Scooter Wants Grant to Play!

This happens everyday at our house. Scooter takes her toy and drops it in front of Grant waiting for him to pick it up an throw it. Eventually she realizes that Grant is not going to participate and so she gives up and brings the toy to me. hahahahha

Comments & Time

Just a few FYI's on the blog:

1. Please feel free to leave comments when you visit the blog. You do not have to have a login or anything. I talk to people all the time who say they visit it, but I never know who does or does not visit it because very few people leave comments. So please feel free to do so.

2. The time listed for when I post things is off by HOURS. It never has the right time or, for that matter, anywhere near the actual time I post. I may post something at 6 in the evening and it says it was posted at 2 in the afternoon??!! Does anyone know how to adjust that? Thanks!

Let the Games Begin

This whole pulling up thing is making my blood pressure go up.

Pulling up on everything...

So Grant is at the stage where he is crawling and pulling up on everything........

However he has NOT figured out when he pulls up on stuff and mommy and daddy are not around he can't let go!!!!!!!!!!!


Daddy and Grant hanging out on Sunday Morning! Grant has his first ear infection and has been Mr. Grumpy this weekend. He has also been sleeping a ton, hopefully this means his body is trying to fight it off.

Would only happen to me.........

I was driving home from work today when I noticed like 5 cop cars in my rear view mirror with their lights a blazin. At first glance I assumed they were getting ready to pull a bunch of cars over for speeding, like a trap or something. Before I knew what happen I realized I was in the midst of a high speed pursuit of an armed robbery suspect. He flew past me in the left lane, as I was in the middle lane of the interstate. Shortly after passing me, he cut me off almost sideswiping my car. It all happened so fast it was crazy. All of a sudden I see more cops ahead and they throw out the SPIKE STRIPS to try to stop this maniac. Up to this point I have only seen this kind of stuff on tv and now I am pretty much sitting on top of it. Sure enough he hits the spikes, spins out of control, and hits at least 3 other cars along the way. Thank goodness I was not one of them since he had JUST PASSED me; I was able to stop in time to avoid becoming part of the disaster on the road in front of me. The suspect’s car literally broke into thousands of pieces as it spun out of control. Traffic comes to a screeching halt and I am surrounded by dozens of police with their guns drawn waiting to see movement from this guy’s car that is now a heaping piece of metal. He squirms out of the car and tries to run and the police freakin tackle him to the ground. At this point I am crying because this is all unfolding directly in front of my car as I am stopped in the middle of the interstate and I was literally INCHES from being in the midst of it all.

Here is the most interesting part; I kept looking on the news for the report about this because apparently this high speed pursuit was ongoing from O’Fallon, MO until where it ended in front of me, which was right by the airport. The online news story said that police “pulled the suspects car over” and he is in custody????!!!!!! Are you kidding me? They spike stripped his butt and then tackled him to the ground after a high speed pursuit with a dozen cop cars for over 20 miles on the interstate!!!!!!!!!!!! This just goes to show you how the news can royally distort things.

Tip of the Day: Don’t believe everything you see on the news.

Here is the link to the story: http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=158426

Just remember, this story is NOTHING like what actually happened. Trust me, I had a front row seat.

Crazyness

Here is Grant in his Jumperoo going CRAZY and, honestly, he is somewhat tired here so this is about half as rough as he normally is! I originally rotated the video when I uploaded it but apparently that is not an option that this blog supports. Looks like it is gonna have to be sideways.

Daily Walks

Here is Grant playing in his room.

Grant and I walk every morning or afternoon depending on my work.

He LOVES going for a walk!

Grant on the Kitchen Floor

Here is Grant slippin and slidin on the kitchen floor. I thought this video was funny! He also LOVES my kitchen rug for some reason. I have to keep a close eye on him considering he keeps trying to put it in his mouth! Typical baby..........

Grandma & Grandpa Erwin

Grandma & Grandpa Erwin came out for a visit this past week. Paul was in New Jersey all week for work, so they came to keep me company and see Grant (of course). It was a very nice visit. I don't like being alone at night! I think I hear things, hahahaha. Grants new tricks include saying "babababababa" and continuing to try to destroy things around the house.

FYI - After I put Grant to bed I come out to see mom asleep on the couch with Madison and Scooter. When I went to take the picture Scooter moved. I though it was hysterical and took a pic.

Little Pumpkin Picker

Paul and I took Grant to pick out pumkins. He was pretty tired and in need of a nap, so he is not to smiley in these pictures. But the colors are nice! Grant got LOTS of compliments on his socks. :)

He tried eating the hay....no big surprise there.

My Little Train Conductor

I think Grant looks like he should be a Train Conductor in this outfit. hahaha!

Mobility

As a parent you spend time wondering when will by baby sit up, crawl, hold their own bottle, walk, etc? I have never been one to want to rush any of the above. Which each of the milestones comes a new bucket of worries. I was in the kitchen cooking yesturday and Grant was in the living room playing with toys. I looked into the living room every couple minutes to check on him. After one glance I didn't see him. So I walked into the family room saying, "GRANT, where are you?!" This little squeal comes from behind a table, under his jumperoo where he is trying to pull down my curtains off the wall. Gotta love the mobility factor.

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Here he is after I removed him from the attack position.