Aleigha is 18 months old!!!!

Can she get any cuter?!? I'm not biased or anything..... :) We took her to Sears today to get her 18 month pictures done. She was not happy most of the time so I can't believe we got so many good ones! We didn't buy all of these.. we bought the CD with copyrights so we can print them anywhere at any time.

July 11, 2009

We've had a busy 2 days. Grayson had his friend, Michael, over for a sleep over last night. He's been to other friends' houses and done great but this was the 1st one at our house. They stayed up until 1am! (with Jeff because I couldn't make it past 11:30!) They got along great but I think Grayson is tired today. Jeff rented Mario Galaxy for the Wii and he and Grayson have been playing it all day. Aleigha and I have been coloring and playing with toys. Here is a video of Aleigha on her rocking horse. She loves it but every time she sees my camera, she wants to grab it!

We went to a neighborhood cook out tonight and here are pics from before we left:

Little miss thing...

Princess

Princess Aleigha on her Throne.....

backyard corner

Jeff completed a corner of our backyard today for the plastic slide and sand/water table. I think it looks great and both kids LOVE it because they can be as messy as they want!!

eating....

Aleigha loves to feed herself and she's getting pretty good. Although, you can't tell from these ravioli pics. I'm also including a short video that shows that she really does get some food in her mouth!!

Grayson has been enjoying tennis this summer. Here are a few pics from practice.... He's in the red t-shirt in the front getting ready to hit.

He's in the hat on this one with his red shirt...

June 2009

I can't believe I haven't posted anything since June 7th! Where do I start? Everyone has been healthy and busy in our house. Grayson is in tennis and swimming this summer. He is also really into Godzilla the past few weeks. He has watched the movie 3 times and has a Nintendo DS Godzilla game so it's all the time! Aleigha is still doing great. She is feeding herself now. Still messy but not enough to stop her from doing it. She's also running all over the place. If she falls, she gets right back up and keeps going. She is also into showing off. It is very funny. She mimics everything I do now. If I'm cleaning windows, she has a towel right next to me. If I dust, then she dusts next to me. If I fold clothes, she "folds clothes" with me. :) It so cute!

We also spent a weekend at Starved Rock with my Mom, Jim, Aunt Jackie, Paul, Shana and baby Johnny. It was really fun. We stayed at the Grand Bear Lodge and I would recommend that lodge to anyone!

Here are some pictures from Starved Rock:

Playing with cousin Elizabeth:

We had Johnny's baptism last Saturday night. Kate and I were the Godmothers. Then on Sunday, Hallee Johnson was baptized and I was the Godmother for her. Twice in one weekend!

That's all I can think of for now.... Until next time! :)

my sweet baby boy...

I found these two videos from 2004 when Grayson was 3. (I can't figure out how to turn them up and down but you can still get the point. ) :) TOO CUTE!! We were home in OH in the 1st video and we were visiting Shana and Paul in NY in the 2nd video. He was just thrilled with the little pull thing for the blinds.