Spring Break '09

For Spring Break Graham, my mom and I went to Minneapolis (click on Minneapolis to a link to the photos in my facebook page. Don't worry you don't have to be a facebook user to see them-but why aren't you??)to visit our dear friends, Sarah and Margaret. Sarah is my very best friend from high school, and she is also pregnant with baby #1 (boy!) due July 9th. I was very excited to see her little belly, and feel some baby kicks! We had a nice visit, we visited the famed Mall of America, where Graham was enthralled by the indoor amusement park. We also toted him around while we shopped and ate. He was great throughout the entire trip, sleeping somewhere new, missing naps, on the plane, etc. Speaking of the plane, Graham was very good. He was quite happy reading books, eating "O's" and once he started wiggling a bit too much, watching Baby Signing Times on his new portable DVD player. Which, by the way, was the best purchase ever! The best thing happened while we were deplaning in Columbus. The woman behind us remarked, "oh, I didn't even know there was a baby in front of us." Trip successful!

It was great to see Sarah, she is so cute pregnant! I hope we didn't overwhelm her with crazy toddler play, obsession of buses, squirrels,balls, and blueberries!

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"Curl" hunting.

You may be wondering what a "curl" is. Of course it's a squirrel! Graham is loving hunting for them as he eats. Luckily the squirrels participate in the fun and tend to hang out on the deck for most of his meals. He is also really good at hunting buses (the big yellow school ones are a favorite, but he likes them all!), unfortunately the buses don't hang out in the backyard.

Visit!

Pat's parents came down for a visit a few weekends ago. We had a fun time, and lucky for us the weather was nice so we could enjoy Graham outside at the park. This was also the beginning of the NCAA basketball tournament. Graham loves balls, but since the tv had basketball on all weekend, he now loves "bee ball". He points out hoops in yards as we drive. Please don't tell Mr. 5th percentile for height that his chances of reaching the NBA are pretty slim. Let a boy dream:)

Fun at the playground!

A Favorite Book!

Graham loves reading his dog book. On this particular morning he flipped through the pages and checked out the different doggies while I prepared his breakfast, and didn't make a peep! Another fun thing is happening lately, Graham is starting to notice what is on his clothes, especially his jammies. These are his basketball jammies (March Madness is upon us after all!). He picked them out saying "ball" and pointing to the balls. A lot of his jammies have dogs on them, and he always points to them and does a happy scream, it's cute!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Last Saturday we bundled Graham up and hit the local St. Patrick's Day parade. It was a fun day! Graham loved the trucks and the bands. We met up with our friends, and Graham and Lilli were the envy of the toddler set in their warm Bundle Me's in their respective strollers! Graham was exhausted after missing his morning nap (yes, he is still taking two..more on that later) for the fun. He fell asleep as we were walking back to the car, but rallied in time for our stop for lunch. He enjoyed the biggest blueberry pancake known to man. He ate about half of that thing!

Coloring ( kinda!)

Trying to get Graham to enjoy the quiet activity of coloring! He was more interested in what was under the paper (nothing), and what happens when you throw the crayons on the ground. Fun times.