Reading time...

As I was cleaning up dinner in the kitchen , I noticed it had been eerily quiet in the family room. So I decided to take a peek. Here is what I saw...Graham taking the time to really sit and read his books so nicely! The cutest part that you don't hear/see in the pictures is he was saying the words of the pictures he recognized. By the way, this fish shirt he is wearing is his absolute favorite. He points out his fish the whole day when he wears it!

Just cute:)

If you came to my baby shower, you may recognize this stool. At my shower everyone helped decorate it with cute thumbprint animals, and we left a space in the middle for baby's name once determined. Anyway, I now keep the stool in the downstairs powder room for Graham to stand on to wash his hands (though he is still a little short to really reach well). His new fascination seems to be with "sitting". He will just drop down and sit and look at me and say, "Mama sit!" I think this is because we are working on introducing Time Out on the steps..where he has to go and "sit" for 30 seconds. So all morning he kept getting out this stool and putting it where I could see, and then saying"sit" would back his booty up and proceed to take a seat. He was quite proud of himself. As for the Time Out, he is understanding the sitting aspect of it, but not really that it is not supposed to be a fun thing!

Backyard fun!

One our way to play in the pool on the deck....

Toweling off after water fun.....

Oops! Lost the towel!

Heavy hearts today.........

Our hearts are breaking for our dear friends, Keith and Hillary today. Yesterday afternoon their sweet little baby Zane, who was almost 6 months old, lost her battle with SMA. I know many of you have been following Zane and her parents difficult journey through my blog, and I know they appreciate all of your kind words and thoughts at such a difficult time. Baby Zane and her twin Avery came into this world exactly one year after Graham - same birthday - so of course they are extra special to us. Keith and Hillary have requested that in lieu of flowers donations be made to help future SMA families via http://www.fsma.org. So if this news tugs at your heart the way it does ours, please consider making a donation in Zane's memory. Thank you so much.

My new baby.............

I know this isn't a cute kid picture, but it's exciting enough to me to share. A new dishwasher!!!! I am in love. Happy dishwashing to me!

Bam-Bam

Isn't Bam Bam the first thing you thought of?? He walked around with this bat for about 20 minutes.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

It's Daddy's birthday today! For his birthday he got a yummy Coldstone Creamery cake. Graham enjoyed playing with the bag.