Loving Limes!

He kept going back for more! So funny!

Lil walker!

Grayson is getting more confident walking! Here we go....

RCTID!

Cutest little Timbers fan!

Go Green!

Future Spartan excited for the win against CMU!

Getting closer....

Grayson has been using this walker toy constantly for the past few days.... Maybe our almost-15 month-old wants to finally walk!! It is pretty cute to watch :)

Reunited and it feels so good....

Grayson's 1st request upon return home was a walk to Grant Park and some serious swingin :)

Hot Baby

Clap your hands if you're hot! Mid 90s and still happy! :)

Our morning walk

Gray and I took a morning walk/jog along the Willamette River downtown today. It was a gorgeous day! View of the Hawthorne bridge, as well as G and mama rehydrating "cheers"! Please excuse the diaper shot, how embarrassing! ;)

True NW kid

Grayson loves the Camelback! Too funny.

(almost) 14 months!

I'm a big boy now!

remember me? Sept 2010

September has arrived... we all know what that means. Fall is just around the corner! We are secretly hoping for another month of summer weather here, as it took awhile for it to get here in the PacNW.  We have had a really fun, busy summer so far: We traveled to Colorado for Maya's wedding, celebrated G's first birthday, had lots of BBQs at home and with friends, enjoyed a visit with Aunt Kath, Uncle Gordon, and Oliver, had a weekend away in Bend... and had countless days at the park, library, zoo, and in the backyard swinging, dipping in the kiddie pool, watching airplanes, blowing bubbles, and chasing the kitty and every ball we own :) Grayson is (has been for some time now) at that age where EVERYthing is fun! He is such a great little guy and we love spending time with him! He is "talking" quite a bit and actually has several words he says, and many, many things he knows and understands. So amazing! He is getting so tall, and he is quite a big boy with an appetite :) He is still "cruising" the furniture and starting to use his little walker toy (or a chair) to move across the floors -  not all the time - but he's getting there. He is such a fast crawler; I don't think honestly he wants to waste time with the whole walk, fall, walk, fall thing. I swear, once he learns to walk, he will be running that same day! We may be in for it!

We are having a great summer, but I am also really looking forward to fall! MSU football officially starts tomorrow, and the NFL isn't too far either! Both Chad and I are participating in 3 fantasy football leagues... all in good fun!  And Mr. Gray is enrolled in his first two classes... a Music Together class and a "jumpmates" class at The Children's Gym (toddler specific pre-tumbling class)! With those two commitments, as well as our library group once a week, I feel like the kid already needs his own calendar! I am really excited though :) 

Next up on our travel docket: our trip back to Georgia for Chad's sister's wedding. We couldn't be more excited to get back to GA, see both sets of Grandparents (yes! my dad&Anne are coming down!), Aunt Linds, and all of Chad's extended family! And of course, we can't wait to celebrate Amanda & Ben. They are so great! (I totally lucked out with my in-laws. Best people ever!)

Check out this super cool pic I snapped tonight at Mt. Tabor Park. Grayson just loves when his daddy throws him high up in the air :)



Hope you all are well, and that you have a safe Labor Day weekend. XOXO from Portland!

"Tee tee"

This is why our kitchen is gated... Gray likes to play in the cat food saying "tee tee"!  He was loving it this AM while I was baking. Ha!

Gray's first Ben Harper concert!

Here are a couple shots of Mama and G at BH in Bend, OR. Grayson loooooves to dance!

Daddy's man trip

Chad went away for 4 days on a man trip.... mountain biking and camping in Oakridge, OR. Here is a photo he took of the bar at their campsite. Yeah, they were really "roughing it" with this beer set up, don't you think?!

Lil' Meatball

A true Italian. His first pasta with sauce.... and LOVING it! Mangia!

95 degrees

This is what we do when it gets hot... Swim, relax, eat fresh berries, melt down 'cause its too hot for these parts. It was a good day :)

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Gray's favorite thing to do at Tar-jay

Sitting on the big red ball! As long as we do this on the way in and out.... Target shopping goes smoothly!! (Yay for me!)

Sunscreen Spike

Hanging outside with my cool 'do, courtesy of Coppertone Baby :)

Book Baby

Grayson loves to read!! This one is a personal favorite of his. :)

Too cool for school

G's new shades. What a stud!

Cousins!

Gray and Oli swinging at Grant Park! Fun!!