Homage to Wedding Crashers

Someone's a fan.

Peas please!

Extreme Downhill Tractor Race

Blowing Bubbles

Graham is learning so many new tricks. He tries to sing along when we sing to him and he replicates hand gestures when we sing "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" and "The Wheels on the Bus". Here Graham shows that he can blow bubbles. It's not his best example and it is a few weeks but you get the idea.

Monkey Boy

Back in August Graham and I took a quick trip to California (yes, I travelled by myself with Graham...the dealine for nominations for Dad of the Year is next week). Here he was impressing grandpa and I with his best monkey impression.

Happy Birthday Auntie Kerry

Previously on LOST....

Wow!! So it's been a really, really long time and I have been getting a lot of complaints....BUT WE'RE BACK! WE'RE BACK! And unlike a season of LOST I hope to avoid more untimely mid-story breaks.

While we have a lot of catching up to do (trip to Calgary and Edmonton, trip to California, trip to Washington DC and all kinds of mini adventures along the way) I figured I would start with a video from today. Here is Graham going David Beckham on the soccer ball! Wait for his warrior yell at the end!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!

Yeah!!!

BIRTHDAY BOY!

Expect a lot more pics and vids of the big boy!

Standing Up!

Graham has been standing on his own to some degree for a while. But just this past week he has been able to transition from the ground/sitting to standing without using anything to pull/push himself up. Since he realized that he could do this he started to do it constantly.

Quintessential Graham

Shirtless + eating + Rambo hat + big smile  = Graham

Walking 1.0

This has actually been going on for about a week and a half but this is the first decent video.

Dessert and First Use of Spoon

Grandma Pincock and Auntie Kerry visited in April and we captured this video of Graham using a spoon for the first time to actually feed himself. I'll try to get more up soon.

Trip to Asheville, NC- Part 3 Return of Pickle Boy

Trip to Asheville, NC- Part 2

We also went for a little hike up to a local waterfall. The new backpack was great and as you will soon see, Graham feels very cozy in it. Be sure to see the video.

Getting him started early.

Three Wolves One Moon cameo...Graham grew five inches that day.

Sitting Like a Big Boy

Ugh! I am so delinquent in blogging!! And so much has happened! A weekend trip to Asheville, a visit by Kerry and Grandma Pincock, getting in trouble for wrestling other kids at school, a couple of trips to the beach, and so much growing!!

Some new BIG boy tricks:

• As you can see above Graham is now rocking a big boy car seat. Just installed it last night and he loves it. I think its more comfy than the last one.
• Crawling 2.1- it's legit! He is everywhere. We are doing some serious baby proofing this weekend.
• Two-piece pajamas- Who knew that jumpers are only made up to 12 months...at least that's all we can find for him and those are getting snug. His Auntie Kerry bought him his first set of two piece PJs; Shannon cried.
• Resisting being fed- Ugh! He is constantly trying to pull the spoon away and feed himself. It doesn't need to be said that feeding time is getting messy. He loves to eat whatever we eat- chicken, tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese, BBQ ribs (picture soon)!
• Swimming- We are taking him to our gym and he loves to "swim" with Mom and Dad. He even doesn't mind being dunked!
• Clapping and waving- he is picking up on emotions and some social ques. He claps, waves and reacts ENTHUSIASTICALLY when he recognizes someone.
• Today's stats: 22lbs, 29 inches, 4 teeth

Crawling 1.5

Well, Crawling 1.0 (beta) started a week or two ago. It looked more like a Marine Corps inspired low crawl. Today he showed us he could use his knees. Crawling 1.5 looks a little like a hobbit or monkey as he gives himself a little extra push with his feet. Oh boy!

HAPPY EASTER! Part 1

First Easter egg hunt.

We went to the beach to hang out with the Wolitskis for the weekend and enjoyed some unseasonably warm weather...low 70s and sunny all weekend!

Snuggles

Ahhhh!

One Day vs. Nine Months

The development of a monster.