was a snowfall for the record books. It was the earliest snowfall in Houston ever recorded!

We Survived the Swine!!!...I think...

Well, the week before last was a little crazy for our little family. I took Grant to the doctor and Monday because he had flu like symptoms and a pretty bad fever the night before. Needless to say, Grant was hysterical at the doctor's office. The doctor decided just to treat Grant for the flu since he looked like a classic case. We both went home for a nap after the emotional dr. visit. After our nap...I too, woke up with flu like symptoms. I called the same dr. and the nurse wrote me up for a prescription for tamiflu as well.
As Grant was on the road to recovery...the worst was still ahead for me. To make a long story short....one emergency room visit later...it was decided that I had a bad reaction to the tamiflu! I had to stop taking it and I had fever on and off for a few days after that.
Luckily...we have all survived and Kirk remarkably did not get sick at all. He must have some natural immunity because he was surrounded by germs and did not even get a runny nose!
Get your flu shots people!!! This virus was NOT mild!!! I missed a full week of work and I am still a little weak one week later! I certainly was surprised by this darn swine virus...

Such a cutie!

Here are Grant's professional Halloween pictures by Hillary Howland! Isn't he a cutie? Grant will not wear the helmet for more than 5 seconds, but I think the one with the helmet on sideways is precious!