Giving Back Love

As I was putting Greyson to bed the night of his birthday I laid down next to him and told him about the night after he was born.  I explained that I stayed up almost the entire night just looking at him.  I had waited so long to see his face and count his little fingers and toes I just couldn't sleep.
As we laid there I wrapped my arms around his now bigger body and gave him a big hug.  He then grabbed my and told me "don't go mommy".  He then gave me a hug and started to rub my back.
Oh, what an incredible moment.  This little boy that three years ago laid in my arms was giving love back to me.  Because Greyson has grown up in an incredible, loving family, with plenty of hugs, kisses and loving boundaries he has love to share back.  I know we're only three years into this long, life journey, but it was great encouragement for Stephen and me to know we're doing alright!
Thank you so much to our parents too who showed us how to be parents too.

Greyson's Birthday!

Since for the most part our family are the only people that look at this blog I have to share the fun we had on Greyson's birthday.  I got it in my mind to make a construction site cake and here it is below.  It was so much fun to make with Greyson, until he decided he wanted to destruct it right away.  

He was so excited about it and had to tell everyone about it.  

At staff supper we all sang to Greyson and gave him his cake.  He was SO excited!  

He decided the backhoe would be a great fork for his cake! 

Fun!

Greyson and Landry are so fun to play with.  They have a fun tube that could entertain them for hours.  

We put on a family fun night for our church and had a great time doing the climbing wall and other things in the KBM gym.  

Greyson of course had to try it out.  When he had had enough and wanted to come down, I told Stephen to let the rope loose (he was belaying him).  He responded that I would have to pull Greyson down, he wasn't heavy enough to move the rope.  Oh our little light weight. 

Fun at the Beach! 

 We had a few really nice, almost warm days in February.  One afternoon all the afterschool kids were at the beach so we had to join in the fun.  They were all quick to help Greyson catch fish and find other sea creatures.

There was no getting Greyson to go home.  He had no idea his hands were freezing at all.  

 His favorite find was a starfish, but he also found about 10 little fish he kept in a bag the entire afternoon.  We of course sent them back into the ocean when we left.

10 Month Old Landry!

He may not have a single tooth yet, but it's not slowing our little Landry down at all.  Landry is one active little guy and full of smiles and personality plus!  He and his brother are becoming quite the play mates and Landry cries half as much as he used to when they are left in a room together.  

Landry will eat anything, no matter how big or hard.  I am amazed at how strong those little gums are.  He especially loves pretzels and pears.  

Landry pulls himself up on anything and can walk behind his brother's car and moves himself around pretty quickly.  

His favorite place to go is the bathroom and if we by chance leave the door open his hands are in the toilet before we can grab him.  

He is still a terrible sleeper and after 8pm there is lots of crying and will only make it about an hour in sleeping along before he screams and screams even louder.  

But he is a healthy happy little boy for the most part and we love him tons and tons! 

Singing in Front of the Mirror

It rains a lot in Kodiak, so one of Stephen's favorite songs is a song that has a line in it that goes something like above the clouds the sun is always shining.  Well Greyson seems to really like this song and of course likes to try and sing it as well.  

He also made up a song that I'm not completely sure what it is about, but he sure is cute to watch! 

Fun at Home

Greyson Entertaining Us All