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. 

so proud

This month we have done a lot of celebrating.  Josh passed the bar exam!  He did really well on it actually and we are super excited to be done with it.  On Monday the 29th he was sworn in as an attorney that is able to practice in the state of Colorado.  It feels so great to feel done with the whole process (one of the speakers said to not say that because it is never really "done" but I'm going to anyways because it feels pretty good).

I am so proud of Josh.  He has worked so hard in law school and then he studied a ton for the exam and now he is really an attorney.  He really is amazing and he makes me want to be better everyday.  The night he was sworn in I went to a friends house after the ceremony.  When I got home I found a clean house, dishes done and clothes folded and put away.  He had spent all day working and then he came home and served me.  He is truly wonderful.

It is hard to get a picture of someone next to you standing, but here is a picture of Josh taking the Oath. 

 We went out to eat after the ceremony and Graham liked lounging in the high chair sucking on squash.  It was the only way to keep him from screaming. The foot up makes me laugh.

 Is this not the cutest little tiger you ever did see?  He'll even grunt at you like I'm sure baby tigers do.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Pumpkin Patch

Maybe it is silly, but I really wanted a cute picture of Graham in a pumpkin patch.  We headed to pumpkin patch hoping to see lots of pumpkins and maybe some animals.  Well, we had to pay to see the animals so we didn't do that but we did see pumpkins.  I was able to get a few of Graham sitting among the pumpkins and I was very happy.  I was glad it decided not to snow today so we could spend some family time outside. Any day we get to spend the entire day together is wonderful, and unfortunately rare.

 I can't believe how old he looks in this picture.  When did this happen?

 My two favorite boys.  Aren't they so cute?

 He was fascinated with this ugly blow up pumpkin.

Me telling Graham to stop taking off his socks. I try to be a good mom and keep his feet warm but he just doesn't like it.  Oh well, at least he thought we were great parents when we gave him some frozen yogurt.

fall

Being from California I never realized how wonderful a real fall season can be.  I learned about leaves turning yellow and red but I never saw it.  I can now say I love fall.  The cooler weather, the changing leaves, the good food people make, it is all wonderful.  As long as there is no snow on the ground I am going to love it!

Yesterday I snapped a couple of pictures of Graham outside with the beautiful colors.  He was more into eating the leaves then looking at me, but that's okay.

random photos

My computer is being a little weird, and I don't want to lose all my photos so I thought I should post some of the ones that I liked that haven't made it into other posts. These are all random.

He really did cheer for BYU. He did this by himself. Now if only BYU could do better...

 I was in the back doing something when I came out to this cute face.  Josh had put his little taggie over his head and Graham kept it there for a while just playing like it was totally normal. I laugh anytime I remember how serious Graham was about his new little hat.

I realize I probably don't need pictures of Graham everyday, but I probably won't be stopping anytime soon. So deal with it.

7 months

why can't time slow down?

So awhile ago I thought Graham was teething because he kept getting cranky, apparently that wasn't because of teething, he was just mad at me.  I know it takes a while for teeth to come in, I've been told it takes about a month, but that was over 2 months ago, so I was wrong before.  I have no idea if he'll be getting his teeth soon, I can't tell at all.  He loves to chew on everything, especially his socks.  He shoves as much as he can in and just chews on it and looks at me like I should be so proud of him.  In my opinion he really is getting cuter each day.  I didn't think it was possible, but it is.  I find that to be true about a lot of things I am learning as a mom.

One thing we have been trying to do a lot of is eating.  Graham hasn't grown a lot since last month so we're trying to get him to eat more.  He is doing pretty good so far and it makes me happy. I took these pictures one day when I wasn't patient enough to wait for him to open his mouth for each bite.  He used to take 2 bites of food and he was done, he would refuse to open his mouth and I would do my best to not get frustrated.  I usually did pretty good but this day I didn't know what to do.  He had to eat, he had to gain weight, so I just dumped his sweet potatoes on the tray and let him do the work. I'm not sure how much he actually got in his mouth, but ever since then he has been eating better.  Not that I think this helped much, but he enjoyed it so it was worth it.

Yes, he sits in the high chair with his feet up every time. I do not know why. He also smears the food on his face every time.  Sometimes between each bite, sometimes when he is done.  He does this when I spoon feed him too.  So far he has liked all the veggies, although he prefers to not each green beans by themselves. He loves apples. I know I need to feed him more fruits, but I really want him to like the vegetables and get used to eating those everyday.  I'm still learning, I don't really know what I am doing most of the time but thankfully Graham loves me anyways.  Here's to eating lots and hopefully gaining weight this next month (I know I have no problem gaining weight this time year)