Greyson Turns 1

Somehow before my eyes, Greyson turned 1.  It is just not something I can quantify with words and do justice.  Maybe because he's our third…I let go of the worries you often feel with parenting the first time around…maybe it is because I didn't venture back to work after having him…or maybe it is because of his sweet little personality and amazing demeanor.  But this first year with him was a blast from beginning to end.  It was busy and crazy as I learned to navigate the waters of 3 kiddos…but he is just flat out a fun baby.  He is very happy.  He goes with the flow.  He loves to eat and play and boy does he communicate well.  God definitely knew what he was doing when he gave us our 3 babies.  And I'm blessed everyday to call them mine.  And to have the chance to enjoy the last year of snuggles, smiles and love with Mr. Greyson Oliver.

We kicked off the morning with a donut breakfast at our favorite little shop…me, Grey and Coop have taken to making this a weekly venture when everyone is well.  Such fun memories I know I'll always cherish!

Chocolate donut for the birthday boy!!

His birthday was on a week day which meant school days for brothers and the usual busyness that goes along with it…but we were in the middle of kitchen renovation so we headed to dinner at our local Mexican place.  

After dinner we headed to DQ for an ice cream treat…a favorite in our house!!  Here is a video of us singing him a Happy Birthday song with candles and ice cream…a little non-traditional…but I have to say one of my favorite birthday candle blow-outs!

On his birthday weekend we invited our loved ones over for a party!  I decided for his party I wanted to make it small, thoughtful and surround him with the people who love him most!  That's exactly what we did!  A little Bubble Guppie balloon action (a new favorite of his), some delicious cupcakes and family family family!

Here he is opening presents:

A little brotherly help

And a little living room dance party to cap it all off never hurts!

A big thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate this little guys big day!!  We are such a blessed family!!!

Growing Up

Greyson is getting to be such a big boy so fast it's kind of making my head spin.

Here he is in his doorway bouncer, the backyard swing, and sitting up on his elbows like a big boy. Slow down time.  Slow down!

Cereal is Good!!

Mr Greyson had his first go around with cereal in May.  It was love at first bite!!

Catch up...a February Run Down

Because I'm so far behind my updating via the blog...I'm gonna start with a little monthly run down via my photos! Luckily because we had a baby in January, February and March were quiet months for us.  These cover the end of January and February.

Here we go :)

Grandma did lots of visiting with us while I was recovering.  I love this picture of her and the boys.

Miss Isabel turned 3.  Crazy to me she's 3 but she is none the less!  It was a festively Frozen party!

She spent her party dancing around to the Frozen soundtrack and looking adorable.

Action Photo

We had lots of cold days spent in doors.  And there were a lot of missed school days for Owen as well. On those days we got into our puzzles and games and tried to pass the time!

Showing me his SuperBowl Sunday Football stance.

Just a picture of Grey...sporting some cuteness.

Picnic lunches.  The kids love these!

This cracked me up!

I wanted a dump cake...and I used what I had.  It turned out delicious!!

 More passing of time via puzzles!

 Loved him in this little outfit.  And this also happened to be the first time I found him sleeping like this.  He still enjoys sleeping with his arms above his head!

One of our first date nights post-Grey.  My margarita was fantastic!

Owen loves having his picture taken with his baby brother.

On yet another long and cold afternoon indoors, we decided to build a fort using our kitchen table.  The construction took longer than the interest the boys had in playing in it...but hey, building it is half the fun right???

Just swinging.  Gosh he looks little in this picture!

Selfie...new shades.

Cheeks.

A doctors visit for a cold.  Poor baby got a lot of stuffy noses being exposed to his big brother's preschool germs!

He played hard...and crashed.  Snack on his chest.  This melted my heart and also made me laugh!

 I started making smoothies with my emersion blender.  They are delicious and I feel so much better when I do this!

We put together Valentine's Day presents for our favorite people.  The boys helped a lot.  But mostly?  They ate the goodies while I packed them up!!

 Afternoons spent as Buzz Lightyear are some I hope I never forget!

 This was the most snuggly baby outfit (thanks Aunt Steff!)...and the onesie had little moose shapes on it as well.  Adorable!

 In an attempt to stop the boys from running like maniacs around the circle in our house, we gated off the kitchen.  Owen was not impressed.

 Love this kiddo and his playful imagination!

Speaking of Valentine's Day...my mantle was festively decorated.  I happen to be in love with it...which is totally appropriate!

 We had a case of sinus infection going down here.  102 fever and laid out.  A couple doses of amoxicillin and we were back in action!  I believe this head cold landed all of us on antibiotics.

 It's amazing to me what a little ibuprofen can do!

Doc visit for afore mentioned sinus infection.

And the ride home.

Also in February, I discovered this stuff.  It's pretty darn delicious!

This song got quite a few plays on my iTunes account.  The boys love it also and we had a lot of fun dancing around the living room to it!

Daddy had a particularly tough work week and we sent him some treats to say we love you!

Bath time!!  He loves them and he's long he graduated to the bathtub very quickly!

 Sleepy boy.

Painting with Grandma!

 Thinking about it but not convinced!

 My contribution.

 All in!

 Owen wrote his first apology note to his teacher after a tough day.  I was proud of the way he handled himself while we talked about it.

 I often enter a room and will find Cooper has gone riffling through my things. This is one such incident.

 Just snoozin'.

I made a white bean, quinoa, chicken and kale soup. It was pretty darn delicious!!

 Mister was starting to grasp onto things.  He still likes hanging to this soft Goofy rattle.  Making Great Grandpa Linley's Disney-loving heart happy!

 The antibiotics I mentioned earlier and our fun schedule.

 Late evening snuggles with Mr. Greyson.  So peaceful and sweet.

We wrapped up with February celebrating as Mr Case Cincoski turned 1. We took off to celebrate at his party.  It was a Duck Commander filled party and lots of fun!  For some reason though...my pictures of his cake smash and such are missing!  Sorry Case Man. I'll probably stumble across one when your graduating high school ;)  Can't believe you are one already!

 And that about wraps up February!  March and April coming up soon!