Christmas Eve

A tradition of the Gillette family is to walk around the LA temple on Christmas Eve then have treats and hot chocolate.  I love it.  The temple is so pretty.  

Christmas Morning

I just can't stop taking pictures.  It's so fun to get the camera out and capture Graham's little smiles and laughs.  These aren't perfect but they help to capture Graham's first Christmas.  It was so fun watching him get excited about each toy.  I've never seen him crawl so fast to get a new toy! It was so fun. 

Manhattan Beach love

I miss living near the beach.  It is absolutely beautiful.  Although I am glad that Graham does not get the opportunity to eat sand everyday, because apparently he thinks it is worth more than one handful...

I love that Katelyn enjoys Graham.  She loves when he is in the same room and she is so cute with him! She is always making sure he is okay.  So cute! I hope they can always be good friends.

 Love them.

9 months

I love my fun size baby boy.  He is army crawling, kind of.  He has his own way of getting where he wants to go.  Despite his size he is a great eater. The dr said he probably won't be getting teeth for awhile.  Love him.

Thanksgiving and swings

We feel so blessed to be living in Denver.  We love living near grandma and grandpa Mickelsen and Lane and Jerry.  We are grateful that we could spend Thanksgiving with them again this year.  It was wonderful.  Graham loved the sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie.  The food was all amazing.

 On a nice sunny day Graham and I walked a couple blocks to the park.  He got to swing for the first time and he enjoyed it.  We also found out that he likes the stroller much better if he can listen to some music. Thank goodness our stroller has a speaker for him.  And don't worry, not all his pants are this short.  It's hard to dress him since the pants that fit his waist are short and the ones that fit in length fall right off.  At least he is cute no matter what his pants look like.

These are a few of my favorite things...

Not all these pictures are amazing, but they all represent something I love each and every day. 

Sorry for the bare bum, but I love this little body.  He loves to look at the water as it fills the bathtub. 

 One of his parents really wants Graham to be able to crawl.  This is his attempt so far.  He reaches as far as he can and when his arms will stretch no farther, the leg goes up.  He has been pretty successful at getting cheerios this way. I love it every single time. And I am not the one that wants him to crawl.  He is rolling fast enough for me.

 The scowl. He gets mad anytime we feed him food he doesn't like.  The list includes any meat, green beans I have made (he'll eat the jarred ones fine), avocado and cheese.  

 The cutest batman ever.

 The scowl.  again.  This time it was because his cheerio was too far away.  It is in the very left hand corner. 

 Every morning Graham and I have a picnic in the living room. He loves it. 

 When I first put him in the front seat in the cart he held on for dear life.  He did not let go the entire shopping trip. 

Such a sweet little face. 

8 months

 Graham is so much fun.  He still sleeps a lot, but it has been more lately since he hasn't been feeling well.  He got croup this weekend and it was no fun for anyone.  I tried to enjoy holding him every second of the day, but even 13 pounds get heavy after awhile.  We had a lot of snuggle time and I was grateful that he was able to fall asleep in my arms, something he has struggled doing since he was 3 months old.  After getting a steroid  he is doing much better and is able to sleep in his crib and breathe a lot easier.

Before he was really sick we went to Gavin's 3rd birthday party where Graham was able to dress up in his very own batman cape and mask.  He did really well with the cape and he tolerated the mask for a minute or so, then he pulled it down over his eyes, but I thought he looked really cute.  Thanks Chelsea for making him a cape, it is so cute! I stole this picture from her blog but I'll try to get more pictures of him at 8 months when he is feeling better.

This is a picture someone else took of us before Josh's swearing-in. It's not the greatest quality since I took it from their website but I love my little family and I am so grateful for my boys.  They are the best.