4th of July Parade...

We woke up Friday morning pretty early for us, well 8:30am! HA! And we got ready to go to the parade on Rexburg's Main Street. I love this parade and I look forward to it every year because it reminds me on the parade we used to go to as kids in Georgia. I love small towns and the feeling of a communities coming together. Grant really enjoyed all the floats and horses and old cars in the parade. Ashley, Geoffery's little sister, is a cheerleader and was in the parade as you can see above. We caught some of Grant's expressions as he saw everything. He got really excited with the marching band and danced every time there was music! It was fun to see it this year because last year he slept through the whole thing! Hope you enjoy!

Maybe one day they'll fit!

The other day I caught Grant trying on Geoffery's shoes. It was sooo cute. He wanted to wear them so bad just to be like his dad:)

We LOVE baby pools!!

Lately the thing to do at Nana's house is to set up the baby pool and let Tyler and Grant play. Crystal and Jake are currently living at Nana's and we're across the street renting a house, so we get to see them almost everyday. At first, in my previous posts, Grant did not like pools. But after a while, and seeing Tyler having so much fun, he decided he didn't think it was too bad. In fact, I think he likes it better than Tyler. We put the slide in the pool for the boys to go down, we set up their matching lawn chairs (thanks to Nana), and we gave them fudge pops (which this was Grant's first experience). Grant had a blast as you can see in the pictures. He follows Tyler around the pool and the backyard and does EVERYTHING Tyler does. He LOVED the fudge pop, and you can see that Tyler had a lot of fun with it too. Luckily they were just in their swimmer diapers and clean up was REALLY easy. The boys are only 6 months apart so I'm sure they'll grow up more like brothers than cousins. Something else they do that cracks me up is they like to switch everything with each other. Sippy cups, gold fish, lawn chairs, toys, everything. Whatever the other one has must be better than the others. Its really fun to see them interact together.

Shhh, I'm sleeping...

So the other day at lunch Grant was EXTREMELY tired. He kept yawning and rubbing his eyes. I kept on cutting up his food hoping to get him feed before I laid him down for his nap. Well once I looked up and he was already asleep! He has NEVER fallen asleep in his highchair so I was laughing so hard and took a picture. I picked him up and put him in his bed and he didn't even wake up. It was hilarious!

computer dying...

My computer is dying as we speak. Our power cord (this is already the second battery we've bought) has completely been riped apart and breaking. So I have just ordered my new cord so it should be here within the week. So you will see me then! Meantime, I will miss catching up on what's going on with your guys lives! See ya in a week!!

It's finally summer in Idaho!

This last week was the first week for us that actually felt like summer. I decided to take advantage of it and go to the Ammon Pool in Idaho Falls. Thats right, I had to go to Idaho Falls to go swimming because there is not ONE outdoor pool in Rexburg! And there is only ONE in Idaho Falls. I couldn't believe it because where I'm from there are LOTS of public pools EVERYWHERE. And this pool is tiny and there where LOTS of people there. I was really excited though because Grant LOVES the bath tub so I thought this would be a big hit with him. Once we got there however it was a different story. I've never seen him act this way before. He was seriously deathly afraid of the water. Anytime any kids would splash, he would scream even more. However, I took him out and we ate some grapes on the side and just watched the other kids for a while and then I decided to get back in and he stayed with his nana on the side. Well he decided that he wanted to try it out. So he got back in and decided it wasn't so bad. He was still a little unsure, but he liked it much better. We even got a picture of him smiling. We went with my mother-in-law and my two sister-in-laws and Grant's cousin Tyler who is six months older than him. Tyler LOVED the pool! I will give Grant that this is his first time swimming and Tyler has gone many times before. So maybe the more we go, the more Grant will like it. Sometimes kids have a way of surprising you even when you think you have them all figured out!

Playgroup with cousins!

Since the weather has been soo nice, my sister and I decided it would be fun to do a weekly playgroup. Life gets sooo busy and even though Abby lives only 15 minutes away, we barely ever see each other. This last week we decided to get the baby pool out and put Grant and Grace in it. Grace LOVED it, but Grant was scared of Grace playing and splashing everywhere. Then we put them in Grace's barbie jeep and they drove around for like 10 minutes. It was funny because Grant looked like he was going to fall asleep while they were driving. Then mom and Grace played hop-scotch. Overall we had a GREAT time and Grant was exhausted and went right to sleep when we got home. We also made a disaster of Abby's house with all the toys and everything. So thanks Abby for letting us come over and have fun!